🌎 Discussion: Online Piracy, AI, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

[Lily Adler]

 

[squeekness]

Something a dictator would say.

 

[blueharvest]

Banning TikTok Won’t Keep Your Data Safe

Pompous billionaires, authoritarian regimes, and opaque oligarchs are hoarding our data. Only an alternative online ecosystem will stop them.

foreignpolicy.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

South Korea battles surge of deepfake pornography after thousands found to be spreading images

One Telegram channel had 220,000 members creating and sharing doctored images and videos, with the president saying many of the victims and perpetrators are minors

www.theguardian.com

South Korea urges stricter laws amid surge in deepfake porn, targets Telegram

South Korean President Yoon called for a crackdown on digital sex crimes amid rising deepfake abuse, highlighting the need for stronger legislation.

www.scmp.com

2023:

Korean Gaming Company Fires A Female Designer Due To Accusations Of Being A Feminist

Limbus Company, a South Korean game, has fired a female designer based on accusations of her being a feminist. Here’s the full lowdown.

www.koreaboo.com

Incels are out of control in South Korea. All the world's governments need new policies to tackle and in some cases prosecute and jail incels and other misogynists for their actions.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

'Time-Travelling' Software Could Bankrupt Hackers

An Israeli software company claims its data backup system could put an end to the growing threat of ransomware attacks.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Big Tech Is Very Afraid of a Very Modest AI Safety Bill

Despite claiming to support AI safety, powerful tech interests are trying to kill SB1047.

www.thenation.com

 

[blueharvest]

Finally, a Federal Court Hits Back Hard at Big Tech on Section 230

Social media platforms have borne no responsibility for the lies and hate they spread. But starting this week, that may change.

newrepublic.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

When a platform directly chooses what content gets tailored and published to an audience - often to the individual level by algorithms - that’s not a neutral carrier or host, at that point they are a deliberate publisher and manager.

 

[blueharvest]

Microsoft, Apple, and NVIDIA will reportedly bail out OpenAI from the shackles of bankruptcy, pushing the ChatGPT maker’s market valuation to over $100 billion

OpenAI gets an extended lifeline through another round of funding.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Microsoft, Apple, and NVIDIA will reportedly bail out OpenAI from the shackles of bankruptcy, pushing the ChatGPT maker’s market valuation to over $100 billion

OpenAI gets an extended lifeline through another round of funding.

www.windowscentral.com

Free Market.

 

[Lily Adler]

Is Big Tech really this out of touch with consumers?

 

[Lily Adler]

Have fun trying not to lose brain cells at the conversations that are hidden.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

2023 State Of Deepfakes: Realities, Threats, And Impact

Our 2023 report explores deepfake tech & aims to empower responsible navigation through thorough research on 95,820 videos, 85 channels, and 100 websites.

www.securityhero.io

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Is Big Tech really this out of touch with consumers?

Today's capitalists want us to own nothing, rent everything. Toll and microtransaction everything.

For now this subscription mouse project isn't happening, it's the stuff of their dreams and our nightmares.

Logitech has ‘no plans’ for a subscription mouse

Many people did not like that idea.

www.theverge.com

 

[Lily Adler]

But will Newsom sign it?

 

[Teelie]

Today's capitalists want us to own nothing, rent everything. Toll and microtransaction everything.

For now this subscription mouse project isn't happening, it's the stuff of their dreams and our nightmares.

Logitech has ‘no plans’ for a subscription mouse

Many people did not like that idea.

www.theverge.com

I haven't use anything Logitech in years and now I never will again. Even suggesting they could implement a subscription mouse tells me everything about their corporate mentality.

 

[blueharvest]

5 of the most damaging ways AI could harm us, according to MIT experts

Euronews Next has selected five critical risks of artificial intelligence (AI) out of more than 700 compiled in a new database from MIT FutureTech.

www.euronews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Social media: Why algorithms show violence to boys

An insider tells the BBC why teenage boys are being targeted with extreme content.

www.bbc.com

The former TikTok employee says some 16-year-old boys could be exposed to violent content "right away", because other teenage users with similar preferences have expressed an interest in this type of content - even if that just means spending more time on a video that grabs their attention for that little bit longer.

 

[blueharvest]

Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over 'illegal database' of faces

The Dutch data protection watchdog has issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of 30.5 million euros or $33.7 million over its creation of what the agency called an “illegal database” of billion of photos of faces.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.

futurism.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]