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EU가 TikTok이 '중독적 설계(addictive design)'을 사용하고 있다고 지적하며 변경을 요구했다고 보도되었습니다. 플랫폼 설계와 관련한 규제·감독 강화의 일환으로, 디지털 서비스·사용자 보호 측면에서 중요한 정책적 움직임입니다.
Engadget (@engadget)
EU가 TikTok이 '중독적 설계(addictive design)'을 사용하고 있다고 지적하며 변경을 요구했다고 보도되었습니다. 플랫폼 설계와 관련한 규제·감독 강화의 일환으로, 디지털 서비스·사용자 보호 측면에서 중요한 정책적 움직임입니다.
Experts say there aren’t enough state and federal inspectors to adequately vet whether labor contractors who oversee farmworkers are following the rules.
Nor is there broad political support to invest more resources to protect foreign workers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/h-2a-visa-farmworker-exploitation-regulators?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #Agriculture #Labor #Abuse #Exploitation #Regulation
Experts say there aren’t enough state and federal inspectors to adequately vet whether labor contractors who oversee farmworkers are following the rules.
Nor is there broad political support to invest more resources to protect foreign workers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/h-2a-visa-farmworker-exploitation-regulators?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #Agriculture #Labor #Abuse #Exploitation #Regulation
More of this please
French police raided the #Paris offices of #ElonMusk’s #X Tuesday & summoned the #tech #billionaire for questioning as part of a widening probe into the #socialmedia company & its #AI chatbot #Grok.
The search was linked to an investigation opened in January 2025, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday, adding that its #cybercrime unit conducted the #raid with help from #Europol.
#law #regulation #Musk #xAI #content #moderation #safety #abuse
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/business/x-paris-prosecutor-raid-intl
So there’s a new Guardian interview with Jimmy Wales out (to promote his new book, with an affiliate link for the Guardian in it) titled “‘People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron?”* that’s making the rounds here.
For those who only read the headlines, here’s a TL;DR: No. There is no such thing as decent tech baron, that’s an oxymoron.
From the article itself:
“‘I’m actually quite in favour of business and capitalism and all that.’ (He’s currently president of Fandom, an ad-funded entertainment site that hosts user-edited pages, owned by private equity firm TPG Capital).”
And:
“Does he still regard Musk, the world’s richest man, as a friend? ‘Friends is probably a little strong. I mean, not, not that –‘ he sputters, editing himself in real time. ‘I want to be careful how I say that, only because I’ve met him maybe five or six times, so that I would be overstating to say friends. We’ve been friendly, and even now he’s much nicer to me in private than you might think. I mean, he’s got a big public persona, and that’s a little bit different from the private Elon, who I think is more thoughtful.’”
Also, some more background:
https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115445244962527420
#JimmyWales #wikipedia #theGuardian #bookPromotion #capitalism #ElonMusk #adTech #zeroRating #Facebook #Meta #surveillanceCapitalism #regulation
Earlier on Tuesday, the #UK’s information regulator opened an investigation into #Grok & its potential to produce harmful sexualized images & video #content.
Indonesian & Malaysian authorities blocked Grok in late January but lifted the ban days later, citing measures taken by X to prevent the misuse of the #chatbot [more likely #Musk threatened withdrawal of satellite use].
#law #regulation #xAI #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #moderation #safety #abuse #violence #pedophilia
Prosecutors in #Paris said they would examine a raft of potential #crimes, including #complicity in the possession & dissemination of #child pornographic images & the breach of a person’s rights with sexually explicit #deepfakes.
Policymakers have struggled to keep pace with rapidly evolving #ArtificialIntelligence #technology & a gulf has emerged between #Europe & the #US on the #regulation of #BigTech & #FreeSpeech.
#law #Musk #Grok #xAI #AI #content #moderation #abuse #violence #pedophilia
Prosecutors in #Paris said they would examine a raft of potential #crimes, including #complicity in the possession & dissemination of #child pornographic images & the breach of a person’s rights with sexually explicit #deepfakes.
Policymakers have struggled to keep pace with rapidly evolving #ArtificialIntelligence #technology & a gulf has emerged between #Europe & the #US on the #regulation of #BigTech & #FreeSpeech.
#law #Musk #Grok #xAI #AI #content #moderation #abuse #violence #pedophilia
Earlier on Tuesday, the #UK’s information regulator opened an investigation into #Grok & its potential to produce harmful sexualized images & video #content.
Indonesian & Malaysian authorities blocked Grok in late January but lifted the ban days later, citing measures taken by X to prevent the misuse of the #chatbot [more likely #Musk threatened withdrawal of satellite use].
#law #regulation #xAI #tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #moderation #safety #abuse #violence #pedophilia
Last week the #EC launched a probe into #Grok following criticism of its ability to produce sexually explicit pictures. Scrutiny of that function came to a head late last year, when it emerged that the #chatbot had produced a flood of digitally undressed images – including of #women & #children – at the behest of users.
The #socialmedia behemoth has since claimed it has taken measures to stop Grok users from creating images of people in revealing clothing.
Prosecutors in #Paris said they would examine a raft of potential #crimes, including #complicity in the possession & dissemination of #child pornographic images & the breach of a person’s rights with sexually explicit #deepfakes.
Policymakers have struggled to keep pace with rapidly evolving #ArtificialIntelligence #technology & a gulf has emerged between #Europe & the #US on the #regulation of #BigTech & #FreeSpeech.
#law #Musk #Grok #xAI #AI #content #moderation #abuse #violence #pedophilia
Both #X chairman #Musk & former X chief executive #LindaYaccarino have been summoned to appear at hearings in April, while X employees will be questioned as witnesses, according to the #Paris prosecutor.
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the investigation, which initially focused on suspected #abuse of #algorithms, had been broadened to include #Grok’s “sexual deepfakes” & the circulation of “ #Holocaust denial #content.”
#France #law #regulation #xAI #tech #AI #moderation #safety #violence
More of this please
French police raided the #Paris offices of #ElonMusk’s #X Tuesday & summoned the #tech #billionaire for questioning as part of a widening probe into the #socialmedia company & its #AI chatbot #Grok.
The search was linked to an investigation opened in January 2025, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday, adding that its #cybercrime unit conducted the #raid with help from #Europol.
#law #regulation #Musk #xAI #content #moderation #safety #abuse
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/business/x-paris-prosecutor-raid-intl
Both #X chairman #Musk & former X chief executive #LindaYaccarino have been summoned to appear at hearings in April, while X employees will be questioned as witnesses, according to the #Paris prosecutor.
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the investigation, which initially focused on suspected #abuse of #algorithms, had been broadened to include #Grok’s “sexual deepfakes” & the circulation of “ #Holocaust denial #content.”
#France #law #regulation #xAI #tech #AI #moderation #safety #violence
More of this please
French police raided the #Paris offices of #ElonMusk’s #X Tuesday & summoned the #tech #billionaire for questioning as part of a widening probe into the #socialmedia company & its #AI chatbot #Grok.
The search was linked to an investigation opened in January 2025, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday, adding that its #cybercrime unit conducted the #raid with help from #Europol.
#law #regulation #Musk #xAI #content #moderation #safety #abuse
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/business/x-paris-prosecutor-raid-intl
Goddammit, Sanchez - you were doing so well earlier today...! Look, once more for the back row:
1. this does not protect children.
2. what it really means is "Nobody can use any part of the internet without passing a permission gate black box operated by an only performatively accountable private firm".
Please fucking stop this.
