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"The network of Wellbeing Economy Governments (WEGo) seeks to promote the sharing of expertise and transferable policy practices among governments who have a shared ambition of delivering wellbeing through their economic approach."

Government and the Internet of things... scary or a good thing?

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey interviewed Edward Snowden today, and the big topic was technology. During the Q&A (which was broadcast live from the Pardon Snowden Periscope account) Snowden discussed the data that many online companies continue to collect about their users, creating a "quantified world" - and more opportunities for government surveillance.

"Web rivals' business models undermine users' privacy, says Tim Cook, who also warns governments on pursuing 'dangerous' encryption policies"

"Data in the 21st Century is on view at V2_ Rotterdam until 14-2-2016. On 12-2 Lev Manovich will give a lecture as part of the closing event of Data in the 21st Century. Gupta starts of with discussing the fashions of data in the past, present and future. He then goes on to discuss how data affects everything, from everyday things like dating till new forms of governance or the economy at large. He finishes his lecture by describing what we can expect in the near future."

The standard for public code is a set of criteria that supports public organisations in developing and maintaining software and policy together

House of Commons report on data ethics in 2014