Galway Daily: University of Galway creating digital archive of letters from Irish expats c.1675 – 1950

Posted on December 2, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Galway Daily: University of Galway creating digital archive of letters from Irish expats c.1675 – 1950 . “The University of Galway has received funding to create a digital archive of letters from Irish expats in America over three centuries…. This funding will enable the development of an archival site which will provide the public with remote access to letters sent home to Ireland from America between 1675 and 1950 and more.”

INTERPOL: INTERPOL unveils new biometric screening tool

Posted on November 30, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

INTERPOL: INTERPOL unveils new biometric screening tool . “In mid-November, a fugitive migrant smuggler was subject to a police check… Wanted on organized crime and human trafficking charges since 2021, the smuggler presented himself as a fellow migrant under a false name, using a fraudulent identification document to avoid detection. The police check, however, was part of an INTERPOL operation that saw the Biometric Hub – a new tool that checks biometric data against the organization’s global fingerprint and facial recognition databases – used remotely for the first time.”

RTE: Regulator concerned over spread of disinformation on social media

Posted on November 25, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

RTE: Regulator concerned over spread of disinformation on social media. “Ireland’s media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, said it remains concerned about the spread of violent imagery, hate speech and disinformation on social media platforms following last night’s unrest in Dublin. There has been much focus on the role played by social media in the riots, with anti-immigrant rhetoric and misinformation being spread on some platforms.”

Government of British Columbia: Public engagement begins for new South Asian Canadian museum

Posted on November 23, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Government of British Columbia: Public engagement begins for new South Asian Canadian museum. “A new website will provide British Columbians with opportunities to share their vision for a new museum to highlight the history, culture and contributions to B.C. from Canadians of diverse South Asian heritages.”

CLIMB Database: Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Degradation Database (ReliefWeb)

Posted on October 24, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

ReliefWeb: CLIMB Database: Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Degradation Database. “This online database compiles over 1578 national policy instruments in 172 countries and over 230 bilateral and/or regional policy instruments containing provisions of relevance to human mobility in the context of disasters, the adverse effects of climate change, and environmental degradation.”

National Library of Australia: Collecting with Fijian Australians at the National Library

Posted on October 10, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

National Library of Australia: Collecting with Fijian Australians at the National Library. “The National Library has worked closely with Fijian Australians to make sure their contribution to Australian life is appropriately represented in the collection across all the formats that the Library collects. As a result, the National Library now holds one of the most substantial records of Fijian Australian life in the country.”

New York Times: Visa Applicants’ Social Media Data Doesn’t Help Screen for Terrorism, Documents Show

Posted on October 9, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

New York Times: Visa Applicants’ Social Media Data Doesn’t Help Screen for Terrorism, Documents Show. “A disputed rule that forces millions of applicants for a visa to enter the United States to disclose their social media profiles to the government has done little to help screen for possible terrorists, newly disclosed documents show.”

ABC News: Germany’s government and Elon Musk spar on X over maritime rescue ships

Posted on October 1, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

ABC News: Germany’s government and Elon Musk spar on X over maritime rescue ships. “Germany’s government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. Musk late Friday shared a video that showed migrants and aid workers on a boat. The right-wing account that first put the content on X, formerly known as Twitter, praised the populist far-right Alternative for Germany party, which has taken a hard line on migration issues.”

Spotted via Google Alerts: Amplify Colorado

Posted on September 25, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Spotted via Google Alerts: Amplify Colorado. “Amplify Colorado is a publicly accessible directory of experts from communities of color and other diverse communities that newsrooms need to better serve, including, but not limited to, women, youth, elders, LGTBQ+, Coloradans with disabilities, rural residents, veterans, immigrants and refugees. Amplify also includes reporters’ and editors’ contact information so community members can more easily find them.

Herald News: Portuguese American Digital Archive receives $300,000 grant. Here’s what it’ll be used for

Posted on September 12, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

The Herald News: Portuguese American Digital Archive receives $300,000 grant. Here’s what it’ll be used for. ” UMass Lowell’s Saab Center for Portuguese Studies has received a major boost to chronicle the experience of the Portuguese in Massachusetts with a second $300,000 grant from the William M. Wood Foundation of Boston. Dr. Frank Sousa, the center’s director, said the funds will support the expansion of the collections of the Portuguese American Digital Archive (PADA) at UMass Lowell’s Center for Lowell History.”

Lost in AI translation: growing reliance on language apps jeopardizes some asylum applications (The Guardian)

Posted on September 9, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

The Guardian: Lost in AI translation: growing reliance on language apps jeopardizes some asylum applications. “Carlos, who is Afro-Indigenous, speaks Portuguese but does not read or write it. Staff at the Calexico, California, detention center spoke only English or Spanish. The staff used an artificial intelligence-powered voice-translation tool to interpret what Carlos was saying, but the system didn’t pick up or understand his regional accent or dialect. So Carlos spent six months in Ice detention unable to meaningfully communicate with anyone.”

Block Club Chicago: Alderman Launches Migrant Data Portal, Improving Transparency On Care For New Arrivals

Posted on September 8, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Block Club Chicago: Alderman Launches Migrant Data Portal, Improving Transparency On Care For New Arrivals. “The website will provide weekly updates on the number of migrants in the city, new arrivals, shelter locations and other data, as well as efforts by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration and city departments to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis, Vasquez said. The data includes how many migrants are staying in each shelter, in police stations and other locations.”

New York City Comptroller: NYC Comptroller Lander Unveils New Online Hub to Track City’s Contracting & Budgeting Data for Asylum Seeker Service Provision

Posted on August 25, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

New York City Comptroller: NYC Comptroller Lander Unveils New Online Hub to Track City’s Contracting & Budgeting Data for Asylum Seeker Service Provision. “New York City Comptroller Brad Lander launched a new resource on the Comptroller’s Office website to enhance transparency into the City’s contracting and budgeting for service provision to support asylum seekers. The page, titled ‘Accounting for Asylum Seeker Services,’ brings together the most comprehensive publicly available set of the City’s known emergency contracts, budget projections, and high-level data on the asylum seeker population.”

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