#digitalliteracy — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/350299/ Africa launches AI initiative for languages #Africa #AfricanTelecommunicationsUnion #AI #AngelaWamola #Connectivity #DigitalInclusion #DigitalLiteracy #digitisation #DrBosunTijani #gsma #Infrastructure #Network #Zindi

🇨🇦 Something big is coming...
A new national initiative is taking shape.
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#CanadaOpenSourceWeek #Linux #OpenSource #Canada #DigitalLiteracy

The whole premise of checking for human writing is daft

https://mohammedshehu.com/checking-for-human-writing-is-daft/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048584

#HackerNews #humanwriting #writinganalysis #AIethics #contentcreation #digitalliteracy

The whole premise of checking for human writing is daft

https://mohammedshehu.com/checking-for-human-writing-is-daft/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048584

#HackerNews #humanwriting #writinganalysis #AIethics #contentcreation #digitalliteracy

Welcome to OSINT in 8 Seconds — a fast, beginner-friendly series that explains open-source intelligence one concept and one tool at a time.

Public clues. Real insight.

#OSINT #OpenSourceIntelligence #OSINTTraining #OSINTForBeginners #Cybersecurity #DigitalInvestigation #OnlineResearch #IntelligenceAnalysis #InvestigativeResearch #CyberEducation #SecurityAwareness #TechEducation #DigitalLiteracy #ResearchTools #LearnOSINT

Happy Friday from the Linux Association of Canada! 🇨🇦
Our community continues to grow, and we're excited to launch our official merchandise collection. Every purchase helps support open source education, school outreach, publications, and community programs across Canada.
Thank you for helping us build a stronger open source community.
https://linuxassociation.ca⁠
#Linux #OpenSource #Canada #DigitalLiteracy #FOSS

Happy Friday from the Linux Association of Canada! 🇨🇦
Our community continues to grow, and we're excited to launch our official merchandise collection. Every purchase helps support open source education, school outreach, publications, and community programs across Canada.
Thank you for helping us build a stronger open source community.
https://linuxassociation.ca⁠
#Linux #OpenSource #Canada #DigitalLiteracy #FOSS

https://www.europesays.com/africa/345800/ Malawi moves to strengthen AI ecosystem #AIEthics #AIGovernance #AIPolicy #AIReadiness #ArtificialIntelligence #Connectivity #cybersecurity #DataProtection #DigitalLiteracy #DigitalTransformation #DrAbdulRahmanLamin #DrKenNdala #EducationSystem #Ethiopia #InfrastructureGaps #malawi #NationalDevelopment #PublicSector #SouthernAfrica #TechnologyPolicy #UNESCO

CS Monitor: Why Greeks are going to TikTok for news instead of newspapers or TV. “Greeks don’t turn to traditional media for news; they go to TikTok, Instagram, and the like. That puts them at the forefront of how news consumption is trending globally – and makes them a lens on how the future of news might look.”

CS Monitor: Why Greeks are going to TikTok for news instead of newspapers or TV. “Greeks don’t turn to traditional media for news; they go to TikTok, Instagram, and the like. That puts them at the forefront of how news consumption is trending globally – and makes them a lens on how the future of news might look.”

CS Monitor: Why Greeks are going to TikTok for news instead of newspapers or TV. “Greeks don’t turn to traditional media for news; they go to TikTok, Instagram, and the like. That puts them at the forefront of how news consumption is trending globally – and makes them a lens on how the future of news might look.”

CS Monitor: Why Greeks are going to TikTok for news instead of newspapers or TV. “Greeks don’t turn to traditional media for news; they go to TikTok, Instagram, and the like. That puts them at the forefront of how news consumption is trending globally – and makes them a lens on how the future of news might look.”

CS Monitor: Why Greeks are going to TikTok for news instead of newspapers or TV. “Greeks don’t turn to traditional media for news; they go to TikTok, Instagram, and the like. That puts them at the forefront of how news consumption is trending globally – and makes them a lens on how the future of news might look.”

Join us and the Office of New York City Council Member Linda Lee for a free virtual AI 101 workshop.

We’ll cover better prompts, useful results, privacy risks, security settings, and civic AI tools.

