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What’s Scarier Than Unchecked AI? A ‘Swarm’ of 3,400 Corporate AI Lobbyists
“Either we let corporate lobbyists write rules on AI to concentrate corporate power and wealth, or we demand that government officials prioritize the public…
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Report Urges Congress to Tackle Venture Capitalists Peddling AI ‘Miracle Weapons’
“Neither taxpayers nor the Congress should buy the hype surrounding these new technologies without careful oversight and scrutiny.” A new report released Monday sounds…
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10 Actions Every Campaign Can Take to Make A Difference Against Deepfakes
Regulative and legislative solutions are being suggested to deal with deep fakes, but campaigns can take real actions now. Nefarious audio and video content…
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The End of Affordable Internet
The federal funding contained in the Affordable Connectivity Program offered a vital lifeline for people in South Carolina and nationwide. Now we must fight…
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‘Largest IT Outage in History’ Sparks Global Chaos
“This is basically what we were all worried about with Y2K, except it’s actually happened this time.” A global technology outage attributed to a…
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Watchdogs Blame Corporate Concentration for Global IT Outage
“It is long overdue that Microsoft and other Big Tech monopolies are broken up—for good,” said one expert. Digital rights advocates responded to Friday’s…
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The Great Global Computer Outage Is a Warning We Ignore at Our Peril
If we cannot control the effects of our own technological invention then in what sense can those creations be said to serve human interests…
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US Court Rules Google a Monopoly in ‘Biggest Antitrust Case of the 21st Century’
“Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” said a federal judge in the decision. A federal judge…
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Investigation Exposes Big Tech Ties to Israeli Genocide in Gaza
It’s more than complicity: It’s direct participation and collaboration with the Israeli military on the tools they’re using to kill Palestinians,” said one policy…
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FEC Blasted Over Decision Not to Regulate Deepfakes Ahead of Election
“The FEC is the nation’s election protection agency and it has authority to regulate deepfakes as part of its existing authority to prohibit fraudulent…
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Elon Musk Doesn’t Know He’s on the Wrong Side of George Orwell
The level of power and influence the world’s richest man has amassed is a danger to all citizens, whether they like Musk or not.…
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How Crypto Giants Are ‘Exploiting’ Citizens United to Buy 2024 Elections
A new analysis and call for a constitutional amendment comes as reporting sheds light on Sen. JD Vance’s ties to a right-wing group backed…
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Markey, Schumer Demand Civil Rights Protections for Federal Use of AI
“Without new protections,” they warned, “today’s supercharged, AI-powered algorithms risk reinforcing and magnifying the discrimination that marginalized communities already experience.” U.S. Senate Majority Leader…
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FTC Report Shows Profit-Hungry Tech Giants ‘Harmful to Children and Teens’
“Online platforms use sophisticated and opaque techniques of data collection that endanger young people and put their healthy development at risk,” said one children’s…