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This study articulates the motives, craft, practice, and urgent needs of creative independent investigative documentary as a distinct field of practice that utilizes both the subjective expression of artistic cinema with the objectivity-based legacy practices of watchdog journalism. Leveraging community of practice theory, based on in-depth interviews and a two-year investigation of ten of the inaugural films supported by the International Documentary Association (IDA) Enterprise Documentary Fund award—launched in 2016 as the first contemporary institutional recognition of creative investigative documentary as a distinct sub-genre—this study demonstrates how recognizing the unique experiences of this distinct dual journalistic and artistic practice is vital in order for scholars to more widely appreciate the potentiality and significance of this journalistic practice, and to more widely engage with the unique security challenges and needs that it faces, largely overlooked in prevailing conversations in journalism today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital Safety refers to the knowledge and skills needed for the intentional protection of users in the digital environment. With children having access to digital devices at a young age, it has become essential for them to be educated on how to be safe in the digital world. Through a week-long summer camp on digital safety, elementary-age learners were introduced to four topics (digital identity and digital footprint, cyberbullying, netiquette, and digital security and privacy). This study found that the digital safety immersion camp was beneficial to elementary school learners based on the achievement, attitude, and behavior data that were collected. Posttest scores were statistically significant from the pre-test. Cyberbullying topic had the highest pre- and post-knowledge, whereas netiquette and online behavior, and digital security and privacy had comparatively lesser scores. Students demonstrated positive attitudes in the post-camp survey and they also included several lessons learned from the camp in the Pixton comic strip, which they created as the final project from the camp. The findings from this study contribute to the current literature on preparing elementary school students’ knowledge and skills related to digital safety and have implications for students, teachers, administrators, and parents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to identify and analyze the main research streams on digital safety and online privacy related to higher education students. Students are at risk of cybercrime, including online harassment, identity theft, and exposure to inappropriate content. A systematic literature review is conducted on digital security, cybersecurity, Internet security, online safety, and use of digital technologies. The results show that publications on digital security for higher education students have increased consistently during the last two decades. The main research streams are: digital risk and student perspectives, digital children, digital teenagers, online harassment, and digital behavior. In conclusion, this study provides a wide assessment on digital security for university students and highlights the importance of future research on improving awareness and safety on digital environments for teenagers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increase in the use of information technology (IT) poses a challenge derived from the risks and threats of computer security in all areas of society. In this sense, cybersecurity emerges as an important pillar of support for protecting infrastructures essential for countries' sustainable economic and social development. This paper explores the possible links between cybersecurity and sustainable development within the high-impact scientific literature. The study uses a systematic literature review methodology based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol, ensuring a rigorous and structured approach to selecting and analyzing relevant literature. The scientific database Web of Science is used to ensure the integrity and quality of the data collected, following criteria widely validated in this type of methodology. The study reveals a significant interrelationship between cybersecurity and sustainable development in the business sphere. It highlights cybersecurity's contribution to economic sustainability by protecting critical infrastructure and minimizing financial risks. Concerning environmental sustainability, cybersecurity facilitates the implementation of cleaner and more efficient technology. Social sustainability ensures personal data protection and fosters a culture of responsibility and trust within organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines future teachers' self-perception regarding competences related to the environmental impact of digital technologies. The sample includes 1948 participants (235 men and 1713 women) selected through incidental sampling from the Faculty of Education Sciences at the University of Seville. The validated instrument used was the Teacher's Digital Competence and Eco-responsible Use of Technology Scale. Results indicated that the participants had received less than optimal training and had limited knowledge about technologies and their environmental impact. The study concludes that it is necessary to establish training on the development of environmental competences and their link to educational technologies, starting from the institution, with the aim of guaranteeing the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors have developed a psychometric instrument with the purpose of assessing the digital competencies of teachers in aspects of cybersecurity. From the collection of data, different secondary objectives were carried out: (1) identify if there were significant differences regarding gender; (2) understand if there are significant differences based on various actions (use of different operating systems, two-step authentication, use of different passwords for applications and profiles), for each gender; (3) identify if the frequency of updating of passwords in LMS, emails, RRSS and apps correlate with the digital competencies of teachers in training, for