SMART NATION FELLOWSHIP Other initiatives launched on Tuesday include a S$120 million investment in AI to aid scientific research. This also supports Singapore’s refreshed National AI Strategy (NAIS 2.0), which was launched in December last year by Mr Wong. Led by the National Research Foundation, the investment will focus on the development and adoption of … Read more
PETALING JAYA: Online gambling and porn are the top two categories of websites blocked by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). MCMC said 10,423 websites were blocked due to legal violations from January 2022 to Aug 1 this year. “Of the figures, 95.7% of the blocked websites fall into the following five categories: online … Read more
Douyin, the sibling app of ByteDance’s global short video hit TikTok, said it imposed additional oversight on live-streaming hosts and their activities during 2023 to rein in inappropriate practices. The live-streaming crackdown conducted throughout 2023 shut down more than 290,000 host accounts, including some top influencers, as the platform sought to weed out practices it … Read more
Elon Musk’s X has shed more than 1,000 staff globally from teams responsible for stopping abusive content online, according to new figures released Thursday by Australia’s online watchdog. Australia’s eSafety Commission said these “deep cuts” and the reinstatement of thousands of banned accounts had created a “perfect storm” for the spread of harmful content. The … Read more
