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What do we do about deepfake video?
23 June 2019, The Guardian
Deepfake – the ability of AI to fabricate apparently real footage of people – is a growing problem with implications for us all.
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Bring on the AI revolution and its shake-up of academia
22 June 2019, Financial Times
Philosophers with dim career prospects are in demand to research the ethics of data tech.
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For the good of humanity, AI needs to know when it’s incompetent
15 June 2019, Wired
We've successfully trained machine learning and artificial intelligence to make decisions. Now we need it to understand what the right choices are.
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Iran regime invites people to turn in neighbours for ‘moral crimes’ via text message
12 June 2019, The Independent
Iran is to launch a text-messaging service to allow self-appointed guardians of morality in Tehran to turn in their neighbours or strangers for violating murky codes of public conduct, officials have said.
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Oslo Freedom Forum podcast
12 June 2019, What Bitcoin did
Latest panel debate from the OFF discussing the effects of the currency crisis on the Iranian internet and the effects of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin on internet access and use.
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OII expert Mark Graham talks to Deuschlandfunk
11 June 2019, Deuschlandfunk
The OII's Mark Graham, talks to Deuschlandfunk about the impact of digitisation on cities.
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Iran Encourages Citizens to Spy on Each Other and Report Moral Code Violations Via Text Message
11 June 2019, Newsweek
Iran’s government is urging its citizens to use text messages to report on their neighbours or on strangers if they believe they are guilty of violating the country’s code of conduct.
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Ghosts in the machines: the invisible human labour behind AI
5 June 2019, The New Statesman
The greatest risk may not be that computers will one day think like humans, but that humans will forget about the workers sustaining our digital economy.
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El futuro del trabajo “La automatización promueve la inequidad”
27 May 2019, El Pais
The OII's Mark Graham speaks to El Pais
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Homegrown ‘junk news’ on migrants and Islam surges, studies find
22 May 2019, Financial Times
Far-right parties shift focus from leaving EU to divisive social issues
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European elections 2019: Facebook and Twitter under the spotlight
21 May 2019, BBC News
Are Twitter bots controlled by Russia on the march across Europe? And is Facebook full of misinformation designed to influence voters?
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Strengthen digital election rules before the next vote
12 May 2019, Financial Times
Facebook, Google and Twitter should build tools so the public can track political content
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Social media effect ‘tiny’ in teenagers, large study finds
7 May 2019, BBC News
The effects of social media use on teenage life satisfaction are limited and probably "tiny", a study of 12,000 UK adolescents suggests.
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Plattformökonomie braucht Mindeststandards
15 April 2019, Tagesspiegel
Die globale Plattformökonomie zeige die begrenzte Macht nationaler Regulierung auf, erklärt Mark Graham, Professor am Oxford Internet Institute. Ohne Mindeststandards werden Plattformarbeiter weiterhin ausgebeutet.
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Plattformökonomie braucht Mindeststandards
15 April 2019, Tagesspiegel
Die globale Plattformökonomie zeige die begrenzte Macht nationaler Regulierung auf, erklärt Mark Graham, Professor am Oxford Internet Institute. Ohne Mindeststandards werden Plattformarbeiter weiterhin ausgebeutet.
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‘Facebook Protesters’ Helped Sudan Drive Out Bashir
12 April 2019, The Wall Street Journal
Protesters in Sudan used social media to organize and VPNs to evade censors
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Rethink government with AI
9 April 2019, Nature
Policymakers should harness data to deliver public services that are responsive, efficient and fair, urge Helen Margetts and Cosmina Dorobantu.
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Screen time has little effect on teenagers’ wellbeing, says study
5 April 2019, The Guardian
Researchers found screen use before bedtime to be unrelated to mental health problems
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Iran-linked Twitter accounts spread anti-Saudi sentiments in Arabic, report finds
3 April 2019, The Washington Post
A new study by the Oxford Internet Institute reveals how Iran-linked Twitter accounts have been waging a propaganda war in the Arabic-speaking world.
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A Way to Detect the Next Russian Misinformation Campaign
27 March 2019, The New York Times
As nearly a billion people prepare to vote in India and the EU - and with US campaigning underway - OII Director Philip Howard argues we need a public archive of online adverts to protect democracy.