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Tech is reshaping the world and not always for the better. Whether it’s the rules for Apple’s App Store or Facebook’s plan for fighting misinformation, tech platform policies can have enormous ripple effects on the rest of society. They’re so powerful that, increasingly, companies aren’t setting them alone but sharing the fight with government regulators, civil society groups, and internal standards bodies like Meta’s Oversight Board. The result is an ongoing political struggle over harassment, free speech, copyright, and dozens of other issues, all mediated through some of the largest and most chaotic electronic spaces the world has ever seen.
"Despite the focus on diplomacy and governance and references to 'humanity,' it’s not a warm and fuzzy policy," Jessica West, of Canada's Project Ploughshares, explained. "It is firmly rooted in national interest which is fair."
On the occasion of Space Diplomacy Week, US astronaut Joe Acaba today congratulated the Bangladeshi youths who won three out of five last year's Nasa Space Apps Challenge..The US Embassy in Dhaka posted the video message on its official Facebook page, recorded from Nasa's Johnson Space Cen
In support of international partnerships, the UK Space Agency is launching a £20 million fund to leverage the UK s strengths, support new capabilities, and…