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Growth of AI faces stiff challenges in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

As AI systems become increasingly central to the global economy, this poor performance risks further damaging the economic prospects of a region that has long struggled to achieve…

Eastern EU fight against disinformation will be uneven

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EU

The Pirates and their coalition partners have fallen to third place, having previously made a shock breakthrough to surpassg Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s ANO party. Pirates…

Russia sees digitalisation as new technical revolution

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RUSSIA

The government is attaching high hopes to its digitalisation strategy to stimulate economic growth, increase government efficiency and improve people's quality of life. Despite…

War may set back Yemen’s women for decades

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YEMEN

Prospects for Yemeni women.

COVID-19 intensifies the cyber race on disinformation

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INT

Efforts to combat disinformation.

UK White Paper on online harms faces major obstacles

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UNITED KINGDOM

Forthcoming UK White Paper on online harms.

Gender equality will see uneven progress in Mexico

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MEXICO

The Mexican government's advances towards greater gender equality.

Indonesia's structural gaps impede its digital economy

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INDONESIA

About 150 million people (55% of the population) are already online, and three-quarters of them access the internet via smart feature phones or smartphones. Some pandemic-related…

Algorithms are insufficient to curb disinformation

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INT

However, such technical content filters struggle with the increasingly sophisticated and nuanced disinformation campaigns, involving activity from both automated bots and humans…

Political value of social media will rise in Africa

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AFRICA

Relatively low internet penetration rates (an average of 40% across the continent) and stark differences in digital access within and across states mask social media’s increasing…