Monday, September 26, 2016

New photo from Facebook September 26, 2016 at 06:33PM

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Cyberculture agenda: “Using Sound and Artificial Intelligence to Detect Human Rights Violations…

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Video continues to be a powerful way to capture human rights abuses around the world. Videos posted to social media can be used to hold perpetrators of gross violations accountable. But video footage poses a “Big Data” challenge to human rights organizations. Two billion smartphone users means almost as many video cameras. This leads to massive amounts of visual content of both suffering and wrong-doing during conflict zones. Reviewing these videos manually is a very labor intensive, time consuming, expensive and often traumatic task. So my colleague Jay Aronson at CMU has been exploring how artificial intelligence and in particular machine learning might solve this challenge.

It’s not safe to connect our voting infrastructure to the Internet, but some election boards are doing it anyway.

Salesforce.com and Google are two of the technology giants who have expressed interest in a possible buyout of the struggling social media firm Twitter, according to various reports.

Rumors about the possible sale of Twitter are gaining momentum, with Twitter shares soaring almost 20% on Friday – their highest leap in more than two years.

Report: Google is thinking about buying Twitter


Twitter has a had a few years of slow growth, but with some recent successes under its belt, it looks like there are a few bidders for an acquisition. A report by CNBC indicates that Google and Salesforce are among the top suitors looking to buy Twitter. Other ‘top tech companies’ are also looking into the purchase. Google is a particularly interesting suitor that has been rumored before; buying Twitter would give it a strong foothold to take on Facebook after the relative failure of Google+. Of course, discussing an acquisition doesn’t mean one is actually imminent (look at Apple…

Earlier this month, on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the lower tip of Manhattan was thronged with soldiers in uniform, firefighters marching with photos of lost friends pinned to their backpacks, and tourists bumbling around the new mall at the World Trade Center. Firetrucks and police cars ringed Zuccotti Park and white ribbons adorned the iron fence around the churchyard on Broadway. Trash cans were closed up, with signs announcing “temporary security lockdown.”

Twitter Still Matters for Businesses – Here’s Why

While Twitter is facing a range of challenges, it remains a key platform for social media marketing – here’s why.

Yesterday’s disciplinary board hearing for imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning ended with Manning being sentenced to 14 days’ worth of solitary confinement, with 7 of the days “suspended” unless there is another infraction.

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While Erdoğan was asking Biden about Zarrab, Gündeş was filing for divorce from the arrested businessman..

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Erdoğan says he asked US VP Biden about arrest of Iranian-Turkish businessmanZarrab
“In my talks with Biden, I also brought up the Reza Zarrab issue when the judiciary subject was raised. The court which the U.S. Department of Justice …
Turkish singer Gündeş files for divorce from businessman Reza Zarrab
Turkish singer Ebru Gündeş has filed for divorce from Iranian born Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab, who was arrested in Miami on charges of
The Turkish Foreign Ministry called on Sept. 23 for U.S. President Barack Obama to prevent the “Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act” from becoming law

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Eurosphere agenda: “Corbyn re-elected as Labour leader…

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After months of infighting Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as the leader of the Labour Party with 61.8 percent of the vote. Corbyn had come under pressure from within his party among other things because he didn’t endorse the UK remaining in the EU. Commentators speculate on how his re-election will influence the Brexit negotiations.
UK: Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership contest
Veteran socialist wins second mandate to run opposition party after bitter, summer-long battle within the Labour party.
Jeremy Corbyn vows to give more say over policy-making to grass-roots Labour supporters as one union leader urges critical MPs to stop “knifing” their leader.
Distracted by a bitter leadership contest, Britain’s main opposition Labour party has struggled to present a vision of Brexit to challenge the ruling Conservatives – and many fear the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn will do little to change this.
Germany’s agricultural challenges
Despite its small size relative to the country’s GDP, agriculture is a political heavyweight with the German government. With far-reaching changes to the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy about to take effect, EurActiv.com looks at the implications for the German agricultural sector.

Debate: Rome vetos bid for Olympics

Rome’s Mayor Virginia Raggi has vetoed the city’s bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Submitting a bid for the Games would be irresponsible and would only benefit the construction lobby at the expense of the people, the mayor said. Italian columnists express their disappointment.
Tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw Saturday (24 September) to rally against moves by the rightwing Law and Justice (PiS) government that they say undermine the rule of law.
Barcelona: city of refuge

Barcelona seeks to welcome refugees and migrants into the fabric of the city, but its efforts have been stymied by the national government.

Ignasi Calbó and Ramón Sanahuja discuss the division of labour between local and national actors when it comes to welcoming refugees. Duration: 2:09.

Toward a more reasonable European asylum system

National governments must cede some control over immigration to EU-level institutions if migrants are ever to be received and dealt with humanely.

Anna Terrón Cusí explains the need for an EU-level system for assessing and distributing asylum seekers. Duration: 1:37

Cameron Thibos: What are the main political challenges to dealing with the migration challenge productively?

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New photo from Facebook September 26, 2016 at 11:35AM

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Sunday, September 25, 2016

After claims of hacked emails, Turkish polices make arrests of alleged #RedHack members including #TaylanKulaçoğluYalnızDeğildir

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Activist Taylan Kulaçoğlu detained last night…

Redhack Twitter account yesterday declared that it hacked a huge bundle of emails that belonged to Berat Albayrak, minister of Energy and also son-in-law of President Erdoğan. After releasing a few emails that were allegedly belonging to Mr. Albayrak, Redhack stated that they would release all by Monday if leftist activists were not released.  Turkish State’s response was swift. Redhack account suspended, all those news sites including Diken that reported leaked emails were censored and police rounded up around 20 citizens that are supposedly Redhack members…

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Anthropology roundup: “Anthropology and the MacArthurs…