each gender. For this purpose, an ex post facto ad hoc design was used based on a sample of 220 students enrolled in a Primary Education and Early Childhood Education course at the University of Malaga (Spain). The results show that the digital skills of these teachers of the future are at a low level, and that they find it hard to navigate their way in this new world. It is also concluded that there are significant differences with respect to gender in terms of various cybersecurity actions (use of the Mac operating system; two-step authentication). In addition, it was found that the frequency of updating passwords in LMS, emails, RRSS and apps affects the competences of the teachers in training in security and prevention, in both genders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In today's digital world, cybersecurity has become one of the most pressing issues, as the growing number of connected devices has led to an increase in cyber threats that pose a serious risk to national and international security. In this context, cooperation between countries becomes extremely important to protect sovereignty and ensure cybersecurity at the global level. Ukraine, which has extensive experience in countering cyber threats, is actively involved in international initiatives and cooperation in this area. The article is devoted to the analysis of international cooperation in the field of cybersecurity and Ukraine's role in this process. The study reveals the importance of an effective regulatory framework, in particular the Bug Bounty program and the vulnerability detection mechanism. Ukraine actively cooperates with international partners, which facilitates the exchange of experience and strengthening of cybersecurity. International cooperation with organizations that recognize security as one of their main goals, such as NATO and the European Union, is also of key importance. It is noted that Ukraine, being an active participant in international initiatives and having extensive experience in the field of cybersecurity, continues to play an important role in strengthening global cybersecurity and contributes to the creation of a safer cyberspace for all countries. In the process of ensuring cybersecurity, Ukraine is developing and implementing new programs and strategies, such as Bug Bounty, to help identify and eliminate vulnerabilities in information systems. In addition, an important step is the adoption of the Vulnerability Search and Identification Procedure, which allows business owners and government agencies to request permission to search for weaknesses in their systems. These initiatives allow Ukraine to actively participate in international cybersecurity processes and contribute to improving overall Internet security. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study examined the psychometric properties of a Digital Security Scale (DSS-A) in a sample of 868 adolescents (460 female, 408 male), made up of 424 early adolescents (M age = 11.84 years, SD = 0.36) and 444 middle adolescents (M age = 13.44, SD = 0.49). The sample was randomly split into two for validation (n = 434) and cross-validation (n = 434) purposes. The results confirmed the fit of a one second-order factor model with four first-order factors (personal data protection, safe relationships, healthy internet use, and self-disclosure). As expected, digital security dimensions were positively associated with parental mediation. Measurement invariance was found in this model by gender and stage of adolescence. Latent mean comparisons showed differences by gender and stage of adolescence. Overall, findings indicate that the measurement model is helpful for measuring adolescents’ digital security behaviors.

Social media drug markets are likely to present people participating in these spaces with new vulnerabilities to law enforcement. There is currently limited research on how people perceive and manage the risk of exposure to law enforcement in social media drug markets. This is particularly notable considering widespread practices of user data collection and the normalization of surveillance as part of social media engagement. We present a thematic analysis of data from anonymous online interviews with people who buy and sell drugs (N = 33) via social media and messaging apps in New Zealand. We use the concept of "imagined surveillance" to explore how participants adapted existing understandings of online surveillance to online risk management strategies to avoid police. Most participants reported low concern for exposure to law enforcement while using social media and messaging apps for drug trading. Nevertheless, almost all participants took active risk management measures. Examples of strategies used included limiting the accumulation of evidence via self-deleting messages or arranging drug trades using code language. Participants often also reported low concern for their digital trace data to be accessed by police. Navigating law enforcement risk in social media drug markets is likely to be informed and shaped by more general perceptions of digital privacy risk and related management strategies, particularly in more normalized drug market contexts. The potential for broader and unexpected consequences to result from the use of drug-related digital trace data across public and private contexts is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Recently, the widespread use of computer technology and the development of the internet have facilitated access to information. However, this has also increased the importance of information security. Public and private sector organizations need robust databases to protect their digital assets. For this reason, many security-oriented products and projects are being developed. Especially with the rapid progress of the internet age and the increasing importance of digital security, the field of cryptology has attracted great interest. Cryptology is the science of ciphers. The infrastructure of cryptology is based on mathematics. In order to ensure the security of information in the digital environment, a strong database is needed. This is achieved with strong encryption algorithms. Algorithms that incorporate the principle of randomness and allow repeating letters to take different values are stronger against