ROXXANE is a new technology funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 project to track hate speech, propoganda, political extremism and organised crime. ROXANNE works across social media sites such as YouTube, Facebook as well as normal telecommunications platforms to identify, categorise, and track faces and voices enabling authorities to cover a more intensified picture of the network being investigated. However, there are concerns that the technology maybe used to supress free speech and track political behavior.
ROXXANE is a new multiplatform analytical tool scheduled by the Republic of Ireland to instill further close watch on the population.
It is in the launch pad for another societal governance surveillance technology to create visual mapping and identity suspects for the authorities.
Whatever the platform maybe, ROXXANE claims that it can identify the creator of ‘hate or propaganda speech’. Although current primary function of this system is to targ...