📅 Wednesday, July 29, at 12 pm ET
🔗 RSVP: https://www.beta.nyc/event/e260729

#AI #CivicTech #DigitalLiteracy #NYC

Join us and the Office of New York City Council Member Linda Lee for a free virtual AI 101 workshop.

We’ll cover better prompts, useful results, privacy risks, security settings, and civic AI tools.

📅 Wednesday, July 29, at 12 pm ET
🔗 RSVP: https://www.beta.nyc/event/e260729

#AI #CivicTech #DigitalLiteracy #NYC

Join us and the Office of New York City Council Member Linda Lee for a free virtual AI 101 workshop.

We’ll cover better prompts, useful results, privacy risks, security settings, and civic AI tools.

📅 Wednesday, July 29, at 12 pm ET
🔗 RSVP: https://www.beta.nyc/event/e260729

#AI #CivicTech #DigitalLiteracy #NYC

Join us and the Office of New York City Council Member Linda Lee for a free virtual AI 101 workshop.

We’ll cover better prompts, useful results, privacy risks, security settings, and civic AI tools.

📅 Wednesday, July 29, at 12 pm ET
🔗 RSVP: https://www.beta.nyc/event/e260729

#AI #CivicTech #DigitalLiteracy #NYC

Join us and the Office of New York City Council Member Linda Lee for a free virtual AI 101 workshop.

We’ll cover better prompts, useful results, privacy risks, security settings, and civic AI tools.

📅 Wednesday, July 29, at 12 pm ET
🔗 RSVP: https://www.beta.nyc/event/e260729

#AI #CivicTech #DigitalLiteracy #NYC

Stellantis backs mobile lab to teach coding in underserved schools

Social Coding SA partners with Stellantis SA to expand technology in schools. Stellantis South Africa has partnered with…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Stellantis #coding #digitalliteracy #Mobilelab #robotics #SizwekaziMdingi #SocialCodingSA #ThembisoMagajana
https://www.europesays.com/france/55694/

Stellantis backs mobile lab to teach coding in underserved schools

Social Coding SA partners with Stellantis SA to expand technology in schools. Stellantis South Africa has partnered with…
#Netherlands #Nederland #NL #Europe #Europa #EU #Stellantis #coding #digitalliteracy #Mobilelab #robotics #SizwekaziMdingi #SocialCodingSA #ThembisoMagajana
https://www.europesays.com/netherlands/33291/

Veritas University to Equip Students with Tech, Entrepreneur

As concerns mount over rising graduate unemployment and the widening skills gap in Nigeria, Veritas University Abuja has…
#NewsBeep #News #Entrepreneurship #Business #CA #Canada #digitalliteracy #GraduateEmployability #InnovationHub #Nigerianeducation #Skillsacquisition #TechnologyTraining #VeritasUniversity #vocationaltraining #youthempowerment
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/814909/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1101214/ Veritas University to Equip Students with Tech, Entrepreneur #Business #DigitalLiteracy #Entrepreneurship #GraduateEmployability #InnovationHub #NigerianEducation #SkillsAcquisition #TechnologyTraining #UK #UnitedKingdom #VeritasUniversity #VocationalTraining #YouthEmpowerment

https://www.europesays.com/ie/595561/ Veritas University to Equip Students with Tech, Entrepreneur #Business #DigitalLiteracy #Éire #Entrepreneurship #GraduateEmployability #IE #InnovationHub #Ireland #NigerianEducation #SkillsAcquisition #TechnologyTraining #VeritasUniversity #VocationalTraining #YouthEmpowerment

Now shipping! In this ALA Editions Special Report, technology expert Robin Hastings highlights the first attempts of libraries across the country to set up policies for the use of AI in their organizations, as well as policies created by cities and other similar institutions, to guide stakeholders in creating their own smart, forward-thinking course of action. https://alastore.ala.org/genaipol

#librarylife #librarywork #librarianship #digitalliteracy #genai #ala150 #Libraries #librarytechnology

Now shipping! In this ALA Editions Special Report, technology expert Robin Hastings highlights the first attempts of libraries across the country to set up policies for the use of AI in their organizations, as well as policies created by cities and other similar institutions, to guide stakeholders in creating their own smart, forward-thinking course of action. https://alastore.ala.org/genaipol

