#internetregulation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #internetregulation, aggregated by home.social.
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🚨 Oh no, the UK's watchdog fined #4chan for not asking users if they're old enough to troll! 🌐 Meanwhile, #Ofcom discovers the Internet isn't a daycare, who knew? 😂
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/4chan-fined-450000-for-not-protecting-children-from-online-pornography #InternetRegulation #onlineSafety #UKWatchdog #HackerNews #ngated -
Regulatory Development:
Jurisdiction: Russia
Entity: Google / Alphabet Inc.
Fine: 22M roubles (~$288K)
Source: TASS
Issue: Alleged distribution of VPN services via Google PlaySecurity implications:
• VPN services enable bypass of national filtering
• App store governance under sovereign pressure
• Cross-border compliance exposure
• Increasing enforcement targeting distribution channelsThis signals continued fragmentation of global internet governance models.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-fines-google-distributing-vpn-services-tass-reports-2026-02-25/
Follow @technadu for regulatory and cybersecurity intelligence.
Share your operational risk perspective below.#Infosec #Google #Alphabet #VPN #CyberPolicy #AppStoreGovernance #DigitalSovereignty #TechCompliance #InternetRegulation #SecurityStrategy #GlobalTech
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Regulatory Development:
Jurisdiction: Russia
Entity: Google / Alphabet Inc.
Fine: 22M roubles (~$288K)
Source: TASS
Issue: Alleged distribution of VPN services via Google PlaySecurity implications:
• VPN services enable bypass of national filtering
• App store governance under sovereign pressure
• Cross-border compliance exposure
• Increasing enforcement targeting distribution channelsThis signals continued fragmentation of global internet governance models.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-fines-google-distributing-vpn-services-tass-reports-2026-02-25/
Follow @technadu for regulatory and cybersecurity intelligence.
Share your operational risk perspective below.#Infosec #Google #Alphabet #VPN #CyberPolicy #AppStoreGovernance #DigitalSovereignty #TechCompliance #InternetRegulation #SecurityStrategy #GlobalTech
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Regulatory Development:
Jurisdiction: Russia
Entity: Google / Alphabet Inc.
Fine: 22M roubles (~$288K)
Source: TASS
Issue: Alleged distribution of VPN services via Google PlaySecurity implications:
• VPN services enable bypass of national filtering
• App store governance under sovereign pressure
• Cross-border compliance exposure
• Increasing enforcement targeting distribution channelsThis signals continued fragmentation of global internet governance models.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-fines-google-distributing-vpn-services-tass-reports-2026-02-25/
Follow @technadu for regulatory and cybersecurity intelligence.
Share your operational risk perspective below.#Infosec #Google #Alphabet #VPN #CyberPolicy #AppStoreGovernance #DigitalSovereignty #TechCompliance #InternetRegulation #SecurityStrategy #GlobalTech
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Regulatory Development:
Jurisdiction: Russia
Entity: Google / Alphabet Inc.
Fine: 22M roubles (~$288K)
Source: TASS
Issue: Alleged distribution of VPN services via Google PlaySecurity implications:
• VPN services enable bypass of national filtering
• App store governance under sovereign pressure
• Cross-border compliance exposure
• Increasing enforcement targeting distribution channelsThis signals continued fragmentation of global internet governance models.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-fines-google-distributing-vpn-services-tass-reports-2026-02-25/
Follow @technadu for regulatory and cybersecurity intelligence.
Share your operational risk perspective below.#Infosec #Google #Alphabet #VPN #CyberPolicy #AppStoreGovernance #DigitalSovereignty #TechCompliance #InternetRegulation #SecurityStrategy #GlobalTech
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Our recent blog examines how these measures operated in practice, looking at the legal framework under the IT Act, the role of platform geo-blocking, and the use of executive advisories and criminal law during crisis situations.
Read here: https://sflc.in/content-blocking-and-censorship-during-pahalgam-attack/ #ContentBlocking #DigitalGovernance #InternetRegulation #Section69A #PlatformGovernance #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom 13m
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Our recent blog examines how these measures operated in practice, looking at the legal framework under the IT Act, the role of platform geo-blocking, and the use of executive advisories and criminal law during crisis situations.
Read here: https://sflc.in/content-blocking-and-censorship-during-pahalgam-attack/ #ContentBlocking #DigitalGovernance #InternetRegulation #Section69A #PlatformGovernance #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom 13m
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Our recent blog examines how these measures operated in practice, looking at the legal framework under the IT Act, the role of platform geo-blocking, and the use of executive advisories and criminal law during crisis situations.
Read here: https://sflc.in/content-blocking-and-censorship-during-pahalgam-attack/ #ContentBlocking #DigitalGovernance #InternetRegulation #Section69A #PlatformGovernance #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom 13m
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Our recent blog examines how these measures operated in practice, looking at the legal framework under the IT Act, the role of platform geo-blocking, and the use of executive advisories and criminal law during crisis situations.
Read here: https://sflc.in/content-blocking-and-censorship-during-pahalgam-attack/ #ContentBlocking #DigitalGovernance #InternetRegulation #Section69A #PlatformGovernance #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom 13m
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Our recent blog examines how these measures operated in practice, looking at the legal framework under the IT Act, the role of platform geo-blocking, and the use of executive advisories and criminal law during crisis situations.
Read here: https://sflc.in/content-blocking-and-censorship-during-pahalgam-attack/ #ContentBlocking #DigitalGovernance #InternetRegulation #Section69A #PlatformGovernance #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom 13m
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👴💼🇬🇧 The UK House of Lords, with all the wisdom of a soggy crumpet, thinks #banning #VPNs for kids will somehow fix the internet. 🚫🔒 Let's watch as tech-ignorant lawmakers try to out-boomer each other while teens continue to outsmart them with ease! 🧠🤦♂️
https://alecmuffett.com/article/134925 #TechIgnorance #HouseOfLords #InternetRegulation #OutsmartingLawmakers #HackerNews #ngated -
👴💼🇬🇧 The UK House of Lords, with all the wisdom of a soggy crumpet, thinks #banning #VPNs for kids will somehow fix the internet. 🚫🔒 Let's watch as tech-ignorant lawmakers try to out-boomer each other while teens continue to outsmart them with ease! 🧠🤦♂️
https://alecmuffett.com/article/134925 #TechIgnorance #HouseOfLords #InternetRegulation #OutsmartingLawmakers #HackerNews #ngated -
👴💼🇬🇧 The UK House of Lords, with all the wisdom of a soggy crumpet, thinks #banning #VPNs for kids will somehow fix the internet. 🚫🔒 Let's watch as tech-ignorant lawmakers try to out-boomer each other while teens continue to outsmart them with ease! 🧠🤦♂️
https://alecmuffett.com/article/134925 #TechIgnorance #HouseOfLords #InternetRegulation #OutsmartingLawmakers #HackerNews #ngated -
👴💼🇬🇧 The UK House of Lords, with all the wisdom of a soggy crumpet, thinks #banning #VPNs for kids will somehow fix the internet. 🚫🔒 Let's watch as tech-ignorant lawmakers try to out-boomer each other while teens continue to outsmart them with ease! 🧠🤦♂️
https://alecmuffett.com/article/134925 #TechIgnorance #HouseOfLords #InternetRegulation #OutsmartingLawmakers #HackerNews #ngated -
The EU Digital Services Act vs the UK Online Safety Act: Implications for Privacy and Free Speech
https://beitmenotyou.online/the-eu-digital-services-act-vs-the-uk-online-safety-act-implications-for-privacy-and-free-speech/
#PrivacySafety #BigTech #Censorship #ContentModeration #DigitalServicesAct #EuropeanUnion #FreeSpeech #InternetRegulation #OnlineSafetyAct #Privacy #UnitedKingdom -
The EU Digital Services Act vs the UK Online Safety Act: Implications for Privacy and Free Speech
As governments race to regulate the internet, the EU’s Digital Services Act and the UK’s Online Safety Act are reshaping how platforms moderate content, protect users, and handle personal data. Framed as efforts to make the web safer, these sweeping laws come with powerful enforcement tools and lofty promises. But beneath the surface lies a deeper tension: between safety and surveillance, moderation and censorship, responsibility and overreach. This post dives into the laws’ origins, what they mean for privacy and free expression, and why critics warn they could quietly undermine the very freedoms they claim to defend. -
German Court does the legal hokey pokey, declaring ad blocking is now akin to #piracy again! 🚨🙄 Axel Springer clings to its newspapers like they’re precious family heirlooms, while the internet collectively rolls its eyes and keeps on scrolling. 📜🔒💤
https://torrentfreak.com/ad-blocking-is-not-piracy-decision-overturned-by-top-german-court-250819/ #GermanCourt #AdBlocking #AxelSpringer #InternetRegulation #LegalNews #HackerNews #ngated -
Porn sites go dark in France over new age verification rules
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250604-porn-sites-go-dark-in-france-over-new-age-verification-rules
#HackerNews #PornSitesDark #France #AgeVerification #InternetRegulation #OnlineSafety
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"On 8 May, 2025, the @wikimediafoundation, the nonprofit that hosts @wikipedia, announced that it is challenging the lawfulness of the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA)’s Categorisation Regulations. We are arguing that they place Wikipedia and its users at unacceptable risk of being subjected to the OSA’s toughest “Category 1” duties, which were originally designed to target some of the UK’s riskiest websites."
#Wikipedia #WikimediaFoundation #OnlineSafetyAct #OnlineSafety #UKlaw #InternetRegulation
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#Censorship under the guise of #internetregulation
@netzpolitik.org: How did your focus shift?
*Nighat Dad: We’ve seen governments in our region introduce #regulations under the guise of addressing online harms such as #disinformation, terrorism, and #cybercrime. But when we looked more closely, it became clear that these #laws were often being used to suppress dissent and curtail #freeexpression online
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Ah, #GDPR, the grand European dream of data privacy—now destined for a bureaucratic ☠️ inferno of its own making. 🔥 Who knew that regulating the internet with a 99-article novella would end in flames? 🌍💥
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-gdpr-privacy-law-europe-president-ursula-von-der-leyen/ #DataPrivacy #Bureaucracy #InternetRegulation #EuropeanUnion #HackerNews #ngated -
Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries
#HackerNews #AItraffic #AIcrawlers #DevsNews #InternetRegulation #CountryBlocks
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Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries
#HackerNews #AItraffic #AIcrawlers #DevsNews #InternetRegulation #CountryBlocks
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Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries
#HackerNews #AItraffic #AIcrawlers #DevsNews #InternetRegulation #CountryBlocks
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Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries
#HackerNews #AItraffic #AIcrawlers #DevsNews #InternetRegulation #CountryBlocks
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I am back!!!