external attacks. For these reasons, the aim of this study is to create a cryptology algorithm that is resistant to password cracking techniques, adopts the principle of randomness, contains mathematical formulas and has a decryption. In this study, prime numbers, pi number, linear encryption technique and matrices are used. In the encryption algorithm, it is aimed to adopt the principle of randomness with prime numbers and pi number. By using linear encryption technique and matrices, new sequence numbers of each letter were obtained, and it was aimed to strengthen against the frequency analysis method, which is one of the password cracking techniques, by ensuring that the repeating letters take different number values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014, the peninsula experienced a progressive transition of telecommunication and broadcasting infrastructure under Russian influence, followed by a wave of repression of Ukrainian media. Between 2014 and 2015, dozens of Ukrainian media organizations and independent journalists left the peninsula to continue working in exile. This paper explores the phenomenon of informational annexation using a mixed methods approach consisting of in-depth interviews with media and IT professionals as well as digital ethnography and network measurements. It argues that, besides pressure from pro-Russian authorities, journalistic work in the area is challenged by legal and infrastructural factors such as the absence of legal and financial protections for Ukrainian journalists traveling to Crimea, lack of holistic digital security within media organizations, and increased Internet censorship in Crimea. By analyzing the risk perceptions and digital security practices of exiled and Crimean civic journalists, this paper explores how informational annexation challenges journalistic work on the infrastructural and organizational level, enabling the rise of civic journalism, and how it affects journalists' individual digital security practices. In the context of the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, this research provides insights into some of the informational annexation tactics used by Russians in the occupied Ukrainian territories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In an increasingly digitized environment, with a heavy reliance on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), the significance of digital competencies (DC) in the public sector is undeniably crucial. This study focuses on assessing the impact of DC on the productivity of public servants in a governmental entity in Peru during 2022. Utilizing logistic regression analysis on a sample of 134 participants, and asserting a 99% confidence level with a 3.8% margin of error, it is concluded that DC accounts for a significant proportion (24.9%) of productivity variability. The analysis identifies a deficiency in DC among older public servants, following an examination of skills in information, communication, creation, digital security, and digital empathy. While communication sk ills are prominent, creative abilities emerge as the most vulnerable aspect. This study advocates for the implementation of a training program aimed at enhancing DC, with a particular emphasis on creative skills, and adopting a tailored approach for digital natives and immigrants. The training plan should be underpinned by the proposed concept of DC within a directed acyclic diagram, illustrating the integration and interrelation of the five key digital skills - information, communication, creation, digital security, and digital empathy - thereby enhancing productivity through increased effectiveness and efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reveals the main areas of higher education institutions scientific libraries’ work in the field of forming the youth digital culture and ensuring the basic principles of digital citizenship. The relevance and novelty of the research lies in clarifying the need for constant improvement of digital culture in its relationship with digital citizenship in the modern educational space with the involvement of the scientific libraries’ experience. The research methodology is based on a combination of comparative analysis, systematic, heuristic and logical methods of scientific research. The essential features of information culture, digital culture and the culture of knowledge management in the modern educational space are analyzed, in particular, the dynamics of knowledge management in higher educational institutions stimulate students to exchange experience and knowledge not only within the boundaries of one educational institution, but also in the network educational space in general. Digital technologies provide effective communication in the network public space and create prerequisites for successful professional and personal self-realization of a person. It is noted that the formation of digital culture is based on the development of digital competences, as a dynamic combination of knowledge, abilities, skills, ways of thinking, views, other personal qualities in the field of information, communication and digital technologies for communication, personal development, learning, work, participation in social life. The main features of digital citizenship are defined as the awareness of universal cultural and social issues related to technologies, the formed practice of legal and ethical behavior; safe, legal and responsible use of information and technologies; demonstration of a positive attitude towards the use of technology, that support collaboration, learning and productivity; a sense of responsibility for one's lifelong learning; commitment to intellectual honesty; respect for different cultures and societies in the virtual environment and the preservation of personal information. The Conclusions emphasize the worldview component of digital culture, which contributes to a change in thinking style based on new digital competencies. In the conditions of globalization challenges of modern times, the formation of digital culture of youth contributes to ensuring information security not only of an individual, but also of society as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the study is to analyze how the development of digital consciousness and the widespread