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Open Data Editor Introduced to Mongolian Data Enthusiasts

The training, offered by Public Lab Mongolia, attracted the interests of Mongolian open data enthusiasts and practitioners from various fields, including sociology students and practitioners, data analysts, health researchers, university lecturers, civil society, and private sector professionals.
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Católica Global School of Law, the hosting partner of  Datasphere Initiative’s Sandbox Summer School 2025

The Datasphere Initiative is proud to have the Católica Global School of Law (CGSL), which serves as Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (UCP)’s hub for transnational legal education.as the hosting partner for the inaugural Sandbox Summer School in Lisbon, Portugal, from June 30 to July 4th, 2025. 

Online echoes: the Tagesschau in Einfacher Sprache

How is the Tagesschau in Einfacher Sprache perceived? This analysis of Reddit comments reveals how the new simplified format news is discussed online.
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Auf den Spuren einer seltenen Krankheit

Die Fanconi-Anämie (FA) ist eine seltene Erbkrankheit, zu deren Symptomen angeborene Fehlbildungen und fortschreitendes Knochenmarkversagen zählen. Außerdem führt sie zu einem erhöhten Krebsrisiko, besonders für Krebserkrankungen des Blutes und der Schleimhäute.  

Prof. dr. Jozefien Vanherpe and PhD researcher Noémie Krack interviewed over deep fakes legal challenges and the recent regulatory moves by Denmark

DSI Apéro Philo Session: Digital Wellbeing

DSI Apéro Philo Session: Digital Wellbeing

Talk im Turm: Göttliche Algorithmen und Putins Desinformation

Talk im Turm: Göttliche Algorithmen und Putins Desinformation

Campus Oerlikon Lecture Series: Digital Worlds

Campus Oerlikon Lecture Series: Digital Worlds

“Artificial Intelligence” in Switzerland 2024: Rapid Diffusion and Increasing Digital Inequality

“Artificial Intelligence” in Switzerland 2024: Rapid Diffusion and Increasing Digital Inequality

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

Two Awards at SACM 2025 for the Media Change and Innovation Division

Two Awards at SACM 2025 for the Media Change and Innovation Division

Internet Use as Everyday Religion on the Rise, Cyborgization Still in its Early Stages

Internet Use as Everyday Religion on the Rise, Cyborgization Still in its Early Stages

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

The Wikipedia Test

We get it; we really do. Lawmakers across the world are rightly focused on regulating powerful, for-profit platforms to mitigate the harms ascribed to social media and other threats online. When developing such legislation, however, some draft laws can inadvertently place public interest projects like Wikipedia at risk. At the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms, we have found that when a proposed law harms Wikipedia, in many cases it likely harms other community-led websites, open resources, or digital infrastructure.

Cyberattacks shake voters’ trust in elections, regardless of party

AI is fuelling a new wave of border vigilantism in the US

The Age of Integrity

Press under pressure: New MPM warns of rising threats to media pluralism ahead of EMFA full enforcement

Florence, 27 June 2025 — Independent journalism across Europe is facing mounting pressure from economic, technological, and political forces, threats that now cut across nearly every EU Member State. This is the key warning from the 2025 Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM2025), published today by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) at the European University Institute.

Kopenhagen en Aarhus keren Amerikaanse big tech de rug toe, Amsterdam studeert op vergelijkbare stap

De twee grootste gemeenten van Denemarken zijn hun samenwerking met Microsoft aan het uitfaseren vanwege het behoud van digitale soevereiniteit. Welke risico’s brengt de afhankelijkheid van een bedrijf als Microsoft met zich mee en hoe wordt hier in Amsterdam over gedacht?
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