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Nera retweeted
8 May 2025
40 years ago today, President Reagan stood before the European Parliament with a timeless message:
“We have not veered from the ideals of freedom, liberty, and peace. Let no one doubt our purpose.”
@EUintheUS
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Nera retweeted
11 Dec 2024
In nearly twenty years as a journalist, this was one of the most extraordinary moments I have witnessed.
cnn.com/2024/12/11/world/vid…
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Verify-Sy, a Syrian fact checking group, now says that this man is Air Force Intelligence First Lieutenant Salama Mohammad Salama, notorious for extortion and theft in Homs, who had been arrested due to disputes with his colleagues about profit sharing.
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Nera retweeted
15 Jun 2023
I spent last week in South Sudan, where thousands of people are flooding over the border from neighbouring Sudan to flee the war.
What I saw shocked me to the core - and though it may feel far away, the UK has a role in all of this.
This is what I found🧵
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Nera retweeted
19 May 2023
On April 13th I got an email from a stranger, @FayadMulla
He was on Lesbos & had footage from 2 days prior showing migrants getting rounded up on land & ditched in the Aegean by the coast guard
Did I want to see it?
If you think the answer was an easy "yes," you're wrong.
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Nera retweeted
10 Dec 2022
'If an unreliable linguistic mash-up is freely accessible, while original research is costly and laborious, the former will thrive' on.ft.com/3UMXWuJ via @FT
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Nera retweeted
1 Dec 2022
How can we tell the difference that what we read/watch online comes from a trustworthy, evidence-based source of information and is not #fakenews? 🤷♀️
Here are some tips to tell the difference & stop the spread of misinformation or disinformation when navigating the internet.👇
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EP President @RobertaMetsola launching the EP Forum for #AcademicFreedom to a packed room at the #STOAevent #EP4AcademicFreedom! @MEP_Ehler @ijabs
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Nera retweeted
28 Nov 2022
Presentation Secretary-General @LERUnews Prof @KurtDeketelaere:
"#AcademicFreedom is under pressure all over the world" - "It's a state obligation"
👉More in this interview: wp.me/panTdn-3ey
#EP4AcademicFreedom
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Nera retweeted
23 Nov 2022
Only in Belgium could I open my front door to find this
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Nera retweeted
8 Nov 2022
"We now have a real possibility to work together on digital #language equality, e.g. through the EU data space" says June Lowery-Kingston @lk_june @Digital_EU
"The main lesson we learned from the #ELE project is that #data is the source of everything"
#STOAevent @EuroLangTech
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Data is the new oil, even when it comes to #DigitalLanguageEquality! ‘More open data is needed, not only text, but also images, speech, human data processing models, computational infrastructure.’ @barbara_plank @MaiNLPlab @CisLmu @NLPnorth #STOAevent
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‘The purpose of the EC initiatives and all the work related to language tech and web accessibility is to support citizens in communicating. Across languages and bridging the gaps cause by disabilities. In turn, this supports our EU democracy’ June Lowery-Kingston @DigitalEU
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Nera retweeted
8 Nov 2022
"Currently, there is a lack of attention for #language #tech support on a national level", says principal investigator @GeorgRehm @EuroLangTech
"Languages are mostly being ignored in national #AI strategies"
📺Watch live: europa.eu/!QMJj7T
#STOAevent @jordisolef #ELE
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‘Global language tech and language processing market is exploding, currently valued $340 bn. Sadly no European companies present.’ @GeorgRehm @EuroLangTech #ELE
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‘In terms of digital language tech, @EuroLangTech #ELE research shows that distance between English and the next cluster of languages is getting bigger, not smaller.’ Maria Giagkou presents how different EU languages are doing in the digital age
Nera retweeted
8 Nov 2022
What is the EU doing to protect languages digitally?
Today's #STOAevent features EU-funded @EuroLangTech: A consortium of 52 partners developed a #roadmap to achieve full digital equality in Europe by 2030
👉Interview w/ project coordinator @tarfandy: wp.me/panTdn-3cc
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Nera retweeted
8 Nov 2022
MEP @jordisolef opens today's #STOAevent on digital equality of #languages
"Each language is a treasure, we cannot afford one of them. Now we are facing significant challenges: digital tools can impact the linguistic diversity of the EU"
🔴Watch live: europa.eu/!QMJj7T
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Strong statement calling on EU to act to support endangered languages and lesser used languages in digital age from @jordisolef at the @EP_ScienceTech workshop. #ELEN2022 @tarfandy @pgelin71
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‘To preserve language diversity in the digital age @EuroLangTech #ELE #EUfunded project developed agenda & roadmap for #DigitalLanguageEquality towards 2030 AND metrics to assess digital readiness of languages at any point in time.’ @tarfandy
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