How AI Could Take Over Elections--And Undermine Democracy
An AI-driven political campaign could be all things to all people.....»»
Open science is facing headwinds
Within the scientific community, the words "open science" have been on everyone's lips in recent years. Open science entails a great promise of a democracy of knowledge, and it is considered to be a universally good thing. In the words of the UN Decl.....»»
Twitter’s latest features are all about curbing election misinformation
Twitter is launching a few new features to help combat election misinformation for the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. And it's reviving some older ones too......»»
Twitter is bringing back "prebunks" to get ahead of midterm misinformation
Twitter has announced a series of changes it hopes will "protect civic conversation" on the platform ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. Here's a rundown of how they'll do it.First, they'll flag misinformation with labels that link to credible infor.....»»
Twitter activates election policy enforcement for US midterms
Twitter will now label and demote misinformation about the upcoming US elections, such as false claims about how to cast a ballot or the outcomes of a race, as part of a broader set of content enforcement policies it's activating ahead of the midterm.....»»
400 million voting records show persistent gaps in voter turnout by race, age, and political affiliation
A new study from BYU and the University of Virginia analyzed 400 million voter records from elections in 2014 and 2016 and found that minority citizens, young people, and those who support the Democratic Party are much less likely to vote than whites.....»»
Meta Quieter on Election Misinformation as Midterms Loom
Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation in U.S. elections. WASHINGTON — Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting mi.....»»
Why is populism on the rise?
A recent Washington Post article commenting on Marine Le Pen's candidacy in the recent French Presidential elections stated that: "Populism has a French accent this month," belying the accepted wisdom that populism has become a global phenomenon......»»
Latest Pegasus iPhone hack: Apple warned pro-democracy protestors in Thailand
The latest Pegasus iPhone hack to come to light targeted more than 30 pro-democracy protestors. Apple detected that their phones had been infected by NSO’s spyware, and alerted them. Thailand has been the subject of multiple military coups over th.....»»
Semiconductor equipment makers to see slipping sales in upcoming years
With several wafer foundries considering postponing or canceling their capacity expansion plans as a result of the weakening global economy and rising inflation, semiconductor equipment makers' sales in the next few years are expected to be undermine.....»»
Mark Zuckerberg is More Interested in the Metaverse Than Election Integrity
Mark Zuckerberg's intense focus on the metaverse has replaced securing elections as the Meta CEO's top concern, four Meta employees with knowledge of the situation told The New York Times. From a report: Zuckerberg has been public with his desire to.....»»
Brief, cross-partisan conversations about sensitive political topics have scant power to narrow divisions, study finds
The premise is simple, and it seems like common sense: If Republicans and Democrats could come together for good faith dialogue, the conversations would reduce tensions and ease the corrosive polarization that threatens U.S. democracy......»»
Peer review: Can this critical step in the publication of science research be kinder?
Democracy has been called the least worst system of government. Peer review is the least worst system for assessing the merit of scientific work......»»
Internet Society adds four new members to its Board of Trustees
The Internet Society announced that four new members have been seated on its Board of Trustees. The results of the 2022 Board elections and appointments earlier this year are: Charles Mok is a visiting scholar at the Global Digital Policy Incubator o.....»»
Component makers cautious about orders for 2H22
Notebook component makers are turning conservative about orders for the second half as impacts from the war between Ukraine and Russia and China's COVID lockdowns are expected to undermine demand for notebooks for the rest of 2022, according to sourc.....»»
Can Democracy Include a World Beyond Humans?
A truly planetary politics would extend decisionmaking to animals, ecosystems, and potentially AI......»»
Did democracy have a separate origin in the Americas?
Democracy is widely understood to have arisen in the Mediterranean world about 2,500 years ago before spreading through cultural contact to other parts of the globe. But new research from the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology, together.....»»
Connecticut Will Pay a Security Analyst 150K To Monitor Election Memes
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Popular Science: Ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, Connecticut is hiring a "security analyst" tasked with monitoring and addressing online misinformation. The New York Times first reported this new posi.....»»
Seattle democracy vouchers increase donations, number of candidates in city elections
Each odd-year election cycle since 2017, four $25 democracy vouchers have arrived in the mail for registered voters in Seattle......»»
Facebook-parent Meta to share more details with researchers about political ad targeting
Facebook-parent Meta on Monday said it would soon offer more transparency and information to researchers about how political and social ads are targeted to users on the platform, months before the US midterm elections......»»
"Democracy" governs mass jackdaw take-offs
Jackdaws use a "democratic" process to decide when to leave their roosts en masse, new research shows......»»