Over the past year, digital rights have faced increasing pressure. As governments and corporations deploy and develop new technologies at a rapid pace, the regulations needed to safeguard these rights still lag behind. 

Against the backdrop of escalating repressive measures, we’ve witnessed corporate complicity of the AI-facilitated genocide in Gaza, regressing standards for content moderation, and neglect for vulnerable groups online.

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

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

Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching

Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern

Rückblick: Talk im Turm zu Desinformation und Algorithmen

Generative AI is Taking Over Everyday Life in Switzerland: From Experimentation to Regular Use

Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation  

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

Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation

The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) and datHere have established a new partnership to advance open standards and AI-ready data infrastructure tooling, standards and practices. The collaboration aims to help develop shared services, co-design project proposals, better understand the challenges for the communities we serve and strengthen the landscape of open, interoperable data across public and...

San Francisco (9 December 2025) — The Wikimedia Foundation today announced the appointment of Bernadette Meehan as Chief Executive Officer. Meehan brings extensive international leadership experience, policy expertise, a strong background in community engagement, and a commitment to mission-driven work that aligns closely with Wikimedia’s vision of free knowledge for all. She will join the Foundation on January 20, 2026.

The Central Library of IIT Delhi used ODE to help identify errors in large spreadsheets and educate colleagues on key aspects of data quality
The post Open Data Editor in Action: Advancing Data Quality in Academic Library Services in India first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

Kritik an Plattformen statt Lernkurve

Ein Beispiel liefert seine Betrachtung der aktuellen politischen Verschiebungen, die sich stark in digitalen Medien ausdrücken. „Ein sehr naheliegender, aber aus meiner Sicht falscher Schritt ist zu sagen: Die digitalen Medien waren es“, sagt Jungherr. Anzunehmen, dass soziale Plattformen mit ihren Algorithmen nur abgeschaltet werden müssten, damit die Menschen weniger rechts- noch linkspopulistisch wählen und angestammte Parteien Probleme loswerden, greife zu kurz.

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How fair is automated credit lending? Where is human expertise essential?
The post The Human in the Loop in automated credit lending – Human expertise for greater fairness appeared first on HIIG.

What does resilience in higher education really look like? How does it emerge differently across institutions?
The post Digital by design, not by default: Resilience in higher education appeared first on HIIG.

In July 2023, Elon Musk announced a bold move: Twitter would rebrand to X and evolve into an “everything app”. X introduced monthly subscription fees for premium features, launched its own generative AI system, and announced plans for peer-to-peer payments and financial services. Yet within months, the platform faced advertiser boycotts, revenue declines, massive layoffs, plunging valuations, and heightened regulatory scrutiny over disinformation and harmful content.

Le CRDP a le plaisir de vous convier à l’édition 2025 des Nuits de la justice qui portera sur « L’éthique et le droit, une combinaison gagnante pour la justice », organisée en collaboration avec le Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ), l’Institut d’éthique appliquée de l’université Laval (IDÉA) et le Cégep du Vieux-Montréal.
 
Date : 12 mars 2026
Heure : 18H – 21H
Lieu : Cégep du Vieux-Montréal. Salle A4.82a – L’Annexe