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15Aug/22

OPINION: Besides AI, regulation key to fight mis/disinformation

August 15, 2022PoliticsAcademic disciplines, Alejandro Romero, Anya Schiffrin, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Black propaganda, Constella, Deception, Disinformation, Facebook, Germany, Media manipulation, Misinformation, Natural language processing, Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, Propaganda techniques, Psychopathy, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

By Anya Schiffrin, director of the Technology, Media and Communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

When worries about online mis/disinformation became widespread after the 2016 U.S. election, there was hope that the tech giants would use artificial intelligence (AI) to fix the mess they created. The hope was that platforms could use AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automatically block or downrank false. illegal or inflammatory content online without governments having to regulate.
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13Aug/22

MasterClass Launches Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice’s Class on Diplomacy

August 13, 2022PoliticsAfrican-American people, Albright, American diplomats, Condoleezza Rice, Federal government of the United States, Madeleine Albright, MasterClass, Rice, United States, United States Department of State, United States Secretary of Stateadmin

MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world’s best across a wide range of subjects, today announced the launch of a class on diplomacy with two former U.S. secretaries of state—Condoleezza Rice and the late Madeleine Albright. In their class, Albright and Rice provide members with lessons they learned as secretaries of state, including how to build trusted teams, reconcile differences, overcome failed decisions and apply diplomacy in everyday life. Albright and Rice’s class is part of the “MasterClass Presents the White House” series and now available exclusively on MasterClass, where subscribers get unlimited access to all 150+ instructors with an annual membership. Continue reading

11Aug/22

Why searching an ex-president’s estate is not easily done – 4 important things to know about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago

August 11, 2022PoliticsAmerican people of German descent, Clark D. Cunningham, Climate change skepticism and denial, Creative Commons, Donald Trump, Eva Marie, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, George III, Giorgio, Joe Biden, John Eastman, John Wilkes, Mandel, Mar-a-Lago, Merrick Garland, Palm Beach, Politics by country, Right-wing populism in the United States, Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, Special Counsel investigation, United States, W. Lee Burge, William Barradmin

Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University

The FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s estate on Aug. 8, 2022, caught Trump by surprise – and prompted immediate speculation about exactly why and how the law enforcement agency secured a search warrant.

“My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents. … They even broke into my safe!” Trump said in a statement released through his political action committee, Save America.

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09Aug/22

Is race an issue for Rishi Sunak? It’s a difficult question for pollsters to investigate but the information we do have is telling

August 9, 2022PoliticsBoris Johnson, British people, Carlton Television, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, David Cameron, English people, International Democrat Union, Leaders of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, Opinion poll, Paul Whiteley, Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, Toryism, United Kingdom, University of Essex, YOUGOVadmin

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

A YouGov poll of party members completed on August 2 shows Rishi Sunak to be trailing Liz Truss 31% to 69% in the Conservative leadership contest. A similar poll completed on July 21 had him on 38% to her 62%. She appears to be winning the contest hands down.

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08Aug/22

Kenya election: four ways to better safeguard and defend democracy

August 8, 2022PoliticsArticles, Carter Center, Disinformation, Election monitoring, Electoral fraud, Fraud, Health, Jair Bolsonaro, Media manipulation, Nic Cheeseman, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Petra, University of Birmingham, William Rutoadmin

Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham and Petra Alderman, University of Birmingham

More elections are being held than ever – but the number of questionable polls being held around the world is fuelling fears of a “global democratic recession”, whereby the will of the people is not reflected in the results being announced. Two countries with elections coming up in the next few days and months, where opposition parties or international bodies are worried the process will not be fair, are Kenya, which goes to the polls on August 8, and Brazil, which votes on October 2.

