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@informationlabs.orgWhat happens when AI meets our cultural heritage?
From smarter digitisation and metadata to trust, provenance and agentic AI, Juha Henriksson explores how AI could transform the way we preserve and access our cultural past.
📺 youtu.be/SPkClt2UaRI
🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/128e4992
@informationlabs.org🔥 The EU KIDS Act is facing criticism over its public consultation
Opened on 1 October, the consultation runs until 26 November. Critics say it comes too late, as the proposal is already on the table.
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
#EUKidsAct #ChildOnlineSafety #digitalpolicy #socialmediaban
@informationlabs.orgWhen AI Meets 60,000 Pieces of History
Ep2 explores the Glashelder Project with Annamaria & Eva from Ghent University’s Boekentoren, using AI to unlock 60,000+ historical glass plates while keeping humans firmly in the loop.
@informationlabs.orgHumans of AI is back!
Series 2 kicks off with Derek Lomas from TU Delft, exploring how AI can unlock forgotten cultural heritage, from translating Renaissance texts to transforming research.
📺 youtu.be/ju8RBD6bKoo
🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/684f65ca
@informationlabs.org🔥 The EU KIDS Act is here.
The Commission proposes no social media accounts under 13, supervised accounts for 13–15, and autonomous accounts from 15, alongside stronger safety, privacy-preserving age assurance, and new obligations for large platforms.
🔗 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
@informationlabs.orgThe leaked KIDS Act makes child-safe settings the default until a service accepts you as an adult. Against our 12 design fixes: 10 delivered, 1 absent, 1 deflected. The exception? Variable rewards are banned around social media, but not directly in games.
informationlabs.org/games-withou...
@informationlabs.org🔥 Netherlands & Spain back an EU-wide minimum age for social media, with proportionate, risk-based and privacy-friendly age verification.
They stress that age limits must be part of a broader child-safety framework.
@informationlabs.orgA report that goes nowhere, a feed built for metrics, a companion built to be missed. Three features that decide whether a child is served or simply held. A ban solves none of them. A plan builds a system that answers to the child, and lets them be heard.
informationlabs.org/dont-you-for...
@informationlabs.org🔥 The EU is putting “Child Safety Online” on the agenda.
The Commission is set to discuss the long awaited proposal on 15 September, with Ursula von der Leyen expected to reveal more in her 16 September State of the Union address.
🔗 ec.europa.eu/transparency...
@informationlabs.org🔥 Macron is pushing the Commission for an EU-wide social media ban for under-15s. But more than 130 groups and experts are calling for a different approach.
🔗 france24.com/en/live-news...
@informationlabs.orgThree features decide who can find, watch, and reach a child. A ban leaves them as they are. A plan keeps them safe and private, while letting them choose who gets closer.
informationlabs.org/every-breath...
@informationlabs.orgThe streak, the profile built to sell, the box you pay to open. Three ways to run a child through the same till, paid in stress, data and cash. A ban leaves the till running. A plan keeps a child off the bottom line.
informationlabs.org/sweet-dreams...
@informationlabs.orgAugust 2026 information labs recap
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/august...
⇒ Revamped Social Media Ban Repository: from “Is a Ban a Plan?” to “What Is a Plan?”
⇒ France struck down its under-15 ban
⇒ A new Humans of AI series is coming soon
#SocialMedia #DigitalPolicy #ChildrensRights #OnlineSafety
@informationlabs.orgThe endless feed, autoplay video, and return driven notifications all serve one goal: keeping a child engaged by removing the stopping point. A ban leaves all three untouched. The fix is to switch them off by default, not to switch off the child.
informationlabs.org/you-spin-me-...
@informationlabs.orgRevamped SMB Repository: informationlabs.org/social-media...
@informationlabs.orgFrance's Constitutional Court struck down the under 15 social media ban on 14 August. It faulted a law that targeted users' age when the harm comes from features. Later, Meta agreed to change those features rather than simply bar users by age.
informationlabs.org/non-a-ban-is...
