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digital transformation, social & political change; research & policy @ Caribou Digital & fellow @ LSE & Cornell Tech; RT ≠ endorsement

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@emryss.bsky.social @emrys_s
16 Jun 2021
Pleased to share new paper w/ Dr Madon on the 'value' of #digitalID as a platform for #refugee management, and the governance requirements of ID platformisation Digital identity as a platform for improving refugee management - ISJ (Open Access) bit.ly/3zs8OEO

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Dr. Keren Weitzberg @KerenWeitzberg
13 Jan 2025
Please join me, Yussuf Bashir (@Haki_na_Sheria), @laurambing (Temple U. Institute for Law, Innovation & Technology), & @NoraNadja this Wed, 15th, 2pm GMT as we discuss digital ID, humanitarian tech, & the identification challenges facing migrants/refugees shorturl.at/yYtIh

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Meta is getting rid of factchecking. Should you leave Instagram – and what are the alternatives? | Social media | The Guardian theguardian.com/technology/2…

Meta is getting rid of factchecking. Should you leave Instagram – and what are the alternatives?

Decision relates to just the US so far but it may affect users in Australia who follow a lot of US-based sources

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Social Media as It Should Be by Robin Berjon - Project Syndicate project-syndicate.org/commen…

Social Media as It Should Be

Robin Berjon explains how the Bluesky model could restore the original promise of the internet.

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Good piece on #DPI, #EuroStack and #techsovereignty from ⁦@ECDPM⁩ - and how a European approach to DPI could deliver on European foreign policy goals Tech sovereignty and a new EU foreign economic policy - ECDPM ecdpm.org/work/tech-sovereig…

Tech sovereignty and a new EU foreign economic policy

In a global tech landscape dominated by the US and China, the EU faces significant challenges in staying competitive. Chloe Teevan and Raphael Pouyé argue that, with the threat of US tariffs looming...

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I’d love to see a geographic breakdown of Bluesky users theverge.com/2024/11/23/2430…

Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky

The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.

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Meet three incoming EU lawmakers in charge of key tech policy areas | TechCrunch

The European Union looks to have clinched political agreement on the team of 26 commissioners who will be implementing President Ursula von der Leyen's

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Huge milestone in Europes #digitalID and #DPI journey
Luca Bertuzzi @BertuzLuca
21 Nov 2024
The first five implementing acts of the European digital identity wallet were adopted today after hours of intense negotiations. The Commission avoided missing the statutory deadline, winning over resistance from countries like Germany. mlex.com/mlex/technology/art…
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21 Nov 2024
The visual language of the UN HQ was exported all over the world through the concept of “itinerant platforms”. The UN sought to export a format for organizing global public life in the image of its headquarters, all the way down to the local village center sitezones.net/reviews/the-bi…

The Birth of a Dying System — SITE ZONES

Alexander Stagnell

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Microsoft starts boiling the Copilot frog • The Register theregister.com/2024/11/18/o…

Microsoft starts boiling the Copilot frog

You think employee-generated content is bad now?

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World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Wants the Internet Back - Bloomberg bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Tim Berners-Lee Wants the Internet Back

The inventor of the World Wide Web is on a laudable mission to give everyone control of their online data. He’s fighting an uphill battle.

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@mimmymum.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum
19 Oct 2024
Apparently there’s a plugin for Google Chrome, Edge & Firefox called “Sky Follower Bridge” which lets you find all the people you follow here on X/Twitter on Bluesky A great tool to help you exit this hell-hole while keeping in touch with contacts 👍🏻 ➡️ chromewebstore.google.com/de…
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The Onion buys conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’ | Media | The Guardian theguardian.com/media/2024/n…

The Onion buys conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’

Satirical news outlet purchases media platform run by Alex Jones at a court-ordered auction

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Tom Fisher @TomSamaki
14 Nov 2024
Depends on the nation state. He might mean we're going to invade and take all their stuff.
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Britain must treat tech giants like nation states, minister warns The white flag of surrender thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…

Britain must treat tech giants like nation states, minister warns

UK must act ‘with a sense of humility’ when dealing with powerful companies such as Meta, Google and Microsoft, according to Peter Kyle, the technology secretary

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Daron Acemoglu
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8 Nov 2024
I feel anxious and saddened by Trump’s election. Years of turmoil and uncertainty await us. I have also come to believe that this is not Trump’s win. It is the Democrats who have lost this election.
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Marietje Schaake
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7 Nov 2024
What Big Tech CEOs want from a second Trump presidency #techcoup ↘️ ft.com/content/79f87a7f-66b2…

What Big Tech CEOs want from a second Trump presidency

Leaders of Silicon Valley’s giants hope for a more permissive attitude on deals, antitrust and AI in the next administration

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Pakistan moves to recognise digital currency | Digital Watch Observatory dig.watch/updates/pakistan-m…

Pakistan moves to recognise digital currency | Digital Watch Observatory

The plan includes allowing digital currencies, such as Bitcoin, to gain legal tender status, and suggests the SBP could issue its own central bank digital currency (CBDC).

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Jeff Stein
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6 Nov 2024
Staggering class realignment/shift in working class Harris lost DESPITE major shift of affluent voters her way 2020: Trump wins voters over $100K, 54-52 2024: *Harris* wins voters over $100K, 54-45 2020: Biden wins voters $50K-$100K, 57-42 2024: *Trump* w/ voters $50K-$100K, 49-47 2020: Biden wins voters under $50K, 55-45 2024: Trump massive improvement w/ voters under $50K, 49-48
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Variety
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6 Nov 2024
“The Big Short” and “Don’t Look Up” director Adam McKay says it's "time to abandon" the Democratic Party. “Who would have guessed lying about Biden’s cognitive health for 2 yrs, refusing to do an open convention for a new nominee, never mentioning public healthcare & embracing fracking, the Cheneys & a yr long slaughter of children in Gaza wouldn’t be a winning strategy?” variety.com/2024/film/news/a…
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Marielle Debos · @debos.bsky.social @m_debos
5 Nov 2024
If you’re curious about the biometrics industry’s debates about AI and regulation, read this by @KerenWeitzberg & @empo11on medium.com/caribou-digital/t…

To AI or Not to AI? Insights from the Biometrics Institute Congress, 2024

Keren Weitzberg & Aaron Martin

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