by Editor | Jan 30, 2022 | Papers & Reports, News
The Cybersecurity Administration of China has passed a new set of recommendation algorithm regulations that take significant steps in regulating how the technology can be used. If enforced as intended, the regulations will have a major impact on companies that rely heavily on the technology, such as social media applications, e-commerce platforms, and news sites, requiring them to increase oversight and make significant technical adjustments.
The aim of the regulation, according to the Cyberspace Administration of China, is to promote the sustainable development of Internet services and to enable independent supervision.
However, this regulation is also intended to strengthen the political control of the Chinese Communist Party. The Wall Street Journal noted that “Regulators called for algorithms to be fair and transparent, while adhering to China’s Communist Party ideology.” The CAC said that the algorithms used by Chinese companies must uphold core socialist values and promote “positive energy” in the content they provide to users. The Act refers specifically to the guiding ideology of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Other provisions establish licensing requirements for news organizations, a step that will limit freedom of expression. And it is unclear whether the rules for transparency will be applied to the authority of the Communist state, such as the AI prosecutor that reportedly can identify and suggest the charges for alleged crimes, including social dissent, criticism, and ‘provoking’ trouble.
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance continues to coordinate to protect smart democracy in digital and standards of Social Contract for the AI Age.
https://digichina.stanford.edu/work/translation-internet-information-service-algorithmic-recommendation-management-provisions-effective-march-1-2022/
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/03/chinas-tech-regulation-turns-to-algorithms.html
by Editor | Jan 30, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, Event Updates, Global Cyber Security Day
Outlining his priorities for 2022 to the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “we face a five-alarm global fire that requires the full mobilization of all countries,”, referring to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, a morally bankrupt global financial system, the climate crisis, lawlessness in cyberspace, and diminished peace and security. Countries “must go into emergency mode”, he added, and now is the time to act as the response will determine global outcomes for decades ahead.
It is against this grim backdrop that the Global Alliance for Digital Governance proposes a “2022 action plan” for a world of peace and digital security. Together with the Boston Global Forum, it calls for urgent action to help fashion such a response and, in particular, address the following issues:
– Prevent cyber-attacks by governments (directly or through companies, organizations or individuals), consider these as acts of war against people and against other countries;
– Prevent cyber-attacks by companies, groups or individuals, which can be considered acts of serious crime against people.
It is envisaged that this endeavour will bring together an array of relevant contributors to a digitally secure world, including national governments and international organizations, civil society and academic entities, the corporate sector and private enterprise as well as the community of thinking, caring and influential individuals. It will contribute to building accord and law on the use of artificial intelligence and the preservation of cybersecurity that can contribute to the Global Digital Compact proposed by Secretary-General Guterres as part of the United Nations Summit of the Future which he will convene in 2023.
Planned between February 1, 2022 and April 30, 2022, envisaged activities include high level discussions, online “movements” and a conference. Their results and conclusions will be shared through the Boston Global Forum’s website and its AIWS Weekly Newsletter. The key coordinators of the Global Alliance for Digital Governance, and the proposed action plan, are Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO, of the Boston Global Forum.
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by Editor | Jan 23, 2022 | News, AIWS and the Age of Global Enlightenment
On January 23, 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City, CEO of Nova Group Hoang Thu Chau and Governor of An Giang Nguyễn Thanh Bình, Governor of Dong Thap Pham Thien Nghia, signed a MOU to build the Mekong Smart City in the An Giang and Dong Thap provinces of Vietnam.
This large land area accounts for 12% of the area, 19% of the population of Vietnam, has advantages in waterway transport, agricultural development, food industry, tourism, renewable energy; it is also a key economic region, the largest center of agricultural production in the country, contributing 50% of rice production, 95% of rice exports, 65% of aquaculture production, 70% of the country’s fruits, and 60% of fish production for export; as well as being located strategically for trade with ASEAN countries and the Mekong sub-region.
This is a university to develop a special rural area of Vietnam to reduce gap between cities and remote rural regions. This initiative will be directed by Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson, co-founder of AIWS City. This university is a part of AIWS City, and will apply new concepts of higher education in the Age of Global Enlightenment.
The Global Enlightenment Community of AIWS City will contribute solutions to build this pioneer model.
by Editor | Jan 23, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, News
Greek MEP Eva Kaili was elected one of the European Parliament’s 14 vice-presidents on Tuesday.
Kaili, who was elected for the Movement for Change (KINAL) and sits with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group, received 454 votes, coming fifth out of nine candidates, was thus elected to the position in the first round.
Boston Global Forum warmly congratulates Eva Kaili who contributes to the Global Alliance for Digital Governance as one of its coordinators.
by Editor | Jan 23, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, News, World Leaders in AIWS Award Updates, AIWS and the Age of Global Enlightenment
Professor Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland, Director of MIT Connection Science, co-founder of the AI World Society Innovation Network (AIWS.net), co-author of Social Contract for the AI Age, Distinguished Contributor of the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment, now becomes a Board Member of Michael Dukakis Institute and Boston Global Forum.
Professor Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland and Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan developed the concepts of Community Innovation Economy. He is a speaker of the Policy Dialog 2022 “Building the Age of Global Enlightenment” in Nha Trang, Vietnam, September 13-15, co-organized by the Club de Madrid and Boston Global Forum.