ingress of digital technologies into daily life affect the under-standing and formation of human identity in contemporary society. This aim encompasses several key research directions: studying the impact of virtual agents and artificial intelligence systems with elements of digital conscious-ness on individuals’ self- perception and their views of the world; identifying the role of digital media in the process of forming and rethinking social identity; analyzing the consequences of continuous interaction with digital technologies and content for personal development, self-esteem, and self-presentation; considering ethical and philosophical issues related to the creation and interaction with digital conscious-ness; reflecting on potential pathways for the development of relationships between humans and digital technologies, assessing opportunities and risks associated with a closer integration of artificial intelligence into the social and personal spheres of people’s lives. The result of exercising this interdisciplinary approach and combining various theories and observations show that people, with the help of technology, are taking part in developing their own identity, further proving the impact of digitalization on an individualistic and collective level; digital technologies also tend to have a profound and transformative impact on the peoples’ self-awareness and relations in a globalized world; furthermore, the use of digital technologies proves to be an effective means of global and subtle influence on the life, behavior and beliefs of modern people. It has been argued that postmodernism and cyberculture, in addition to having an ontological connection, share a model of world perception, which is not affiliated with any type of hierarchical model. The result of the author's reasoning is the conclusion that changes in technology or data loss are not mere technical problems – people end up feeling serious consequences of them, including drastic shifts in their personality, cognitive abilities and general well-being. This deeply affects the user’s ability to maintain their productivity, interact with information, and, more broadly, their ability to function in everyday life. Such situations highlight the need for the development and implementation of strategies and policies that consider potential vulnerabilities associated with technology dependence and aim to minimize the negative consequences of such dependence. Ethical considerations around cognitive extenders should include discussions on precautionary measures and development standards that ensure protection and support for users in the event of technological changes, updates, or failures. This might involve creating more resilient systems for data storage and recovery, developing more transparent and predictable update schemes, and introducing policies that support users’ cognitive autonomy and wellbeing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the current aspects of social engineering in the digital age. Social engineering is considered as a strategic technology of constructing new meanings, principles, rules and facts of social interaction. The socio-philosophical concepts of K. Popper, P. Sorokin, and R. Silverstone are analyzed in the context of constructive proposals of social engineering. The application of historical and philosophical intellectual constructs to the practices of social transformations is described in the article. The article reveals the possibilities and limitations of digital technologies in social engineering. The risks of creating new tools and algorithms for manipulation, disorientation of users of virtual technologies by social engineering methods are shown within the framework of the digital security problem. The diversity of views on the essence of social engineering and the analysis of its spheres of application problematize the interpretation of its social role and meaning. The methods of constructing social events and interfering in people's lives require critical evaluation. The implementation of AI in social engineering developments leads to the new risks, which are systematized in the article. They are related to the manipulation of public consciousness, distortion of identification and personalisation methods, financial fraud, and violation of human security [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Digital security is an ever-escalating concern in today's interconnected world, necessitating advanced intrusion detection systems. This research focuses on fortifying digital security through the integration of Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), and Random Forest for dynamic attack detection. Leveraging a robust dataset, the models were subjected to rigorous evaluation, considering metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, and AUC-ROC. The LSTM model exhibited exceptional proficiency in capturing intricate sequential dependencies within network traffic, attaining a commendable accuracy of 99.11%. KNN, with its non-parametric adaptability, demonstrated resilience with a high accuracy of 99.23%. However, the Random Forest model emerged as the standout performer, boasting an accuracy of 99.63% and showcasing exceptional precision, recall, and F1-score metrics. Comparative analyses unveiled nuanced differences, guiding the selection of models based on specific security requirements. The AUC-ROC comparison reinforced the discriminative power of the models, with Random Forest consistently excelling. While all models excelled in true positive predictions, detailed scrutiny of confusion matrices offered insights into areas for refinement. In conclusion, the integration of LSTM, KNN, and Random Forest presents a robust and adaptive approach to dynamic attack detection. This research contributes valuable insights to the evolving landscape of digital security, emphasizing the significance of leveraging advanced machine learning techniques in constructing resilient defenses against cyber adversaries. The findings underscore the need for adaptive security solutions as the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, with implications for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers in the field of cybersecurity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article reveals