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“Fortifying Cybersecurity for a Seamless ASEAN Connected to the World”
Published on 01/07/2019
» “Seamlessly connected” is how ASEAN aspires to facilitate and expand people-to-people interactions among its diverse population and build a common community with a shared sense of ownership. Beyond transportation linkages, ASEAN views digital connection as indispensable in this endeavour. At least, its online community should enable people to be more connected, and build bonds beyond the borders of ASEAN.
China's social media troll 'army' wages war on Uighurs
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» BEIJING: The Chinese troll army suddenly struck one evening, bombarding the Facebook pages of two pro-Uighur groups with an array of verbal grenades and offensive images.
Twitter limits bulk following to thwart spammers
AFP, Published on 09/04/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter on Monday trimmed the number of accounts that a user can follow in a single day in an effort to fight spam at the micro-blogging platform.
The people's discontent
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 03/04/2019
» The means for advocacy has changed in the past few years since the dawning of the so-called 4.0 era. Online platforms such as the worldwide Change.org have become increasingly popular, with campaigns being generated by the people themselves to call for the attention of decision-makers and support from fellow members of the public who share the same ideology.
Russia's RT fumes after Facebook blocks 'wildly popular' page
AFP, Published on 19/02/2019
» MOSCOW - Facebook has blocked a popular page run by Russian state TV channel RT, the channel's editor said Monday, criticising the move as an attack on media rights.
Redefining healthcare with AI
Business, Published on 15/12/2018
» Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most talked about technologies today. With capabilities ranging from executing a simple task to solving complex problems, AI has become the main driving force behind a range of everyday tasks, from identifying spam emails to helping a taxi driver pinpoint your exact location.
Three new maxims for surviving the next era of tech
News, Farhad Manjoo, Published on 30/11/2018
» Nearly five years ago, in my very first "State of the Art" column, I offered a straightforward plan for how to survive what was shaping up to be a turbulent time in the tech world.
For election hackers, a new, more dangerous tool
News, Published on 15/11/2018
» The election interference tactics originally deployed by Russia against the United States and Europe are now global. Hackers across the democratic world have exploited weaknesses in campaign email servers; probed electronic voting machines for vulnerabilities; set up troll farms to spread highly-partisan narratives; and employed armies of bots to distort the truth online. Tech experts in countries such as Iran and Venezuela have borrowed these tactics and joined efforts toward the same goals: to erode confidence in electoral processes and in democratic governance itself.