Following the stabbing attack at the University of Waterloo, a hate crime against those in a #gender studies class, I wrote how universities need to better protect staff & students. Universities also need to stand up against #onlinehate & support #lgbtq rights. https://www.cigionline.org/articles/in-the-wake-of-the-waterloo-attack-universities-must-take-incitement-to-violence-more-seriously/

Germany’s debt brake: 2024 tech funding programs on the back burner https://www.euractiv.com/section/industrial-strategy/news/germanys-debt-brake-2024-tech-funding-programs-on-the-back-burner/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Budget2024 #GermanFederalGovernment #Germany #onlinehate

Are you a journalist interested in online misinformation, and how it connects to real world events like vigilante violence and police misconduct?

If so, please DM me an email address where I can send a press release on behalf of crime victims.

#misinfo
#onlinehate

Elmo confirms @DefendDemocracy’s 2nd rule of thumb for avoiding the unintentional spread of #disinformation, #onlinehate & #propaganda:

1 Don't feed the troll 🧌
2 Don't feed the #algorithm 💻
3 Don't feed the brain 🧠

#ActOnDisinfo #PeopleVsBigTech #BirdSite #Twitter #BigTech

https://defenddemocracy.eu/stop-propaganda-twitter-101-the-basics-of-dealing-with-disinformation-lies-and-propaganda/