We are seeing the #Enclosures of the #Internet #Commons.
Just as the free #airwaves were #regulated, corporatized, and oligopolized in the 1930's, now we see this #centralization and #capitalization of the internet.
See:
#Television: a struggle for #power
by #Waldrop, Frank C; #Borkin, Joseph, joint author
1938
[Edited for typos : EFF]
The EFF is, thankfully, taking umbrage at Australia’s #AgeVerification legislation which came into force yesterday, and rightly so. However, with statements such as:
“If legislators want to meaningfully improve online safety, they should pass a strong, comprehensive federal privacy law instead of building new systems of surveillance, censorship, and exclusion.“
read more:
It’s missing the mark, not really providing a solution to the targeted problem, and may just cloud the issue (confusing parents/guardians mainly) while giving our polies a free pass. That’s just my opinion of course. But if you really wanted to tackle on-line bullying and curtail the hate, the racism, the disinformation, misinformation, and general toxicity that is prevalent on #TechBros platforms, you’d need to do more than just reform and strengthen #PrivacyLaws. Digital media is just like radio/TV/paper media with more functionality and reach which are #regulated worldwide (more or less depending on country of publication/broadcast). Hence, to hit the mark, this new govt legislation ought to have been a set of #Regulations imposed on digital media (of every kind) with penalties for failure to comply to have any meaningful benefits to society and its younger people.
Of course, more regulations is not what the EFF stands for, so no surprises there. Saying that, I do believe that the EFF does important work and is to be commended for that.
There are alternatives to BigTech platforms which are #safer more #inclusive already deployed on the #internet. And if our govt was truly looking after the health of our kids, then govt departments who have the #DutyOfCare to keep our kids safe could #Fund #instances of #Mastodon on the #Fediverse for #kids run by kids with oversight by health professionals as #Moderators — a glaringly obvious solution that no one is talking about (outside the fediverse that is).
/end_rant/
#AusPol #InternetAccess #SocialMedia #OnLineBullying #Doxing #Grooming #EatTheRich #Antifa #Radicalisation
@brucelawson same with #Opium and anything else.
Over the past few years, the unrestrained use of poorly-understood AI in real-world applications had inflicted significant harm upon #social, #economical, #educational, and #democratic infrastructures, round the globe.
Throughout AI's evolution—from the early 1940s McCulloch-Pitts neuron model, through the mid 1980s NN, to the early 2020s DNN—this technology had always been accessible to academic researchers and independent practitioners, in the form of peer-reviewed scientific papers, curated data sets, open competitions, and even open-source implementations. The intellectual insights of the academics and the social concerns of the independents had always counterbalanced the excesses of the industry. But all that had changed, with the advent of the post-Transformer Foundation Models (FMs).
FMs are conceived, built, deployed, and evolved exclusively by BigTech, behind the veil of commercial secrecy and under the tight control by a few billionaires. Academic institutions and independent laboratories no longer have access to the data, software, hardware, procedures, and policies that govern these FMs, which are now re-quilting the World's socio-economic fabric, in real-time.
#AI now poses a clear and present danger to fundamental human rights. It must be #regulated, uniformly, globally, with deliberate haste.
#Trump is trying to build a #farright international
"Trump's meddling in other #democracies in the name of "free speech" serves powerful interests in te #UnitedStates: #bigtech cos tt do not want to be #regulated by foreign #governments.. Far-right #politicians have also copied fr one another what scholars hv called "worst practices" for undermining democracies.. a pliant #Republican Party will not question his abuse of te 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3077933/trump-is-trying-to-build-a-far-right-international
"Although the #USdollar feels like it’s just a natural and convenient #ecosystem, it’s actually an incredibly #regulated and guarded system." backofmind.substack.com/p/a-century-...
a century late and a hegemony ...
Most guests have a direct stake in how #cryptocurrencies are #regulated in the #US. They viewed the dinner as an opportunity to hear directly from #Trump & gain insight into how they might expand operations in the US post #Biden #regulations….
Among other guests…were #SuKyungNa, who is COO at #Hyperithm, a digital asset management company based in Tokyo & Seoul, & Yan Liberman, a co-founder of #DelphiDigital, a Miami Beach firm that offers market intelligence for #crypto investors.
