Rev.Hans@SacredBodies.ca :mstdnca:
Rev.Hans@SacredBodies.ca :mstdnca:  ·  2 months ago
@BorisBarbour @pluralistic Way to go EU!
When it comes to tackling the online Wild West I’m impressed with EU. As a Canadian I’m dismayed at our North American “we’ll let the tech bros figure it out for us” attitude.

ps. IMHO the sale of Twitter should never have been allowed. A “commons” has been privatized in the worst possible way. It could have been so different… Is there the stomach to do different w FB?

#internet #socialmedia #regulation #privacy#mentalhealth

JW Prince of CPH
JW Prince of CPH  ·  3 months ago
"When you have a boss for an app, your real boss gets an accountability sink, a convenient scapegoat that can be blamed for your misery.

The fact that this makes you worse at your job, that it loses your boss money, is no guarantee that you will be spared. Rich people make great marks, and they can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. Markets won't solve this one – but worker power can..." - @pluralistic

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113548349587821374 #business #ai#tech #regulation

Emeritus Prof Christopher May
Emeritus Prof Christopher May  ·  4 months ago
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

Ecologia Digital
Ecologia Digital  ·  6 months ago
"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/

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  6 months ago
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

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  6 months ago
#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

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  6 months ago
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

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  6 months ago
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/

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  7 months ago
#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

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  7 months ago
5 #SecretariesOfState plan to send an open letter to #ElonMusk on Mon, urging him to “immediately implement changes” to #X’s #AI #chatbot#Grok, after it shared w/millions of users #misinformation suggesting that #KamalaHarris was not eligible to appear on the #ballot for the 2024 presidential #election in multiple states.
#disinformation#InternetManipulation#Security#SocialMedia#Online#Moderation#FarRight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/04/secretaries-state-urge-musk-fix-ai-chatbot-spreading-false-election-info/
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  7 months ago
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