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Meanwhile, what’s going on this week…

New EU rules for online platforms regarding taking down terrorist content within 1 hour of a warning:

New rules adopted for quick and smooth removal of terrorist content online

I’m pretty sure these rules apply to this ER site just like all the others. I guess we’ll find out what this means, “Companies should publish annual transparency reports on what action they have taken to stop the dissemination of terrorist content.”

An innovative approach to sustainable internet - adjust servers according to where the sun is shining:

A solarpunk internet?

The EU should pay attention to this kind of thing if it is not already.

Alberto led the Interpretation Challenge at the recent Masters of Networks event:

Masters of Networks 5: interpretation challenge documentation

How much information do we lose when we filter in only edges whose k_p value is above a minimum threshold? Let’s make a few observations based on the NGI Forward dataset. k and k_p are positively correlated, but not as tightly as you might think (0.41). There are quite a lot of edges with high k, but a relatively low k_p. As a result, when we impose a higher k_p threshold, even by just one unit, we are throwing away many high-intensity edges. Let us consider only the values of k_p between…