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NEW RESOURCES
PR Newswire: The Jerusalem Cinematheque’s Israel Film Archive is launching a brand-new website (PRESS RELEASE). “Two years after its initial launch, the Jerusalem Cinematheque’s Israel Film Archive website – where hundreds of digitally restored Israeli films and archival footage clips have been made accessible to the general public – has had a makeover and is now relaunching a new and improved version, complete with a range of user experience (UX) upgrades and advanced search tools for viewers everywhere.”
State of Delaware: Delaware Division of the Arts Launches Refreshed Delaware Artist Roster on DelawareScene.com. “The Delaware Division of the Arts has announced the public launch of the highly anticipated Delaware Artist Roster, now hosted on the dynamic DelawareScene.com portal. This refreshed portal presents a diverse selection of talented artists from Delaware who are now available to exhibit, perform, or present programs throughout Delaware and the wider mid-Atlantic region.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Ars Technica: Twitter gets buggier: Followers don’t display, users restricted in error. “Since the earliest days of Twitter, the easiest way to find out more about an account was to look beyond its tweets and dig deeper into who follows that account and who that account is following. Now, users are discovering that Twitter seems to either be glitching or intentionally limiting access to the complete lists of any given user’s followers or who they are following.”
USEFUL STUFF
MakeUseOf: 5 Novel RSS Reader Apps to Change How You Get News Feeds and Updates . “When it comes to RSS readers, the conversation usually boils down to Feedly vs. Flipboard. But there are several other new options worth checking out, as they enhance your feeds with AI summaries or algorithms to arrange data by your reading habits or give you minimalist and privacy-friendly options.” Small but interesting collection.
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
NBC News: Twitter shows users police brutality and anti-vaccine videos on TikTok copycat. “On Sunday, Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted about a feature on the site that copies TikTok’s signature ‘Swipe up for more videos’ functionality. While the feature originally came out in October, Musk highlighting it introduced it to droves of new users. Many reported being alarmed by a stream of graphic videos they encountered while scrolling through the feed, including videos showing gun violence, police brutality, physical altercations and vaccine misinformation.”
Hollywood Reporter: GLAAD, HRC Issue Letter Signed by 250+ Stars Asking Social Platforms to Curb Anti-LGBTQ Hate. “GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign have teamed to issue a public letter signed by more than 250 notable names that urges CEOs of Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter to help curb anti-LGBTQ hate on their platforms by better enforcing policies that protect that community.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
Axios: Scoop: Congress sets limits on staff ChatGPT use. “The House is placing new guardrails around use of the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT by congressional offices, Axios has learned. Why it matters: It’s the latest example of how Washington is grappling with the implications of the recent explosive growth in generative AI both legislatively and personally.”
Mongabay: When “cute” is cruel: Social media videos stoke loris pet trade, study says. “Conservationists are concerned that the popularity of social media videos depicting lorises as pets is stoking the illegal and often abusive pet trade, placing pressure on already flagging numbers in the wild.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Stanford Internet Observatory: New report finds generative machine learning exacerbates online sexual exploitation. “The Stanford Internet Observatory and Thorn find rapid advances in generative machine learning make it possible to create realistic imagery that is facilitating child sexual exploitation.”
George Washington University: New ‘Shockwave’ Science Tracks Online Hate Speech. “The first-of-its-kind study, which was published in the journal ‘Physical Review Letters,’ uses a new scientific equation to register the shockwave effect created by bigoted content across online communities. It predicts how groups form, grow and scatter when threatened by moderators—only to re-emerge across platforms.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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June 29, 2023 at 12:36AM
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