August 31, 2023

New scores on old sores: The Morts Pour la France database on WWI fatalities in France (Vox EU)

Vox EU: New scores on old sores: The Morts Pour la France database on WWI fatalities in France. “As the war in Ukraine demonstrates, accurate numbers of those killed or injured in combat are hard to come by. This column describes the ‘Morts pour la France’ database, which contains individual-level data on the 1.3 million French fatalities during WWI. The database improves our grasp of geography (rural, poorer, less industrialised areas were harder hit), of battle-specific violence (the deadliest day in French history took place during the Second Battle of Champagne), and of conflict technology (the share of infantry decreased over time while the share of artillery increased).”

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August 30, 2023

The Local France: France creates new guide of disability-accessible hotels, shops and restaurants

The Local France: France creates new guide of disability-accessible hotels, shops and restaurants. “The French government has created a new website that lists the hotels, cafés, shops, restaurants and other public establishments that are accessible to people with disabilities. The website is called Accès Libre (free access) and it has been put together with the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games in mind – although it covers the whole of France, not just the capital.”

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July 21, 2023

Euronews: French authorities ban Twitter Blue for political candidates ahead of elections

Euronews: French authorities ban Twitter Blue for political candidates ahead of elections . “French political candidates will not be allowed to have a blue tick on Twitter six months ahead of an election, campaign financing authorities said. France’s commission for campaign accounts and political financing, the CNCCFP, said in a thread on the social media site that the blue check would be considered a form of ‘sponsored advertising’.”

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July 5, 2023

WION: French officials fine Google $2.2 million over incomplete search results

WION: French officials fine Google $2.2 million over incomplete search results. “Google was fined $2.2 million by the French authorities on Tuesday over incomplete results in its search engine and app store. The Competition, Consumer and Anti-Fraud Office said the US tech firm’s search engine failed to provide adequate information concerning the ranking criteria of results. It said that the results for searches on tourism accommodation lacked explanations for the prices.”

Security & Legal Issues 0
June 14, 2023

New Voice of Ukraine: Large-scale disinformation campaign about Russia’s war in Ukraine exposed in France

New Voice of Ukraine: Large-scale disinformation campaign about Russia’s war in Ukraine exposed in France. “Fake internet pages impersonating media and government sites, as well as hundreds of fake URLs on social networks are spreading Russian war propaganda, says a report by France’s Service for Surveillance and Protection Against Foreign Digital Interference (VIGINUM).”

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May 29, 2023

McGill University: Mapping the genetic history of French Canadians through space and time

McGill University: Mapping the genetic history of French Canadians through space and time. “A new McGill University-led study is now providing insight into the complex relationship between human migration and genetic variation, using a unique genealogical dataset of over five million records spanning 400 years to unravel the genetic structure of French Canadian populations.”

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May 8, 2023

May Day demonstrations: Why fewer fake AI-generated images were spread (Le Monde)

Le Monde: May Day demonstrations: Why fewer fake AI-generated images were spread. “On March 19, on the sidelines of the fourth day of demonstrations against the French pension reform, fake photos of Emmanuel Macron in the streets of Paris circulated on the internet. On March 29, the day after another round of protests marked by clashes with the police, a fake image of an old man with a face swollen by a beating went viral. But despite a protest movement on a scale not seen for 20 years and scenes of urban chaos, no AI-generated image has yet appeared on social media from the protests on International Workers’ Day, on May 1.”

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