Proposed: EU authorities publishing official documents (draft regulations, consultations, etc.) should be REQUIRED to link to the actual doc in all the other pages of summary, puffery, and praise that inevitably get published at the same time. Think of the person-hours saved...
This was a great discussion of a big brewing topic. As public interest in middleware grows (great!) we will see terrible nonsense "middleware" laws, like the one the Missouri AG is pushing. We talk about the promise, the problems, & how Moody and @Bluesky fit in. [www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJfV...]( ) [Algorithmic Choice or Regulato...]( )
Meta: We changed how we define bad stuff and also how we look for it. Here are some numbers! News media: Meta announces change in quantity and prevalence of bad stuff!! [www.businessinsider.com/meta-says-on...](
Business Insider
Meta says online harassment is up and false flags are down following a change in content moderation policies
The social media giant said it saw a slight uptick in bullying, harassment, and violent and graphic content.
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Business Insider
Meta says online harassment is up and false flags are down following a change in content moderation policies
The social media giant said it saw a slight uptick in bullying, harassment, and violent and graphic content.
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Is someone DMCA-ing down online copies of Project 2025? I had trouble finding a free online version of a Project 2025 chapter last week. Old news reporting has links to a PDF file with "full" in the name. But that URL now just redirects to a page selling hard copies of Project 2025. https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:7zwztfs4yywggefayx7oid35&cid=bafkreihub56wv5wp3juwj6tr4x33mb72cs4tikxv6swiwmwd6zw6gibvky
@Mike Masnick at MLRC points out that putting age verification in app stores - implies keeping them as chokepoints, contrary to some proponents' positions on competition - financially threatens age verification vendors, who are now pointing out reasons *not* to put app stores in charge
I'm an expert in online speech & platform laws, so I always get asked about those. But for the current US vs. EU posturing, I think the speech stuff is a red herring. Both US platforms and EU businesses are motivated money. Speech laws like the DSA aren't their main problem for that. 1/
TIL that EMI wouldn’t let NASA include “Here Comes the Sun” on the Voyager Golden Record unless they paid for a copyright license. [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager...](
Voyager Golden Record - Wikipedia
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Voyager Golden Record - Wikipedia
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“Disappeared” is a key word here, and it’s powerful. Get ready to use it a lot. [www.theverge.com/policy/62718...](
The Verge
The disappeared Columbia student is the start of a surveillance nightmare
Mahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident. That didn’t stop ICE.
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The Verge
The disappeared Columbia student is the start of a surveillance nightmare
Mahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident. That didn’t stop ICE.
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Um does this ad for X’s AI assistant show a literal screenshot from Bladerunner? Maybe firing all the copyright lawyers was a mistake. https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:7zwztfs4yywggefayx7oid35&cid=bafkreifwsfuxm5mmaekfv2f4ne5pb6f67agqal7lfqnhxtir5duoiy5wga