UN IGF in Saudi Arabia Calls for Global Collaboration to Increase Online Censorship and Combat “Misinformation” Using AI

by Didi Rankovich | Reclaim The Net

The United Nations (UN) Internet Governance Forum (IGF) convened in Saudi Arabia, and it is from there that the world heard the message about the need to collaborate more closely and globally, to usher in even more online censorship.

The event brought together government and private sector representatives, as well as those from international organizations, while the participants went for what’s at this point an expected mix of several talking points: (online) misinformation, algorithms, and AI, all peppered with alarmist and disturbing language about these technologies allegedly facilitating killings in the real world.

The one the speakers seem to believe can be “double-purpose” is AI, because they see potential for “enhancing” censorship (“combating misinformation”) by using this developing tech. Read Full Article >