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How Big Data Can Improve the Efficiency of the Service Sector in Egypt

July 22, 2024

This paper discusses various aspects of the potential optimal utilization of big data in the Egyptian context. It explores the prospects of this utilization in both the government sector and the private sector. Then, it delves into the requirements for using big data in the best possible manner.

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Platform Economy: The Future of Work in the Digital Age

July 1, 2024

This paper examines various issues related to the platform economy, focusing on the Egyptian context. The paper highlights key players, analyzes growth factors, and addresses associated challenges.

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Towards a More Equitable Digital Future: Data Justice and Human Rights Principles

June 24, 2024

This paper aims to investigate the potential of integrating data justice principles with digital and human rights frameworks. It examines how this integration can facilitate the identification of biases based on ethnicity and gender within digital environments. By exploring this intersection, the paper aims to contribute to the promotion of a more just and equitable digital future.

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The Impact of Digital Transformation on Economic and Social Rights

June 3, 2024

This paper discusses the impact of digital transformation on economic and social rights. It focuses on three main rights: the right to education, the right to work, and the right to healthcare.

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Progressive Communications as a Tool for Advancing Gender Equality

May 27, 2024

This paper seeks to provide an overview of the intersection between progressive communications and gender. It discusses the role that progressive communications can play in supporting efforts to achieve gender equality, including the opportunities available and the means to support them.

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The EU AI Act: Objectives, Structure, and Key Provisions

May 13, 2024

This paper discusses the EU AI Act’s objectives, structure, and most important characteristics. It also deals with the general and special requirements applicable to AI systems. Finally, the paper sheds light on the Act’s most important provisions in addition to the institutions it establishes.

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From Access to Empowerment: Internet Access as a Basic Right

April 29, 2024

This paper discusses the call to recognize the right to internet access as one of the basic human rights in today’s world. It attempts to answer two questions: Why must we establish a basic right to internet access? How do we reach a comprehensive definition of this right to ensure that access to the Internet is universal without discrimination?

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The Role of the ICT Sector in Empowering Egyptian Women

April 22, 2024

This paper explores Egypt’s ICT sector’s potential to economically empower Egyptian women. It focuses on how the sector can create more employment opportunities for women. Additionally, the paper discusses the potential of the ICT sector to socially empower women, which can further contribute to narrowing the gender gap.

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Privacy-First Marketing: Principles, Applications, and Challenges

April 15, 2024

This paper delves into the privacy-marketing approach. It examines the evolution of data protection laws and regulations and the rise of PFM as a response to change. This is followed by an analysis of the importance of PFM and its principles, with a particular focus on data minimization, purpose limitation, consent, and transparency.

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Regulating AI: Approaches to Ensuring Safe Use of the Technology

April 1, 2024

This paper seeks to provide a simplified picture of the complex scene of the efforts to regulate AI technology and industry. It poses the question of whether regulating AI is a necessity and asks questions about who should be responsible for setting the regulatory frameworks for AI and what aspects such regulatory frameworks should address. The paper also discusses the potential effects of regulating AI on human rights.

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The Impact of Online Surveillance on Press Freedom

March 25, 2024

This paper seeks to shed light on the impact of online surveillance on press freedom. The paper discusses the challenges that online surveillance poses to investigative journalism and freedom of information. The paper also addresses the impact of online surveillance on journalists and the challenges they face in the digital age.

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Data Protection Center: Masaar’s Proposal on the Executive Regulations for the Data Protection Law

March 18, 2024

This paper seeks to present a practical proposal for the formation of the Personal Data Protection Center, which would be the responsible body for implementing the Personal Data Protection Law. The paper proposes standard frameworks for the rules that should be followed. It also points out the concerns that should be considered to ensure proper implementation of the law.

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Social Media Platforms in the Age of the Fediverse

March 6, 2024

This paper seeks to provide a definition of the Fediverse, its core idea, and its technological foundation. The paper also discusses the philosophy on which the Fediverse is based and its objectives. Additionally, the paper provides a brief historical background of Fediverse and its most important applications.

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