#librarylife #librarywork #librarianship #digitalliteracy #genai #ala150 #Libraries #librarytechnology

Now shipping! In this ALA Editions Special Report, technology expert Robin Hastings highlights the first attempts of libraries across the country to set up policies for the use of AI in their organizations, as well as policies created by cities and other similar institutions, to guide stakeholders in creating their own smart, forward-thinking course of action. https://alastore.ala.org/genaipol

#librarylife #librarywork #librarianship #digitalliteracy #genai #ala150 #Libraries #librarytechnology

Now shipping! In this ALA Editions Special Report, technology expert Robin Hastings highlights the first attempts of libraries across the country to set up policies for the use of AI in their organizations, as well as policies created by cities and other similar institutions, to guide stakeholders in creating their own smart, forward-thinking course of action. https://alastore.ala.org/genaipol

#librarylife #librarywork #librarianship #digitalliteracy #genai #ala150 #Libraries #librarytechnology

https://www.europesays.com/africa/337151/ Kenya launches AI-powered coding competition for schoolchildren #ArtificialIntelligence #CodeWithKids #DigitalLiteracy #EnjoyAIKenya #Headlines #Kenya #KenyaLaunchesAIPoweredCodingCompetitionForSchoolchildren #robotics #Technology

Tubefilter: TikTok’s AI labels might not be effective, so the app is educating its users. “TikTok was one of the first social media companies to add labels to AI-generated content. Those tags were first teased in 2023 and added to the app a year later. Unfortunately, AI labels don’t seem to be as effective as TikTok wants them to be.”

Tubefilter: TikTok’s AI labels might not be effective, so the app is educating its users. “TikTok was one of the first social media companies to add labels to AI-generated content. Those tags were first teased in 2023 and added to the app a year later. Unfortunately, AI labels don’t seem to be as effective as TikTok wants them to be.”

Tubefilter: TikTok’s AI labels might not be effective, so the app is educating its users. “TikTok was one of the first social media companies to add labels to AI-generated content. Those tags were first teased in 2023 and added to the app a year later. Unfortunately, AI labels don’t seem to be as effective as TikTok wants them to be.”

Tubefilter: TikTok’s AI labels might not be effective, so the app is educating its users. “TikTok was one of the first social media companies to add labels to AI-generated content. Those tags were first teased in 2023 and added to the app a year later. Unfortunately, AI labels don’t seem to be as effective as TikTok wants them to be.”

Tubefilter: TikTok’s AI labels might not be effective, so the app is educating its users. “TikTok was one of the first social media companies to add labels to AI-generated content. Those tags were first teased in 2023 and added to the app a year later. Unfortunately, AI labels don’t seem to be as effective as TikTok wants them to be.”

Japan Moves to Tighten Online Rules for Children

“Honestly, I have no idea what my child is actually using the device for,” admits a 41-year-old company…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #ageverification #childrenandfamiliesagency #DigitalLiteracy #japantechnologypolicy #mynumbercard #socialmediaregulation #society #toyoake #youthinternetsafety
https://www.europesays.com/japan/59535/

Fresno offers free digital literacy classes to help seniors navigate technology https://www.byteseu.com/2193247/ #19500761 #classes #DigitalLiteracy #SeniorCitizens #Technology #timely

"In recent months, the Searsmont Town Library has added a new service for patrons: Help in removing AI from their phones and other devices.

“A lot of times, it’s just telling people that they have choices,” Library Director Steven Brown said. “Their phone came a certain way, but they don’t have to use it the way that it came.”

Brown helps patrons disable AI-powered assistants like Siri or so-called smart features in email and switch from using Google, which doesn’t offer an option to search without AI overviews, to a browser that does.

A big part of his job as a librarian has been helping people with information technology, he said. He sees helping people think critically about technology and AI as a natural extension of this work.

While Brown’s long been skeptical of the purported benefits of technology for society, he didn’t start offering the AI removal services until this spring, when he attended a webinar presented by Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian who has become a leading voice in a nationwide movement of librarians who are working to help patrons understand the risks of AI and other technologies.

