#internet-regulation

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Tech industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

How to Save the Internet by Nick Clegg review spinning Silicon Valley

Clegg defends major tech firms, warns heavy-handed regulation threatens the open internet, and urges cooperative frameworks between technology companies and regulators.
UK politics
fromTruthout
2 days ago

Farage's Visit to DC Underscores Alliance Between Far Right and Tech Titans

Far-right politicians and allied tech figures portray deregulation and opposition to online content rules as a defense of free speech to resist new censorship laws.
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

The High Femme Dystopia of Star Amerasu

If the recent embrace of seemingly-and only seemingly-autonomous machines is any indication, something much less chic than the future premised in " The Matrix " awaits us. During the 1999 film's sequence of down-the-rabbit-hole scenes, Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) flips the channel on the late-nineties metropolis as Neo (Keanu Reeves) knows it, revealing it to be a "computer-generated dream world" that pacifies a dozing human race whose bioelectricity is extracted by machines, for machines, circa 2197.
Artificial intelligence
#age-verification
#online-safety-act
Privacy professionals
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Reddit's UK users must now prove they're 18 to view many types of content

Children are now better protected from inappropriate online content while adults' rights to access legal content remain intact.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin

The Supreme Court's decision ends the era of minimal internet regulation, confirming new child-safety measures affecting online platforms.
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Supreme Court sides with Texas' age verification law for porn sites

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law mandating age verification for accessing sexually explicit websites, marking a legal precedent for imposing restrictions on adult consumers.
US politics
Social media marketing
fromTechdirt
2 months ago

Why Making Social Media Companies Liable For User Content Doesn't Do What Many People Think It Will

Brazil's Supreme Court may hold social media companies liable for hosted content, changing the legal landscape significantly.
Tech industry
fromArs Technica
4 months ago

Chrome on the chopping block as Google's search antitrust trial moves forward

The court's ruling could lead to significant changes in Google's operations and impact the internet's power dynamics.
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