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- Technologist: 'Fining Big Tech isn't working, make them give away illegally trained LLMs as public domain'www.theregister.com ↗Submitted 2 hours ago to technology@beehaw.org | 6 comments
- Serbia: Fatal roof collapse triggers political crisis as protesters blame Chinese contractors, corrupt government under Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)english.pardafas.com ↗Submitted 2 hours ago to worldnews@aussie.zone | 0 comments
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- Comment on Albania declares one-year TikTok ban over stabbing 5 hours ago:
What else would they say?
- Comment on Albania declares one-year TikTok ban over stabbing 5 hours ago:
A few days ago I posted an English summary of a German language article about Tiktok in Austria (see this post: beehaw.org/post/17463020). There seems to be a clear pattern how Tiktok’s algorithm works, and it’s not good for the users, let alone teenagers.
- Researchers uncover critical vulnerability in Microsoft's Multi-Factor Authentication, allowing attackers to gain access to user accounts such as Outlook emails, OneDrive files, Teams chat, and moregadgeteer.co.za ↗Submitted 3 days ago to technology@beehaw.org | 7 comments
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- Fake AI versions of world-renowned academics are spreading claims that Ukraine should surrender to Russiatheins.ru ↗Submitted 5 days ago to technology@beehaw.org | 10 comments
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- Serbia: Subsidiary of German carmaker VW halts Chinese tyre imports over forced labour allegations, human rights violationsbalkaninsight.com ↗Submitted 6 days ago to technology@beehaw.org | 0 comments
- Comment on Hacking Rooftop Solar Is a Way to Break Europe’s Power Grid 1 week ago:
This is a good question. There’s is no reason why this -and a lot of other things imho- must be connected.
- Czech parliament backs Taiwan against China's UN stance, calls on EU to support Taiwan's inclusion in global forumswww.devdiscourse.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to worldnews@aussie.zone | 0 comments
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- Britain's financial regulator taking longer than usual to approve IPO of Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein over allegations of forced labour in its supply chainwww.reuters.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 1 comment
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- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1m to U.S. President-elect Trump fund 1 week ago:
Amazon is donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration
Bezos and the company decided on the contribution earlier this week, and communicated it to Trump’s team, according to some of the people. “Bezos is donating through Amazon,” according to a person close to Bezos. Amazon also will stream the inauguration through its Prime Video business, a separate, in-kind donation valued at $1 million, another of the people said.
So it goes …
- Human Rights Watch blasts UN as Saudi Arabia is hosting United Nations conference on internet governance "while dozens of people remain imprisoned for peaceful online speech in the country"www.hrw.org ↗Submitted 1 week ago to technology@beehaw.org | 1 comment
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- China a ‘troublemaker,': Taiwans demands Beijing stop its military intimidation and ‘irrational behavior’ that endanger peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific regionwww.taipeitimes.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to worldnews@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Infrastructure Rapidly Expands, Report Sayswww.recordedfuture.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to technology@beehaw.org | 4 comments
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- Comment on Self-experimentation: How TikTok radicalizes Austrian teenagers 2 weeks ago:
That’s true. I corrected that now, thanks.
- Comment on Self-experimentation: How TikTok radicalizes Austrian teenagers 2 weeks ago:
As an addition to the article: Douyin, the Chinese version of the Western TikTok, might work in a different way. As a study regarding visual propaganda of Douyin accounts of Chinese central and local news agencies on China’s Douyin found in May 2024:
The results [of the research] delineate a divergence in focus between central and local news agencies: while the former prioritizes content related to the military, police, and firefighting, the latter emphasizes “livelihood warmth” topics. Central agencies predominantly feature soldiers, police officers, and firefighters, whereas local agencies portray individuals devoid of explicit political affiliations alongside other influencers. Emotional scrutiny unveils a contrast in strategies, with central agencies predominantly evoking emotions such as anger, disgust, fear, and intolerance, while local agencies employ anticipation, acceptance, and respect. This investigation underscores the profound influence of political authority within China’s propaganda framework, shaping both the substance and emotional resonance of political short videos within a hierarchical paradigm […]
Owing to their distinct positions within the hierarchical framework and their varying areas of jurisdiction, local government media at each level exhibit more pronounced hierarchical disparities in their propaganda compared to the central government. In general, the closer the themes and visual characteristics are to “Military, the police, and firefighting”, the less distinguishable they are from central media. Conversely, the more they focus on “People’s livelihood and warmth”, the more likely local governments are to adopt innovative promotional strategies concerning “points” while emphasizing regional characteristics. Although the local news agencies more actively produced content on Douyin than did the central news agencies, the central news agencies received more attention from the public.
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- Comment on YouTuber reveals how Chinese Communist Party (CCP) buys ‘influencers’: Beijing provides templates and directions, such as criticizing Taiwanese politicians 2 weeks ago:
That’s fair, it doesn’t make China’s behavior better in any way, though.
- YouTuber reveals how Chinese Communist Party (CCP) buys ‘influencers’: Beijing provides templates and directions, such as criticizing Taiwanese politicianswww.taipeitimes.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to technology@beehaw.org | 3 comments
- Comment on Authorities urge U.S. citizens to use encrypted messaging apps to combat Chinese telco hackers 2 weeks ago:
Yes, I know of the OMEMO issues. Most users would probably find that too difficult (although it isn’t imo). It’s very hard to convince people of more secure, non-mainstream tools, unfortunately.