Danilo Doneda

Governance Challenges for the Internet of Things

Before citizens and consumers can trust the infrastructure of the Internet of Things (IoT), they must feel that their personal data are protected. Here, the authors discuss how legal frameworks regarding data protection will need to be adjusted.

Cyberwarfare and Digital Governance

Dyn suffered multiple complex DDoS attacks in October 2016, constituting one of the largest cyberattacks of this nature ever documented. With this and other recent events in mind, the authors discuss conceptual and practical challenges around cyberwarfare and its impact on cyberspace governance.

Characterizing Videos, Audience and Advertising in Youtube Channels for Kids

Online video services, messaging systems, games and social media services are tremendously popular among young people and children in many countries. Most of the digital services offered on the internet are advertising funded, which makes advertising ubiquitous in childrens everyday life. To understand the impact of advertising-based digital services on children, we study the collective behavior of users of YouTube for kids channels and present the demographics of a large number of users. We collected data from 12,848 videos from 17 channels in US and UK and 24 channels in Brazil. The channels in English have been viewed more than 37 billion times. We also collected more than 14 million comments made by users. Based on a combination of text-analysis and face recognition tools, we show the presence of racial and gender biases in our large sample of users. We also identify children actively using YouTube, although the minimum age for using the service is 13 years in most countries. We provide comparisons of user behavior among the three countries, which represent large user populations in the global North and the global South.

A Principles-Based Approach to Govern the IoT Ecosystem

The difference between a good and bad Internet of Things depends on societys ability to construct effective IoT governance models. This article proposes the formulation of principles as a means to unify the multiple bodies and organizations involved in the IoT governance ecosystem.

How Do App Stores Challenge the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem

App stores challenge the culture of openness and resistance to central authorities cultivated by the pioneers of the Internet. Could multistakeholder governance bodies bring more inclusivity into the global cyberspace governance ecosystem?

Privacy Governance in Cyberspace

Cyberspace is the processing, manipulation, and exploitation of information; the facilitation and augmentation of communication among people; and the interaction of people, information, and devices. The main characteristic of cyberspace is the interconnection of computers, information, devices, and people. Many actors are involved in cyberspaces construction and operation -- namely, telcos; application, service, and content providers; users; and governments. The issue of privacy protection is a global challenge that requires a global response. The regulation of privacy in cyberspace depends on regulatory, technical, and social factors. Multistakeholder mechanisms can be a promising way to deal with privacy policies in the global cyberspace.