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Video gamers are taking action for climate through in-game activations: Sam Barratt, Chief, Youth, Education and Advocacy, UNEP

Video gamers are taking action for climate through in-game activations: Sam Barratt, Chief, Youth, Education and Advocacy, UNEP

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Sam Barratt is the Chief, Youth, Education and Advocacy at the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi. He oversees UNEP’s work on formal and non-formal education as well as the advocacy programme of the ecosystems division. He works with higher educational institutions to support decarbonisation, nudge student behaviour and increase their commitments to nature. He […]

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Instagram says it is testing an AI tool that detects teen users pretending to be adults

Instagram says it is testing an AI tool that detects teen users pretending to be adults

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Instagram is starting to test the use of AI in order to help detect whether a user is a teenager or an adult. The Meta-owned social media platform announced on Monday, April 21, that its AI technology will proactively find suspected teen users on the platform and place those accounts under Instagram Teen Accounts settings. […]

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Government asks PR agency for ‘Twitter trend’

Government asks PR agency for ‘Twitter trend’

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Task listed in request for proposal issued by the Centre for publicity of Hyderabad Liberation Day  Task listed in request for proposal issued by the Centre for publicity of Hyderabad Liberation Day  A day after the a request for proposal (RFP) issued by the Union Culture Ministry featured “one Twitter trending” on the list of […]

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New IT Act looks to rein in ‘deliberate’ misinformation

New IT Act looks to rein in ‘deliberate’ misinformation

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Recognising that offences in the online world, including social media platforms, can be unique with no equivalent in the offline world, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) is considering regulation of “deliberate” misinformation and doxxing as offences under a fresh legislation, which is expected to replace the Information Technology Act, 2000, a senior government […]

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New IT Act looks to rein in ‘deliberate’ misinformation

New IT Act looks to rein in ‘deliberate’ misinformation

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Recognising that offences in the online world, including social media platforms, can be unique with no equivalent in the offline world, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) is considering regulation of “deliberate” misinformation and doxxing as offences under a fresh legislation, which is expected to replace the Information Technology Act, 2000, a senior government […]

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