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EU plans hub to tackle disinformation threat from Russia and others7.listopadu Move follows ‘escalating hybrid attacks’ by Russia and other foreign powers spreading fake articles across social media The EU executive plans to create a Centre for Democratic Resilience to counter disinformation from Russia and other authoritarian regimes, according to a leaked paper. The European Commission intends for the centre to bring together expertise across the EU and from countries see… Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff7.listopadu Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation If in doubt, we used to talk about the weather. Or if not that, then why the trains were late again, or how sweet someone’s baby was: the kind of routine bland nothings you exchange with strangers on the street. But something about the way we speak in public is changing. A few days ago … Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet – podcast7.listopadu A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life By Samanth Subramanian. Read by Raj Ghatak Continue reading... My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world5.listopadu In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated paedophile hellscape’? I am an eight-year-old girl, standing near-naked in a room full of strangers. As the room spins and zooms upon me and people glide around me, I clock my features. Continue readi… Australian government adds Reddit and Kick to under-16s social media ban – video5.listopadu The federal communications minister, Anika Wells, announced on Wednesday night that Reddit and video-streaming platform Kick will be added to the government's social media ban, which is set to begin on 10 December. Companies must take reasonable steps to prevent people under the age of 16 from holding accounts, or face fines of up to $49.5m Reddit targeted by Australia’s under-16s social media ba… Reddit targeted by Australia’s under-16s social media ban as list of platforms grows4.listopadu Popular platform added to list of companies required to restrict access for children, along with video streaming site Kick Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Reddit and video streaming platform Kick will join the likes of Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok in being required by the Australian government to ban users under the age of 16, the federal communications minister has … In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia3.listopadu From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research The eminent British historian Sir Richard Evans produced three expert witness reports for the libel trial involving the Holocaust denier David Irving, studied for a doctorate under the supervision of Theodore Zeldin, succeeded David Cannadine as Regius professor of history at Camb… I’m a teenager who was lured into the manosphere. Here’s how to reach young men like me | Josh Sargent2.listopadu Masculinity is almost always presented as toxic on my feed – but we need constructive alternatives to give hope to those who feel lost If you judged modern boyhood from the headlines, you’d think we were broken – radicalised, misogynistic, angry. But as a teenage boy myself, I don’t see a generation of lost boys around me. I see young men trying to make sense of a world that seems apathetic to ou… Knee-jerk corporate responses to data leaks protect brands like Qantas — but consumers are getting screwed1.listopadu When courts ban people from accessing leaked data – as happened after the recent Qantas data breach – only hackers and scammers win Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast It’s become the playbook for big Australian companies that have customer data stolen in a cyber-attack: call in the lawyers and get a court to block anyone from accessing it. Qantas ran it recently after su… Alan Turing institute launches new mission to protect UK from cyber-attacks28.října Programme is designed to defend energy, transport and utilities amid concern over vulnerability to internet outages Britain’s leading AI institute has announced a new mission to help protect the nation from cyber-attacks on infrastructure, including energy, transport and utilities, after it was embroiled in allegations of toxic work culture and the chair resigned amid ministerial pressure. The Alan Turing Institute will “carry out a programme of science and innovation designed to protect the UK… Elon Musk launches encyclopedia ‘fact-checked’ by AI and aligning with rightwing views28.října Grokipedia’s entries hew closely to conservative talking points, with some journalists already saying it contains inaccurate information Elon Musk has launched an online encyclopedia named Grokipedia that he said relied on artificial intelligence and would align more with his rightwing views than Wikipedia, though many of its articles say they are based on Wikipedia itself. Calling an AI encyclop… Starmer condemns Farage for failing to take action against Reform MP’s ‘racist’ comments about black and Asian people – UK poli27.října Farage repeatedly refuses to call Sarah Pochin’s remarks racist, saying they were ‘ugly, clumsy’ and should be taken in context of ‘DEI madness’ The Guardian would like to hear from parents who have had to live in temporary accommodation with children. There is more about the call-out here, including a form where you can submit a response. But the Commons home affairs committee ’s report is also … ‘People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron?27.října In an online landscape characterised by doom and division, the people’s encyclopedia stands out – a huge collective endeavour giving everyone free access to the sum of human knowledge. But with Elon Musk branding it ‘Wokipedia’ and AI looming large, can it survive? Wikipedia will be 25 years old in January. Jimmy Wales’s daughter will be 25 and three weeks. It’s not a coincidence: on Boxing Day 2… Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together26.října Behind every meme and message is creaking, decades-old infrastructure. Internet experts can think of scenarios that could bring it all crashing down … It is the morning after the internet went offline and, as much as you would like to think you would be delighted, you are likely to be wondering what to do. You could buy groceries with a chequebook, if you have one. Call into work with the landlin… Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows25.října Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities Amazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals. The biggest owner of datacentres in the world, Amazon dwarfs competitors Microsoft and Google and is planning a huge increase in … |
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