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Families and New Technologies: The Challenging Impact of Social Media
worldwide/virtualCertainly, there are positive aspects of access to internet and social media especially during Covid-19 related shutdowns. However, parents and families around the world also have found themselves vulnerable to a deluge of unwanted negative material such as pornography, sexually explicit messages on Tik Tok or damaging bullying on other social media. Unfortunately, many families
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Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
worldwide/virtualWorld Summit on the Information Society Forum 2021 Artificial intelligence (AI) is a frontline technology with profound implications for human beings, cultures, societies and the environment. AI has the potential to be our ally in the struggle for a more equitable, fair, and sustainable future. It is remarkable that AI generated some of the earliest
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A gathering to foster the basic principles of a new approach for a fairer and more inclusive Digital Society
worldwide/virtualGrand Conversation: A gathering to foster the basic principles of a new approach for a fairer and more inclusive Digital Society 21 June 2021, Monday Opening 6:00 AM PDT | 9:00 AM EDT | 2:00 PM WEST | 3:00 PM CEST | 4:00 PM EAT Watch live on facebook.com/occam.milano. This year 2021 is turning out
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The Contribution of Digital Literacy for Older Persons to the Decade of Healthy Ageing
worldwide/virtualThe Contribution of Digital Literacy for Older Persons to the Decade of Healthy Ageing Join us on Friday, October 29th, at 15:00 GVA time 9:00am (NY) within the Global Media and Information Literacy Week (October 24-31, 2021). This event is organized by the Group of Friends of Older Persons in NY in collaboration with the United
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Emerging technologies in the area of LAWS: Exploring the legal and ethical implications of algorithmic bias
worldwide/virtualIn September 2021, the European Union adopted Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1694 in support of the universalization, implementation and strengthening of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW). Under “Project 3: Facilitation of discussions on under-explored,
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