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30700 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
For unclear reasons, people interested in Christianity were also excluded.
“After excluding critical political and religious groups, X’s algorithm was set to find people in the remaining population who were indeed interested in the ad message, resulti... |
30701 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
“After excluding critical political and religious groups, X’s algorithm was set to find people in the remaining population who were indeed interested in the ad message, resulting in an uncritical echo chamber. This microtargeting on political and relig... |
30702 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
This microtargeting on political and religious beliefs violates X’s advertising policy, the Digital Services Act – which the Commission itself has to oversee — and the General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR].”
During an exchange of views with the Eu... |
30703 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
Initially she had sought to dismiss criticism over the legality of the microtargeting — claiming in a tweet earlier this month (embedded below) that the campaign was “100%” legal.
Asked by the LIBE committee about the discrepancy between her tweet and... |
30704 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
Initially she had sought to dismiss criticism over the legality of the microtargeting — claiming in a tweet earlier this month (embedded below) that the campaign was “100%” legal.
Asked by the LIBE committee about the discrepancy between her tweet and... |
30705 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
As my services have been directly accused of illegal acts👇 I think it is import I step in:
1. @EUHomeAffairs have followed the guidelines & the law 100%
2. The promotion of our proposal is standard normal practice
3. This proposal is about protecti... |
30706 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
@EUHomeAffairs have followed the guidelines & the law 100%
2. The promotion of our proposal is standard normal practice
3. This proposal is about protecting children from sexual abuse https://t.co/zSSAu3684P — Ylva Johansson (@YlvaJohansson) October ... |
30707 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
But I have to be very open; then I got other information that there could be question marks on the compliance with the DSA — and I take this very seriously,” she told the committee. “If that is the case then of course there has to be consequences on th... |
30708 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
But I have to be very open; then I got other information that there could be question marks on the compliance with the DSA — and I take this very seriously,” she told the committee. “If that is the case then of course there has to be consequences on th... |
30709 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
“If that is the case then of course there has to be consequences on that. So that’s why it’s important that we have to look into [it]. Of course we always have to comply with the regulation. There’s no question about that.”
The LIBE committee repeated... |
30710 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
So that’s why it’s important that we have to look into [it]. Of course we always have to comply with the regulation. There’s no question about that.”
The LIBE committee repeatedly pressed Johansson to provide detailed about the microtargeted ad campai... |
30711 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
Of course we always have to comply with the regulation. There’s no question about that.”
The LIBE committee repeatedly pressed Johansson to provide detailed about the microtargeted ad campaign — but she declined to do so, saying she did not have any i... |
30712 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
There’s no question about that.”
The LIBE committee repeatedly pressed Johansson to provide detailed about the microtargeted ad campaign — but she declined to do so, saying she did not have any information about it and that it was for her “service”, w... |
30713 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
So there was no explanation about why, for instance, Christians had been explicitly excluded from the Commission’s microtargeting.
She also avoided giving a direct response to accusations by MEPs that the use of political microtargeting by the Commiss... |
30714 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
So there was no explanation about why, for instance, Christians had been explicitly excluded from the Commission’s microtargeting.
She also avoided giving a direct response to accusations by MEPs that the use of political microtargeting by the Commiss... |
30715 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
She also avoided giving a direct response to accusations by MEPs that the use of political microtargeting by the Commission was anti-democratic — opting instead to mount a general defence of its right to promote its proposals. She also listed a number ... |
30716 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
“I think that the commission should defend and explain and promote our proposals. We do that and we have done that. And I think it’s a good practice to do so. Because we are we are taking stance and we should defend our stance,” she told the committee.... |
30717 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
A number of MEPs pushed back — including by pointing out that there are more appropriate channels for the Commission to engage directly and transparency with co-legislators than opaque behavioral ad targeting on platforms like Twitter/X.
“One principl... |
30718 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
“And European Commission has the right to be very attached to its legislative proposals but there are privileged channels for the European Commission to communicate with the two legislators and others — not an ad campaign on Twitter.”
Despite a lot of... |
30719 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
But at the end of the session she did agree to respond to it in writing with some missing answers “as soon as possible” (albeit, avoiding agreeing to do so by the end of the week, as one MEP had asked).
