In times of crisis the power of social media is reflected in its ability to influence social behavior and act quickly without bureaucratic mechanisms. During the Israeli COVID-19 vaccination campaign, social media groups were formed to collect, verify, and disseminate information about leftover vaccine doses. Masses of people quickly joined these groups, rushed to the vaccine locations, and shared real-time information with other group members. Based on 15 semi-structured interviews with group members and admins, we identified three motives for creating groups: making information accessible, the struggle against vaccine opponents, and a desire to return to life as it was before the pandemic. Rapid group joining has been described in terms of collective behavior and contagion theory. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/11622/10172
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The Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council (https://slovenian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/) that started on Thursday 1 July will focus on cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Services Package, and roaming negotiations, while the long-pending ePrivacy Regulation is set to take a back seat. https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/news/eprivacy-regulation-not-a-priority-for-slovenias-digital-agenda/
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A similar agreement was made with Google in February for Guardian Australia to participate in the company’s News Showcase product https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jul/02/guardian-australia-strikes-deal-with-facebook-to-licence-news-to-the-platform
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A Comissão da Carteira Profissional de Jornalista (CCPJ) remeteu à Provedoria de Justiça e à Procuradoria-Geral da República um pedido para que seja requerida ao Tribunal Constitucional a fiscalização sucessiva abstrata da constitucionalidade e da legalidade do art. 6.º da Carta Portuguesa dos Direitos Humanos na Era Digital. https://www.ccpj.pt/pt/deliberacoes/comunicados/carta-portuguesa-de-direitos-humanos-na-era-digital/
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Facial recognition technology: Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Should Better Assess Privacy and Other Risks

https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-518.pdf
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130 países, incluindo Portugal, apoiam reforma internacional de impostos sobre multinacionais

A Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Económico (OCDE) anunciou que 130 países se aliaram num plano para a reforma das regras internacionais de taxas sobre as maiores empresas “e garantir que as multinacionais pagam uma quota justa de taxas onde quer que operem”. O acordo, bem como o seu “plano de implementação“, será assinado […]
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Eurobarometer survey on E-communications in the EU https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2232
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Maior crença nas teorias da conspiração ocorre aos 14 anos

Cerca de 60% dos britânicos adultos acredita em pelo menos uma teoria da conspiração e isso não é uma percentagem invulgar quando outros investigadores garantem que isso sucede com qualquer pessoa. Mas o que se desconhecia era a importância das mesmas relativamente a outras faixas etárias. Um estudo a mais de 900 adolescentes no Reino […]
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Slogans for the Class of 2030 by Douglas Coupland https://artsandculture.google.com/story/vQURjwPHHpa5uw https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/arts-culture/douglas-coupland-slogans-class-2030/
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