If, like me, you think the only hope for modern capitalism is for the regulatory capitalism model to become normalised, then the UK's Supreme Court has just ruled in favour of public regulatory bodies being forced (more quickly) to do the very regulatory enforcement that they are supposed to do....

In a long(ish) blog @davidallengreen sets out the details of the case which is likely to be a important moment for regulation(s) & enforcement.

#regulation #capitalism

https://emptycity.substack.com/p/a-blow-against-the-alternative-remedies

"It’s time to stop playing defense. It's time to go on the offensive. To restore #competition, #regulation, #interop and tech worker power so that we can create the new, good internet we’ll need to fight fascism, the climate emergency, and genocide.

To build a digital nervous system for a 21st century in which our children can thrive and prosper."

@pluralistic says it's time to "Hack the planet!"

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/17/hack-the-planet/

Harris campaign is making a ‘concerted effort’ on crypto — Circle CEO - Jeremy Allaire discussed his impressions of Harris campaign representati... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/kamala-harris-campaign-effort-crypto-election #uselections2024 #unitedstates #kamalaharris #regulation #elections #politics

Now #Democrats are turning that complaint around, questioning whether #GOP ally #ElonMusk’s #X is suppressing #content favoring MVP #KamalaHarris to help #Trump’s reelection bid.
On Mon, Rep #JerryNadler (D) called on House #Judiciary Chair #GymJordan (R) to “investigate political censorship” on X, citing the company’s #chatbot, #Grok, falsely telling users #Harris was ineligible to appear on the 2024 ballot.

#SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue

The #X chatbot shared the #disinformation for >1 week until it was corrected in late July.

In a press release announcing the move, #JerryNadler’s office cited #GymJordan’s “extensive focus on allegations of #censorship on #SocialMedia this #Congress.”

#ElonMusk #bias#ElectionInterference #law #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue

#JerryNadler (D) voiced similar concerns in a letter last month after some users reported temporarily being unable to follow an #X account for the #Harris campaign. Nadler wrote that if X was “intentionally throttling or blocking” the account, it would “amount to egregious #censorship.”

#ElonMusk #bias#ElectionInterference #law#SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue
https://nadler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=396208

The missives reflect growing fear among #Democrats that #ElonMusk — who has vocally endorsed #Trump & *interviewed* him on the site late Monday — could use his platform to give Trump & other #Republicans a leg up in this year’s elections.
A handful of recent #content #moderation decisions by #X have heightened those concerns.

#Musk #bias#ElectionInterference #law#SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue

In addition to the apparent restriction on the #Harris campaign account & erroneous #Grok replies, some pro-Harris accounts have been labeled as #spam, incl #WhiteDudesForHarris & #ProgressivesForHarris, as Trisha Thadani reported.

#ElonMusk #bias#ElectionInterference #law#SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #tech #policy #regulation
#VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/07/musk-x-harris-bias/

#ElonMusk said he wanted #Grok to be unfiltered & “answer spicy questions that are rejected by most other #AI systems.”

The secretaries of state, who are the chief #elections officers in their states, are objecting not to Grok’s tone but its factual inaccuracies & the sluggishness [unwillingness] of the company’s move to correct bad information.

#disinformation#InternetManipulation#Security#SocialMedia#Moderation #regulation #law#ElectionInterference#FarRight

The letter, spearheaded by #Minnesota#SecretaryOfState Steve Simon & signed by his counterparts Al Schmidt of #Pennsylvania, Steve Hobbs of #Washington, Jocelyn Benson of #Michigan & Maggie Toulouse Oliver of #NewMexico, urges #Musk to “immediately implement changes to #X’s #AI#SearchAssistant, #Grok, to ensure #voters have accurate #information in this critical #election year.”

#disinformation#InternetManipulation#Security#SocialMedia#Moderation #regulation #law#ElectionInterference