Eden Kamar Postdoctoral research fellow Hebrew University of Jerusalem Christian Jordan Howell Assistant Professor in Cybercrime University of South Florida There has been a tenfold increase in sexual abuse imagery created with webcams and other recording devices worldwide since 2019, according to the the Internet Watch Foundation. Social media sites
brownstone.org On Tuesday this week, the European Commission announced its first list of designated Very Large Online Platforms – or VLOPs – that will be subject to “content moderation” requirements and obligations to combat “disinformation” under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). As VLOPs, the designated services will be required
newsbusters.org Twitter Files journalist Michael Shellenberger sounded the alarm on the expansion of the “Censorship Industrial Complex” based on new evidence. Now evidence shows the same campaign to target speech on Big Tech platforms was wielded against “supposedly encrypted text messages through apps like [Whats]App, Signal and Telegram.
This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in
A young fellow of my acquaintance recently sneered at the idea that Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter was a victory, however small, for free speech. “At the end of the day, he’s still just a billionaire. It’s all about money.” Well, that may be so, I replied.
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.
[This piece is an excerpt from The Great Reset and the Struggle for Liberty.] The notion that the world can be replicated and replaced by a simulated reality says a great deal about the beliefs of those who promote the metaverse [treated in the previous chapter]. The conception is materialist
Sayonnha Mandal Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Informatics University of Nebraska Omaha Passwords could soon become passé. Effective passwords are cumbersome, all the more so when reinforced by two-factor authentication. But the need for authentication and secure access to websites is as great as ever. Enter passkeys. Passkeys are digital credentials stored
Catherine Salgado newsbusters.org Catherine Salgado was a staff writer with Media Research Center’s NewsBusters’ Free Speech America. She also has a column, Washington’s Bayonette, on The Rogue Review and her own SubStack newsletter, Pro Deo et Libertate. Catherine previously wrote for The National Pulse and is a
This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in
This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in
There’s an awful lot of guff, cant and nonsense spouted around the topic of “artificial intelligence” and “consciousness”, most of the product of ignorant journalists and over-excitable computer geeks. Elon Musk may be onto something when he warns us to throttle back on the spread of AI, but it’
Paiten Iselin newsbusters.org Paiten Iselin is a researcher and video creator in the Media Research Center’s Free Speech America division. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Liberty University, earning a B.S. in Strategic Communication: Social Media Management. Prior to that, she was an actress, voice over artist,
James Rose Director of the Institute for Smart Structures University of Tennessee In architecture, new materials rarely emerge. For centuries, wood, masonry and concrete formed the basis for most structures on Earth. In the 1880s, the adoption of the steel frame changed architecture forever. Steel allowed architects to design taller
This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in
