PhD Student @UIOWA_SJMC | Media & Strategic Comm | Visa Collector | Tech & Dev enthusiast | Social innovator | Activist by default
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Javie Ssozi retweeted
Society and those at the top of the political economy food chain certainly benefit from enforcing strict moral codes and ideas of what and how professionals should look and behave like. @JSSOZI @PrimahKwagala
#Decolinization #Freedom #RemovingRoseColoredGlasses
Javie Ssozi retweeted
How does information disorder impact electoral integrity? 🗳️
Our researchers discussed the impact of #AI imagery, misinformation and more on the 2024 elections at a recent briefing with the @IECSouthAfrica
Click here for more 👉
bit.ly/3V4zYNu
@UNDP @IDRC_CRDI
Javie Ssozi retweeted
🚨 WE URGE ALL USERS TO UPDATE THEIR KEYBOARD APPS IMMEDIATELY 🚨
🆕 New @citizenlab report finds vulnerabilities in the security of cloud-based #pinyin #keyboard apps from vendors Baidu, Honor, iFlytek, OPPO, Samsung, Tencent, Vivo, and Xiaomi that could be exploited to reveal what a user types (keystrokes).
Having your keystrokes intercepted is a huge privacy and security risk.
Read full report by Jeffrey Knockel, Mona Wang, and Zoë Reichert here 👇
citizenlab.ca/2024/04/vulner…
Javie Ssozi retweeted
Do you have a Twitter project that was canceled or changed? @transparenttech is conducting a survey to understand how research is impacted by changes to Twitter. To participate, please fill out this survey: shorturl.at/rzL26 #research #socialmedia #twitter
Javie Ssozi retweeted
I’m quite used to the cruelty students can face when they apply for a US visa but this one broke me. We offered admission to a stellar, talented & hardworking student. After months of work and hundreds of dollars, an embassy officer saw him for 5 mins & said no. why? …
Javie Ssozi retweeted
Don't miss the Job Hub at #AEJMC23. Are you on the job market? Use this free service to connect with employers trying to fill journalism and mass communication education position openings. Just send your cv/resume by May 15. Find out more:
community.aejmc.org/conferen…
ALT Job Hub Hire and get Hired hosted by the AEJMC 2023 Conference in Washington, DC August 7-10
Javie Ssozi retweeted
A few measures we can take to safeguard against / minimize the risks of AI-generated imagery:
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Javie Ssozi retweeted
I don’t know when Hon Semujju became like this. On many occasions he has risen up to raise the issue of iron sheets and referred to only ministers when even the person he is addressing took them. Anyway, some more details about iron sheets coming up shortly. Stay tuned
Hon. Ssemujju: The request from my constituency is that we must now decisively deal with the issue of iron sheets. We get the ministers who shared the iron sheets and we treat them like we have treated other suspects before.
#PlenaryUg
Javie Ssozi retweeted
🛑In 3 days the free #TwitterAPI will no longer be supported🛑
This was announced February 2.
Meanwhile Twitter has not clarified if/how this applies to research.
This is irresponsible vis-a-vis the academic community, journalists, and NGO's.
📢Twitter, keep the API open!
Javie Ssozi retweeted
TECHNOLOGY: ChatGPT creator OpenAI has released a tool to detect text written by AI
Javie Ssozi retweeted
The two journalists were charged in November 2021 and up to date, the state was not ready to proceed. The prosecution alleged that the journalists depicted Anita Among the then Deputy Speaker of the Parliament and now the substantive Speaker as a corrupt politician.
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Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu has today 30th Jan 2023 dismissed a case against journalists Pidson Kareire & Moses Mugarula for want of prosecution. The duo was facing charges of Offensive Comm & Criminal Libel. The complainant was the Rt. Hon. Anita Among.
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Canada has agreed to pay about $2 billion to settle the latest in a series of lawsuits seeking reparations for the harm done to Indigenous people through a system of mandatory residential schools that a national commission called “cultural genocide.” nyti.ms/3kwo8x9
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What a shame!
Javie Ssozi retweeted
AFRICA BY ROAD: THE REQUIRED VISAS FOR UGANDAN CITIZENS
The Uganda passport is currently ranked 78th among global passports, That's according to Guide Passport Ranking Index.Meaning that the number of visa free destinations accessible with a Uganda passport are 64. #AfricaByRoad
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Thank you @WomenProbono and all who challenged and pressured @kiuvarsityand and secured the withdrawal of this unjust and unlawful policy. @PrimahKwagala @Winnie_Byanyima
