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NEW RESOURCES
Newham Recorder: East Londoners recall culture, racism and discrimination. “East Londoners have shared their experiences of racism and discrimination in a new online archive. Voices of East Bank, created this year, consists of more than 100 audio recordings chronicling the diverse heritage, languages, and culture of east London from the 20th century to the present day.”
VentureBeat: Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use. “It’s here: months after it was first announced, Nightshade, a new, free software tool allowing artists to ‘poison’ AI models seeking to train on their works, is now available for artists to download and use on any artworks they see fit.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
TechCrunch: Microsoft makes its AI-powered reading tutor free. “Microsoft today made Reading Coach, its AI-powered tool that provides learners with personalized reading practice, available at no cost to anyone with a Microsoft account. As of this morning, Reading Coach is accessible on the web in preview — a Windows app is forthcoming. And soon (in late spring), Reading Coach will integrate with learning management systems such as Canva, Microsoft says.”
Japan Today: Social media firms bolster monitoring of Japan quake misinformation. “Social media platforms are strengthening their monitoring of misinformation on their platforms concerning a recent powerful earthquake that hit central Japan, as the government asks them to take specific measures to prevent such posts from hampering rescue efforts, the communications ministry said Friday.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
GQ: How one writer escaped the algorithm: “My wife had to tell me that the Queen had died”. “[Kyle] Chayka, who writes about technology and culture on the internet for The New Yorker, never even bothered set up the screen time function on his phone, because, well, who wants to know? But while researching his new book, Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture, which charts how algorithms have come to dominate modern culture, he embarked on something drastic: a months-long ‘algorithm cleanse’ during which he avoided all computer-generated content feeds. ‘We have this sense that we don’t exist if we’re not online, which isn’t true,’ he says. ‘But I think the cleanse truly helped me reset my relationship to the internet.'”
Associated Press: Online rumors partially to blame for drop in water pressure in Mississippi capital, manager says. “Law enforcement agencies are investigating whether social media rumors about a potential water outage prompted people to quickly fill bathtubs with tap water in Mississippi’s capital during a cold snap and cause a drop in pressure that temporarily made faucets run dry for thousands of customers of the city’s long-troubled system.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
AFP: Academia warned to guard ‘crown jewels’ after British Library hack. “While cyber-attacks on banks, utilities and media platforms may grab the most attention, the hacking of the British Library has led to warnings that academia has become an easy target.”
Bleeping Computer: BreachForums hacking forum admin sentenced to 20 years supervised release. “Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release today in the Eastern District of Virginia for operating the notorious BreachForums hacking forum, known for the sale and leaking of personal data for hundreds of millions of people worldwide.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Techdirt: Americans Received 55 Billion Robocalls In 2023, A 9% Jump From 2022. “There is some good news: according to data from the YouMail Robocall Index, U.S. consumers received just under 3.8 billion robocalls during the month of December, a 16.3% decrease from the month before. The bad news: that November to December decrease usually happens (predatory scumbags take breaks over the holidays like everybody else) and may not be fully representative of a meaningful trend.”
International Journalists’ Network: To combat disinformation targeting Asian Americans, center language and communities. “Mis- and disinformation within Asian American communities spreads widely on the radio, Youtube and popular apps such as WeChat and WhatsApp. WeChat, which is used by about 60% of the Chinese American community, is particularly vulnerable to misinformation, due to a hyper-partisan, conservative ecosystem that rewards sensationalist content. To learn more about disinformation’s impact on Asian American communities and how to combat it in effective, culturally conscious ways, I reached out to Nick Nguyen, the co-founder and research lead of Viet Fact Check, and Kyle Van Fleet, a strategic communications associate for APIA Vote and head of APIA Vote’s disinformation monitoring program.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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January 22, 2024 at 01:29AM
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