Gaza is now the frontline of a global information war
Feb 08, 2024 12:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have become key battlegrounds in an information war that goes far wider than their tightly drawn physical borders. Carefully crafted social media posts and other online propaganda are...
DOJ funding pipeline subsidizes questionable big data surveillance technologies
Feb 08, 2024 12:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Predictive policing has been shown to be an ineffective and biased policing tool. Yet, the Department of Justice has been funding the crime surveillance and analysis technology for years and continues to do so despite...
Meta to Start Labeling AI Images in Facebook, Instagram, and Threads as 2024 Election Approaches
Feb 07, 2024 02:48 am UTC| Technology Politics
Meta, Facebooks parent company, is taking steps to address the potential impact of AI-generated images on its platforms as the 2024 election season approaches. Meta plans to identify and label images created by third-party...
Four trends you’ll see in online election campaigns this year
Feb 05, 2024 10:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Over the past decade, social media has become an essential component of election campaigns. But in 2024, the options seem endless. With a record number of elections taking place around the world, how will digital...
Does Trump actually have to pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll? Not immediately, at least
Feb 05, 2024 07:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Former President Donald Trump has vowed to appeal journalist E. Jean Carrolls major legal victory over him on Jan. 26, 2024, when a Manhattan jury determined that Trump must pay her US$83.3 million for repeatedly defaming...
Chad: promises of a new chapter fade as junta strengthens its hold ahead of elections
Feb 05, 2024 05:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Its been three years since Chads former president Idriss Déby Itno died. A transitional authority took over after his death. Yet the transition to democracy that was on the cards following his 31 years in power has...
El Savador voters set to trade democracy for promise of security in presidential election
Jan 30, 2024 08:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
There is little doubt who will win the El Salvador presidential election when voters go to the polls on Feb. 4, 2024. Incumbent Nayib Bukele has the initiative heading into the vote, having made a series of eye-catching...
Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression
Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants