Initiated by AGHAM Advocates of Science and Technology for the People, Computer Professionals' Union, and PROPEL Pro-People Engineers and Leaders
27.01.2025 14:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
President Marcos Jr., instead of heeding the demand of the people for accountability and justice, is the one stalling the impeachment of Sara Duterte in an attempt to preserve his power.
27.01.2025 14:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Vice President Sara Duterte has brazenly evaded accountability and investigation, enabling corruption, repression, and the misuse of public funds.
27.01.2025 14:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Impeach Sara Duterte Now! This is the resounding call of the Filipino science, technology, and engineering community, as we stand in solidarity with the broader Filipino public in condemning the worsening crises of poverty, corruption, and impunity that continue to plague our nation.
27.01.2025 14:09 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Meta should also address its algorithmic control over the content it feeds its users, as it is being leveraged by harmful groups to further spread misinformation and disinformation, causing real-world harms.
17.01.2025 11:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Meta should instead use technology well within its capability to enable and enhance well-trained fact-checkers to minimize the proliferation of misinformation and disinformation.
17.01.2025 11:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
While a feature like Community Notes may seem democratic, it is easily exploitable especially by ruling elites who have the resources to co-opt this feature. This leaves Meta users even more exposed to misleading or false information.
17.01.2025 11:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
While Zuckerberg acknowledges mistakes and weaknesses in the moderation of Meta’s platforms, he fails to mention how Meta’s algorithms have been exploited to influence the political leanings of certain groups of people, directly impacting elections in several countries, including the Philippines.
17.01.2025 11:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
In a video on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook profile, he claims that this is a bid to “restore free expression” on their platforms. He reasons that they are getting rid of fact-checkers because they have been “too politically biased.”
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Meta announced last January 7 that it is ending its fact-checking program with trusted partners and replacing it with a user-driven Community Notes feature similar to that of X, formerly Twitter.
17.01.2025 11:13 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The government should pursue digital literacy programs to equip its citizenry with the knowledge to protect themselves and their communities from exploitative technologies.
09.01.2025 10:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
As more and more of our daily activities become intertwined with technology, governments should take a more active approach to protecting their citizens’ right to privacy.
09.01.2025 10:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Big Tech companies have been designing their products (devices, applications) to collect voluminous information about their customers, as well as manipulate their behavior and influence their opinions.
09.01.2025 10:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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20.11.2024 03:40 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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