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“And therein lies the problem: as Wikipedia’s visibility diminishes, reduced to mere training data for AI applications, it also loses prominence in the minds of readers and potential contributors”. Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Stephen Harrison Link: Wikipedia is facing an existential crisis. Can gen Z save it?

“Times Opinion asked 14 of our columnists and contributors to watch the presidential debate on Tuesday night and assess who won and who lost”. Fonte: The New York Times Autore: New York Times Opinion Link: ‘Trump Brought Darkness; Harris Brought Light’: 14 Writers on Who Won the Presidential Debate

“We are now in a time when new guardrails are being enacted to protect societies. That’s a welcome, long-overdue development”. Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Alexander B. Howard Link: Has the Tide Turned for TikTok, Telegram and X?

“Vice-President Kamala Harris may prove to be that nimble, mocking adversary if Mr Trump debates her as planned on September 10th”. Fonte: The Economist Link: Why Kamala Harris has the advantage in debating Donald Trump

“If you wanted to assemble a crack team of crusaders to fight for the moral rectitude of your side of an argument, you might not put Elon Musk, Russell Brand or Tucker Carlson top of the list”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Jemima Kelly Link: We must not allow free speech to become a partisan issue

“If we have learned anything in recent months, it is that a single bad debate can end a presidential campaign — which is why Vice President Kamala Harris is apparently afraid to do more than one 90-minute, teleprompter-free exchange with former president Donald Trump”. Fonte: The Washington Post Autore: Marc A. Thiessen Link: Trump can […]

“The Kremlin is terrible at keeping secrets. That was demonstrated again in Wednesday’s federal indictment of Russian officials for alleged U.S. election-interference-related activities, resting partly on internal meeting notes by a midlevel Kremlin aide”. Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. Link: Media Needs to Wise Up about Russian Propaganda

“After several years out of power, the former leader is returned to office on a populist platform. He blames the news media’s coverage of his previous government for costing him reelection. As he sees it, tolerating the independent press, with its focus on truth-telling and accountability, weakened his ability to steer public opinion. This time, […]

“The Palestinian people deserve to be free from military occupation and premature death”. Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Moustafa Bayoumi Link: Gaza just had its first polio victim in 25 years. This war cannot continue

“Why do Western officials so often back the wrong Asian leaders? For a start, they tend to be too easily persuaded by those who have spent a lot of time in Europe or North America, where they tend to pick up a way of speaking about universal values that Westerners recognise”. Fonte: The Economist Link: […]