Commercial influence
While many of the question... |
30720 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
Commercial influence
While many of the questions directed at her over the 1.5-hour long hearing focused on the controversy that’s sprung up around the ad campaign, parliamentarians also pressed the commissioner on a number of other issues — including ... |
30721 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
This has been a topic of intense interest, especially following a report by investigative journalists published last month by BalkanInsight which looked at close contacts between Johansson’s department and companies with CSAM-scanning and other child s... |
30722 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
One of the journalists involved in that investigation, Apostolis Fotiadis, had also been invited by the committee to participate in the exchange of views — and he took the opportunity to defend their reporting from direct public attacks by Johansson.
... |
30723 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
In a blog post ahead of today’s hearing — which deploys a crisis-PR-esque headline claim of “setting the record straight” — she criticized the article as “a series of insinuations looking for a home”; claiming it paired an outline of “a selection of me... |
30724 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
Fotiadis was asked by the LIBE committee about the accusation that the journalists had, essentially, been spreading disinformation — and specifically whether he believed Johansson and the Commission’s response to it amounted to a restriction on media f... |
30725 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
Fotiadis was asked by the LIBE committee about the accusation that the journalists had, essentially, been spreading disinformation — and specifically whether he believed Johansson and the Commission’s response to it amounted to a restriction on media f... |
30726 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
But went on to express surprise at how the Commission had reacted to the scrutiny — to its instinct to deploy “spin-doctor” tactics to try to discredit the article, rather than engaging with the substance of the concerns being raised.
The Commission r... |
30727 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
The Commission risks straying close to making attacks on journalists by using such tactics, Fotiadis warned — adding: “You cannot just dismiss everything by calling fake news” — before also noting that Johansson’s office had declined multiple interview... |
30728 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
Responding to a question from the committee about the reporting he said documents obtained by the journalists included email threads between Commission officials in Johansson’s department, DG-Home, and a “key stakeholder” advocating for the use of tech... |
30729 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
So when we say facilitate, it’s obvious that the EU officials discuss what kind of experts will be available from this particular stakeholder to attend these meetings and to present the point of view, which seems to be a privileged access,” he explaine... |
30730 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
So when we say facilitate, it’s obvious that the EU officials discuss what kind of experts will be available from this particular stakeholder to attend these meetings and to present the point of view, which seems to be a privileged access,” he explaine... |
30731 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
“Also in the same email thread there’s mention of EU officials being allocated to specifically attend the cooperation between the stakeholder and DG-Home on the proposal, which to our understanding is something that goes way beyond the level of consult... |
30732 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
In the event MEPs got some bare bones detail.
Asked for a list of these contacts, the commissioner responded that she’d met with Google six times; Microsoft, Meta and TikTok three times each; twice with Twitter (X); and once apiece with Apple and Amaz... |
30733 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
Asked for a list of these contacts, the commissioner responded that she’d met with Google six times; Microsoft, Meta and TikTok three times each; twice with Twitter (X); and once apiece with Apple and Amazon. She also said she’d met with the child safe... |
30734 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
She also said she’d met with the child safety organizations Thorn (twice) and Brave Movement (twice); and with Tech Alliance and ICANN once apiece.
In wider responses related to concerns about how much commercial interest had influenced the Commission... |
30735 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
“There are no specific technologies mentioned [in the proposal] and I think this is an important part. So there’s no specific technology that’s been favoured in this proposal,” she also told the committee, adding: “So many technologies are being develo... |
30736 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
“There are no specific technologies mentioned [in the proposal] and I think this is an important part. So there’s no specific technology that’s been favoured in this proposal,” she also told the committee, adding: “So many technologies are being develo... |
30737 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
So I think it’s important that the legislation has to be technology neutral.”
Earlier this week a seminar organized by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), an advisory body to the Commission on data protection law, heard from more than 20 s... |
30738 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
So I think it’s important that the legislation has to be technology neutral.”
