Lily Virag Szuhay Murciano May 8, 2023 An opinion piece by Lili Virág Szuhay Murciano WHAT IS GOING ON IN HUNGARY RIGHT NOW While some countries are slowly adopting progressive stances with regards to the LGBTQ+ community, Hungary’s handling of it is questionable — from passing legislations that outright attack transgender individuals to censoring children’s…
Malak Albaw Dec 13, 2023 How can one of the most lavish dinner gala’s in the MENA region bring a positive impact on the world? Vogue Arabia and Tiffany & Co. take initiatives in partnership with UNICEF for a great cause! It might not be the first time that Vogue Arabia hosted a gala before…
By Gabriele Barra ABSTRACT This article investigates La Bestia, a sophisticated digital communication machine built by Matteo Salvini’s team to dominate Italy’s political discourse from 2014 onward. Originally conceived as a tool for content amplification, the Beast evolved into a hybrid propaganda system integrating real-time data analysis, psychological targeting, and cross-platform message control. Drawing on…
Andreea Lauricella Pivasu Nov 22, 2024 ABSTRACT By comparing China’s and India’s approaches to state authority in the digital age, this article explores how digital sovereignty is changing governance and policymaking. I demonstrate how the digital age undermines conventional ideas of state control and autonomy by examining the historical foundations of sovereignty and its evolution.…
By Alessandro Boschin ABSTRACT Recent events revolving around the financial turmoil created by the launch of the Deepseeker-R1 model and the response by OpenAI with the release of Chat GPT o3-mini raised the bar of a previously ongoing international AI chatbot competition. The continuous release of new and more efficient models by American and Chinese…
Alessandro Boschin Jun 3, 2024 It is well known that the final text of the AI Act has been adopted after a long tug-of-war between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers of the EU which culminated in December 2023 with a 3-day long intensive talks. However, the regulation has not entered into force…
Clara Palmisano Feb 20, 2019 Our generation expects brands to publicly take a stand for social and environmental change and there is something going on that perfectly targets the ‘millennial market’: brand activism. Brand activism is the involvement of corporations into the political conversation. But can we talk about socially conscious capitalism nowadays? Are they…