0 Post a comment Thursday, 7 March 2019 - Local People by Chris Betteley - Aberystwyth, Machynlleth & Llanidloes reporter @ChrisABetteley [email protected] A councillor has been left angered after issues with a fundraising website led to donations being refunded and several weeks delay in beginning to collect cash for good causes. Paul James, a county councillor in Llanbadarn Fawr, started a fund-raising drive last year to give back to the hospitals which treated his heart condition.Hoping to raise £10,000, Cllr James told the Cambrian News that he has had “no end of problems” with the JustGiving site, including the first page set up having donations returned and a second attempt leading to several weeks of delays after issues setting up a bank account.Cllr James, who had open heart surgery in early 2017, is hoping to raise thousands of pounds for life-saving equipment at Bronglais and Morriston hospitals where he received “incredible … [Read more...] about Fundraiser ‘misses out on donations’ after problems with JustGiving website
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Kazakhstan plans to increase automation of agricultural services
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Facebook accused by Brussels over ‘patchy’ attitude to fake news
Facebook and its new head of global affairs, Nick Clegg, stand accused by Brussels of taking a “patchy, opaque, and self-selecting” approach to tackling disinformation. The description was said to apply to a number of internet companies by the EU commissioner, Sir Julian King, at the publication of a progress report on the attempt to clamp down on fake news before May’s European elections. But it was Mark Zuckerberg’s company, one of four major signatories to a new code of conduct, which bore the heaviest criticism from senior officials in the EU’s executive branch during a press conference in Brussels. Asked about the appointment of Clegg, the former British deputy prime minister, as Facebook’s head of global affairs, King said: “I wish Nick Clegg well, I wish him luck. I think he is going to need it.” On Tuesday, the commission published the first reports submitted by Google, the web browser Firefox Mozilla, and the social media … [Read more...] about Facebook accused by Brussels over ‘patchy’ attitude to fake news
Azerbaijan launching single e-procurement website
Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 25 By Huseyn Valiyev - Trend: A single e-procurement website is being launched in Azerbaijan, a source in the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communications told Trend Jan. 25. "The website's development is at the final stage and it will be commissioned in February," the source said. "When creating the website, international experience in this area was taken into account." "The public procurement process will be fully automated and the website's creation is aimed primarily at ensuring transparency." All state agencies in Azerbaijan will be integrated into the website and the information on procurement from their side will be posted on the website in advance, the source added. Another important aspect is the possibility of participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in public procurement. All procurement procedures will be conducted online, including payment for participation in tenders. Follow Trend on Telegram. Only most interesting … [Read more...] about Azerbaijan launching single e-procurement website
No need to install: Microsoft has controversial fake news filter NewsGuard built into mobile browser
Corporate and neocon-backed startup NewsGuard is one step closer to its vision of bringing its “unreliable” news rater to every screen after Microsoft makes it an integral part of its Edge mobile browser. Rather than having to download an app as before, Edge users on Android and Apple devices can now just click one button to enable its “green-red rating signal if a website is trying to get it right or instead has a hidden agenda or knowingly publishes falsehoods or propaganda.” Among the green-rated websites: Voice of America, CNN, Buzzfeed, the Guardian, New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as left-leaning upstarts such as Vice News and Refinery 29. Ones that are given the red warning label of “failing to maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability”: RT and Sputnik (obviously enough) and the right-wing Daily Mail, Breitbart and the Drudge Report, in addition to hundreds of other non-mainstream news websites such as … [Read more...] about No need to install: Microsoft has controversial fake news filter NewsGuard built into mobile browser