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Supporting Students With Disabilities webinar

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identifying fake news by 90%

Software developed by University College London & UC Berkeley can identify ‘fake news’ sites with 90% accuracy from r/Futurology

Machine learning tool deUC Berveloped to detect fake news domains when they register

http://www.businessmole.com/tool-developed-by-university-college-london-can-identify-fake-news-sites-when-they-are-registered/

Al is not lost though, as academics from UCL and several other institutions have developed a tool that may help us separate the fact from fiction. They have designed a machine learning tool which can cite domains that were created to spread what has now commonly become known as ‘fake news’.

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Soviet Union Internet domain

TIL that the Soviet Union was issued a top-level internet domain just before its 1991 collapse. The domain was never deactivated and has since become a haven for cybercriminals due to its lack of regulation. from r/todayilearned

Tons of Hackers Are Hanging Out in Old Soviet Cyberspace

https://gizmodo.com/tons-of-hackers-are-hanging-out-in-old-soviet-cyberspac-510829003

Until recently, the .su domain has been the home of weirdbut legitimate sites. But when the administrators for Russia’s .ru got a little more strict about what they would and wouldn’t allow, scammers and hackers alike began to migrate to the out-dated .su, which saw its population of sites double in 2011, and again in 2012.

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Old Soviet Union domain name attracts cybercriminal interest

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/old-soviet-union-domain-name-attracts-cybercriminal-interest

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Digital violence

https://www.spiegel.de/international/tomorrow/digital-violence-olimpia-coral-s-fight-on-behalf-of-the-women-of-mexico-a-b1da72f2-b720-4102-849a-d5a02def7d58

The recently published report “Free to Be Online?” by Plan International found that more than half of the 14,000 girls and young women surveyed worldwide have experienced online harassment or abuse.

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