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This will not be our final post on this blog, but our assignment for hosting the blog as a group is over – we are looking back on a successful and enjoyable experience and we hope that our readers can conclude the …
EO technology as an alternative to ‘traditional data’ in development Photo courtesy of iStock by Getty Images Big data will be more entrenched in policy making as time goes by. For development this will also be crucial. If you’re not connected …
Facebook promises 10,000 new jobs in the EU and announces the ‘metaverse’, which ‘some people think could be the future of the internet,’ BBC reported two day ago. The announcement comes as Facebook deals with devastating reports and faces increased calls for …
04.10.2021 Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised via its social media account after millions of users faced 6 hours of disruption in using Facebook and its family of apps. Within minutes Facebook and Co were inaccessible for hours, taking out vital communications platforms …
Freedom of expression, Transparency and Accountability On SEPTEMBER 23, 2020, the press reports, that YouTube deleted accounts of the ‘Querdenker’ (Lateral Thinkers). With the onset of the pandemic ‘Querdenken’ had been spreading conspiracy myths about Covid-19 by accusing the media and politicians of lying about …
‘Targeting the Target Group’ is still very often used in development speech, when it comes to thinking about how we are communicating with people. Emerging psychological research has told us that something as simple as a single metaphor (eg. target) can have …
