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Calls to audit social media algorithms will rise

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INT

The problem of misinformation, polarisation and harmful content on social media has in recent years exposed the ineffectiveness of self-regulation by platform operators. Yet…

Focus on internet risks missing radicalisation keys

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INTERNATIONAL

The nature and spread of radical content online -- whether jihadist or right-wing supremicist -- and its link to terror attacks is a source of public and governmental concern…

Ukraine conflict alters the role of cyberspace in war

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INT

Biden and other Western officials have not made any specifics public. Nonetheless, the advice underlines the risks to global geopolitical stability from cyberspace, an unstable…

Far right stands to benefit from Dutch tensions

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NETHERLANDS

Omtzigt cited concerns over government finances as a reason for leaving the talks. The other three parties appear content with the talks and will continue negotiating.

COVID worsens education shortcomings in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

According to a World Bank Report published in October 2021, the disruption caused to children and young people’s education by the pandemic has dwarfed the impact that the…

Iraqi media and online commentators face new threats

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IRAQ

The advent of the new federal prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, himself a former journalist, brought a temporary lull, but deadly partisanship is now returning to the media…

Generative AI carries serious online risks

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INTERNATIONAL

These models are fed huge datasets of media content and trained to generate new content following a short thematic prompt. The most hyped -- and feared -- models include OpenAI’s…

Qatar’s rewarding Afghan role carries future risks

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QATAR

Qatar has become central to international efforts to engage with the Taliban after the fall of Kabul. Its role in facilitating the withdrawal of Western forces and massive…

Strategies can overcome irrational UK policy-making

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UNITED KINGDOM

The report, entitled 'Missing Evidence', reveals that despite spending 2.5 billion pounds (3.6 billion dollars) on policy research each year, the UK government maintains no…

Somali piracy should stay below previous peaks

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SOMALIA

The announcement follows recent incidents and seizures that prompt concerns that large-scale piracy could return to Somalia. A spate of piracy between 2008-11 spurred…