Kalina Bontcheva
@kbontcheva
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Working on #misinformation, @WeVerify, @veraai_eu, @PhemeEU, social media analytics, and information extraction @SheffieldNLP. All views are my own
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The team behind the @InVID_EU/@WeVerify plugin and I are so honoured and overwhelmed to be amongst the recipients of this prestigious award. Thank you!
Congratulations to the #USParisTechChallenge awardees: @ISDglobal / CASM Technology, @DisinfoIndex, and @InVID_EU/@WeVerify! Thank you to all our finalists, judges, and sponsors for an incredible event. We look forward to seeing you all next year!
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Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool" "This is sociopathic behaviour. He's selling our children and our grandchildren down the river for a profit" "He is knee deep and sky high in vested interests with fossil fuel companies"
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This is excellent from the TUC. We need to see much more of these types of social media posts. 👏
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Tommy Robinson spends his life trying to convince people that difference is a threat. Meanwhile, two lads just told a better story of Britain in 30 seconds than he has in 15 years. Unity beats hate. Every. Single. Time. 🏴🇬🇧
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A Google-backed shop (Chamber of Progress) has put into overdrive, or desperation, its push for a carve-out to allow its clients to break copyright law. Nice to see DCN's own Chris Pedigo take this on directly for the absurdity it represents. And he explains fair use. 1/2
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A free, independent BBC is vital to a free, informed democracy. Don’t let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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‘It is unprecedented that a president of the US should call BBC journalists corrupt, and for his press secretary to tell people to watch other channels is interference from a foreign leader.’ Lib Dem leader @EdwardJDavey urges Sir Keir Starmer to defend the BBC from Trump.
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💬 @rebaltica: "The #DigitalServicesAct was expected to become a tool that would force #socialmedia giants like #Facebook and #TikTok to follow their own rules and make the online space safer. However, an experiment reveals that, in practice, #platforms often treat user
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‘Coups are like concrete, when they stop moving, they set.’ So I see the @TEDTalks I gave in April is going viral again. Suspect it’s not going to get any less relevant…
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@veraai_eu @kbontcheva @sheffielduni @SheffieldNLP More on the appointment of @kbontcheva and colleagues: see also this @EU_Commission announcement. https://t.co/jPRdEukRht
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The chairs and vice-chairs of the Code bring expertise in AI, computer science, security, media, law, and social science, ensuring a multidisciplinary approach and a technical, legal, and societal...
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Great news!! Our scientific director Professor @kbontcheva of @sheffielduni / @SheffieldNLP has been appointed Chair of Working Group 1 for the new Code of Practice on the #Transparency of #AI Generated Content. https://t.co/W66t1LRWiB
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To read more about the appointed chairs, including @kbontcheva, for the new Code of Practice, you may want to visit the @EU_Commission announcement, too. 👇 https://t.co/bjeKGYi5p8
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
The chairs and vice-chairs of the Code bring expertise in AI, computer science, security, media, law, and social science, ensuring a multidisciplinary approach and a technical, legal, and societal...
Great news!! Our scientific director Professor @kbontcheva of @sheffielduni / @SheffieldNLP has been appointed Chair of Working Group 1 for the new Code of Practice on the #Transparency of #AI Generated Content. https://t.co/W66t1LRWiB
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Utilities should be government owned, not run for private profit
Zack Polanski making the case to renationalise water Look at the faces on the other panelists! The game is up & they know it: ‘Privatisation was the experiment & it failed’ ‘Pumping dividends to shareholders while pumping sewage into our waters’ ‘It’s time to take it back!’
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I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed. He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.
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Such a powerful interview with the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk on the risk of a permanent forever war in Ukraine, unless the world steps up. Ukraine is prepared to keep fighting for another two or three years, but no country should have to face a decade of war. As Tusk
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The Polish PM feels ‘bitter satisfaction’ that his years of warnings about Russia and the ‘extremely ordinary’ Putin have been vindicated
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Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT "We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5
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With an ally of Nigel Farage pleading guilty to taking bribes for making pro-Russian statements, it’s clear we need an in-depth investigation into Russian money in our politics. Today I asked the Prime Minister whether he would back an investigation.
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If you only need one reason never to vote reform this should be it. They will not be able to manage the country.
Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all. Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
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🚨 PMQ's 🚨 PM: "I think four councillors in Kent have just been suspended for bringing the party into disrepute." "I mean, that is, bringing the party into disrepute is quite something for a party whose Welsh leader accepts Russian bribes to spread Putin's propaganda."
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Outstanding take down of Nigel Farage 👏 "I'm surprised he has the gall to come here & talk about national security... when Nathan Gill admitted taking brides from Russia & he's been using talking points from the Kremlin again... absolutely shameful.."
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