the main areas of higher education institutions scientific librar-ies’ work in the field of forming the youth digital culture and ensuring the basic prin-ciples of digital citizenship. The relevance and novelty of the research lies in clarify-ing the need for constant improvement of digital culture in its relationship with digital citizenship in the modern educational space with the involvement of the scientific libraries’ experience. The research methodology is based on a combination of com-parative analysis, systematic, heuristic and logical methods of scientific research. The essential features of information culture, digital culture and the culture of knowledge management in the modern educational space are analyzed, in particular, the dynamics of knowledge management in higher educational institutions stimulate students to exchange experience and knowledge not only within the boundaries of one educational institution, but also in the network educational space in general. Digital technologies provide effective communication in the network public space and create prerequisites for successful professional and personal self-realization of a person. It is noted that the formation of digital culture is based on the develop-ment of digital competences, as a dynamic combination of knowledge, abilities, skills, ways of thinking, views, other personal qualities in the field of information, communication and digital technologies for communication, personal development, learning, work, participation in social life. The main features of digital citizenship are defined as the awareness of universal cultural and social issues related to technolo-gies, the formed practice of legal and ethical behavior; safe, legal and responsible use of information and technologies; demonstration of a positive attitude towards the use of technology, that support collaboration, learning and productivity; a sense of responsibility for one's lifelong learning; commitment to intellectual honesty; re-spect for different cultures and societies in the virtual environment and the preserva-tion of personal information. The Conclusions emphasize the worldview component of digital culture, which contributes to a change in thinking style based on new digital competencies. In the conditions of globalization challenges of modern times, the formation of digital culture of youth contributes to ensuring information security not only of an individual, but also of society as a whole.

The article explores the current aspects of social engineering in the digital age. Social engineering is considered as a strategic technology of constructing new meanings, principles, rules and facts of social interaction. The socio-philosophical concepts of K. Popper, P. Sorokin, and R. Silverstone are analyzed in the context of constructive proposals of social engineering. The application of historical and philosophical intellectual constructs to the practices of social transformations is described in the article. The article reveals the possibilities and limitations of digital technologies in social engineering. The risks of creating new tools and algorithms for manipulation, disorientation of users of virtual technologies by social engineering methods are shown within the framework of the digital security problem. The diversity of views on the essence of social engineering and the analysis of its spheres of application problematize the interpretation of its social role and meaning. The methods of constructing social events and interfering in people's lives require critical evaluation. The implementation of AI in social engineering developments leads to the new risks, which are systematized in the article. They are related to the manipulation of public consciousness, distortion of identification and personalisation methods, financial fraud, and violation of human security.

The development of digital technology and artificial intelligence technology hastens the progress in the field of digital security. As the latest technology in the field of natural language processing, ChatGPT has become the focus of attention around the world since its birth, and also has a significant impact on the field of digital security. This paper reviews the basic situation of ChatGPT, summarizes and combs the basic concepts of digital security, and then examines and analyzes ChatGPT from the perspective of digital security. It analyzes and sorts out the impact of ChatGPT from six aspects: ChatGPT’s own security, intellectual property security, network security, information security, social security and cognitive security to clarify twenty specific digital security risks. On this basis, the impact of ChatGPT on the fields of equipment intelligence analysis, equipment production and development, and equipment logistics support is analyzed. Finally, this paper provides countermeasures and suggestions from the perspectives of ChatGPT industry development, regulatory construction, false information disposal, and equipment intelligence development.

Southeast Asia has seen a surge in cybercrimes exploiting the growing digital landscape, affecting individuals, businesses, and governments. The problem roots in traditional transnational crimes with criminal networks moving across Southeast Asia, particularly to Cambodia and Myanmar due to increased scrutiny in China. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened cyber scams, expanding online operations in gambling and underground banking, leading to labor shortages and the emergence of «job scams» targeting people in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Macau. The growth of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Southeast Asia and the Casinos in the region also significantly contribute to illicit economies, serving as smuggling hubs, dealing with regulatory challenges, and fostering illicit demand. Addressing cyber scams in Southeast Asia requires collaboration among governments, law enforcement, businesses, civil society, and the public. The comprehensive strategy would involve education, collaboration, legal frameworks, capacity building, public-private partnerships, international cooperation, technological solutions, consumer protection, victim-centered approaches, incident response mechanisms, and continuous monitoring and evaluation.

