I’m not sure how this works. Are the re-tweeters running scared after the aggressive pursuit of the people who stormed the capital?
Report: Trump’s Twitter ban led to a 73% drop in election fraud misinformation
Trump‘s bans from Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms may have been controversial. but they appear to have been effective in achieving one goal: combatting misinformation. According to research firm Zignal Labs, and as reported by the Washington Post, online misinformation about election fraud dropped by 73%, following Trump’s ban.
… Earlier research had suggested that Trump’s tweets were retweeted by his supporters at massive rates regardless of their content, giving him huge huge power for shaping conversations and perceived truths among his audience. Similarly, a study released in October found that just 20 accounts, including Trump’s, were responsible for a fifth of misinformation about voting and mail-in ballots.
Apparently governments are paying attention now.
India asks WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy over ‘grave concerns’
… In an email to WhatsApp head Will Cathcart, the nation’s IT ministry said the upcoming update to the app’s data-sharing policy has raised “grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens… Therefore, you are called upon to withdraw the proposed changes.”
The ministry is additionally seeking clarification from WhatsApp on its data-sharing agreement with Facebook and other commercial firms and has asked why users in the EU are exempt from the new privacy policy but their counterpoint in India have no choice but to comply.
What is “better tourism” and how does this help you change?
https://www.bespacific.com/venice-is-watching-tourists-every-move/
Venice is watching tourists’ every move
CNN Travel – “They’re watching you, wherever you walk. They know exactly where you pause, when you slow down and speed up, and they count you in and out of the city. What’s more, they’re tracking your phone, so they can tell exactly how many people from your country or region are in which area, at which time . And they’re doing it in a bid to change tourism for the better. Welcome to Venice in a post-Covid world. The canal city may have been known as La Serenissima, or The Most Serene, during its centuries ruling the waves as the powerful Republic of Venice. In the past few years, however, things have become rather less serene, thanks to the almost 30 million visitors who descend each year on the city of just 50,000 inhabitants. Before Covid-19 struck, tourists were arriving in often unmanageable numbers, choking the main streets and filling up the waterbuses. Authorities had tried various measures, from introducing separate residents’ lines at major vaporetto (waterbus) stops to bringing in turnstiles that would filter locals from tourists on busy days. A planned “entrance tax,” due to debut in 2020, has been postponed to January 2022, due to the pandemic. But as well as controlling footfall, the authorities wanted to track tourism itself — not just by registering overnight guests but, in a city where the vast majority of visitors are daytrippers, by counting exactly who is in the city — and where they go…”
Something to attend?
Human Rights in the Era of AI: Europe as international Standard Setter for Artificial Intelligence
The Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection of Germany, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, are organising a conference entitled “Human Rights in the Era of AI - Europe as international Standard Setter for Artificial Intelligence”. Taking place on 20 January under the German Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the conference will address issues such as the impact of AI on human rights, democracy and the rule of law as well as the feasibility of a future legal framework for AI.
The president of the Council of Europe´s Ad hoc Committee on AI (CAHAI), Gregor Strojin, will present the conclusions of a study recently adopted by the committee on the feasibility of a Council of Europe legal framework on AI.
The conference will start at 13h00 and end at 17h45 (CET).
Conference page Live streaming
Honor thy secretary, or else.
https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-01-19
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