Earlier this week a seminar organized by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), an advisory body to the Commission on data protection law, heard from more than 20 s... |
30739 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
Johansson had been invited to participate in the seminar but declined to attend. She didn’t offer a direct response to the EDPS’ concerns today but she did counter a number of arguments heard at the session earlier in the week — including refuting the ... |
30740 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
Johansson had been invited to participate in the seminar but declined to attend. She didn’t offer a direct response to the EDPS’ concerns today but she did counter a number of arguments heard at the session earlier in the week — including refuting the ... |
30741 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
“My proposal would not mean that all communication will be scanned. Compared to the situation today it will be much more limited,” she claimed, referencing the temporary ePrivacy derogation that currently gives messaging firms a legal basis to scan non... |
30742 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
Compared to the situation today it will be much more limited,” she claimed, referencing the temporary ePrivacy derogation that currently gives messaging firms a legal basis to scan non-encrypted content for CSAM (but is intended to be replaced by the p... |
30743 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
“Today companies are allowed to scan if they search for child sexual abuse material. That’s why we receive these 5.2 million videos and pictures and grooming attempts — 70% from private communication. If my proposal is adopted, this will be limited.”
... |
30744 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
If my proposal is adopted, this will be limited.”
She also emphasized how the proposal first requires in-scope platforms to deploy prevention measures to try to stop the spread of CSAM and/or prevent abuse of their tools by people intent on abusing ch... |
30745 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
“First comes prevention. Only if prevention is not enough, then you might be allowed to do detection — but only after a court decision,” she said.
“So only those that really cannot deal with the problem with mitigating measures… and only after a court... |
30746 | EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM microtargeting
“So only those that really cannot deal with the problem with mitigating measures… and only after a court decision and only during a specific period they will be allowed to do the detection,” she went on. “We will also limit the reporting so that we wil... |
30747 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Access to education in Bangladesh is filled with inequalities, say the founders of edtech 10 Minute School. Many rural areas don’t have good learning centers and as a result, students travel to capital Dhaka to prepare for their university admissio... |
30748 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Many rural areas don’t have good learning centers and as a result, students travel to capital Dhaka to prepare for their university admission exams. That option, however, is only available to families who have the financial means.
Originally creat... |
30749 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
That option, however, is only available to families who have the financial means.
Originally created as a YouTube channel, 10 Minute School (shortened to 10MS) wants to democratize access to supplementary education for K12 students throughout the ... |
30750 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
The startup, which says it is the largest edtech company in Bangladesh, announced today it has raised a pre-Series A of $5.5 million, the highest seed-stage funding so far for a Bangladeshi startup. This brings 10MS total raised to $7.5 million.
1... |
30751 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
The startup, which says it is the largest edtech company in Bangladesh, announced today it has raised a pre-Series A of $5.5 million, the highest seed-stage funding so far for a Bangladeshi startup. This brings 10MS total raised to $7.5 million.
1... |
30752 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
10MS offers live-streamed classes for K12 students, pre-recorded lessons, university admission test prep and personalized quizzes, among other content, that can be accessed through a smartphone app. So far, it has 35,000 recorded video lessons and ... |
30753 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
So far, it has 35,000 recorded video lessons and over 82,000 quizzes, along with resources like model tests, ebooks and lecture notes that cover the entire national curriculum. 52% of its students are from rural and semi-urban areas outside of Dhak... |
30754 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
52% of its students are from rural and semi-urban areas outside of Dhaka, and 34% are girls (one of 10MS’s goals is to address gender inequalities in education).
The company’s new round comes from a combination of private and government investors.... |
30755 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
The company’s new round comes from a combination of private and government investors. The funding was led by Conjunction Capital, with participation from returning investor Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia Capital India), the Bangladesh government... |
30756 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
The funding was led by Conjunction Capital, with participation from returning investor Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia Capital India), the Bangladesh government’s sovereign venture fund, Startup Bangladesh Limited, CRED founder and CEO Kunal Shah... |
30757 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Co-founder Ayman Sadiq started 10MS as a YouTube channel in 2015. Sadiq, who has taught since 2012, was previously a teacher at a leading coaching center in Dhaka. During that time, he realized many of his students faced two obstacles: the cost of ... |
30758 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Co-founder Ayman Sadiq started 10MS as a YouTube channel in 2015. Sadiq, who has taught since 2012, was previously a teacher at a leading coaching center in Dhaka. During that time, he realized many of his students faced two obstacles: the cost of ... |
30759 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Sadiq, who has taught since 2012, was previously a teacher at a leading coaching center in Dhaka. During that time, he realized many of his students faced two obstacles: the cost of tuition and of traveling to Dhaka from their hometowns, which didn... |
30760 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
During that time, he realized many of his students faced two obstacles: the cost of tuition and of traveling to Dhaka from their hometowns, which didn’t have coaching centers.
