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💊 From unproven cancer treatments to supplements for hormonal imbalance, some CEOs and business leaders have made a business of promoting a variety of pseudohealth cures. Coda’s staff has the story.
💸 Central Asian countries have become attractive locations for mining digital currencies, but research shows they are among the most vulnerable to cryptocurrency attacks. Read the story here.
💊 From unproven cancer treatments to supplements for hormonal imbalance, some CEOs and business leaders have made a business of promoting a variety of pseudohealth cures. Coda’s staff has the story.
💸 Central Asian countries have become attractive locations for mining digital currencies, but research shows they are among the most vulnerable to cryptocurrency attacks. Read the story here.
Happy Monday ✋ Here’s what we’re following this week:
🇷🇺 For years, pro-Kremlin TV channels avoided using Alexey Navalny’s name on air. Now that he’s behind bars, their propaganda tactics have changed.
🇮🇷 An Iranian cleric known as the “father of Islamic medicine” has been pushing pseudoscientific cures for coronavirus. And he’s not the only one.
🇷🇺 For years, pro-Kremlin TV channels avoided using Alexey Navalny’s name on air. Now that he’s behind bars, their propaganda tactics have changed.
🇮🇷 An Iranian cleric known as the “father of Islamic medicine” has been pushing pseudoscientific cures for coronavirus. And he’s not the only one.
👤 Facial recognition used on dating apps and online ad is identifying users by gender, potentially making false judgements about trans and non-binary people. Rights groups are pushing the European Commission to ban automated gender recognition tech. Read more here.
Coda Story
Facial recognition systems are deciding your gender for you. Activists say that needs to stop - Coda Story
Rights groups believe that new tech reinforces old prejudices and are calling on the European Commission to ban it
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🇮🇳 India plans to use facial recognition in vaccination centers. But opponents fear that the move is designed to further entrench the country’s controversial biometric ID system. Read the story here.
🇮🇳 India plans to use facial recognition in vaccination centers. But opponents fear that the move is designed to further entrench the country’s controversial biometric ID system. Read the story here.
Coda Story
India wants to use facial recognition in its coronavirus vaccine drive - Coda Story
Opponents fear that the move is designed to further entrench the country’s controversial biometric ID system.
🔎 Political disinformation characterized Mexico’s 2018 election. Ahead of midterm elections, journalists are joining forces to weed out fake news.
🤳 Chinese YouTube superstars Li Ziqi and Dianxi have more followers than all China’s state media outlets combined. They’re the ultimate #cottagecore influencers - showcasing an idyllic existence that just happens to suit the authorities’ messaging. Read more here.
🧠 People with chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS, are turning to a controversial program called the Lightning Process for help. But critics say it’s not based on legitimate research, and some patients say it actually made them worse.
🧠 People with chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS, are turning to a controversial program called the Lightning Process for help. But critics say it’s not based on legitimate research, and some patients say it actually made them worse.
Happy Monday 👋 Here’s our top read for today:
😷 India’s teens are using social media to help people find ICU beds and oxygen as Covid-19 spikes in the country.
😷 India’s teens are using social media to help people find ICU beds and oxygen as Covid-19 spikes in the country.
Coda Story
Indian teens track down vital supplies on Twitter as hospitals face collapse - Coda Story
Thousands of Gen Z-ers are working round the clock to connect Covid patients with oxygen, beds and plasma via social media
🇲🇲 Despite being vocal in opposition to the coup in Myanmar, social media users are getting harassed because of family ties to the military. Burhan Wazir has the story on how suspicion is rising within Myanmar's pro-democracy movement.
☢️ From microwaves to power lines, conspiracy theories about radiation have been around far longer than 5G technology. Coda's Mariam Kiparoidze takes a look at the history of radiation fears.
☢️ From microwaves to power lines, conspiracy theories about radiation have been around far longer than 5G technology. Coda's Mariam Kiparoidze takes a look at the history of radiation fears.
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🏆Global leaders from Cambodia’s Hun Sen to Georgia’s Bidzina Ivanishvili have used international awards to boost their reputations internationally and at home. Coda’s team looks at how awards and honorary degrees help burnish political records.
📱Mexico is the latest to join a list of 18 countries that link biometric data to mobile phones. Under a new law, that data would be stored in a government database. But activists are raising alarms that the database could be exploited by organized crime groups and corrupt officials.
🏆Global leaders from Cambodia’s Hun Sen to Georgia’s Bidzina Ivanishvili have used international awards to boost their reputations internationally and at home. Coda’s team looks at how awards and honorary degrees help burnish political records.
📱Mexico is the latest to join a list of 18 countries that link biometric data to mobile phones. Under a new law, that data would be stored in a government database. But activists are raising alarms that the database could be exploited by organized crime groups and corrupt officials.
🦠Vaccine disinformation and fake coronavirus cures are exploding online as India battles a surge in Covid-19 cases. Read the story here.
Happy Monday 👋 Here’s what we’re following right now:
📚Amazon’s book recommendation algorithm is a gateway to misinformation, conspiracy theories and white nationalism, according to a new report. Find out more here.
🇪🇺The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act would be the first legal framework on the use of AI in the world. But it sets a low bar for global facial recognition regulations.
📚Amazon’s book recommendation algorithm is a gateway to misinformation, conspiracy theories and white nationalism, according to a new report. Find out more here.
🇪🇺The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act would be the first legal framework on the use of AI in the world. But it sets a low bar for global facial recognition regulations.