And I brought Jacqueline Jayne with me. 🤘✨Make some noise for an awesome episode 🎉
After taking a brief pause, I’m back at full speed with my shows: Redefining #Society & #Technology on ITSPmagazine Podcasts — ready to bring you bold conversations that challenge assumptions and question the role of technology in our lives.
This is the first episode published for the 2025 season, but trust me, many more are already recorded and coming your way soon.
And we’re kicking things off with a big one.
🚨 Australia recently banned social media for kids under 16.
A bold move? Sure. A solution? Well, that’s where the debate begins.In this episode of Redefining Society & Technology, I sit down with my Australian friend Jacqueline Jayne to break it all down. JJ is a cybersecurity and human risk expert, and she’s got some strong thoughts about why prohibition never works.
Let’s face it—does banning something ever actually solve the problem?
We explore the unintended consequences:
⚠️ Will this really protect kids, or just push them to riskier online spaces?
⚠️ What about the communities that rely on #socialmedia for connection and support?
⚠️ Who’s actually responsible for educating kids (and adults) about online safety?Technology moves fast, but knee-jerk policies don’t always keep up. Instead of banning, maybe it’s time we start educating.
📺 Start with the teaser video https://youtu.be/6wKbgTeNux8
📺 Then move on the full length video https://youtu.be/5ZehKjNsavc
🎙️ Or listen to the audio if it is your preferred media https://redefining-society-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/the-great-australian-social-media-ban-fixing-a-broken-system-or-just-breaking-it-more-guest-jacqueline-jayne-jj-a-redefining-society-and-technology-podcast-episode-hosted-by-marco-ciappelli
The importnat thing is that you listen now and join the conversation -- comment below!
Let’s rethink, redefine, and challenge the way we approach technology in society.
Subscribe to the podcast for many more stories about our relationship with technology and what it means in our digital-analog hybrid society.
✨ https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/
Enjoy!
#Technology, #CyberSecurity, #DigitalSafety, #SocialMedia, #OnlinePrivacy, #InternetRegulation, #TechEthics, #DigitalLiteracy, #CyberAwareness, #FutureOfTech, #HumanRisk, #ParentalControls, #OnlineSafety, #HybridSociety, #TechPolicy, #BanningSocialMedia, #DigitalCitizenship, #DataProtection, #CyberEducation, #TechForGood
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I am back!!!
And I brought Jacqueline Jayne with me. 🤘✨Make some noise for an awesome episode 🎉
After taking a brief pause, I’m back at full speed with my shows: Redefining #Society & #Technology on ITSPmagazine Podcasts — ready to bring you bold conversations that challenge assumptions and question the role of technology in our lives.
This is the first episode published for the 2025 season, but trust me, many more are already recorded and coming your way soon.
And we’re kicking things off with a big one.
🚨 Australia recently banned social media for kids under 16.
A bold move? Sure. A solution? Well, that’s where the debate begins.In this episode of Redefining Society & Technology, I sit down with my Australian friend Jacqueline Jayne to break it all down. JJ is a cybersecurity and human risk expert, and she’s got some strong thoughts about why prohibition never works.
Let’s face it—does banning something ever actually solve the problem?
We explore the unintended consequences:
⚠️ Will this really protect kids, or just push them to riskier online spaces?
⚠️ What about the communities that rely on #socialmedia for connection and support?
⚠️ Who’s actually responsible for educating kids (and adults) about online safety?Technology moves fast, but knee-jerk policies don’t always keep up. Instead of banning, maybe it’s time we start educating.
📺 Start with the teaser video https://youtu.be/6wKbgTeNux8
📺 Then move on the full length video https://youtu.be/5ZehKjNsavc
🎙️ Or listen to the audio if it is your preferred media https://redefining-society-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/the-great-australian-social-media-ban-fixing-a-broken-system-or-just-breaking-it-more-guest-jacqueline-jayne-jj-a-redefining-society-and-technology-podcast-episode-hosted-by-marco-ciappelli
The importnat thing is that you listen now and join the conversation -- comment below!
Let’s rethink, redefine, and challenge the way we approach technology in society.
Subscribe to the podcast for many more stories about our relationship with technology and what it means in our digital-analog hybrid society.
✨ https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/
Enjoy!
#Technology, #CyberSecurity, #DigitalSafety, #SocialMedia, #OnlinePrivacy, #InternetRegulation, #TechEthics, #DigitalLiteracy, #CyberAwareness, #FutureOfTech, #HumanRisk, #ParentalControls, #OnlineSafety, #HybridSociety, #TechPolicy, #BanningSocialMedia, #DigitalCitizenship, #DataProtection, #CyberEducation, #TechForGood
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I am back!!!