“That’s when the naive idea came into being that I could record all the... |
30761 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
“That’s when the naive idea came into being that I could record all the videos and upload them onto YouTube for free, so no one needed to come to the capital city and no one needed to pay anything,” Sadiq says. He was also heavily inspired by onlin... |
30762 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
He was also heavily inspired by online learning platforms like Khan Academy and edX. After hitting a following of 100,000 people on YouTube, Sadiq said he realized the idea was scalable.
Between 2015 and 2019, the YouTube channel took on sponsors,... |
30763 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Between 2015 and 2019, the YouTube channel took on sponsors, including telecom operators, electronics companies and FMCG brands, and produced more than 25,000 videos covering the entire K12 syllabus. Then the pandemic hit and sponsors began droppin... |
30764 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Then the pandemic hit and sponsors began dropping out. Sadiq realized that in order to make his project sustainable, he would have to create a paid version. So 10MS produced its first premium product, a paid book and course.
“Interestingly, that p... |
30765 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
So 10MS produced its first premium product, a paid book and course.
“Interestingly, that paid book and course individually had more than 100,000 paid users,” he said. “So that instantly gave us an idea of, okay, we can actually monetize some of ou... |
30766 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
“Interestingly, that paid book and course individually had more than 100,000 paid users,” he said. “So that instantly gave us an idea of, okay, we can actually monetize some of our offerings and solutions and make a sustainable business out of it.”... |
30767 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Now that 10MS has raised its pre-Series A, it plans to invest in its tech capabilities, content and operations, says co-founder and COO Mirza Salman Hossain Beg. He added that 10MS’ goal is to provide personalized learning experiences for students ... |
30768 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
He added that 10MS’ goal is to provide personalized learning experiences for students by using AI and it will bring in more engineers and product managers to support its tech development.
Another major area of investment for 10MS is content that f... |
30769 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
He added that 10MS’ goal is to provide personalized learning experiences for students by using AI and it will bring in more engineers and product managers to support its tech development.
Another major area of investment for 10MS is content that f... |
30770 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Another major area of investment for 10MS is content that fits with Bangladesh’s evolving K12 curriculum. “The government in Bangladesh right now is going through a lot of massive changes in the national curriculum, and as a result of that, there w... |
30771 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
“The government in Bangladesh right now is going through a lot of massive changes in the national curriculum, and as a result of that, there will be a lot of new content to be created to support the new curriculum,” Beg says.
10MS is also currentl... |
30772 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Interestingly enough, the last Bangladesh startup to raise the highest seed-stage funding in the country was also an edtech. Shikho, which focuses on elementary school learners, raised a total of $5.3 million in seed funding as of March 2022. Shikh... |
30773 | 10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Shikho, which focuses on elementary school learners, raised a total of $5.3 million in seed funding as of March 2022. Shikho is one of 10MS’s competitors, but Beg says 10MS has the advantage of being older and larger, and teaching a wider range of ... |
30774 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
The deep sea has become a "realm of myth and darkness," says ocean explorer Jon Copley. (Image credit: inusuke via Getty Images)
Ocean explorer Jon Copley has completed dozens of dives to the darkest corners of the deep sea. Yet he... |
30775 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
The deep sea has become a "realm of myth and darkness," says ocean explorer Jon Copley. (Image credit: inusuke via Getty Images)
Ocean explorer Jon Copley has completed dozens of dives to the darkest corners of the deep sea. Yet he... |
30776 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
(Image credit: inusuke via Getty Images)
Ocean explorer Jon Copley has completed dozens of dives to the darkest corners of the deep sea. Yet he is still amazed every time he encounters the strange life forms that thrive there. Over... |
30777 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
Over the past 25 years, Copley has traveled to the world's deepest hydrothermal vents , to Antarctica's icy "midnight zone" and to spectacular undersea mountain chains across the planet.
As a professor of ocean exploration and scie... |
30778 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
As a professor of ocean exploration and science communication at the University of Southampton in the U.K., Copley dedicates much of his time to addressing the myriad questions and myths surrounding the deep sea. His new book "Deep ... |
30779 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
As a professor of ocean exploration and science communication at the University of Southampton in the U.K., Copley dedicates much of his time to addressing the myriad questions and myths surrounding the deep sea. His new book "Deep ... |
30780 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
In a video interview with Live Science, Copley described the latest discoveries and where deep sea research is heading in a warming world.
