2023-12-19 05:00:00 It is a course intended to check students’ digital skills which should have gone off without a hitch. However, on that September day, a photo of the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 21, 1969, turned this lesson into the irrational. “The physical sciences teacher found herself faced with two final year students … Read more
2023-10-05 19:49:00 Latest change to date: the links and press articles shared on the platform now only appear in the form of an image, without title or description, a disappearance justified by the billionaire for “aesthetic” reasons. “This comes directly from me. The aesthetics (of the social network) will be greatly improved,” wrote Elon Musk … Read more
Code for Africa’s PesaCheck fact-checking initiative is the largest in Africa with staff in 14 countries producing more than 2,000 denials a year. PesaCheck has established the African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA) which has over 370 newsrooms from 29 countries and organizes initiatives to encourage cross-border collaboration and raise awareness among stakeholders to ensure a safe … Read more
Twitter has announced a new addition to its news verification system, as the platform will send a notification to anyone who has responded to or liked a tweet, if a “Community note” is added to it. Community observation is one of the techniques used by the platform to reduce misleading news, as these notes are … Read more
Michael Abrash, Head of Research at Metaestimate that technologies AR/VR will disrupt our current mobile phone and personal computing paradigms. During a recent press conference in the laboratory of Michael Abrash, he said the following: The way I see it is that AR glasses are always with you, except maybe when you’re using VR. It’s … Read more
French-speaking media regulators called on their states to commit to regulating online content on major digital platforms on Friday after a two-day meeting in Paris. In a joint declaration, these regulators, including Arcom for France, called on their Member States to “affirm, at the next Francophonie Summit, their common desire to adapt audiovisual and digital … Read more