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The study considered and analyzed the economic essence of the concept of «economic security» and its importance in the company's activities, the impact on the organization and maintenance of accounting operations and the need for cyber protection of such operations, especially depending on the sectoral or innovative direction of the company's activity. The development of digital technologies and their application in the economy requires enterprises of all forms of ownership to take measures for digital data security, including the organization of accounting and tax accounting in the conditions of their digital transformations, and from state bodies during interaction with the subject of economic activity protection of information transmission channels at the appropriate level against cyber attacks. Any measures taken by the enterprise to protect data, record keeping in the conditions of the digital economy require it to bear the appropriate costs for ensuring the keeping of such records and protection of data transmitted by the enterprise, or accepted from state authorities, since at the current stage of development of digital technologies, server data stores on which state bodies store information about the activities of a significant number of subjects are regularly attacked by hacker attacks. As a rule, the costs of the enterprise are proportional to the measures related to the protection of the existing information component of the activity and the necessary complex of them, as well as the corresponding accounting operations when they are reflected in accounting or tax accounting. An analysis of scientific and specialized literature was carried out, where it was investigated that the approaches to the definition of the concept of economic security among scientists and scientists differ in their nature and approaches, which requires further study of the terminology and the creation of a single generalizing approach to the definition of the concept and the scope of its use as a whole. It was determined that the costs of the economic security of the enterprise in the conditions of digital transformations of the modern economy are the resources of the enterprise expressed in monetary form, which are used in the process of its activity to ensure the proper and uninterrupted functionality of the external and internal electronic communication system, as well as incurred to ensure the protection of intellectual and technological component of its activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, with digital technologies being in every aspect of our lives, cyberbullying and digital ethics, and digital security violations are emerging as concepts that threaten our digital world. It is thought that displaying ethical behavior and providing digital security in digital environments can increase sensitivity to cyberbullying. Here, it is necessary to learn and apply the concepts of digital ethics and security correctly. For this reason, we can say that the places where we can learn and apply these concepts in the best way are educational environments. Therefore, the adoption of digital ethics and digital security concepts by pre-service teachers, both for themselves and for their future students, will raise awareness about the sensitivity to cyberbullying. This study also revealed that the concepts of digital ethics and security should be considered to increase the sensitivity of pre-service teachers to cyberbullying. In the research, the scanning model, one of the quantitative research designs, was used. Data were collected from 879 pre-service teachers studying at a state university. Within the scope of the research, three scales were used for pre-service teachers: "Cyberbullying Sensitivity Scale," "Digital Data Security Scale" and "The information and Communication Technologies Usage Ethics Scale." T-test, ANOVA, MANOVA, and regression tests were used in the analysis of the data. Because of the research, it was seen that the digital data security awareness, cyberbullying sensitivities, and digital ethics perceptions of pre-service teachers did not differ according to grade level, but differed according to gender and department level. Additionally, while digital data security awareness did not differ according to the department, it did not differ according to the combined effect of gender and department variables. Additionally, it was concluded that digital data security awareness predicts sensitivity to cyberbullying. Suggestions were made regarding the findings obtained at the end of the research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Image tempering is one of the significant issues in the modern era. The use of powerful tools for image editing with advanced technology and its widespread on social media raised questions on data integrity. Currently, the protection of images is uncertain and a severe concern, mainly when it transfers over the Internet. Thus, it is essential to detect an anomaly in images through artificial intelligence techniques. The simple way of image forgery is called copy-move, where a part of an image is replicated in the same image to hide unwanted content of the image. However, image processing through handcrafted features usually looks for pattern concerns with duplicate content, limiting their employment for huge data classification. On the other side, deep learning approaches achieve promising results, but their performance depends on training data with fine-tuning of hyperparameters. Thus, we proposed a custom convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture with a pre-trained model ResNet101 through a transfer learning approach. For this purpose, both models are trained on five different datasets. In both cases, the impact of the model is evaluated through accuracy, precision, recall, F -score and achieved the highest 98.4% accuracy using the Coverage dataset. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the harm reduction potential of virtual sex work (VSW) such as video or audio calls with clients. VSW limits exposure to COVID-19 and STIs. However, sex workers using digital technologies face high risks of technology-facilitated intimate partner violence (IPV), such as non-consensual distribution of intimate images. This study explored perceived risks and benefits of VSW, including the salience of STI harm reduction. Ethnographic interviews and participant observation with self-identified cis women sex workers in Dakar between January 2018 and August 2019 informed a further period of focused data collection in June 2022, in which two key research participants and the author devised a goal of concrete community benefit: a list of contextually relevant digital privacy precautions and resources. Brainstorming this list during workshops with 18 sex workers provided prompts for participant perspectives. While participants generally preferred VSW, citing STI prevention as a key reason, most resumed in-person sex work after COVID-19 curfews lifted; social risks of digital privacy breach and potential outing outweighed physical risks of contracting STIs. Participants proposed privacy features for mobile applications to make VSW viable and benefit from STI prevention. Their reflections call on tech companies to embed values of informed consent and privacy into platform design, shifting the burden of protecting privacy from individuals to companies. This study addresses a gap in technology-facilitated IPV research, which has concentrated on Euro-American contexts. Participant perspectives can inform action in technology policy sectors to advance criminalised communities’ rights to sexual health, privacy, and autonomy.

