[FRIAM] fwd" Russia's 'Oculus' to use AI to scan sites for banned information

[Tom Johnson]

I wonder where that TV woman is now.
TJ

On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 2:45 PM David Eric Smith <desmith at santafe.edu>
wrote:

> Somebody, maybe Vice, was interviewing the staff of one of the last
> broadcast stations (TV Rain?) on the day it was shut down.
>
> Late in the interview, while everyone was scurrying to clear things and
> get out of the building, they asked some wonderful-seeming middle-aged
> newswoman what she though the future would be.  Her answer, without a
> blink, was “North Korea.  That is our future.”
>
> I remember, at the time, being awed by somebody who looked like any
> beleaguered housewife but clearly could stare down the barrel of a gun and
> not flinch, but also thinking “Really?  Can a country as large as Russia
> achieve a North Korean society?  That seems like something that would only
> be possible in a very small country propped up by much much larger
> neighbors who can allow it to become any level of toxic to use it as a
> buffer state and a source of harassment to opponents that they want to wear
> down.”
>
> But, Russian broadcasters for TV Rain know their own society better than
> an outsider could (especially one like me, who doesn’t know much of
> anything).  I wonder how bad they can succeed in making things, or whether
> the sheer size and unruliness of the society will allow a more effective
> counter-effort to survive in the cracks and wear down the oppression system
> to some degree.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> On Aug 21, 2022, at 2:34 AM, Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com> wrote:
>
>
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Peter M. Weiss <Pete-Weiss at psu.edu>
> Date: Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 9:06 AM
> Subject: fwd" Russia's 'Oculus' to use AI to scan sites for banned
> information
> To: <CARR-L at ls2.cmich.edu>
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>
> Subject: Russia's 'Oculus' to use AI to scan sites for banned information
> Source: BleepingComputer
>
> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russias-oculus-to-use-ai-to-scan-sites-for-banned-information/
>
> Russia’s internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is developing a neural network
> that will use artificial intelligence to scan websites for prohibited
> information.
>
> Called “Oculus,” the automatic scanner will analyze URLs, images, videos,
> and chats on websites, forums, social media, and even chat/messenger
> channels to locate material that should be redacted or taken down.
>
> Examples of information targeted by Oculus include homosexuality
> “propaganda,” instructions on manufacturing weapons or drugs, and
> misinformation that discredits official state and army sources.
>
> The system will also look for calls of mass protests, expressions of
> disrespect for the state, and even “signs” of extremism and terrorism.
>
> The real-time scanning capacity of Oculus will be 200,000 images per day,
> or about 2.3 images per second, for which the vendor, Eksikyushn RDC LLC,
> will use 48 servers with powerful GPUs.
>
> Oculus will be integrated onto the Unified Analysis Module, a network of
> monitoring systems currently under development, aiming to give the
> government a firm grip on controlling information flow.
> Challenging timeline and risky proposal
>
> ...
>
> Filed:
>
> https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/
>
>
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