Tag: Transparency

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post

Author
Caitlin Bassett
Date
July 16, 2021

Categorized
Censorship, Social Media

Tagged
Florida, Machine Learning, Poland, Privacy, Transparency, Twitter}

Governments Worldwide Pressured Twitter to Censor in 2020

_{World governments demanded the removal of content from 199 journalist sources} _{Caitlin Bassett

July 16, 2021

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Censorship, Social Media}

Twitter released its latest Transparency Report on Wednesday, revealing that in the latter half of 2020, there was a 26% increase in requests from international governments to remove posts from verified journalists. The report tracks various data from July 1 to December 31, 2020, including global legal requests and Twitter Rules enforcement. Global legal requests are divided between information requests and removal requests. Twitter received over 14,500 global government information requests, and over 38,500 global legal demands to remove content. According to the report, “94% of the total global volume of legal demands originated from only five countries (in decreasing order): Japan, India, Russia, Turkey, and South Korea.” Of the information requests received, Twitter announced that they “produced some or Read More ›

Retro old beige fridge in loft style wooden kitchen

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Author
News
Date
December 18, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Technocracy

Tagged
Eric Holloway, hype, Robert J. Marks, TensorFlow, Transparency}

#11: A Lot of AI Is As Transparent As Your Fridge

_{A great deal of high tech today is owned by corporations} _{News

December 18, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Technocracy}

As the year draws to a close, our Walter Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks interviews fellow computer nerds, members of our Brain Trust, Jonathan Bartlett and Eric Holloway on their picks for over hyped AI of the year. Hey, great stuff happened in AI this year. But well, lots of “stuff” happened too. And it’s time to have some fun! So here’s #11! Corporate types insist that they believe in transparency. But a lot of AI is as transparent as your fridge. Our team has the story: #11 starts at about 9:08 A partial transcript and Show Notes follow. A recent article in top science journal Nature pointed out that AI developments that matter today are often not transparent. Read More ›