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Responsible AI in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: Palgrave Macmillan This open access book contributes to the discourse of Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) from an African perspective. It is a unique collection that brings together prominent AI scholars to discuss AI ethics from theoretical and practical African perspectives and makes a case for African values, interests, expectations and principles to underpin the design, development and deployment (DDD) of AI in Africa. The book is a first in that it pays attention to the socio-cultural contexts of Responsible AI that is sensitive to African cultures and societies. It makes an important contribution to the global AI ethics discourse that often neglects AI narratives from Africa despite growing evidence of DDD in many domains. Nine original contributions provide useful insights to advance the understanding and implementation of Responsible AI in Africa, including discussions on epistemic injustice of global AI ethics, opportunities and challenges, an examination of AI co-bots and chatbots in anAfrican work space, gender and AI, a consideration of African philosophies such as Ubuntu in the application of AI, African AI policy, and a look towards a future of Responsible AI in Africa. 
The UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI: Shaping the Future of Our Societies Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: German Commission for UNESCO | Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO | Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO The UNESCO commissions of Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia with the support of IRCAI have jointly published a brochure on the UNESCO recommendation on the ethics of artificial intelligence. It summarizes the most important content in a compact manner and presents the central demands from the areas of health, culture, the environment, gender equality as well as education and research. The recommendation with its diverse topics is not only relevant for political experts, but it offers one for various areas of application of the ethical framework and thus serves as an orientation for dealing with AI in general. The brochure is available for the wider public in a number of formats including the original Adobe InDesign file that allows translations to be inserted and format pages, resulting in new versions of the brochure. Therefore, we strongly encourage all UNESCO Commissions from across all UNESCO regions Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, Latin America and the Caribbean to use the text in the basic files and translate the content into their own languages, including using the graphic file to setup their own designs of the brochure. 
Civic Tech in Africa: When Citizen’s Connections Work for Democracy Year of publication: 2022 Author: Raphaëlle Constant Corporate author: Radio France International (RFI) The first civic tech forum in French-speaking Africa was held at the end of June in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, at the initiative of CFI. For "L'atelier des médias", Raphaëlle Constant spoke to the people who are developing digital initiatives in several African countries to improve the flow of information and mobilise citizens to influence public debate. Civic tech en Afrique: Quand des connexions citoyennes œuvrent pour la démocratie Year of publication: 2022 Author: Raphaëlle Constant Corporate author: Radio France International (RFI) Le premier forum civic tech en Afrique francophone s’est tenu fin juin à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire, à l'initiative de CFI. Pour L’atelier des médias, Raphaëlle Constant y a tendu son micro à celles et ceux qui développent des initiatives numériques dans plusieurs pays africains pour améliorer la circulation de l’information et déclencher des mobilisations citoyennes pour peser dans le débat public. 
Chapter 4: What Is Disinformation and How Do We Deal With It? Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Chile. Ministry of the General Secretariat of Government Why have fake news become so popular? How can we avoid them when doing homework, assignments and getting informed about what is happening in the country and the world? In this capsule, aimed at parents, guardians and tutors, we will learn what disinformation is, more popularly known as the phenomenon of fake news, along with advice on how to confront it and not continue its spread. This capsule was produced by the Ministry of the General Secretariat of Government in collaboration with Mineduc, within the framework of the Citizenship and Digital Literacy Plan. Capítulo 4: ¿Qué es y cómo enfrentamos la desinformación? Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Chile. Ministry of the General Secretariat of Government ¿Por qué se han hecho tan populares las noticias falsas? ¿Cómo podemos evitarlas al momento de hacer tareas, trabajos e informarnos de lo que sucede en el país y en el mundo? En esta cápsula, dirigida a padres, madres, apoderadas y apoderados conoceremos lo que es la desinformación, más popularmente conocida como el fenómeno de las fake news, junto con consejos para enfrentarla y no continuar su propagación. Esta cápsula fue realizada por el Ministerio Secretaría General de Gobierno en colaboración con Mineduc, en el marco del Plan Ciudadanía y Alfabetización Digital. 
Developing Digital Citizenship and Language Competences Year of publication: 2023 Author: Christian Ollivier | Catherine Jeanneau Corporate author: European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) The profile of citizens who use languages and digital tools helps to define the objectives to pursue in language training that incorporates digital citizenship education. The Didactic Framework outlines a socio-interactional approach that enables this integration. Développer citoyenneté numérique et compétences langagières Year of publication: 2023 Author: Christian Ollivier | Catherine Jeanneau Corporate author: European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) Le portrait des citoyens et citoyennes usagers et usagères des langues et du numérique permet de préciser les objectifs à poursuivre dans une formation en langue qui intègre l'éducation à la citoyenneté numérique. Le Cadre didactique définit une approche socio-interactionnelle permettant cette intégration. 
The “Hate Speech” Policies of Major Platforms during the COVID-19 Pandemic Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Montevideo This document reports an increase in so-called “hate speech” posts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although dissimilar, such an increase can be observed in the transparency reports of the different platforms and the surge in content moderation since March 2020.During the same period—as a result of the lockdown measures adopted in most countries around the world—platforms increased the use of AI tools for content moderation. Therefore, we can’t fully say whether the interannual growth is linked to increased posts or changes in monitoring systems. Las políticas de las grandes plataformas sobre discurso de odio durante el Covid-19 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Montevideo Este documento da cuenta de un aumento de posteos considerados discurso de odio a partir de la llegada de la pandemia COVID-19 en Facebook, Twitter y YouTube. Aunque dispar, ese aumento puede establecerse a partir de los informes de transparencia de las distintas plataformas y los crecimientos registrados en la moderación de esos contenidos a partir de marzo de 2020.Dado que en ese mismo período, y como consecuencia de las medidas de aislamiento tomadas ven la mayoría de los países del mundo, las plataformas tomaron la decisión de aumentar el uso de herramientas de inteligencia artificial en sus procesos de moderación no es posible asegurar a ciencia cierta que ese crecimiento se haya registrado por un aumento en la creación y publicación de mensajes o a partir de un cambio en los sistemas de detección que afectó los resultados entre un año y otro.