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By royal decree
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/03/2023
» Re: "Avoiding the third rail", (BP, March 12).
Lessons from the Khmer Rouge tribunal
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 18/02/2023
» One of the saddest episodes of Southeast Asian history was the period during the 1970s that witnessed the rule of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The group was driven by a warped ideology, and it perpetrated myriad crimes against the general population. Millions were killed and displaced through a range of atrocities. Decades later, an internationally supported tribunal, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), or the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, was set up to prosecute the leaders of the group, and it is now ending its work. What are some of the key lessons the global community can learn from this?
Seeing is believing? Global scramble to tackle deepfakes
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions -- the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader.
Spot the bot: ChatGPT creator helps suspicious readers
AFP, Published on 01/02/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: Creators of the ChatGPT bot that is causing a stir for its ability to mimic human writing have released a tool designed to detect when written works are authored by artificial intelligence.
Why Zuckerberg should face the threat of jail
News, Published on 19/01/2023
» The UK government is about to do something that will make Silicon Valley shudder, or at least make social media executives think twice about flying over British airspace.
Free vs hate speech as world changes
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 28/12/2022
» While the Asia-Pacific region is home to a wealth of constructive traditions and practices, it is also confronted with the conundrum of how to protect freedom of expression at the same time as tackling hate speech which is rampant today. A morass of laws of a prohibitive and inhibitive kind are emerging, entrenching censorship and self-censorship, especially in the face of more authoritarian trends, rather than a broader range of actions to respect a diversity of opinions and to counter incitement to hatred.
Right-wing health myths outlive Covid
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 11/12/2022
» Not long after Randy Watt died of Covid-19, his daughter Danielle sat down at her computer, searching for clues as to why the smart and thoughtful man she knew had refused to get vaccinated. She pulled up Google, typed in a screen name he had used in the past and discovered a secret that stunned her.
What's the incentive?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/12/2022
» Re: "Thailand predicted to fail on EV target", (BP, Nov 30).
Elon Musk's Twitter lifts rule against Covid misinformation
AFP, Published on 30/11/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter said it has stopped enforcing a policy intended to prevent the spread of Covid misinformation, as new owner Elon Musk -- who has clashed previously with US officials over pandemic safety rules -- continues to remake its content moderation policies.
Tense US midterm race sparks fear of misinformation surge
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» WASHINGTON - A gush of misinformation around US midterm elections could turn into a torrent after voting ends, experts warn, as tensions grow around key razor-tight races.