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Microsoft launches AI partnership to empower TVET educators and students
The initiative is supported by the department of higher education and training, underscoring the government’s commitment to digital transformation in education, alongside a…
Digital occupation: How surveillance technologies repress dissent from Gaza to Cape Town
This creeping form of observation marks a dangerous evolution in how power is exercised and dissent controlled
The mirage of AI: South Africa’s reality check on the tech ‘utopia’
Automation, driven by artificial intelligence, threatens jobs for low-skilled and semi-skilled workers and these groups are also subjected to higher interest rates and…
South African AI group files complaint against LinkedIn for data use without consent
The SA Artificial Intelligence Association said that LinkedIn may be breaching the Protection of Personal Information Act by collecting local user data for training of AI models
How HONOR’s Magic V2 protects your privacy
In today’s digital world, keeping personal information private is more important than ever
How Facebook became the opium of the masses
Facebook’s micro-targeting algorithms have been used to spread disinformation and sow distrust in democratic institutions around the world. It has a responsibility to act
How Facebook’s quest for profits is paved on hate and lies
New revelations by a whistleblower prove that the social media platform clearly understands its negative impact on society, but that profits are a greater lure than preserving…
Data protection is key in a digital world
The introduction of Popia brings responsibilities, but also opportunities as South Africa becomes viewed as a country with proper data regulations
Facebook users can use phone numbers to check if their data was breached
Private data from more than 530-million Facebook accounts was placed onto an unsecured public database. This tool allows users to use their phone number to see if they were among…
WhatsApp panics as users flee to rivals in privacy boycott
The encrypted messaging service is having to embark on some damage control after criticism about its new terms and conditions
Tracking, tracing and transparency
Governments are processing tons of personal information to limit the spread of Covid-19. They must ensure this does not cost us our privacy
Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19
The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic
The ethics of Covid-19 status disclosure: To tell or not to tell?
The trick is to find the balance between people’s right to privacy and the need for contact tracing to limit the spread of the disease
‘In Kenya, you cannot go anywhere without an ID. I don’t have one’
Double-registration has effectively rendered stateless tens of thousands of Kenyan citizens who are ethnically Somali
New digital regulations mean the state can track you — no questions asked
The provisions have been introduced to contain the spread of Covid-19, but some may infringe on certain constitutional rights