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Aero India 2025: SMPP to showcase ‘black diamond’ tech, targets exports
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Aero India 2025: SMPP to showcase ‘black diamond’ tech, targets exports

The Hindu  

SMPP Ltd, an Indian designer and manufacturer of defence equipment and protection kits for land, air and sea platforms said it would showcase proprietary ‘black diamond’ technology at the Aero India show 2025 to be held in Bengaluru from 10-14 February, to increase exports. SMPP is a supplier of boron carbide ceramic kits and high performance polyethylene panels for aircraft …

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Government postpones big stick for big tech until after election after billions in fines recommended
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Government postpones big stick for big tech until after election after billions in fines recommended

ABC  

Plans to toughen online safety requirements for big tech platforms are on ice after the federal government's hand-picked expert recommended threatening Meta, Apple and Google with billions of dollars in fines. The proposed fine would apply to tech platforms that breach a new "duty of care" enforced by the eSafety commissioner that would require them to be proactive about preventing …

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US to ban DeepSeek? Trump White House to investigate if AI model's risk to national security
1 month, 4 weeks ago

US to ban DeepSeek? Trump White House to investigate if AI model's risk to national security

Firstpost  

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the National Security Council is investigating the situation with DeepSeek as officials are worried about DeepSeek’s rise and its impact on the balance of power in the AI race between the US and China One of the major concerns surrounding DeepSeek is its data policies, which have raised red flags about user …

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AI action plans should be slowed until safeguards for children in place – NSPCC
2 months ago

AI action plans should be slowed until safeguards for children in place – NSPCC

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The NSPCC said generative AI is already being used to create sexual abuse images of children, and …

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Tech giants ramp up the battle against online hate speech in Europe. At home, some are pulling back
2 months ago

Tech giants ramp up the battle against online hate speech in Europe. At home, some are pulling back

CNN  

New York CNN — Two of America’s Big Tech companies are opening the door to more “free expression,” even if it means more hateful content. Tech platforms including Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, X, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitch, LinkedIn and YouTube this week signed onto an updated European Union code of conduct promising to do more to combat online hate speech, which …

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Albanese defends teen social media ban after Zuckerberg's Trump embrace
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Albanese defends teen social media ban after Zuckerberg's Trump embrace

ABC  

Plans to give Australia's eSafety watchdog new powers are moving ahead even as the federal government braces for hostility from the Trump administration's tech backers over what they regard as "censorship". Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose child social media ban and other online safety initiatives have placed him at odds with US tech giants, said on Wednesday platforms had a …

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Australia PM fires back at Elon Musk’s ‘backdoor to internet control’ remark on social media ban: ‘As the owner of X...’
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Australia PM fires back at Elon Musk’s ‘backdoor to internet control’ remark on social media ban: ‘As the owner of X...’

Live Mint  

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and tech billionaire Elon Musk are at odds over a new law that bans children under 16 from joining social media platforms in Australia. The Ban: PM Albanese’s Stand Against Social Media Harms Anthony Albanese’s government passed the legislation last Thursday, targeting platforms like X, TikTok, and Instagram. Elon Musk Fires Back: “A Backdoor to …

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5 big questions about how tech will look under Trump
3 months, 4 weeks ago

5 big questions about how tech will look under Trump

CNN  

New York CNN — The incoming Trump administration could mean big changes in the government’s relationship with tech companies in ways that could affect users, ranging from the content they might see online to whether they could be confronted with discriminatory AI systems. Trump said in June — in a video posted to the platform itself — that he would …

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Australia's social media ban for children under 16 just became law. How it will work remains a mystery
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Australia's social media ban for children under 16 just became law. How it will work remains a mystery

ABC  

The federal parliament has passed legislation to ban people under 16 from having an account with some social media platforms. Instead, the legislation defines an "age-restricted social media platform" as including services where: the "sole purpose, or a significant purpose" is to enable "online social interaction" between people people can "link to, or interact with" others on the service people …

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Tech focus to boost marine sector
4 months ago

Tech focus to boost marine sector

China Daily  

The coastal city Qingdao is building a highland for the modern marine economy based on its sci-tech innovation and solid industrial foundation, local officials said. Referred to as Haichuang Plan 2.0, it supports the construction of a modernized marine industry system that is intelligent, green, open and secure, helping Qingdao to lead China's marine technology self-reliance. Li Tianchuan, director of …

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India’s AI Regulators Need Scalpels, Not Hammers
1 year ago

India’s AI Regulators Need Scalpels, Not Hammers

Live Mint  

-- Indians are among the most innovative people in the world — until their government gets involved. The libertarian commentator Gurcharan Das argued more than a decade ago that “India grows at night, when the government sleeps.” An entirely avoidable fracas about how to regulate artificial intelligence in India is evidence that Das’s maxim still applies today. All of them …

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Synthetic Media And Legal Quagmires: Unveiling Deep Fakes In The Indian Legal Context
1 year, 2 months ago

Synthetic Media And Legal Quagmires: Unveiling Deep Fakes In The Indian Legal Context

Live Law  

The media landscape is currently experiencing a profound transformation due to the introduction of AI-generated content, marking an imminent shift in both media production and consumption. Such a scenario could detrimentally affect free speech and expression, especially in nations governed by authoritarian regimes, where minority groups and political dissidents might, as described by one participant, become “collateral damage” of the …

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Half of British teens feel addicted to social media with girls the worst affected, research shows
1 year, 2 months ago

