🚨You should read this official State Dept post bc it foreshadows a major fight: Zuckerberg & Musk want 🇪🇺 regulators off their backs. Trump & Vance want to help AfD, Le Pen, and the global populist right. So they are reframing tech regulation as tyranny & censorship. [open.substack.com/pub/statedep...](
The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe
Author: Samuel Samson
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The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe
Author: Samuel Samson
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The FTC had a comment call to investigate whether content moderation might constitute an unfair / deceptive business practice, & whether platforms might be engaging in anticompetitive acts. It inspired me to look at moderation of the lab leak hypothesis… [open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...](
A Comment on the Comment Call: Dissecting the FTC’s Inquiry Into Content Moderation
I looked into moderation of the lab leak hypothesis. The truth will shock you.
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A Comment on the Comment Call: Dissecting the FTC’s Inquiry Into Content Moderation
I looked into moderation of the lab leak hypothesis. The truth will shock you.
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Enjoying tarmac time on a delayed ✈️. Catching up on Ed Martin on Tucker. As a secret CIA plant placed at Stanford to run a censorship cabal (per the Twitter Files), I skipped ahead to 33:48 to check in on other ops. Let me tell you: the letter Georgetown Law sent this man REALLY got under his skin. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreifolg7uellvtupuain5xx6ytidaypezqopsp7wuutmaf2jlluldpy
Bespoke realities. Ironically, the FB recommendation engines discerned this quite early on. RE:
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Colin Dickey (@colindickey.com)
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Happy that [@404media.co](
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404 Media (@404media.co)
it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: ...
 ) is staying on top of this story, and that they namecheck “safety is censorship” VC Marc Andreessen’s firm A16Z nonstop their coverage. TAKE IT DOWN seems to be having some early positive anticipatory effects despite flaws. [www.404media.co/civitai-ban-...](
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Civitai Ban of Real People Content Deals Major Blow to the Nonconsensual AI Porn Ecosystem
Citing pressure from payment processors and new legislation, a critical resource for producing nonconsensual content bans AI models depicting the l...
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Civitai Ban of Real People Content Deals Major Blow to the Nonconsensual AI Porn Ecosystem
Citing pressure from payment processors and new legislation, a critical resource for producing nonconsensual content bans AI models depicting the l...
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Whoever he nominates next will make Harriet Miers seem like a top tier choice. RE:
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David Solimini (@commsdirector.bsky.social)
Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett are definitely more interesting and thoughtful than Donald Trump realized when he appointed them. This is someth...
“This is a man who wears many different costumes,” she continued. “Now his new costume is MMA-fighting or whatever, free speech—we don’t know what the next costume is going to be, but it will be something different. “It’s whatever gets him closest to power.” [www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...](
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Mark Zuckerberg Loves MAGA Now. Will MAGA Ever Love Him Back?
Meta’s CEO has done everything he can to win over Trump, and it’s not clear how much he has to show for it.
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Mark Zuckerberg Loves MAGA Now. Will MAGA Ever Love Him Back?
Meta’s CEO has done everything he can to win over Trump, and it’s not clear how much he has to show for it.
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Maybe unpopular opinion but: This is one reason why I like the debates that happen in streamer land and wish they happened more in mainstream-left spaces. The content is good. This is why the right spends so much time looking for opportunities to film it on friendly turf with unprepared opponents. RE:
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Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social)
Jordan Peterson was humiliated when he left his safe space, the same thing happened to Charlie Kirk. The more these people are challenged, the more...
This is a person who speaks persuasively & knows what is monetizeable. She’s a reflexive contrarian but relatable to her audience (which has shifted over time; capture feedback loop) A lot of her content has been lifestyle —audiences dont usually show up for this, they gradually get worked into it. RE:
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Farrukh (@implausibleblog.bsky.social)
American influencer Candace Owens, "I'm not a flat earther, not a round earther.. I have left the cult of science.. Science is a pagan faith" How ...
Yes this is painfully out of touch, but also how are these people billing $20MM for what looks like glorified network and narrative analysis? https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiblrocqpssuxyeup4ieqobcrzyby6xztox22ygnhjzdt6bz7rkcfm