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03Aug/22

Killing prisoners for transplants: Forced organ harvesting in China

August 3, 2022CrimeAli Iqbal, Aliya Khan, Cardiac surgery, Clinical medicine, David Kilgour, David Matas, Falun Gong, Geoffrey Nice, Human rights abuses in China, Lung transplantation, McMaster University, Medical specialties, Organ donation, Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China, Organ procurement, Organ trade, Organ transplantation, Surgery, Susie Hughes, transplantationadmin

Ali Iqbal, McMaster University and Aliya Khan, McMaster University

Organ transplantation is a life-saving therapy for millions of patients and one of the greatest successes of modern medicine. However, a limited supply of donor organs, paired with a massive demand for transplants, has fuelled the global organ trafficking industry which exploits poor, underprivileged and persecuted members of society as a source of organs to be purchased by wealthy transplant tourists.

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31Jul/22

Every Briton should plant 650 trees to offset their yearly CO2 emissions, estimated at 8 tonnes

July 31, 2022EnvironmentArticles, Carbon dioxide, Carbon footprint, Carbon neutrality, Climate forcing, Climate variability and change, Environmental impact of the energy industry, Greenhouse gas, Greenhouse gas emissions, Natural environment, Renewable energyadmin

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are the main cause of climate change, evidenced these days in record high temperatures, forest fires and persistent drought across Europe. Reducing these emissions is imperative to stop this progress, and this is what the UN’s Net Zero strategy pursues. According to estimates by Tribaldata, each UK citizen emits, on average, 8 tonnes of CO2e per year, so the commitment to reducing carbon footprint should not only come from governments and companies, but also from citizens, where each should plant 650 trees to fully offset their environmental impact. Continue reading

28Jul/22

Revealed: untold story of the CIA/Stasi double agent abandoned after 22 years of service

July 28, 2022PoliticsAfghanistan, Aldrich Ames, Ben de Jong, Berlin, Braat, Budapest, Bulgaria, China, Creative Commons, Denmark, Eleni Braat, Gerber, Germany, Handcuffs, Heinz Nötzelmann, Herr, Hohenschönhausen, Iain Masterton, Israel, John Gittinger, Leiden, Leipzig, M’s, Markus Wolf, Netherlands, Physical restraint, Russia, SHUTTERSTOCK, Stasi, United States, Utrecht University, Volvo, West Germany, Wolfgang Koch, Yugoslaviaadmin

Eleni Braat, Utrecht University and Ben de Jong, Leiden University

I was naked, tied to a hard chair with handcuffs. Three or four burly fellows in uniform are standing around me, one of them behind me with a truncheon… ‘Sie sind ein Verräter! [You are a traitor!],’ they snap.

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25Jul/22

Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss? Polling shows party members want her – but the wider voting public would choose him

July 25, 2022PoliticsBoris Johnson, British MPs, Colleges of the University of Oxford, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Leaders of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, Margaret Thatcher, Paul Whiteley, Rishi Sunak, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Toryism, Ukraine, United Kingdom, University of Essex, YOUGOVadmin

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the final two candidates chosen to go head-to-head in the battle to become the next leader of the Conservative party and, therefore, the next prime minister of the UK.

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22Jul/22

Debunking the myth of the ‘evil people smuggler’

July 22, 2022PoliticsAftermath of war, Asylum seeker, Canada, Corey Robinson, Creative Commons, Cultural globalization, Demography, Dover, Durham University, Forced displacement, Forced migration, Human rights, Human rights abuses, Humans, Kigali, Lorena Gazzotti, Peter Tinti, Population, Priti Patel, Refugee, Refugees, Reitano, Right of asylum, Rwanda, Rwanda asylum plan, Smuggling, Social issues, the un refugee agency, Theresa May, Ukraine, United Kingdom, York University, Yvonne Suadmin

Yvonne Su, York University, Canada and Corey Robinson, Durham University

In 2022, the number of forcibly displaced people surpassed 100 million worldwide. Nearly 1.5 million refugees will need resettlement in 2022, but less than one per cent of refugees will be resettled.

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