<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=======================<br>Tom Johnson<br>Inst. for Analytic Journalism<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico<br>505-577-6482<br>=======================</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Peter M. Weiss</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Pete-Weiss@psu.edu">Pete-Weiss@psu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 9:06 AM<br>Subject: fwd" Russia's 'Oculus' to use AI to scan sites for banned information<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:CARR-L@ls2.cmich.edu">CARR-L@ls2.cmich.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>
  

    
  
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    Subject: Russia's 'Oculus' to use AI to scan sites for banned
    information<br>
    Source: BleepingComputer<br>
<a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russias-oculus-to-use-ai-to-scan-sites-for-banned-information/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russias-oculus-to-use-ai-to-scan-sites-for-banned-information/</a><br>
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      <p>Russia’s internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is developing a neural
        network that will use artificial intelligence to scan websites
        for prohibited information.</p>
      <p>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.</p>
      <p>Examples of information targeted by Oculus include
        homosexuality “propaganda,” instructions on manufacturing
        weapons or drugs, and misinformation that discredits official
        state and army sources.</p>
      <p>The system will also look for calls of mass protests,
        expressions of disrespect for the state, and even “signs” of
        extremism and terrorism.</p>
      <p>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.</p>
      <p>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.</p>
      <h2>Challenging timeline and risky proposal</h2>
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      <p>Filed:</p>
      <p><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/</a></p>
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