Can Digital Technologies Safeguard Cultural Diversity? 40 Global Cases Offer the Answer BEIJING, March 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A report from CRIOnline: On March 27, 40 exemplary cases on protecting and promoting cultural diversity in the digital environment were released at the Creativity 2030 – 5th International Forum, featuring innovative, sustainable, and replicable global practices. Following the successful first call in 2024, the second call was launched in November 2025 as part of UNESCO’s celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Nearly 150 submissions from 13 countries were reviewed by an international expert panel, with 40 selected for their innovative […]

Can Digital Technologies Safeguard Cultural Diversity? 40 Global Cases Offer the Answer #CulturalDiversity #DigitalTechnologies #GlobalCases #UNESCO #Innovation

Yesterday, BA Hons Journalism students attended a roundtable in Parliament on podcast regulation, unpacking gaps and opportunities in digital media.

#DepartmentofJournalism #StellenboschUniversity #Parliament #Communication #DigitalTechnologies

Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the new authoritarianism - AI & SOCIETY The rapid development of digital technologies, including AI, is having a significant impact on the social, economic, and political life. Yet, while presented as milestones in innovation and progress, these technological transformations have also introduced mechanisms of control, forms of organization, and ideological patterns that bear striking resemblances to historical fascist phenomena. Moreover, in parallel and increasingly intersecting with this development is a broader political context of fascist ideologies and strategies, populism, authoritarianism, and (other forms of) illiberalism in the West. Drawing from the classic philosophical and political theory literature on fascism, authoritarianism, and totalitarianism, this paper argues that and how features of contemporary digital technologies, their governance, and their political context mirror features of fascism. It concludes with a call to resist these new, anti-democratic forms of governance and domination, and make more systemic changes to both the development of technologies and the governance of tech and society.

Coeckelbergh, M. Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the new authoritarianism. AI & Soc (2026).
DOI
#Fascism
#Authoritarianism
#AI
#BigTech
#Digitaltechnologies: #technofascism #tecnofascismo
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the new authoritarianism - AI & SOCIETY The rapid development of digital technologies, including AI, is having a significant impact on the social, economic, and political life. Yet, while presented as milestones in innovation and progress, these technological transformations have also introduced mechanisms of control, forms of organization, and ideological patterns that bear striking resemblances to historical fascist phenomena. Moreover, in parallel and increasingly intersecting with this development is a broader political context of fascist ideologies and strategies, populism, authoritarianism, and (other forms of) illiberalism in the West. Drawing from the classic philosophical and political theory literature on fascism, authoritarianism, and totalitarianism, this paper argues that and how features of contemporary digital technologies, their governance, and their political context mirror features of fascism. It concludes with a call to resist these new, anti-democratic forms of governance and domination, and make more systemic changes to both the development of technologies and the governance of tech and society.

Coeckelbergh, M. Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the new authoritarianism. AI & Soc (2026).
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-026-02862-9
#Fascism
#Authoritarianism
#AI
#BigTech
#Digitaltechnologies: #technofascism #tecnofascismo

📢 Join the 2nd INPACE “Ask Us Anything” online session
🗓️ 22 Jan 2026, 11:00 CET

Engage with @inpacehub.bsky.social, explore collaboration opportunities & connect with stakeholders working on #AI #5G #6G and emerging #digitaltechnologies

👉 Register here: egcp.enrich-global.eu/communities/...

We took part in the pre-recorded #FestiveLiveLesson with @connectedfalk.bsky.social this afternoon to create our own #PolarPixelPals focusing on symmetry and pattern. They look great! 🎄⛄️🎅 #DigitalTechnologies #iPad #P7Team 😊

We are using our @connectedfalk.bsky.social iPads to take notes during Newsround. We will share the notes we have taken. #Summarise #NoteTaking #Importance #DigitalTechnologies #Sharing #P7Team 😊

Technology is Actually Pretty Great Technology is great: it's the tech industry that's the problem. This post explores why we need to reject the Big Tech myth of inevitability.

