Category: Internet
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Nearly 50% of Tourists Use Social Networks as Travel Information Source
Social networks have become Brazilians’ favorite source when searching for information about trips around the country. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok are the preferred research sources for 49% of tourists. Next come tips from friends and family, the traditional word of mouth. This is what a survey by the Ministry of Tourism reveals. According to…
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See the tips for protecting children and adolescents on social media
The complaints made by influencer Felca Bress, in a video published last week, brought into focus the risks that social networks pose to children and adolescents and how there is no regulation on the use of images of minors in these virtual spaces. The scenes exposed by Felca shocked and provoked reactions from the National…
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Child Abuse Reports in Brazil Surge 114% After Video
The number of reports of explicit material depicting children and adolescents collected by the online human rights NGO SaferNet surged 114% since influencer and comedian Felipe Bressanim Pereira, widely known as Felca, described how content creators make money by exploiting minors in sexualized scenarios. In the video, which has amassed over 38 million views, Felca…
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Why Every Company Needs a Website?
Purchase decisions, service searches, content consumption, and even contact with companies are increasingly concentrated in the online environment. In this scenario, having a website has gone from being an option to becoming essential for any company that wants to remain competitive and relevant in the market. You might not know it, but the internet has…
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Experts warn that children cannot be a ‘product’ of social media
The debate over children’s use of social media and the circulation of content that exploits the image of minors has gained enormous repercussion in recent days following the complaints made by influencer Felca Bress. For experts interviewed by Agência Brasil, it is necessary to establish clear rules for social media and platforms to combat the…
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U.S. Court Summons Moraes for ‘Censorship’ in Lawsuit Filed by Big Techs
The United States court has summoned Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes to formally respond to a lawsuit filed by Trump Media — the company of U.S. President Donald Trump — and the video platform Rumble. The information comes from Infomoney. The two companies accuse the Brazilian magistrate of censorship, arguing that he…
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Meta to Create New Lab to Develop ‘Superintelligent’ AI
Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is about to take a bold leap in the tech race by creating a new laboratory dedicated to developing so-called “superintelligence” — a concept of artificial intelligence that would surpass human cognitive capabilities. The information was published by the newspaper O Globo. According to these sources, Meta…
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Study Highlights Risks of Facial Recognition Technologies
Smile! Your face is being filmed, classified, compared, and identified, mainly by public security agencies, most of the time without your knowledge. A study by the Federal Public Defender’s Office (DPU), in partnership with the Center for Studies on Security and Citizenship (CESeC), an academic institution linked to Candido Mendes University in Rio de Janeiro,…
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Risks of Facial Recognition Technologies
Smile! Your face is not only being filmed, but also classified, compared, and identified, mainly by public security agencies. Most of the time without your knowledge. That’s what a study by the Federal Public Defender’s Office (DPU) in partnership with the Center for Studies on Security and Citizenship (CESeC), an academic institution linked to Candido…
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Sebastião Salgado, one of the world’s greatest photographers, dies at 81
Sebastião Salgado, one of the world’s greatest photographers, has died at 81, the Instituto da Terra announced on Facebook.