“I seem to have become the face of AI haters — which I’m fine with — in the library world,” Cyrus said.

Cyrus, a reference librarian at the Bangor Public Library, teaches classes on how to use technology. But that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing and promoting it, she said.

“I really try to make sure people not only know where to tap or click to get done what they want to do, but to understand the values and issues at play as they’re using different pieces of technology,” she said.\2

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/midcoast/midcoast-culture/maine-librarians-are-helping-patrons-resist-ai-joam40zk0w/

#USA #AI #DigitalLiteracy #Libraries

"In recent months, the Searsmont Town Library has added a new service for patrons: Help in removing AI from their phones and other devices.

“A lot of times, it’s just telling people that they have choices,” Library Director Steven Brown said. “Their phone came a certain way, but they don’t have to use it the way that it came.”

Brown helps patrons disable AI-powered assistants like Siri or so-called smart features in email and switch from using Google, which doesn’t offer an option to search without AI overviews, to a browser that does.

A big part of his job as a librarian has been helping people with information technology, he said. He sees helping people think critically about technology and AI as a natural extension of this work.

While Brown’s long been skeptical of the purported benefits of technology for society, he didn’t start offering the AI removal services until this spring, when he attended a webinar presented by Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian who has become a leading voice in a nationwide movement of librarians who are working to help patrons understand the risks of AI and other technologies.

“I seem to have become the face of AI haters — which I’m fine with — in the library world,” Cyrus said.

Cyrus, a reference librarian at the Bangor Public Library, teaches classes on how to use technology. But that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing and promoting it, she said.

“I really try to make sure people not only know where to tap or click to get done what they want to do, but to understand the values and issues at play as they’re using different pieces of technology,” she said.\2

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/midcoast/midcoast-culture/maine-librarians-are-helping-patrons-resist-ai-joam40zk0w/

#USA #AI #DigitalLiteracy #Libraries

"In recent months, the Searsmont Town Library has added a new service for patrons: Help in removing AI from their phones and other devices.

“A lot of times, it’s just telling people that they have choices,” Library Director Steven Brown said. “Their phone came a certain way, but they don’t have to use it the way that it came.”

Brown helps patrons disable AI-powered assistants like Siri or so-called smart features in email and switch from using Google, which doesn’t offer an option to search without AI overviews, to a browser that does.

A big part of his job as a librarian has been helping people with information technology, he said. He sees helping people think critically about technology and AI as a natural extension of this work.

While Brown’s long been skeptical of the purported benefits of technology for society, he didn’t start offering the AI removal services until this spring, when he attended a webinar presented by Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian who has become a leading voice in a nationwide movement of librarians who are working to help patrons understand the risks of AI and other technologies.

“I seem to have become the face of AI haters — which I’m fine with — in the library world,” Cyrus said.

Cyrus, a reference librarian at the Bangor Public Library, teaches classes on how to use technology. But that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing and promoting it, she said.

“I really try to make sure people not only know where to tap or click to get done what they want to do, but to understand the values and issues at play as they’re using different pieces of technology,” she said.\2

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/midcoast/midcoast-culture/maine-librarians-are-helping-patrons-resist-ai-joam40zk0w/

#USA #AI #DigitalLiteracy #Libraries

"In recent months, the Searsmont Town Library has added a new service for patrons: Help in removing AI from their phones and other devices.

“A lot of times, it’s just telling people that they have choices,” Library Director Steven Brown said. “Their phone came a certain way, but they don’t have to use it the way that it came.”

Brown helps patrons disable AI-powered assistants like Siri or so-called smart features in email and switch from using Google, which doesn’t offer an option to search without AI overviews, to a browser that does.

A big part of his job as a librarian has been helping people with information technology, he said. He sees helping people think critically about technology and AI as a natural extension of this work.

While Brown’s long been skeptical of the purported benefits of technology for society, he didn’t start offering the AI removal services until this spring, when he attended a webinar presented by Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian who has become a leading voice in a nationwide movement of librarians who are working to help patrons understand the risks of AI and other technologies.

