Mercedes Page
@_MercedesPage
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Geopolitics, cyber, tech & democracy | former @dfat, @schmidtfutures | founder @YoungAustIntAff | Personal views
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Joined June 2011
'China is using increasingly sophisticated grey-zone tactics against subsea cables in the waters around Taiwan, using a shadow-fleet playbook that could be expanded across the Indo-Pacific,' writes @_MercedesPage.
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China is using increasingly sophisticated grey-zone tactics against subsea cables in the waters around Taiwan, using a shadow-fleet playbook that could be expanded across the Indo-Pacific. On 25...
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China’s shadow fleet threatens Indo-Pacific communications | @_MercedesPage | https://t.co/4VvUm0ldSy
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'With digital technologies playing an ever-growing role in the modern world, the WSIS+20 review is an opportunity to shape the future of the internet and ensure it remains open, inclusive and development-oriented,' writes @_MercedesPage. https://t.co/EQNHfjJ4Cb
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Democracies and authoritarian states are battling over the future of the internet in a little-known UN process. The United Nations is conducting a 20-year review of its World Summit on the Informat...
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Editors’ picks for 2024: China may be putting the Great Firewall into orbit | @_MercedesPage | https://t.co/orarPgxiHU
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Just think about how lucky we are to have the Australian Electoral Commission @AusElectoralCom Uncontested elections The best system in the world
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🏢 Finally, the report proposes creating an AI office within the UN Secretariat, close to the UN Secretary- General, to coordinate efforts and ensure a unified response to AI challenges
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📊 A Global AI Data Framework is proposed to govern AI training data, promoting transparency and accountability across borders
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🌍To bridge the digital divide, it recommends the establishment of a Capacity Development Network and a Global Fund for AI to build AI governance capacity, especially in developing countries.
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📏 An AI Standards Exchange is proposed to develop and maintain global AI standards, ensuring consistency and fairness in AI systems worldwide
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🗣️ It also calls for a twice-yearly policy dialogue on AI governance, bringing together governments, tech companies, and civil society to share best practices and promote interoperability
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🌐To address these gaps, the report recommends establishing an International Scientific Panel on AI to provide impartial assessments of AI capabilities, risks, and opportunities
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The report identifies major gaps in current AI governance: representation, coordination, and implementation. Many countries, especially in the Global South, are left out of key discussions.
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📢 The report emphasises the urgent need for global governance of AI to ensure equitable benefits and manage risks. AI's transboundary nature means we can't leave its development to markets or individual nations alone.
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🌍The UN High-level Advisory Body on AI has (finally) delivered its report with recommendations for the global governance of artificial intelligence. A quick rundown of its key recommendations ⬇️ https://t.co/BTfHbUYF2c
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This is abhorrent.
A Chinese-Australian research paper testing the DNA of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang has been retracted over concerns about informed consent... and police involvement. It's not the only study Australian researchers are doing in Xinjiang on minorities 🧵 https://t.co/2X65uats89
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China May Be Putting the Great Firewall Into Orbit via @ASPI_org by @_MercedesPage #China #Space #G60 #MegaConstellation #Satellite #LEO #Starlink #GalaxySpace
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The first satellites for China’s ambitious G60 mega-constellation are in orbit in preparation for offering global satellite internet services—and we should worry about how this will help B
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“If China’s satellite internet services are adopted, the world may witness the rise of a new digital Iron Curtain extending from space, dividing the free flow of information and imposing state control on a global scale”, argues @_MercedesPage.
aspistrategist.org.au
The first satellites for China’s ambitious G60 mega-constellation are in orbit in preparation for offering global satellite internet services—and we should worry about how this will help Beijing...
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