Il 25 aprile si festeggia la Liberazione dell’Italia dal nazifascismo, che ha distrutto il nostro Paese durante gli anni della dittatura e della guerra. Teoricamente dovremmo, quindi, vivere in un Paese libero, democratico, che ripudia ogni forma di discriminazione, oppressione, violenza e guerra, quali caratteristiche del vent’ennio fascista. Dovremmo vivere in una democrazia che ha… Leggi tutto: Lezioni dal passato: 25 Aprile 1945 – 2024

Due giorni fa è stato approvato l’emendamento proposto dal governo di Giorgia Meloni sull’introduzione di associazioni pro-life e antiabortiste all’interno dei consultori pubblici. Il testo di legge dice che al loro interno saranno introdotti “soggetti del terzo settore che abbiano una qualificata esperienza nel sostegno alla maternità” (Ansa). Ma chi, i pro-life? Che giocano sul… Leggi tutto: Giù le mani dal nostro corpo

Cara Giulia, ti scrivo perché ciò che ti è successo non può più accadere e io non posso più stare in silenzio. Non ti conosco nemmeno, non so chi sei, cosa facevi nella vita, non ho la più pallida idea di che tipo di persona fossi, ma sicuramente non meritavi tutto questo. Così come non… Leggi tutto: E’ il momento di dire “BASTA!”.

The year is 1973, an eventful year for the United States. A year marking Billie Jean King’s tremendous game against Bobby Riggs, the signing of the Paris Peace Accords ending American involvement in the Vietnam war, and of course, the passing of Roe v. Wade.  Perhaps you’ve heard about this from friends, on the news,… Leggi tutto: (1973) 2022 – Roe vs. Wade

Museums are not unbiased in their choices of preservation of art and history. In the western world, exhibitions are normally assembled by white people, assuming a white audience and privileging the white gaze.  In the Netherlands, a country that received over 250,000 immigrants solely in 2021, only 2,6 percent of employees occupying high positions in… Leggi tutto: Museums want immigrants as their visitors, but do they want them as curators?

For many of us lucky enough to be born in peaceful landscapes, the prospect of war has always been this vague thing. An almost impossibility, a historical artifact, a was, not an is. An if, not a when.  But for just as many people, war has always been a reality. Geopolitical tensions, generations raised anxious, a child with a vague concept of their country’s predicament, of the fact that they might be attacked, invaded, and that they and their family might be forced to run.  What is an unstable home to a child?  The morbid tragedy of a child aware of their own mortality; the saddening naiveté of a child who looks you in the eye and talks about their own death as if it were a real possibility — as if they really understood.

How do you get shocked as a child?  Children get shocked very easily. Your little brain cannot fathom something that is not simple and if some complicated matter is not explained by an adult, a child cannot understand it. Racism is one of those things – something that my Swiss-Korean developing brain would not process.  Many culture shocks happened to reconfirm multiple times that I do not belong in this country. The culture, the customs, the food, the social cues and interactions. My looks were enough to throw others off. Much was not needed.

When the war between Ukraine and Russia began in February of this year, as nervous spectators, the world was shaken and distraught. Improper jokes about war, specifically pertaining to “World War III”, were often seen on social media. So, when newspapers, websites, and tabloids were covered in the disastrous pictures of war-stricken Ukraine, of bombed houses and ruined landmarks, many people were in disbelief.  The online world was petrified for the innocent civilians. Social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter were an efficient way to quickly find information on the war, especially from infographic accounts that posted brief, digestible, and important bits of news. Regular people, at least those who did not live near the affected countries, knew that there was not much that they could do besides reposting on their stories and, if they could afford to, donating to charity. However, just like any other world event that seemingly dominates the news, Ukraine turned out to merely be another passing topic on our screens. 

The trial verdict is officially known, and social media are drowning in everyone’s opinions like never before. This case has been a great distraction from recent worldwide events and has been a notorious center of attention in the Western media. It seems like everyone, whether they were supporting Heard, Depp, or were passive, had a need to add their extra bit of a comment to the discussion. And this, in fact, was what social media allowed us to do.

Italy has been a democratic republic for around 75 years. The 21st article of its constitution, along with multiple sections of the penal code, guarantees freedom of expression. Nevertheless, this nation still struggles daily to ensure that everyone, including the media, can exercise their fundamental right to express their opinions freely without fear of intimidation… Leggi tutto: <strong>Over-Polarization as the Potential Creator of a Censorial Culture – A short analysis on freedom of expression in Italy</strong>

Social network e politica, mai due mondi sono stati così uniti e, allo stesso tempo, incapaci di copotenziarsi tra loro come questi. Esiste una soluzione social al dilagare di una politica sterile? Forse sì, ma è sicuramente una via poco battuta e molto impervia.

Recap del 2021 analizzando il ban di Trump da Twitter, e la corrente situazione degli account del regime talebano in Afghanistan

How China challenges US in a new race to AI supremacy On 15th March 2016, in Seoul, Deep Mind’s Artificial Intelligence Alpha Go was winning the fifth and last match of the boardgame Go against the 18 times World Champion Lee Sedol. Slightly more than one year later, in May 2017, the same AI defeated… Leggi tutto: Fine Art v. Alpha Go: China is the new Russia, Artificial Intelligence is the new Moon

How digital rights and awareness can fight dynamics of control In October 2017 a Palestinian construction worker posted into his Facebook account a picture of himself at work, near a bulldozer. In the caption he wrote “Good Morning!”. Facebook algorithm made a translation error from Arabic into Hebrew, and it translated “Hurt them”. The man… Leggi tutto: Hashtag Palestine: A disturbing case of digital state surveillance