And I brought Jacqueline Jayne with me. 🤘✨Make some noise for an awesome episode 🎉
After taking a brief pause, I’m back at full speed with my shows: Redefining #Society & #Technology on ITSPmagazine Podcasts — ready to bring you bold conversations that challenge assumptions and question the role of technology in our lives.
This is the first episode published for the 2025 season, but trust me, many more are already recorded and coming your way soon.
And we’re kicking things off with a big one.
🚨 Australia recently banned social media for kids under 16.
A bold move? Sure. A solution? Well, that’s where the debate begins.In this episode of Redefining Society & Technology, I sit down with my Australian friend Jacqueline Jayne to break it all down. JJ is a cybersecurity and human risk expert, and she’s got some strong thoughts about why prohibition never works.
Let’s face it—does banning something ever actually solve the problem?
We explore the unintended consequences:
⚠️ Will this really protect kids, or just push them to riskier online spaces?
⚠️ What about the communities that rely on #socialmedia for connection and support?
⚠️ Who’s actually responsible for educating kids (and adults) about online safety?Technology moves fast, but knee-jerk policies don’t always keep up. Instead of banning, maybe it’s time we start educating.
📺 Start with the teaser video https://youtu.be/6wKbgTeNux8
📺 Then move on the full length video https://youtu.be/5ZehKjNsavc
🎙️ Or listen to the audio if it is your preferred media https://redefining-society-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/the-great-australian-social-media-ban-fixing-a-broken-system-or-just-breaking-it-more-guest-jacqueline-jayne-jj-a-redefining-society-and-technology-podcast-episode-hosted-by-marco-ciappelli
The importnat thing is that you listen now and join the conversation -- comment below!
Let’s rethink, redefine, and challenge the way we approach technology in society.
Subscribe to the podcast for many more stories about our relationship with technology and what it means in our digital-analog hybrid society.
✨ https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/
Enjoy!
#Technology, #CyberSecurity, #DigitalSafety, #SocialMedia, #OnlinePrivacy, #InternetRegulation, #TechEthics, #DigitalLiteracy, #CyberAwareness, #FutureOfTech, #HumanRisk, #ParentalControls, #OnlineSafety, #HybridSociety, #TechPolicy, #BanningSocialMedia, #DigitalCitizenship, #DataProtection, #CyberEducation, #TechForGood
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I am back!!!
And I brought Jacqueline Jayne with me. 🤘✨Make some noise for an awesome episode 🎉
After taking a brief pause, I’m back at full speed with my shows: Redefining #Society & #Technology on ITSPmagazine Podcasts — ready to bring you bold conversations that challenge assumptions and question the role of technology in our lives.
This is the first episode published for the 2025 season, but trust me, many more are already recorded and coming your way soon.
And we’re kicking things off with a big one.
🚨 Australia recently banned social media for kids under 16.
A bold move? Sure. A solution? Well, that’s where the debate begins.In this episode of Redefining Society & Technology, I sit down with my Australian friend Jacqueline Jayne to break it all down. JJ is a cybersecurity and human risk expert, and she’s got some strong thoughts about why prohibition never works.
Let’s face it—does banning something ever actually solve the problem?
We explore the unintended consequences:
⚠️ Will this really protect kids, or just push them to riskier online spaces?
⚠️ What about the communities that rely on #socialmedia for connection and support?
⚠️ Who’s actually responsible for educating kids (and adults) about online safety?Technology moves fast, but knee-jerk policies don’t always keep up. Instead of banning, maybe it’s time we start educating.
📺 Start with the teaser video https://youtu.be/6wKbgTeNux8
📺 Then move on the full length video https://youtu.be/5ZehKjNsavc
🎙️ Or listen to the audio if it is your preferred media https://redefining-society-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/the-great-australian-social-media-ban-fixing-a-broken-system-or-just-breaking-it-more-guest-jacqueline-jayne-jj-a-redefining-society-and-technology-podcast-episode-hosted-by-marco-ciappelli
The importnat thing is that you listen now and join the conversation -- comment below!
Let’s rethink, redefine, and challenge the way we approach technology in society.
Subscribe to the podcast for many more stories about our relationship with technology and what it means in our digital-analog hybrid society.
✨ https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/
Enjoy!
#Technology, #CyberSecurity, #DigitalSafety, #SocialMedia, #OnlinePrivacy, #InternetRegulation, #TechEthics, #DigitalLiteracy, #CyberAwareness, #FutureOfTech, #HumanRisk, #ParentalControls, #OnlineSafety, #HybridSociety, #TechPolicy, #BanningSocialMedia, #DigitalCitizenship, #DataProtection, #CyberEducation, #TechForGood
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I am back!!!
And I brought Jacqueline Jayne with me. 🤘✨Make some noise for an awesome episode 🎉
After taking a brief pause, I’m back at full speed with my shows: Redefining #Society & #Technology on ITSPmagazine Podcasts — ready to bring you bold conversations that challenge assumptions and question the role of technology in our lives.
This is the first episode published for the 2025 season, but trust me, many more are already recorded and coming your way soon.
And we’re kicking things off with a big one.
🚨 Australia recently banned social media for kids under 16.
A bold move? Sure. A solution? Well, that’s where the debate begins.In this episode of Redefining Society & Technology, I sit down with my Australian friend Jacqueline Jayne to break it all down. JJ is a cybersecurity and human risk expert, and she’s got some strong thoughts about why prohibition never works.
Let’s face it—does banning something ever actually solve the problem?
We explore the unintended consequences:
⚠️ Will this really protect kids, or just push them to riskier online spaces?
⚠️ What about the communities that rely on #socialmedia for connection and support?
⚠️ Who’s actually responsible for educating kids (and adults) about online safety?Technology moves fast, but knee-jerk policies don’t always keep up. Instead of banning, maybe it’s time we start educating.
📺 Start with the teaser video https://youtu.be/6wKbgTeNux8
📺 Then move on the full length video https://youtu.be/5ZehKjNsavc
🎙️ Or listen to the audio if it is your preferred media https://redefining-society-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/the-great-australian-social-media-ban-fixing-a-broken-system-or-just-breaking-it-more-guest-jacqueline-jayne-jj-a-redefining-society-and-technology-podcast-episode-hosted-by-marco-ciappelli
The importnat thing is that you listen now and join the conversation -- comment below!
Let’s rethink, redefine, and challenge the way we approach technology in society.
Subscribe to the podcast for many more stories about our relationship with technology and what it means in our digital-analog hybrid society.
✨ https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/
Enjoy!
#Technology, #CyberSecurity, #DigitalSafety, #SocialMedia, #OnlinePrivacy, #InternetRegulation, #TechEthics, #DigitalLiteracy, #CyberAwareness, #FutureOfTech, #HumanRisk, #ParentalControls, #OnlineSafety, #HybridSociety, #TechPolicy, #BanningSocialMedia, #DigitalCitizenship, #DataProtection, #CyberEducation, #TechForGood
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#USA #EU #SocialMedia #Copyright #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration: "Around the world, lawmakers are enacting laws that require platforms to change their operations, and that use language like “design,” “risk mitigation,” or “systems.” All too often, these are transparently euphemisms for mandates that target legally protected speech and information. This misdirection keeps lawmakers and their constituents from having honest discussions about the laws. It also muddies the waters for laws that actually do regulate platform design without regulating users’ speech. Both speech-restrictive and non-speech-restrictive design laws exist. It can be hard to tell them apart.
I recently stumbled across a very interesting tool for assessing what these laws actually mean: I asked ChatGPT. Specifically, I asked a customized version of ChatGPT called the “Trust & Safety Regulation expert” about laws like the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and the U.S.’s draft Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). I was surprised by the answers I got. While lawyers may debate the finer nuances of such laws, ChatGPT says the quiet part out loud. It clearly and bluntly tells platforms that the laws require them to suppress legal expression.
The annotated transcripts showing what ChatGPT told me are here for the US and here for Europe. They include discussion of topics I won’t discuss here--about things like EU “Right to Be Forgotten” law and copyright filters, and Texas’s social media law. The transcripts are are fascinating, and I won’t be offended if you go straight to the transcripts instead of reading the rest of this post. The post is about how we arrived at laws regulating things like "design features," what ChatGPT said, and why it matters."
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#UK #SocialMedia #InternetRegulation #HateSpeech #Amplification #Riots: "The last question is whether we need more law anyway. There’s already a lot of law out there. When the dust settles, we’ll see that people have been prosecuted under public order legislation, under malicious communications legislation, for communications offences, and so on. Punishing those who actually riot is not going to be a problem. Punishing those who used social media to instigate these acts is not likely to prove a problem either.
Punishing those behind the acts is another matter. It seems notable to me that of the many proposals being mentioned by politicians so far, none seem to be even trying to hold those whose rhetoric, both online and offline, have made it all happen, to account. Until and unless they do, the rest is all irrelevant."
https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2024/08/15/riots-and-social-media-regulation-some-thoughts/
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#USA #Disinformation #Libertarianism #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration: "Disinformation concerns have heightened the importance of regulating content and speech in digital communication environments. Perceived risks have led to widespread public support for stricter control measures, even at the expense of individual speech rights. To better understand these preferences in the US context, we investigate public attitudes regarding blame for and obligation to address digital disinformation by drawing on political ideology, libertarian values, trust in societal actors, and issue salience. A manual content analysis of open-ended survey responses in combination with an issue salience experiment shows that political orientation and trust in actors primarily drive blame attribution, while libertarianism predominantly informs whose obligation it is to stop the spread. Additionally, enhancing the salience of specific aspects of the issue can influence people's assessments of blame and obligation. Our findings reveal a range of attributions, underlining the need for careful balance in regulatory interventions. Additionally, we expose a gap in previous literature by demonstrating libertarianism's unique role vis-à-vis political orientation in the context of regulating content and speech in digital communication environments."
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Considering the amount of far right content that keeps making its way into my YouTube recommendations, I now understand how so many people end up falling down the path of hate.
YouTube needs to do better and moderate its platform.
I’m especially sickened by the sheer amount of anti-trans content that enters my YouTube recommendations. Videos that outright suggest that people assault transgender individuals.
