No established democracies have ever come as close to applying such sweeping restrictions as Australia and New Zealand are considering in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings.
Tag: Computers and the Internet
The Saturday Profile: He Helped Create A.I. Now, He Worries About ‘Killer Robots.’
Still, Yoshua Bengio, an artificial intelligence pioneer and co-winner of this year’s prestigious A.M. Turing prize, says A.I. will prove to be a boon, if regulated.
Huawei Security ‘Defects’ Are Found by British Authorities
Britain bolstered White House claims that the Chinese company poses a cybersecurity risk. But the report stopped short of calling for a ban on Huawei products.
The New New World: No Earrings, Tattoos or Cleavage: Inside China’s War on Fun
The Communist Party wants to instill the people with “core socialist values.” That means winnowing out content that extols individualism or hedonism.
An ISIS Couple’s Troubling Path to Terror Recruiting
A well-educated pair from the Philippines have been captured in Syria after becoming high-profile recruiters for the terrorist group.
In New Zealand, Spreading the Mosque Shooting Video Is a Crime
The charges came as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed to investigate the role that social media companies played in mosque massacres last week.
Racing Against China, U.S. Reveals Details of $500 Million Supercomputer
Lab officials predict it will be the first American machine to reach a milestone called “exascale” performance, surpassing a quintillion calculations per second.
Terror in Real Time: How the New Zealand Gunman Used Social Media
The gunman in the Christchurch mosque shootings shared a racist manifesto online and posted live video of his attack on Facebook. We spoke to terrorism experts about why this matters.
Why China Silenced a Clickbait Queen in Its Battle for Information Control
Ma Ling was one of China’s most popular bloggers. Then she became a target in President Xi Jinping’s campaign to purge popular voices that the Communist Party finds threatening.
New Zealand Shooting Live Updates: More Than a Dozen Victims in Critical Condition
New Zealand grappled with grief and horror on Sunday, as the death toll rose to 50, two days after a terrorist attack at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.