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Link Taxes and Upload Filters Will Not Fix the Internet
Big technology companies are not particularly worried about the link tax. YouTube and Facebook are the only companies in the position to use upload filters and they could start selling them to other smaller European platforms. [Read more…] about Link Taxes and Upload Filters Will Not Fix the Internet
Regardless of Season, Playing Ping-Pong with People’s Lives is Unacceptable!
When we focus our arguments on the bad weather and on the Christmas season, we downplay the significance and severity of the actual issue, which then fades from the fore of public debates.
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The ABCs of Malta
Malta is a culturally diverse country with a complex social and political sphere—the fact which might come across as unexpected of an island state of such a minuscule size. And due to this complexity, Malta’s everyday political and social realities could be a treacherous terrain to navigate.
The Limits of Sympathy: Relating to Images of Distress
The fear of witnessing the pain of others is caused by our empathy coupled with an intense feeling of powerlessness. And sympathy may even be a highly misleading path to trod on, if it does not encourage us to reflect on the reasons for horrors to occur.
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Malta & Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Ways Forward
The duty of the state is to ensure that wellbeing of people and the environment are always prioritised before the profits of a handful—and the AI industry should be no exception.
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Quiz: Which Maltese Activist Group Should You Join?
Complaining from dawn to dusk is certainly not enough—it is time to organise ourselves. Not sure which activist group to join? We’ve got you covered!
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Let the Machine Do It
There is an urgent need for resource-conserving, smart, emission-neutral production processes. But as the supply of steady employment weakens, a highly competitive labour market and a restricted welfare state would dismantle democratic achievements and enhance authoritarian trends.
Provocative Reflections on Malta’s Social Anxieties
A review of a thought-provoking book which engages with Malta’s social anxieties such as its ambiguous contemporary history, and racial and class discrimination.
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Four Reasons to Increase the Minimum Wage in Malta
Reasons to increase the minimum wage are plenty. And some of them further prove that it is not only sensible, but also beneficial to higher income earners, who may not be morally bound to the principle of economic equity.
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