The gala dinner at the #Trump National Golf Club on Thursday will link the president to an unusual collection of deep-pocketed #crypto players from around the world, some of whom hope to #influence his views on how their industry is #regulated or otherwise capitalize on the presidential #access.
#law #Constitution #Emoluments #corruption #DarkMoney #POTUS4Sale
#regulated #cryptocurrency #exchanges #manipulating #the #facts #google #& #refuse #placement. This is #offensive & #disgusting. Let’s #show them #what we think of this #affront to #humannature and #compassion
Let’s show #them what we #think of that #getpi
http://minepi.com/forgerecordsjoe
#pinetwork #trump #help #cryptocurrency #pi
#coinbase #cryptoDotCom
The fact that it took #Nadella & co so long to #backtrack on #Recall shows tt #Microsoft is now a #bigtech that's become prone to getting high on its own supply or, worse still, just strutting like a headless chicken. #Harmful #technology needs to be #regulated & relegated, not celebrated unquestioned.
"Microsoft, facing scrutiny over the security of its products, is withdrawing a new #AI feature of its #Windows #software for new #personalcomputers from broad release."
https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/112612666311166462
A #Maryland educator was arrested for using AI to frame the principal of the high school.
We regulate the use of bulldozers, explosives, fertilisers, etc., because despite their social utility, they have the potential to cause havoc in the wrong hands. Likewise, the use of #AI must be #regulated.
This is why #supplements need to be #regulated as well
https://freethoughtblogs.com/kriswager/2024/04/01/this-is-why-supplements-need-to-be-regulated-as-well/
https://japantoday.com/category/national/5-dead-and-over-100-hospitalized-from-recalled-japanese-health-supplements
https://apnews.com/article/japan-benikoji-health-pills-recall-deaths-kobayashi-fa3766d6b1113d0bb4a28d6b91d7c8bb?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
It's getting a bit Lego-heavy here, but I can't find anything else at the moment.
At least I've #integrated one of my #toys. 😁
I used a #SiemensLOGO 0BA5 with #extension to #automate a #Lego #LevelCrossing (4532). It #controls the station #lighting, the #TrafficLights and the level crossing #barrier.
The #controller runs on 24 #volts, the lighting and the #motor are #regulated down to 3 volts via a #StepDown #module.
#ProgrammableLogicController #PLC #SPS #Siemens #LOGO #ProgrammableThings
#Hormonally up-#regulated neu-associated kinase (#HUNK) unveils a new function in #cellular #transport regulation.
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-hormonally-neu-kinase-hunk-unveils.html
#Villian is far too kind of a descriptor. #Utilities are #Nihilists who trade in #greed and #avarice. They are the source of the #ClimateEmergency and need to be #regulated out of existence.
#Teaching of #gender in #Georgia #privateschools would be #regulated under revived #Senate #bill.
Opponents say the #measure, which goes to the full #Senate for more #debate, remains yet another thinly veiled #attack on #LGBTQ+ #students.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Georgia #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
“pharmaceutical marketing is the most bro-style shit-talking industry I’ve ever seen.”
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-insufferable-bros-who-run-corporate?utm_source=activity_item
#ecosystems #regulated #pharmaceuticalmarket #techbro #culture
Since this #WP reporter cannot seem to be able to connect the dots, I will; 1/ #decarbonization #AtScale is not just deploying #RenewableEnergy. It is #Electrification of Everything and #BehavioralChange by all. 2/ Dancing the #ChinaTwoStep is both cynical & destructive. We must end it. 3/ The #FossilFuel Industry cannot be trusted. They must be #Regulated and #Taxed into oblivion.
Hong Kong's BC Technology reports increased product approvals and stricter supervision after the #JPEX incident. #cryptonewstoday
Sifang Jingchuang leads virtual asset integration with banks, fostering #regulated #trading and boosting public confidence.
https://coinpedia.org/news/hong-kongs-virtual-asset-market-accelerated-product-approvals-and-bank-integration-in-the-wake-of-jpex-incident/
Venture capitalist Kevin O’Leary predicts Abu Dhabi-based M2 to replace #Binance as the world's largest #regulated #crypto exchange, emphasizing compliance and stability. #Cryptonews🔥👇
https://coinpedia.org/news/shark-tank-star-keven-oleary-reveals-m2-a-new-player-in-crypto-to-challenge-binance/
