✎ The Korea Times 韓國時報｜20240228

Meta founder strengthens ties with Korean tech companies

Meta創辦人加強與韓國科技公司的關係

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, the U.S. tech giant behind leading social network services like Facebook and Instagram, is looking to collaborate with Samsung and LG in AI chip and XR businesses. This move is seen as an attempt to build a strong software and hardware manufacturing ecosystem, similar to Meta's rival, Apple.

✎ Reuters 路透社｜20240228

Streaming subscriber growth in US halved last year

去年，美國串流平台訂閱成長率減少了一半

Streaming subscriber growth in the United States has halved in 2023, data from research firm Antenna showed, a sign that the boom might be over for the industry in its key market. But now that the largest players have that scale, they must shift their focus to managing their subscribers, it said.

✎ VOA 美國之音｜20240227

China Users on Banned Social Platforms Need Protection, Advocates Say

倡議人士稱：遭中國禁用的社群平台應保護該平台上的中國用戶

A recent document dump detailed how private companies are helping China to hack foreign governments across Southeast Asia and to unmask users of foreign social media accounts.Yaqiu Wang, research director for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan at Freedom House, said that besides better protecting their users' privacy, the companies should also put in more effort to combat China's clampdown on freedom of speech.

✎ Press Gazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20240227

Revealed: Which of the top 100 UK and US news websites are blocking AI crawlers

揭露：英美排名前100名的新聞網站中，哪些正在封鎖AI爬蟲機器人？

Of 106 sites checked, 45 have no AI crawlers blocked at all.

✎ Nieman Lab 哈佛大學尼曼新聞基金會《尼曼新聞實驗室》｜20240226

With elections looming worldwide, here’s how to identify and investigate AI audio deepfakes

隨全球選舉逼近，以下是如何辨識與調查AI深偽技術的方法

Recent research suggests that, in general, about half of the public can’t tell the difference between real and AI-generated imagery, and that voters cannot reliably detect speech deepfakes — and technology has only improved since then.

✎ Press Gazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20240226

News media job cuts 2024 tracked: At least 980 redundancies in January

2024年新聞媒體裁員情形：一月份至少有980人遭裁員

Big losses at likes of The Messenger, Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated and Mediahuis Ireland start 2024.

✎ Pew Research Center 美國皮尤研究中心｜20240223

Majorities in most countries surveyed say social media is good for democracy

在大多受調查的國家當中，多數人認為社群軟體對民主有益

People in 27 countries surveyed by Pew Research Center between 2022 and 2023 generally see social media as more of a good thing than a bad thing for democracy. In 20 of these countries, in fact, majorities say social media has benefited democracy in their nation.

整理、編譯：胡安妤、蔡宏杰