International organizations are adjusting their educational frameworks to address artificial intelligence as independent outlets like Novaya Gazeta shutter due to state harassment. In platform governance, Google received a 21-day deadline to revise its complaint against SerpApi, and Apple scheduled the permanent closure of its support forums for November 20. Critical cybersecurity alerts also emerged, including a massive Microsoft security update and revelations that a bogus job interview facilitated a $6 billion Binance breach.
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Educational bodies like UNESCO are actively updating curricula to teach critical evaluati…: Educational bodies like UNESCO are actively updating curricula to teach critical evaluation of artificial intelligence tools.
Hostile regulatory environments pose an existential threat to long-standing independent p…: Hostile regulatory environments pose an existential threat to long-standing independent press institutions operating under authoritarian scrutiny.
Political discourse studies confirm that partisan hostility generates substantially great…: Political discourse studies confirm that partisan hostility generates substantially greater digital engagement for lawmakers than constructive policy work.
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NEW RESOURCES
UNESCO: AI Answers. You Decide: UNESCO launches a new Media and Information Literacy curriculum. “As artificial intelligence transforms how information is created, accessed and shared, UNESCO is launching a new educational resource to help educators and learners critically engage with AI and make informed decisions.”
Digital Preservation Coalition: Thirty-three years of Novaya Gazeta, open to all. “On 30 October Novaya Gazeta announced its closure, ending its 33-year history of outstanding independent journalism. According to the editors, the Russian authorities and security services forced the newsroom to stop working under the threat of an ‘extremist organisation’ designation, which could have led to the arrest of its journalists. Its record, from the first issue in April 1993 to the last, is now preserved in RIMA and open to anyone.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Search Engine Roundtable: Google Loses Another Round in Legal Battle Against SerpApi Over Scraping. “Google has lost again in SerpApi’s scraping legal fight in court, with the court giving Google 21 days to amend its complaint. But this is a major win for SerpApi and this case seems…
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