Sabine Citron
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Sabine Citron
@sabinecitron.bsky.social
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In case you're wondering how to vacuum your messages, here's the list of 350 words and phrases you cannot use in any federal communication, or any organization
that uses federal dollars. pen.org/banned-words...
Federal Government's Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship - PEN America
Banned words list 2025: The federal government is banning a growing number of words to comply with executive orders from President Trump.
pen.org
May 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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This is called ‘The Futures aren’t Bright, the Futures are Orange’.
April 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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En une du journal Le Monde @lemonde.fr via @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social et @spiegel.de 👉chappatte.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.

As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.

But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
March 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Economic crises fuel inequality, push millions into poverty, and weaken democracies.

As living costs rise and social services shrink, autocratic regimes will gain power by exploiting fear and instability. 📉💔

Human rights suffer when economies fall. ⚖️🌍

#HumanRights #Inequality #Democracy
March 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Autocracies or democracies, how has the world evolved over time. ⚖️🌍⏳

(Source: V-Dem / Human Progress)

#HumanRights #Governance #History
February 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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'A government spokesperson said: “Current uncertainty about how copyright law applies to AI is holding back the creative industries and AI sector from realising their full potential."'
I notice the government are not sugesting the power companies give the AI sector their electricity for free.
British novelists criticise government over AI ‘theft’
Richard Osman and Kate Mosse say plan to mine artistic works for data would destroy creative fields
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM