UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré Wole Soyinka addresses a lecture series marking the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2008. (file) This #ThrowbackThursday, when the world celebrates the Day for Countering Hate Speech, we are looking back at how Nobel Laureate for Literature Wole Soyinka wielded powerful words to clobber…
California: Technology company Apple has announced the launch of a new product in an online event on May 7 next month. According to a press release, the event, with the tagline ‘Let’s Lose’, will be streamed live on Apple’s website at 10 a.m. ET. Apple’s launch events are usually pre-recorded. According to reports, after not…
Lenovo Group, LG AI Research, Mastercard, Microsoft, Salesforce, Telefonica, GSMA network of mobile phone operators, and INNIT have pledged to “integrate the values and principles” of UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of AI when designing and deploying AI systems. The announcement came at the UN education, science and culture agency’s Global Forum on AI, taking place…
Maryland: If someone is considering surgery for breast cancer, searching for information or tips online is not the best way to go. A recent study found that online content on breast cancer surgery often varies considerably in terms of information quality and is often written at a level higher than a sixth grade level. The…
OHCHR said that at least 120,000 people across Myanmar and another 100,000 in Cambodia may be held in situations where they are forced to execute lucrative online scams – from illegal gambling to crypto fraud. Other States including Lao PDR, the Philippines and Thailand have also been identified as main countries of destination or transit….
14 crore in cash and 4 kg gold biscuits were recovered, however, the counting of the confiscated amount is still going on. A businessman from the Indian city of Nagpur won 5 crores while playing online gambling but lost 58 crores. According to Indian media reports, Police Commissioner Umesh Kumar says that they have recovered…
Chinese President Xi Jinping says that China should establish a strong security fence around its Internet under the supervision of the ruling Communist Party, he wants to protect online data and information. At the end of the ongoing two-day cyber security meeting in Beijing, President Xi Jinping instructed the officials, saying that measures must be…
The policy paper, Countering and Addressing Online Hate Speech: A Guide for Policy Makers and Practitioners, was developed jointly by the UN Office with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project, at the UK’s University of Essex. ‘Unprecedented speed’ “We have seen across the world, and time, how social media has become a…
A tragic incident took place in the Indian state of Telangana where a mother committed suicide along with her two young children. According to local media reports, the incident took place in Chot Opal, a suburb of Hyderabad city. The woman was married to 28-year-old Rajeshwari, while her children were aged between 2 and 5…
Most of the people want to buy something online as soon as they click on ‘order’, so they don’t have to wait any longer and get their desired item in their hands as soon as possible. However, sometimes online orders literally make the customer wait so much that it goes from hours and days to…
