Putting aside the value or boosterism of programs like this, these aren't useful if you've hit the data cap on your mobile plan and thus can't use the tools they rec, or if you don't understand the privacy risks of telling a chatbot info about your medical conditions. www.npr.org/2026/04/17/n...
Watching a Japanese figure skater compete to Stevie Wonder in the #winterolympics in Italy on global tv, and I guarantee most viewers knew the (awesome) song. The soft power of cultural dominance ain’t nothing.
I talk about how succeeding at using or advancing or knowledgeably regulating AI depends upon first closing the digital divide. You gotta crawl before you walk, and it's the same here. Which is why jerking states around on using fed $ on broadband access/affordability/adoption is counterproductive.
That any gov't cares enough abt digital rights orgs to make a stink shows just how important surveillance and censorship are to preserving + expanding their power.
But also shows the calls for privacy, security, freedom of expression are increasing...which means digital rights orgs are succeeding.
Exactly. This is why the big push over banning TikTok never made sense to me. China doesn't need to use TikTok to do bulk collection of user data...cuz they can just BUY data on anyone (whether they're on TikTok or not).
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Rightscon being postponed by the Zambian government days before thousands of people from hundreds of countries fly in is quite chaotic: www.404media.co/rightscon-hu...
Chhaya Kapadia
Chhaya Kapadia
Chhaya Kapadia
RightsCon was delayed by Zambia's Ministry of Information for "thematic issues" and problems with speakers.
Please think of your friendly neighborhood digital rights organizations in these days. Pay attention to what they're doing, so often unnoticed, as Big Tech and govts chip away at your rights online. Send them a few bucks if you can. It's rough out there.
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The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The best way to protect kids (and everyone else) online is to pass strong privacy legislation that prevents these companies from collecting so much data in the first place and using that data to power manipulative and addictive recommendation algorithms.
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The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled www.wired.com/story/the-ch...
Access Now, the group that organizes RightsCon, says Zambian officials asked it to exclude Taiwanese participants if it wanted the event to proceed as planned.
The short course provides solid basics for using AI. But it also misidentifies AI products, links out to bad advice and raises ethical concerns about the products it promotes
