PARIS: Digital platforms have changed how we interact, and urgent action is needed to stop the manipulation of users and hate speech, a UN conference in Paris heard on Wednesday (Feb 22). Hundreds of officials, tech firm representatives, academics and members of civil society were invited to the two-day me
PARIS: Digital platforms have changed how we interact, and urgent action is needed to stop the manipulation of users and hate speech, a UN conference in Paris heard on Wednesday .
But"only by fully evaluating this technological revolution can we ensure it is a revolution that does not compromise human rights, freedom of expression and democracy". But"what we have to do is to go all the way to the factory polluting the river, shut it down and then resuscitate the river". The rest were personal attacks targeting her gender,"skin colour and sexuality" - or even"threats of rape and murder".Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula earlier addressed the conference in a letter, pointing to how disgruntled supporters of his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro on Jan 8 invaded the presidential palace, Congress and the Supreme Court in Brasilia.
"This must stop. The international community needs, from now on, to work to give effective answers to this challenging question of our times."The data scientist has revealed how he helped Cambridge Analytica, founded by ex-US president Donald Trump's former right-hand man Steve Bannon, to use unauthorised personal data harvested from Facebook to help swing a string of elections, including Trump's US presidential win in 2016.
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