For the past two years, the European Commission has been pushing to radically change the internet and telecommunications market in the EU in order to benefit Europe’s largest telecom companies at the expense of innovation, net neutrality, and low broadband prices.
Muslims’ pilgrimage season (Hajj) was marked by the extensive use of 32 modern technologies by Saudi authorities to facilitate the trip of 1,833,000 pilgrims from 200 countries. Among these were 17 new technologies introduced this year.
Wie alle Technologien der Vergangenheit sind auch die digitalen Technologien ambivalent. Die digitale Transformation wird unsere Lebensbedingungen nicht automatisch humanisieren – es kommt darauf an, wie wir diese Technologie nutzen und entwickeln. Der digitale Humanismus plädiert für einen instrumentellen Umgang mit den digitalen Technologien: Was kann wirtschaftlich, gesellschaftlich und kulturell nützlich sein, und wo lauern potenzielle Gefahren?
CLIMATE TRIBUNAL
The Fossil Fuels Industry on Trial
By Paolo Cirio
The Climate Tribunal wants to shift perception regarding climate change by exposing historical, scientific, political-economic, and criminal evidence of how the fossil fuel industry is accountable for having caused climate change.
Ratna Aini Haidi, a Research Associate at Safer Internet Lab, participated in the UNESCO Digital Platform Governance conference held from June 17-19, 2024, in Dubrovnik, Croatia. This event gathered global stakeholders dedicated to protecting digital freedom of expression and combating disinformation and hate speech.
Beltsazar Krisetya, the Principal Researcher at Safer Internet Lab, participated in the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) on “The Formation of a Social Media Council in Indonesia,” organized by Kadin Indonesia on June 25, 2024.
On June 27, 2024, the annual conference on the rights of people with disabilities took place in the great hall of the University of Basel.
On June 27, 2024, the annual conference on the rights of people with disabilities took place in the great hall of the University of Basel.
Was arbeiten Absolventinnen und Absolventen der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU)? Um Studierenden verschiedene Perspektiven vorzustellen, befragt Michaela Thiel regelmäßig ausgewählte Ehemalige. Sie ist Geschäftsführerin des zentralen Alumni-Netzwerks „Uni Wü Community".
Bakterien weisen eine Reihe einzigartiger Eigenschaften auf, die ein beträchtliches Potenzial für die Gesellschaft bergen. Die derzeitigen gentechnischen Methoden zur Nutzung dieser Vorteile sind jedoch auf einen kleinen Teil der Bakterienarten beschränkt. Ein Team des Helmholtz-Instituts für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI) in Würzburg hat nun einen neuen Ansatz entwickelt, der es ermöglicht, viele weitere Bakterien gentechnisch zu verändern.
In line with previous years’ findings, this year’s report confirms that no country in Europe is free from risks for media pluralism. While some countries perform satisfactorily in the legal protection of press freedom, overall trends show increasing commercial and political interference.
The tenth implementation of the Media Pluralism Monitor, compiled annually by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom at the European University Institute, has been published today.
Following the Oversight Board’s Policy Advisory Opinion (PAO) on the use of the term “shaheed,” Meta published its response to the Board’s recommendations. While civil society welcomed the OSB’s Policy Advisory Opinion, Meta’s response was inadequate in terms of implementing a roadmap for concrete actions and greater transparency.
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On Tuesday October 1, 2024 from 10:00 to 16:00, the AHK Culture Club (Amsterdam) in collaboration with the Artificial Worlds Research Group will host AI_ANXIETY, a workshop inviting early career scholars in the humanities and artists to reflect on the institutional politics of AI research.
Um Sonnenlicht möglichst gut in elektrischen Strom oder andere Energieformen umwandeln zu können, braucht es als allerersten Schritt ein effizientes Lichtsammelsystem. Dieses sollte im Idealfall panchromatisch sein, also das gesamte Spektrum des sichtbaren Lichts absorbieren.