The growing prevalence of cybercrime, particularly among young adults, necessitates the promotion of digital citizenship to educate students about responsible online behavior and to equip them with the skills to mitigate cyber risks. The specific objective of this study was to investigate the effect of digital citizenship skills on the prevention of cybercrime among higher education students. A mixed-method approach, including surveys and interviews, was employed to collect data from 652 students in Saudi Arabia. This study found that digital citizenship generally has a significant impact on students' awareness and prevention of cybercrime through the development of responsible online behavior. Knowledge of digital law came first, followed by beliefs about digital manners. Digital communication skills came third, followed by digital rights, knowledge, and duties in fourth place. Then, digital commerce skills and digital health beliefs came fifth and sixth, respectively. This was followed by digital access skills, then digital security, and finally digital culture. The results also revealed a negative statistical relationship between digital citizenship and cybercrimes' various forms including national, financial, banking, social, immoral, insulting, slanderous, defaming, threatening, and harassment in virtual learning environments. These findings have significant implications for the understanding of how higher education institutions can promote digital citizenship and prevent cybercrime by integrating digital citizenship education into their curriculum, providing training for educators, and establishing clear policies and guidelines for responsible online behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relevance of digital art and digitalization of art, as a more general category, reflecting the modern technological approach to this sphere of human activity, is manifested in mainstreaming of legal regulation of various aspects of digital technologies impact on the sphere of creativity and their inclusion in the legislative agenda. The article reveals the legal features of digitalization of art at the present stage. It examines the main areas of digitalization of art and legal means to ensure their support. The broad and narrow approaches to the concept of “digital art” have been outlined. The issues of defining intellectual property rights for the results of creativity (works) produced with artificial intelligence and increasing access to works of art and cultural objects in the digital age have been analyzed. The paper applies interdisciplinary approach, methods of analysis and synthesis, abstraction as well as formal-legal and comparative-legal methods. Based on the analysis the author forms the concept of three determinative directions which enable complex processes of combination of creativity and technologies in an integrated way of “development”, “circulation” and “distributed security” of art.

The aim of the study was to determine the perceptions and thoughts of low awareness high school students regarding the effects of personal data sharing in the digital environment, after examining the examples presented on the topic. A holistic single-case study design was used in the research as a qualitative research method. As part of the study, the participants were shown a historical documentary called "Great Hack" about how personal data sharing could affect human life. Before the interview, the purpose of showing this documentary to the participants was explained as providing examples to students with low awareness about the effects of personal data management, which is the main problem of the research. Data were collected from students who watched the documentary and voluntarily participated in the interview process. The majority of the participants were found to have low awareness about personal data. It was revealed that the purpose of sharing on social media is generally for getting likes and archiving information. However, participants realized the risks such as manipulation of personal data, turning it into a commercial product, and using it against them after seeing the examples in the documentary. Additionally, the concept of psychological profiling and the potential for addiction to constant advertising and content bombardment were emphasized. It was concluded that the participants would be more cautious and careful about sharing after gaining awareness from the documentary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]