
The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 3
The law banning the TikTok app in the US came into force on January 19 after an expected ruling by the supreme court. Next step in the TikTok story was unclear directly after the court’s ruling. TikTok was closed on January 19 but made available again as incoming president Donald Trump announced he will postpone the law when he is back in the White House on January 20. The law bans TikTok in the US unless the Chinese-owned company can find a buyer that satisfies US national security concerns about the app. The owner has said it’s not selling. TikTok is reported to have around 150 million active users in the US.
The number of journalists jailed worldwide reached a near all-time high in 2024. China, Israel, and Myanmar were the leading jailers of reporters, followed by Belarus and Russia, according to a new report released by US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
A total of 361 journalists were behind bars on December 1, 2024, the second-highest number since the global record set in 2022, when CPJ documented at least 370 imprisoned in connection with their work.
Adverse outcomes of AI technologies is one of the risks that climbs the most in a 10-year risk ranking. Generative AI can produce false or misleading content at scale leading to societal polarisation. There are broader risks from greater connectivity, rapid growth in computing power and more powerful AI tools, World Economic Forum’s risk report for 2025 shows.
Generative AI is augmenting cybercriminal capabilities, contributing to an uptick in attacks manipulating people to share information they shouldn’t share, World Economic Forum says in a cybersecurity outlook. Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit is initiating a US court case to stop cybercriminals developing tools specifically designed to bypass the safety guardrails of generative AI services to create offensive and harmful content.
A median of 31% think robots and computers doing work previously done by humans contribute a great deal to economic inequality. A median of 32% say it contributes a fair amount, a global study comprising 36 countries by US-based Pew Research Centre shows.
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