- Jan 2025
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www.amazon.com www.amazon.com
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Amazon's dense array of visual elements, text, and advertising can create cognitive overload, making it difficult for users with cognitive impairments to navigate the site effectively. Bright pink banners or light text on some backgrounds may not have enough contrast to meet the WCAG guidelines. This makes it difficult for users with poor eyesight to read clearly.
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www.apple.com www.apple.com
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Apple's web pages demonstrate ease of use with appropriate titles, descriptive alt text, and clear navigation. These features ensure an inclusive design that supports users with visual, cognitive, and motor disabilities, setting an example for good accessibility practices.
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www.youtube.com www.youtube.comYouTube1
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YouTube offers a visually appealing interface, but it also raises concerns about accessibility. For example, the reliance on thumbnails without descriptive alt text limits usability for screen reader users. Improvements in these areas will enhance the inclusion and accessibility of different user groups.
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www.w3.org www.w3.orgHome1
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I think this site is a great example of Web accessibility. It uses clear headings, descriptive linked text, and appropriate contrast to ensure readability. In addition, the content is well organized and provides resources for diverse audiences such as designers, developers and policy makers, which makes the site inclusive and highly navigable.
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Text might not have sufficient contrast against the background, making it difficult for users with visual impairments to read. For example, light text on a bright background or small text size may not meet WCAG contrast standards.
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www.tandfonline.com www.tandfonline.com
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gender-based digital transnational repression. Digital transnational repression describes the cross-border targeting by states of individuals in exile or in the diaspora using digital technologies to repress any form of dissent. In the case of gender-based digital transnational repression, those targeted with digital technologies are women.Footnote1 The attacks in these cases tend to focus on a woman’s body, social status, or family and appear to have the goal of denigrating, delegitimizing and discrediting the target. While male targets may find that the attacker engages with the content of what they are writing, women interviewed as part of our study often observed that attackers were not interested in their substantive political or social ideas or arguments, but focused on their body, appearance, or sexuality. This digital abuse has led to serious consequences including self-censorship, social isolation, and constant fear and anxiety. As we expand on further in this article, these outcomes reflect the silencing of women’s political voices and sabotage the potential for state accountability.
This article introduces the concept of digital multinational suppression based on gender, it involves the use of digital technology for exile or scattered individuals, especially focus on women.These attacks are characterized by misogyny and gender discrimination, the purpose is by focusing on target appearance, physical or sexual orientation, rather than substantive ideas, to discredit and target of legitimacy.This harassment lead to serious psychological consequences, including social isolation, anxiety and self-censorship.The practice reflects a broader strategy of silencing women's political voices and undermining their ability to hold the state to account. Tags:
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citizenlab.ca citizenlab.ca
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Part 8 outlines some key elements of a 5G strategy for Canada. It focuses on why such a strategy should not be designed to solve a Huawei problem, but to ensure the resiliency, security, and availability of all 5G technologies regardless of the vendor that produces them. These elements draw from earlier sections of the report and specifically suggest ways of protecting and developing intellectual property expertise in Canada, ways of building processes to foster a more diverse market of 5G vendors to mitigate many of the risks linked with vendor monocultures, and ways of ensuring that Canada develops a diversified security posture. In this last category, the Canadian government should work with its allies to engage in coordinated assessment of vendors’ networking products, similar to the way the United Kingdom’s Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre currently operates. Simultaneously, Canada’s security intelligence and foreign signals intelligence agencies should focus their efforts on protecting next-generation infrastructures while remaining subject to strict review to ensure that Canadians can trust that these agencies’ activities are lawful, proportionate, and necessary; such trust is essential if Canadians are to trust any reviews or public assertions made by Canada’s intelligence and security community. And Canadian companies and other external-to-government stakeholders must be involved in any cybersecurity strategy pertaining to 5G, both so that the government can tap into expertise and knowledge outside of government agencies and because the actual next-generation infrastructures will predominantly be privately run and managed: Canada’s 5G challenges can only be overcome in partnership with parties outside of government itself.
This section emphasizes the importance of a vendor-neutral 5G strategy for Canada, prioritizing the security, resilience, and availability of 5G technologies regardless of the vendor. It outlines several critical elements, including intellectual property protection, mitigating risks from vendor monocultures, and developing a diversified security posture. The call for collaboration with allies, similar to the UK's Cyber Security Evaluation Centre, underscores the need for international coordination. Furthermore, involving non-government stakeholders ensures broader expertise and oversight. These measures aim to strengthen Canada’s trust in its cybersecurity strategies while addressing challenges associated with next-generation infrastructure.
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citizenlab.ca citizenlab.ca
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This report documents our discovery of Li Keqiang-related censorship rules on multiple Chinese platforms introduced in light of Li’s death. We found censorship rules relating to speculation over Li’s cause of death, aspirations wishing Xi had alternatively died, memorials of Li’s death, recognition of Li’s already diminished status in the party, and commentary on how Li’s death cements Xi’s political status.
This section highlights the complexity of censorship in China following Li Keqiang's death, revealing a dual approach of permitting and restricting public discourse. It underscores how censorship rules were applied inconsistently—allowing discussions on certain aspects like Li's legacy while restricting sensitive topics such as his cause of death or its political implications. This demonstrates a strategic effort to shape the narrative while limiting dissent or critical perspectives.
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