Technology is great: it's the tech industry that's the problem. This post explores why we need to reject the Big Tech myth of inevitability. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu #DigitalTech #DigitalTechnologies

As past of our learning about toys, pupils explored how to create a sequence of instructions for the beebot. #digitaltechnologies

NEW TEXTBOOK: Advanced Introduction to Law and Digital Technologies, by Urs Gasser @ugasser.bsky.social and John Palfrey

🛒Available in print www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
🔗Free sample chapter doi.org/10.4337/9781...

#ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalTechnologies #Cyberlaw #Cyberspace

We spent time bringing to life the art work of @missc-dps.bsky.social this afternoon. We used #MetaDemoLab to do this. P2 were amazed and loved seeing their drawings walk, dance and jump. #Teamwork #Cooperation #DigitalTechnologies #P7Team 😊

We used @playblooket.bsky.social as the plenary to our numeracy lesson today - focusing on quick and accurate recall of our times tables! #numeracy #multiplication #digitaltechnologies #quick #accuratw #recall @connectedfalk.bsky.social @digilearnfalk.bsky.social @digilearnscot.bsky.social

We then used our @connectedfalk.bsky.social iPads to turn these into Word Clouds ☁️ #literacy #digitaltechnologies #reading #words #understanding #characters

🚨 Polygraphs at EU Borders❓

This blog, written by Juuk van Andel and Evelien Brouwer, examines the EU's growing interest in the use of polygraph at EU borders and its potential conflict with fundamental rights.

📌 Read: lnkd.in/dMEvqeb9
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#DigitalTechnologies, #Migration, #AI, #ECHR

It was an exciting day in P6 as we received our @connectedfalk.bsky.social iPads 📱 We are very excited to start using them - remember to return your contract as soon as possible! #digitaltechnologies @digilearnfalk.bsky.social @digilearnscot.bsky.social #settingup #memoji

Looking forward to hearing what comes out of this - it's a juxtaposition of ideas that we need to get our heads around #Personcentredness #DigitalTechnologies

Please keep us posted!

NICE annual report and accounts 2023/24 NICE’s annual report and accounts, which summarises our key achievements from April 2023 to March 2024.

#NICE #NICEframework #NHS10yearplan #lifesciencessectorplan #NHS #healthtechnologies #diagnostics #medicaldevices #digitaltechnologies #AI #genomicsmedicine #NICEtechnologyappraisals #NICE5yearstrategy #MHRA #MMDAccessInitiative #NICEAdvice #NICEInternational
indepth.nice.org.uk/nice-annual-...

College UA Ruhr: Therapeutic Encounters with Artificial Intelligence

Learn more about his project 'Therapeutic Encounters with Artificial Intelligence', which he jointly works on with Sebastian Merkel, Junior Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences @ruhr-uni-bochum.de:
www.college-uaruhr.de/fellowship/t...

#DigitalTransformation #DigitalTechnologies #AI

Rights in the Digital Age

📚 New publication: Rights in the Digital Age

Our new report advocates for thorough protection of human rights in the digital age, emphasizing the strength of constitutional safeguards over ordinary legislation.

📘 Read the report: bit.ly/44wpxHx

#constitution #digitaltechnologies #humanrights

New medicine access times to be slashed under NHS plan Reports suggest a new framework for medicine reviews and a push to reduce NHS reliance on overseas-trained staff will feature in the 10-year plan.

#medicinesaccess #NHS #NHSplan #MHRA #NICE #NHS10yearplan #pharmaceuticallicensing #reimbursementdecisions #lifesciences #medicines #medicaldevices #patientaccess #pharmaindustry #rebates #digitaltechnologies #diseaseprevention #NHSEngland #healthdataframework
pharmaphorum.com/news/new-med...

How are digital technologies reshaping writing practices, translation and journalism?

Find out at MIX 2025: www.ticketsource.co.uk/cccibathspa/...

#MIX2025 #DigitalTechnologies #WritingPractices

Join us at MIX 2025 and discover how digital technologies are reshaping traditional narratives forms...

www.ticketsource.co.uk/cccibathspa/...

#DigitalTechnologies #NarrativeForms #MIX2025 #EventsInBath

This week for QMUL's #FestivalofEducation, the fantastic masters student Jane O’Sullivan presented a poster on #PositiveBalance using #PositivePsychology and #DigitalTechnologies to support adolescent wellbeing ⭐

@elisabettaversace.bsky.social @jieyinghuang.bsky.social @rosiedavis.bsky.social

Artificial intelligence and young children - Digital Child A new report that discusses GenAI and Australian children that provides a framework for thinking through issues when using generative AI tools

💡New report! Children and GenAI in Australia: Identifying the big challenges posed by Generative Artificial Intelligence

digitalchild.org.au/artificialin...

