Monday’s #MustRead List

Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week-

1. Europe Plans Stronger Action On Targeting Of Political Ads (Forbes)
2. Foreign ministry’s budget rises 3.5 pct for next year with focus on virtual diplomacy (YONHAP News Agency)
3. Companies are now writing reports tailored for AI readers – and it should worry us (The Guardian)
4. Police drones are starting to think for themselves (The New York Times)
5. Massachusetts May Become First State To Ban Police Use Of Facial Recognition (Forbes)
6. Facebook will start removing misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines (Forbes)
7. Algorithms control your online life. Here’s how to reduce their influence (Mashable)
8. A Prominent AI Ethics Researcher Says Google Fired Her (Wired)
9. UK appoints new Consul-General in SF, with new Technology Envoy role (TecChrunch)

Some light reading- The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri