A new ‘cyber defence’ system in Oman raises human rights concerns · Global Voices

The Cyber Defence Centre system legalises repressive patterns A man holds his mobile phone at a fort in Oman. Photo via Pikist, license-free photos for design. Editors note: This post was written by Khalid Ibrahim, executive director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes freedom of expression,Continue Reading

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Lebanon protests: Authorities prey on digital spaces to silence criticism · Global Voices

‘Social media played a part in mobilizing the population’ Protestors in Tyre, Southern Lebanon, cheering to a female singer during a demonstration against government corruption and austerity measures on October 22, 2019. Credit: RomanDeckert via Wikimedia / CC BY-SA  4.0. Editor’s note: This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative thatContinue Reading

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In her first state of the union address as president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen called out hatred and pledged to build “a union of equality”. While European institutions have been at the forefront of fighting hate crime and discrimination in and outside of the EU, memberContinue Reading

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AI called GPT-3 can now write like a human without thinking like one

Bas Nastassia/Shutterstock Since it was unveiled earlier this year, the new AI-based language generating software GPT-3 has attracted much attention for its ability to produce passages of writing that are convincingly human-like. Some have even suggested that the program, created by Elon Musk’s OpenAI, may be considered or appears toContinue Reading

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