#genai #generativeai #artificialintelligence #digitalchild #digitaltechnologies

We spent time with P1 this morning. We read to them and then the P1 pupils used our @connectedfalk.bsky.social iPads to draw a scene or character from the book! #Literacy #DigitalTechnologies #PairedReading #P7Team 😊

Tech to boost African heritage conservation Niël Terblanché A regional workshop hosted in Windhoek has brought together African heritage professionals to explore how digital technologies can transform the preservation and management of World Heritage sites. The event, which started on Tuesday, is organised by UNESCO in partnership with the Namibian government and supported by the Government of Flanders in Belgium. Eunice Smith, UNESCO Head of Office and Representative to Namibia, described the workshop as a response to the increasing threats faced by heritage sites across Africa, including climate change, urbanisation and conflict. “Our repeated periods of prolonged drought followed by devastating floods over the past few years are negatively impacting heritage sites, flora and fauna. Digital technologies offer us unprecedented opportunities to better understand the challenges and devise sustainable solutions,” she said. Among the tools discussed are drones for high-resolution imagery, geospatial mapping, virtual reality for immersive experiences, artificial intelligence for monitoring site deterioration, and mobile apps to engage local communities. “This workshop is not only about technology; it is also about people. To build a vibrant network of African experts who can collaborate and lead the digital transformation of heritage management,” she added. Dr Nicolas Vandeviver, deputy general representative of Flanders in Southern Africa, said the World Heritage Online Map Platform, one of the focal tools of the workshop, embodies a commitment to preservation, awareness, and shared responsibility. According to Vandeviver, the platform is more than a set of geospatial tools; it is a vehicle for international collaboration and local empowerment. Namibia’s director for National Heritage and Culture Programmes, Manfred !Gaeb also stressed the importance of digital inclusion in heritage work. “Numerous heritage sites remain at risk not merely from physical deterioration but also digital absence. If we fail to invest in enhancing the capabilities of our professionals, institutions, and communities, we risk losing memory, knowledge, and future opportunities,” he said. Namibia is not only co-hosting the workshop but also contributing lessons from its own use of virtual reality and youth-led digital documentation projects at sites such as Twyfelfontein. !Gaeb said that these initiatives are aligned with Namibia’s Arts, Heritage and Culture policy adopted in 2022, and with the country’s development plans under NDP6. The workshop forms part of the Strategy for World Heritage in Africa (2022–2029) and supports Flagship Programme 3 of UNESCO’s operational strategy for Priority Africa. Participants will continue their work later in the week at Twyfelfontein, where they will engage in site-based activities blending traditional knowledge with cutting-edge digital tools.

#HeritageConservation #DigitalTechnologies #UNESCO #AfricaHeritage #ClimateChange

TODAY at 4:45, I'm chairing & presenting on a #cwcon25 panel on #agency & #writing about place through #digitaltechnologies such as #googlemymaps and #socialmedia. I'll be Zooming in from the great state of CT, but join my fabulous co-panelists in person in Room 147!

#cwcon

As #DigitalTechnologies continue to reshape the rhythms of life, this book makes a valuable contribution to both #Anthropology and #Surveillance studies.

Publishing #OpenAccess: buff.ly/m1kNVsP

Data corner: defining the usual suspects for EIC Accelerator funding On paper, the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator funds any kind of start-up or SME that is developing and scaling up breakthrough green and digital technologies. But some companies are much...

#Innovation: On paper, the #EuropeanInnovationCouncil #Accelerator funds any kind of start-up or SME that is developing and scaling up breakthrough green and #digitaltechnologies. But some companies are much better at securing its funding than others.

sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-fun...

German University of Digital Science

Zwei Kieler gründen erste digitale Universität, German University of Digital Science (UDS)
#digital #university #ki #digitalebildung #cybersecurity #study #kiel #potsdam #DigitalTransformation #DigitalTechnologies

german-uds.de

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