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Accountability requires both a strong civil society and strong institutions working in the same direction. By refusing public access to X’s first annual risk assessment report under the Digital Services Act, the European Commission committed maladministration. This is the final conclusion of the European Ombudsman, an independent EU body tasked with investigating maladministration by...
The Disinfo Update serves as a resource for readers to develop cognitive sovereignty by analyzing news and information in a principled manner. The update follows core principles such as attacking ideas, not people, modeling the process of thinking, and building bridges to understanding rather than walls of certainty. It provides a comprehensive summary of current events related to technology and society, with a focus on detecting and countering manipulation patterns in news reporting. Additional...