Sascha Pare: Four years ago, when I was a student sitting in your deep sea ecology lectures,... |
30781 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
Sascha Pare: Four years ago, when I was a student sitting in your deep sea ecology lectures, you had just published your first book, "Ask an Ocean Explorer" (Hodder & Stoughton, 2019). That book had 25 chapters, each answering a que... |
30782 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
That book had 25 chapters, each answering a question that people commonly ask you as a deep sea biologist. What did you set out to do in "Deep Sea: 10 Things You Should Know"?
Related: Bizarre, alien-like creature discovered deep i... |
30783 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
That book had 25 chapters, each answering a question that people commonly ask you as a deep sea biologist. What did you set out to do in "Deep Sea: 10 Things You Should Know"?
Related: Bizarre, alien-like creature discovered deep i... |
30784 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
What did you set out to do in "Deep Sea: 10 Things You Should Know"?
Related: Bizarre, alien-like creature discovered deep in Atlantic Ocean has 20 gangly arms
Jon Copley: This new book answers the top 10 questions that I know peo... |
30785 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
Related: Bizarre, alien-like creature discovered deep in Atlantic Ocean has 20 gangly arms
Jon Copley: This new book answers the top 10 questions that I know people have about the deep sea and also tackles some of the myths and pop... |
30786 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
The shorter format is an opportunity to focus and update the information — there have been quite a few discoveries in lots of different aspects of deep sea biology since I wrote "Ask an Ocean Explorer."
We know far more about the d... |
30787 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
We know far more about the deep ocean and its inhabitants than about the moon or Mars, says Jon Copley. (Image credit: Giordano Cipriani via Getty Images)
SP: Research has made great strides in recent years, I'm sure. What are some... |
30788 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
We know far more about the deep ocean and its inhabitants than about the moon or Mars, says Jon Copley. (Image credit: Giordano Cipriani via Getty Images)
SP: Research has made great strides in recent years, I'm sure. What are some... |
30789 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
(Image credit: Giordano Cipriani via Getty Images)
SP: Research has made great strides in recent years, I'm sure. What are some of the most exciting, new discoveries you discuss in the book?
JC: We're finding out a lot more about ... |
30790 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
What are some of the most exciting, new discoveries you discuss in the book?
JC: We're finding out a lot more about how deep sea animals interact with each other and their environment. An area where we've seen a lot of interesting ... |
30791 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
An area where we've seen a lot of interesting papers over the past five years has been in sensory ecology — realizing how animals perceive their environment, how they respond to that, how they avoid being seen by predators... It was... |
30792 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
SP: Some of the chapters focus on dispelling misconceptions people might have about what's down there in the ocean. What, to your mind, is the biggest, most pervasive myth about the deep sea?
JC: It's the idea that we know almost n... |
30793 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
SP: Some of the chapters focus on dispelling misconceptions people might have about what's down there in the ocean. What, to your mind, is the biggest, most pervasive myth about the deep sea?
JC: It's the idea that we know almost n... |
30794 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
What, to your mind, is the biggest, most pervasive myth about the deep sea?
JC: It's the idea that we know almost nothing about it. There's this very popular idea that we know more about the moon or Mars than the deep ocean. That's... |
30795 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
JC: It's the idea that we know almost nothing about it. There's this very popular idea that we know more about the moon or Mars than the deep ocean. That's only really true for one very specific aspect of knowledge — having a detail... |
30796 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
There's this very popular idea that we know more about the moon or Mars than the deep ocean. That's only really true for one very specific aspect of knowledge — having a detailed map of the terrain of its solid surface — because the... |
30797 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
That's only really true for one very specific aspect of knowledge — having a detailed map of the terrain of its solid surface — because the moon and Mars are not covered in seawater, which blocks radar and means we have to use sonar... |
30798 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
Apart from that, we know far more about the deep ocean than those other places.
SP: The deep sea has attracted a lot of attention recently in the advent of deep sea mining . How worried are you about that?
JC: I think it's great t... |
30799 | 'We know far more about the deep ocean than the moon or Mars,' says explorer Jon Copley
How worried are you about that?
JC: I think it's great that deep sea mining has made people care more about the deep ocean, but it hasn't actually started yet and research does not support some of the more hyperbolic headlines.
Re... |
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