Yesterday, I saw a video from a literal Nazi. His content was promoted and had a large number of views. He engages in marches around cities, urging others to join him in his hate campaigns. This really shouldn’t be sent to my front page, or anyone’s, for that matter.
I created an alternate account on another device, on another network. This account had no links to my own and a fresh install of its OS. I received the same content nearly immediately. I found YouTube’s Shorts feature pushed it particularly hard.
I also noticed that YouTube’s “news” tab promoted Sky News above all other broadcasters.
News arguably shouldn’t be treated differently on the platform at all, but to promote a network with such bias and prejudice above all others is inexcusable.
Remember not to engage with this content. Move on as soon as you realise what it is. Don’t dislike it. Don’t comment condemning it. Move on.
The more you interact, the more is promoted.
YouTube, you must do better. This isn’t acceptable. Stop this hate bait and get it off the platform.
#YouTube #News #SkyNews #Google #Nazi #FarRight #YouTubeCensorship #OnlineSafety #AntiHate #SocialResponsibility #TransRights #MediaBias #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration #DiversityAndInclusion #SocialJustice #TechAccountability #HateSpeech #OnlineActivism #Equality #AlgorithmBias #DigitalCitizenship #FairMedia
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Considering the amount of far right content that keeps making its way into my YouTube recommendations, I now understand how so many people end up falling down the path of hate.
YouTube needs to do better and moderate its platform.
I’m especially sickened by the sheer amount of anti-trans content that enters my YouTube recommendations. Videos that outright suggest that people assault transgender individuals.
Yesterday, I saw a video from a literal Nazi. His content was promoted and had a large number of views. He engages in marches around cities, urging others to join him in his hate campaigns. This really shouldn’t be sent to my front page, or anyone’s, for that matter.
I created an alternate account on another device, on another network. This account had no links to my own and a fresh install of its OS. I received the same content nearly immediately. I found YouTube’s Shorts feature pushed it particularly hard.
I also noticed that YouTube’s “news” tab promoted Sky News above all other broadcasters.
News arguably shouldn’t be treated differently on the platform at all, but to promote a network with such bias and prejudice above all others is inexcusable.
Remember not to engage with this content. Move on as soon as you realise what it is. Don’t dislike it. Don’t comment condemning it. Move on.
The more you interact, the more is promoted.
YouTube, you must do better. This isn’t acceptable. Stop this hate bait and get it off the platform.
#YouTube #News #SkyNews #Google #Nazi #FarRight #YouTubeCensorship #OnlineSafety #AntiHate #SocialResponsibility #TransRights #MediaBias #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration #DiversityAndInclusion #SocialJustice #TechAccountability #HateSpeech #OnlineActivism #Equality #AlgorithmBias #DigitalCitizenship #FairMedia
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Considering the amount of far right content that keeps making its way into my YouTube recommendations, I now understand how so many people end up falling down the path of hate.
YouTube needs to do better and moderate its platform.
I’m especially sickened by the sheer amount of anti-trans content that enters my YouTube recommendations. Videos that outright suggest that people assault transgender individuals.
Yesterday, I saw a video from a literal Nazi. His content was promoted and had a large number of views. He engages in marches around cities, urging others to join him in his hate campaigns. This really shouldn’t be sent to my front page, or anyone’s, for that matter.
I created an alternate account on another device, on another network. This account had no links to my own and a fresh install of its OS. I received the same content nearly immediately. I found YouTube’s Shorts feature pushed it particularly hard.
I also noticed that YouTube’s “news” tab promoted Sky News above all other broadcasters.
News arguably shouldn’t be treated differently on the platform at all, but to promote a network with such bias and prejudice above all others is inexcusable.
Remember not to engage with this content. Move on as soon as you realise what it is. Don’t dislike it. Don’t comment condemning it. Move on.
The more you interact, the more is promoted.
YouTube, you must do better. This isn’t acceptable. Stop this hate bait and get it off the platform.
#YouTube #News #SkyNews #Google #Nazi #FarRight #YouTubeCensorship #OnlineSafety #AntiHate #SocialResponsibility #TransRights #MediaBias #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration #DiversityAndInclusion #SocialJustice #TechAccountability #HateSpeech #OnlineActivism #Equality #AlgorithmBias #DigitalCitizenship #FairMedia
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Considering the amount of far right content that keeps making its way into my YouTube recommendations, I now understand how so many people end up falling down the path of hate.
YouTube needs to do better and moderate its platform.
I’m especially sickened by the sheer amount of anti-trans content that enters my YouTube recommendations. Videos that outright suggest that people assault transgender individuals.
Yesterday, I saw a video from a literal Nazi. His content was promoted and had a large number of views. He engages in marches around cities, urging others to join him in his hate campaigns. This really shouldn’t be sent to my front page, or anyone’s, for that matter.
I created an alternate account on another device, on another network. This account had no links to my own and a fresh install of its OS. I received the same content nearly immediately. I found YouTube’s Shorts feature pushed it particularly hard.
I also noticed that YouTube’s “news” tab promoted Sky News above all other broadcasters.
