Institute for Internet & the Just Society

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🤖How do regulatory sandboxes fit into the European and German AI strategies? It's a great pleasure to host @KKolloge , the Head of the Coordinating Office for Regulatory Sandboxes at the @BMWK. 🕔 Join us on September 8 at 5 p.m. CET on Zoom. internetjustsociety.org/even…

How would one describe freedom today? Is freedom good for us? Whether we (really) have a choice or whether it is chosen for us? By Saishreya Sriram👏 #freedom #ideology #cosmonaut #techculturesociety buff.ly/3N6Uecb

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, capped what seemed an improbable attempt by the famously mercurial billionaire to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion. It’s unusual to move from a “poison pill” to such a deal in two weeks.🤔 #Twitter #ElonMusk buff.ly/3kqjVbd

More often than not we think about what accessibility means. 🤔 In this article, I challenge the idea of access in a broader sense for queer people both on and offline. In other words, welcome to another edition of #QueerID. By @Andrés Cortés buff.ly/3vYkA8S

This new and really interning article provides few ideas on how to prepare for the rise of the “useless class.” Looking at the consequences of the AI revolution, possible solutions that will change our societal structure are discussed. By Sofia Ghezzi👏👏 buff.ly/3ESE3fi

For the first time, during the lockdowns, people were forced to rely only on their digital identities. A new phenomenon emerged: NFTs. In a few months, NFTs conquered creators and art collectors from all over the world. By Nathalie Aqualti Bonisoli buff.ly/38YAk47

Russia was alleged to have a successful type of massive, strategic-level attack on civilian infrastructure. They refused everything. Although, Ukraine’s cyber defenses have improved in recent years, under constant attack from Russian hackers. buff.ly/3JPdZTg

The relationship between fashion and social media has become intertwined. As fast fashion continues to be a trend, an alternative has emerged; digital fashion has landed. By Suzanne Flynn buff.ly/3KKAKJc

In 2022, ten trends will accelerate across three main areas of interplay between digital governance and diplomacy: digital geopolitics and geoeconomics, new digital topics on diplomatic agendas, and new tools for diplomacy. buff.ly/3vizBlJ

How do computers and Artificial Intelligence challenge artists' and musicians' methods of composing new music? What are the consequences of this? Written by @Andrés Cortés #AI #Queer buff.ly/3DZ38os

We think DMA is not strong enough to stop the anticompetitive behavior of the tech giants. DMA's effects will depend on the implementation, and it will take time to show the real results. #bigtech #DMA buff.ly/3uld88x

Have you ever noticed the biases that boost clear gender-specific imbalances? If you didn't take a look at some small but very important common mistakes. #googletranslate #biases #genderequality buff.ly/3qJvyxc.

Over the past years, society has wrestled with how much human biases can make their way into artificial intelligence systems—with harmful results. At this time we need to be acutely aware of some risks and set the reduction of them a priority. #bias #AI buff.ly/3JOvcNu

What role is social media playing in how news about the war is being understood so far? So far, the discussion about misinformation in the Russia-Ukraine war mostly centers on anecdotes about videos that got a lot of views. #Ukraine #Russia #socialmedia buff.ly/3L7cYXI

The analysis of how CCTV cameras are changing citizens' interactions with the urban landscape is based on three main concepts. However, securitization in changing the perception of personal privacy stays promising for social sciences. By Galina Karpova👏 buff.ly/37Izwzz

As regulators start taking a closer look at crypto and volatility plagues the market, whether bitcoin can continue its stellar run looks increasingly uncertain. So, what’s next for bitcoin?🤔 #bitcoin #crypto buff.ly/3MXjVwm

Moscow has cracked down on several social media platforms as it pursues what it calls a "special operation" in Ukraine. On 4 March, the access to Facebook in Russia was banned over "discrimination" against Russian media. #instagram #Moscow #socialmedia buff.ly/3CMMuYI

“The response to disinformation is transparency.” The process of verifying videos and photographs from Ukraine by establishing what it is shown, and doing all this work out, for all to see make Ukraine winning the information war. #Ukraine #Russia buff.ly/3Jbkh03

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it has been said, would be the first to introduce a new front line - the internet.🙄 From cyber-attacks to internet disruption and the response of big tech, how is the digital war going? #RussiaUkrainianwar #digitalwar buff.ly/3hux5lZ