Half of British teens feel addicted to social media with girls the worst affected, research shows

Daily Mail  

Half of British teenagers fear they have become addicted to social media, worrying research has shown. It comes amid mounting calls for companies including Meta to be held to account over the impact of excessive social media use on the mental health of users. Andy Burrows, adviser to the Molly Rose Foundation, set up in memory of 14-year-old Molly Russell …

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Top academics urge Rishi Sunak not to buckle under pressure from Big Tech to 'escape' regulation
1 year, 5 months ago

Top academics urge Rishi Sunak not to buckle under pressure from Big Tech to 'escape' regulation

Daily Mail  

Rishi Sunak must not buckle under intense lobbying from the world's biggest online giants to help them 'escape' vital regulation, a group of leading economists have warned. The letter accused Big Tech platforms of having 'only their own interests at heart' and reminded Mr Sunak of his 'personal responsibility' towards both British businesses and consumers. The economists fear Mr Sunak …

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EU opens probe into X in test of new tech rules, pressure on TikTok, Meta
1 year, 5 months ago

EU opens probe into X in test of new tech rules, pressure on TikTok, Meta

The Hindu  

EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Thursday opened an investigation into Elon Musk's X, the first under new EU tech rules, after earlier reprimanding the social media platform, TikTok and Meta for not doing enough to tackle the spread of disinformation following Hamas' attack on Israel. X CEO Linda Yaccarino said earlier on Thursday the platform had removed hundreds of …

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Europe's sweeping rules for tech giants are about to kick in. Here's how they work
1 year, 7 months ago

Europe's sweeping rules for tech giants are about to kick in. Here's how they work

The Hindu  

Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe are facing one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people encounter online. TikTok made similar changes, stopping users aged 13 to 17 from getting personalised ads “based on their activities on or off TikTok.” Zalando, a German online fashion retailer, has filed a legal challenge over …

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California lawmakers want to make social media safer for young people. Can they finally succeed?
1 year, 7 months ago

California lawmakers want to make social media safer for young people. Can they finally succeed?

LA Times  

Samuel Chapman of Los Angeles, whose teenage son died after taking a fentanyl-laced drug he got through Snapchat, is urging California lawmakers to crack down on social media platforms. Social media platforms such as Meta-owned Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok have removed some harmful content, but parents, teens and lawmakers say they need to do more to make their services …

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Publisher-platform imbalances need fixing
1 year, 8 months ago

Publisher-platform imbalances need fixing

The Hindu  

How can our news media be safeguarded against the market power of domineering search engines, social media giants, and other so-called ‘big tech’ players mediating the digital economy? Such dependencies arise from platforms straddling multiple roles in digital news markets, especially as mediators in the search for online news content, and as providers of infrastructure to publishers to participate in …

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Big Tech firms will take Indian news publishers’ demands seriously: Australian MP
1 year, 8 months ago

Big Tech firms will take Indian news publishers’ demands seriously: Australian MP

The Hindu  

Australian Member of Parliament Paul Fletcher noted on Tuesday that Australia’s News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code, which put pressure on tech platforms to cut commercial deals to share revenue with news organisations, had significantly boosted revenues for news publishers in the country, raising hopes for similar efforts in India. “Public reporting of deals announced in the 12 …

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US officials worry about ‘chilling effect’ on combating election disinformation after order limiting Biden administration contact with social platforms
1 year, 8 months ago

US officials worry about ‘chilling effect’ on combating election disinformation after order limiting Biden administration contact with social platforms

CNN  

Washington CNN — A federal judge’s move to limit how some US agencies communicate with social media companies could have a “chilling effect” on how the federal government and states address election-related disinformation just as the 2024 election cycle gets underway, according to interviews with current and former US officials. The court order may undercut efforts to safeguard the 2024 …

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Google set to remove news links in Canada over online news law
1 year, 8 months ago

Google set to remove news links in Canada over online news law

Associated Press  

OTTAWA, Ontario — Google said Thursday it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms across Canada over a new law that will require digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose. The tech giant said it will remove Canadian news links from Google News — a personalized aggregator service available by web or …

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Is Twitter ready for Europe’s new Big Tech rules? EU official says it has work to do
1 year, 9 months ago

Is Twitter ready for Europe’s new Big Tech rules? EU official says it has work to do

Associated Press  

Twitter needs to do more work to fall in line with the European Union’s tough new digital rulebook, a top EU official said after overseeing a “stress test” of the company’s systems in Silicon Valley. European Commissioner Thierry Breton said late Thursday that he noted the “strong commitment of Twitter to comply” with the Digital Services Act, sweeping new standards …

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Mideast, North Africa governments targeting LGBTQ people online, rights group says
2 years, 1 month ago

Mideast, North Africa governments targeting LGBTQ people online, rights group says

LA Times  

Governments in the Middle East and North Africa are using dating apps like Grindr to crack down on LGBTQ people, a rights group says. Security agencies and government officials in countries across the Middle East and North Africa have been using social media platforms and mobile dating apps to crack down on LGBTQ people, a rights group said Tuesday. “This …

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Facebook and Twitter ‘give fossil fuel giants free rein to greenwash’
2 years, 1 month ago

Facebook and Twitter ‘give fossil fuel giants free rein to greenwash’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Big Tech platforms like Facebook and Twitter are profiting from social media ‘greenwashing’ campaigns that …

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