“I seem to have become the face of AI haters — which I’m fine with — in the library world,” Cyrus said.

Cyrus, a reference librarian at the Bangor Public Library, teaches classes on how to use technology. But that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing and promoting it, she said.

“I really try to make sure people not only know where to tap or click to get done what they want to do, but to understand the values and issues at play as they’re using different pieces of technology,” she said.\2

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/midcoast/midcoast-culture/maine-librarians-are-helping-patrons-resist-ai-joam40zk0w/

#USA #AI #DigitalLiteracy #Libraries

"In recent months, the Searsmont Town Library has added a new service for patrons: Help in removing AI from their phones and other devices.

“A lot of times, it’s just telling people that they have choices,” Library Director Steven Brown said. “Their phone came a certain way, but they don’t have to use it the way that it came.”

Brown helps patrons disable AI-powered assistants like Siri or so-called smart features in email and switch from using Google, which doesn’t offer an option to search without AI overviews, to a browser that does.

A big part of his job as a librarian has been helping people with information technology, he said. He sees helping people think critically about technology and AI as a natural extension of this work.

While Brown’s long been skeptical of the purported benefits of technology for society, he didn’t start offering the AI removal services until this spring, when he attended a webinar presented by Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian who has become a leading voice in a nationwide movement of librarians who are working to help patrons understand the risks of AI and other technologies.

“I seem to have become the face of AI haters — which I’m fine with — in the library world,” Cyrus said.

Cyrus, a reference librarian at the Bangor Public Library, teaches classes on how to use technology. But that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing and promoting it, she said.

“I really try to make sure people not only know where to tap or click to get done what they want to do, but to understand the values and issues at play as they’re using different pieces of technology,” she said.\2

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/midcoast/midcoast-culture/maine-librarians-are-helping-patrons-resist-ai-joam40zk0w/

#USA #AI #DigitalLiteracy #Libraries

University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. “At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses participants in a realistic social media environment. There, they encounter antisemitic and Holocaust-distorting content in the same form as it is disseminated on social networks. […]

University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. “At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses participants in a realistic social media environment. There, they encounter antisemitic and Holocaust-distorting content in the same form as it is disseminated on social networks. […]

University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. “At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses participants in a realistic social media environment. There, they encounter antisemitic and Holocaust-distorting content in the same form as it is disseminated on social networks. […]

University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. “At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses participants in a realistic social media environment. There, they encounter antisemitic and Holocaust-distorting content in the same form as it is disseminated on social networks. […]

University of Duisburg-Essen and machine-translated from German: Dealing with antisemitism and Holocaust distortion on social media. “At the heart of the program is an approximately 15-minute online game that immerses participants in a realistic social media environment. There, they encounter antisemitic and Holocaust-distorting content in the same form as it is disseminated on social networks. […]

Vanguard (Nigeria): Presidency trains over 100 Northern influencers to counter fake news. “The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Enlightenment, Mr Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, has trained over 100 social media influencers from across Northern Nigeria on the effective use of social media. Speaking during the training on Sunday in Kano, Abdulaziz said the […]

Vanguard (Nigeria): Presidency trains over 100 Northern influencers to counter fake news. “The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Enlightenment, Mr Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, has trained over 100 social media influencers from across Northern Nigeria on the effective use of social media. Speaking during the training on Sunday in Kano, Abdulaziz said the […]

Vanguard (Nigeria): Presidency trains over 100 Northern influencers to counter fake news. “The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Enlightenment, Mr Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, has trained over 100 social media influencers from across Northern Nigeria on the effective use of social media. Speaking during the training on Sunday in Kano, Abdulaziz said the […]

Vanguard (Nigeria): Presidency trains over 100 Northern influencers to counter fake news. “The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Enlightenment, Mr Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, has trained over 100 social media influencers from across Northern Nigeria on the effective use of social media. Speaking during the training on Sunday in Kano, Abdulaziz said the […]

Vanguard (Nigeria): Presidency trains over 100 Northern influencers to counter fake news. “The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Enlightenment, Mr Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, has trained over 100 social media influencers from across Northern Nigeria on the effective use of social media. Speaking during the training on Sunday in Kano, Abdulaziz said the […]