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CILIP to launch Libraries Change Lives Advocacy Week this summer

CILIP

CILIP to launch Libraries Change Lives Advocacy Week this summer This summer will you join us to tell the stories of how Libraries Change Lives? We are inviting libraries across the UK to join us to share your successes during our brand new Libraries Change Lives Week.

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Twitter removed around 130 Iranian accounts for interference in US Presidential debate

Security Affairs

Twitter removed around 130 Iranian accounts for attempting to disrupt the public recent US Presidential Debate. The social media giant Twitter announced to have removed around 130 Iranian Twitter accounts that attempted to disrupt the public conversation during the recent first Presidential Debate for the US 2020 Presidential Election.

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TikTok Banned on UK Government Devices

IT Governance

Such rumours have been circulating for years, with the US government attempting to ban the app on those grounds in 2020. However, it’s not just China’s main political rivals in the West that have banned the app. An Ofcom study published last year found that TikTok is the fastest-growing news source for UK adults.

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CILIP Appoints Louis Coiffait-Gunn as new CEO

CILIP

Louis Coiffait-Gunn said: "I am thrilled to have been appointed and promise to do my utmost to champion CILIP members' interests through the political, environmental, and technological changes ahead. CILIP Chair, Kate Robinson said: "On behalf of the Board of Trustees I am very pleased to welcome Louis to CILIP as our new CEO.

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Why Is The News Business So Terrible?

John Battelle's Searchblog

Turns out that with link taxes , content moderation nightmares, advertising blacklists, and consumer fatigue, “news” is just more trouble than its worth for our modern attention merchants. The Times ‘ piece turns on the news that Meta’s point person for news, Campbell Brown, is leaving the company.

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MY TAKE: Even Google CEO Sundar Pichai agrees that it is imperative to embed ethics into AI

The Last Watchdog

We may or may not be on the cusp of a redressing social injustice by reordering our legacy political and economic systems. Those in power fully recognize how AI can be leveraged to preserve status-quo political and economic systems, with all of its built-in flaws, more or less intact. Only time will tell.

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China’s Olympics App Is Horribly Insecure

Schneier on Security

MY2022 includes features that allow users to report “politically sensitive” content. The app also includes a censorship keyword list, which, while presently inactive, targets a variety of political topics including domestic issues such as Xinjiang and Tibet as well as references to Chinese government agencies.