News arguably shouldn’t be treated differently on the platform at all, but to promote a network with such bias and prejudice above all others is inexcusable.
Remember not to engage with this content. Move on as soon as you realise what it is. Don’t dislike it. Don’t comment condemning it. Move on.
The more you interact, the more is promoted.
YouTube, you must do better. This isn’t acceptable. Stop this hate bait and get it off the platform.
#YouTube #News #SkyNews #Google #Nazi #FarRight #YouTubeCensorship #OnlineSafety #AntiHate #SocialResponsibility #TransRights #MediaBias #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration #DiversityAndInclusion #SocialJustice #TechAccountability #HateSpeech #OnlineActivism #Equality #AlgorithmBias #DigitalCitizenship #FairMedia
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Considering the amount of far right content that keeps making its way into my YouTube recommendations, I now understand how so many people end up falling down the path of hate.
YouTube needs to do better and moderate its platform.
I’m especially sickened by the sheer amount of anti-trans content that enters my YouTube recommendations. Videos that outright suggest that people assault transgender individuals.
Yesterday, I saw a video from a literal Nazi. His content was promoted and had a large number of views. He engages in marches around cities, urging others to join him in his hate campaigns. This really shouldn’t be sent to my front page, or anyone’s, for that matter.
I created an alternate account on another device, on another network. This account had no links to my own and a fresh install of its OS. I received the same content nearly immediately. I found YouTube’s Shorts feature pushed it particularly hard.
I also noticed that YouTube’s “news” tab promoted Sky News above all other broadcasters.
News arguably shouldn’t be treated differently on the platform at all, but to promote a network with such bias and prejudice above all others is inexcusable.
Remember not to engage with this content. Move on as soon as you realise what it is. Don’t dislike it. Don’t comment condemning it. Move on.
The more you interact, the more is promoted.
YouTube, you must do better. This isn’t acceptable. Stop this hate bait and get it off the platform.
#YouTube #News #SkyNews #Google #Nazi #FarRight #YouTubeCensorship #OnlineSafety #AntiHate #SocialResponsibility #TransRights #MediaBias #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration #DiversityAndInclusion #SocialJustice #TechAccountability #HateSpeech #OnlineActivism #Equality #AlgorithmBias #DigitalCitizenship #FairMedia
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#InternetGovernance #BigTech #InternetRegulation: [T]he Internet is still full of promise but nebulous in its contours. There’s a reason that the current debate over its control is so fraught. How the Internet is governed—and who does the governing—will determine what the Internet is. The stakes in the ongoing tussle between nation-states and markets are, in other words, not merely managerial; they are also existential.
Will the Internet harden into an oligarchic playground, or will it become the tamer (and perhaps less innovative) place envisioned by European regulators, something akin to a digital public utility? Will large sections of it eventually bend to the power of tyrants and illiberal populists, determined to stamp out what Xi Jinping has castigated as the network’s “hidden negative energy”? Or will the more consequential influence be the model that India is pioneering, a walled garden in which private enterprise is allowed to flourish, but within confines established by the state?
The answer may at least partly lie in how—and where—the Internet is being used. In 1996, when Barlow wrote his manifesto, there were some eighty million Internet users around the world, eighty per cent of whom lived in North America and Europe. Today, there are more than five billion people on the Internet, roughly two-thirds of them from countries in the Global South. India and China now account for about half the world’s mobile-data traffic; the fastest-growing population of users is in Africa. The Internet remains a work in progress. But there’s reason to think that its future is being written in a very different place than its past was."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/02/05/can-the-internet-be-governed
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#InternetGovernance #InternetRegulation: "To summarise, we are traversing an epochal change and we lack the institutional capacity to complete this transformation without imploding. We could well fail, and the consequences of failure at this juncture would be catastrophic. However, we can collectively rise to the challenge and an exciting assemblage of subfields is emerging to help. We can fix the failed state that is the Internet if we approach building tech with institutional principles, and an Internet that delivers on its cooperative promise of deeper, denser institutional capacity is what we need as a planetary civilisation.
We don’t need a worldwide technical U.N. to figure this out. Rather, we need transnational topic-specific governance systems that interact with one another wherever they connect and overlap but that do not control one another, and that exercise subsidiarity to one another as well as to more local institutions. Yes, it will be a glorious mess — a Cambrian mess — but we will be collectively smarter for it.
Governments are struggling to handle this because of decades of underinvestment in institutional infrastructure on top of the friction between territorial boundaries and globally networked governance. The internet’s megacorporations are struggling because they are stuck in dated Engineer King ideologies — Thorstein Veblen’s “Soviet of Technicians” — and are limited in their thinking by the ingrained belief that technology is apolitical. They cannot build the future.
There is no purely technical fix for our predicament — evidently — but for the technologists amongst us focusing on the architectural properties of our technical decisions, on how technical architecture creates or constrains institutional mechanisms, and how technology works with governance is key. To take but one example, the best governance model that is available in a client/server architecture is benevolent dictatorship."
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#BigTech #InternetRegulation #Antitrust #Encryption #Privacy #DataProtection: "We're in the midst of a long-overdue move to regulate and legislate over platform abuses. Each platform has its own technical ins-and-outs, and so any policy to protect users of a given platform must employ a finely detailed analysis to make sure it does what it’s supposed to do. Experts like EFF live in these details, but ultimately even those details are determined by big picture concerns.
