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Three years after the Myanmar military seized power in a violent coup, the junta is still carrying out brutal attacks against those resisting its authority. It also uses Internet shutdowns, surveillance, and disappearances to hide its atrocities and to maintain its grip on power. In...

A WACC-supported protect in Costa Rica is helping women Indigenous leaders of the Cabécar nation use digital technologies strategically to connect younger generations with their community’s culture, knowledge, and language. “Cabécar young people influenced by Western culture are becoming disconnected from ancestral wisdom,” says Kemly...

Philip Lee Reflections on digital technologies and artificial intelligence, their potential to change the nature of being human, and the unintended consequences of a Promethean quest for scientific knowledge. In his book Irish Nocturnes, philosopher and poet Chris Arthur observes the unease with which human...

ARTICLE 19 In this submission, ARTICLE 19 responds to the call for papers on key issues on global AI governance, in advance of the first meeting of the Multistakeholder Advisory Body on AI (Advisory Body). We encourage the Advisory Body to consider a human rights-centred...

UNESCO 1 PROPORTIONALITY AND DO NO HARM The use of AI systems must not go beyond what is necessary to achieve a legitimate aim. Risk assessment should be used to prevent harms which may result from such uses. 2 SAFETY AND SECURITY Unwanted harms (safety...

Leipzig (Germany) 2023 At the 66th International Film Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (8-15 October 2023), the Interreligious Jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, awarded its Prize of € 2.250, donated by the VCH-Hotels Germany together with VCH-Hotel Michaelis in Leipzig as well as...

Videos of Elon Musk promoting dubious investments. Popular news anchors advertising all manner of products. Seemingly plausible news articles bearing bylines of known journalists. Welcome to the world of AI-enabled misinformation and disinformation that has rapidly spiraled into the new normal. Over 11,000 business leaders...

At its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, WACC’s North America regional association affirmed work being done to promote migrants’ communication rights and positive narratives about migration, and elected new members to its Regional Executive Committee. Migrant Media Monitoring Project Migration and communication rights was the...