Below, we set out two of those big-picture principles that we think are both critical to protecting users and, compared to many other options, easier to implement.
How these principles are implemented could vary—they may be embodied directly in legislation if done carefully, enforced in specific settlements with regulators or in litigation, or, better yet, voluntarily adopted by platforms, technologists, or developers, or enforced by investors or other kinds of funders (nonprofit or municipal, for instance). They are intended as a framework for evaluating those fine-grained solutions, not to judge whether they are technically effective, but rather, whether they are effective ways to build a public interest internet."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/platforms-decay-lets-put-users-first
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#surveillancecapitalism #privacy #internetregulation
"Only the EU has thus far passed regulation to stop large platforms’ profiling of minors for advertising purposes." ⤵️
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RT @AmnestyTech
We, @amnesty have previously called for a ban on targeted advertising, which relies on the invasive tracking of users. Only the EU has thus far passed regulation to stop large platforms’ profiling of minors for advertising purposes.https://www…
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#Brazil #SocialMedia #InternetRegulation: "The Brazilian government is studying whether to regulate Internet platforms with content that earns revenue such as advertising, its secretary for digital policies, Joao Brant, said on Friday.
The idea would be for a regulator to hold such platforms, not consumers, accountable for monetized content, Brant told Reuters.Another goal is "to prevent the networks from being used for the dissemination and promotion of crimes and illegal content" especially after the riots by supporters of former far-right President JairBolsonaro in Brasilia in January, fueled by misinformation about the election he lost in October."
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#SocialMedia #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration #BigTech: "What I’m trying to point out, is that some good things actually were happening while we were so angry and maybe that their disappearance now isn’t fixed by more anger. Please note that in those five years in which technology companies chose to voluntarily engage, public outrage was at its peak and government regulation failed to pass any legislation that might have mandated such continued good efforts by tech companies.
My point here is somewhat uncomfortable: that maybe some of the blame here is on us. Politically we have missed a huge opportunity to formally mandate these types of voluntary initiatives by technology companies. Or even barring regulation, socially we have failed to create an environment that acknowledged and encouraged the social planner efforts so they continued long enough to improve and normalize."
https://klonick.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-golden-age-of-tech
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#UK #DigitalRights #OSB #OnlineSafetyBill #NannyState #InternetRegulation: "As Rishi Sunak, the country’s prime minister, counts down the clock ahead of next year’s expected general election, the Online Safety Bill has become a litmus test for what the United Kingdom stands for as it charts its own path after leaving the European Union. But there are serious doubts the legislation can deliver on the U.K.’s twin promises of creating a safer internet and promoting itself as a place to do business — all while upholding freedom of speech."
https://www.politico.eu/article/online-safety-bill-uk-westminster-politics/
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#UNESCO #HumanRights #DigitalPlatforms #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration: "I sympathize with UNESCO’s desire to impose some order on the tech reckoning that has been spreading around the world for years. In my view, that order requires UN mechanisms to consider how they can ensure that regulatory efforts promote and protect human rights online. Threats to online rights come from the state, from the private sector, from individuals, and human rights principles should indeed guide the actions of all of these actors. But it is not for the UN to promote specific regulatory models, much less to develop templates of regulatory processes. Rather, the UN works best when it reasserts foundational principles and then provides mechanisms of review – whether through UN processes like Universal Periodic Review in the Human Rights Council or periodic review or individual complaints in the human rights treaty bodies. By the same logic, UN principles can be relevant to oversight by regional human rights courts and national human rights institutions and domestic courts."
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#SocialMedia #Twitter #Algorithms #InternetRegulation: "To meet the imperatives of addressing radicalization at the speed of technology, our approaches need to evolve as well. We need well-staffed and well-resourced teams working inside tech companies to ensure that algorithmic harms do not occur, but we also need legal protections and investment in external auditing methods. Tech companies will not police themselves, especially not with people like Musk in charge. We cannot assume—nor should we ever have assumed—that those in power aren’t also part of the problem."
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#USA #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration #Section230: “In February, the Supreme Court will hear two cases—Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google—that could alter how the Internet is regulated, with potentially vast consequences. Both cases concern Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which grants legal immunity to Internet platforms for content posted by users. The plaintiffs in each case argue that platforms have violated federal antiterrorism statutes by allowing content to remain online. (There is a carve-out in Section 230 for content that breaks federal law.) Meanwhile, the Justices are deciding whether to hear two more cases—concerning laws in Texas and in Florida—about whether Internet providers can censor political content that they deem offensive or dangerous. The laws emerged from claims that providers were suppressing conservative voices.
To talk about how these cases could change the Internet, I recently spoke by phone with Daphne Keller, who teaches at Stanford Law School and directs the program on platform regulation at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center. (Until 2015, she worked as an associate general counsel at Google.) During our conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, we discussed what Section 230 actually does, different approaches the Court may take in interpreting the law, and why every form of regulation by platforms comes with unintended consequences.“https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/two-supreme-court-cases-that-could-break-the-internet
