All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
… The moves in Europe also risk inflaming already delicate relationships with officials in the Trump administration, who have criticized Europe’s strict digital technology laws. …
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Meta Changed Its Speech Rules. Then Threats Against Politicians Skyrocketed
Over a year later, new research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate CCDH shows the immediate impact of these changes. …
TikTok Shoppers Thought They Were Bidding on iPhones. Instead, They Won Teddy Bears
… It’s a policy update that TikTok claims was already in the works. …
Bumble Tried to Change Dating, but the Dating Market Forced It to Change Instead
… Bumble’s policy update—which includes giving matches 72 hours to respond; previously it was 24—comes as Big Dating’s growth is lagging. …
Top Google Security Staff Warn Search Data Could Be Hacked if EU Rules Change
… Under the DMA, Google already shares some data with search engine competitors; however, the planned changes alter how this would work. …
X’s Big Bot Purge Wiped Out a Lot of People’s Secret Porn Feeds
… Even as X has failed to control bad actors, the platform has also been a crucial digital reservoir for consensual sexual media and queer education. “When social media platforms purge sexual content, queer and trans creators are always collateral damage,” says Alexander Monea, an associate professor… …
Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?
… Lehane views these goals as one and the same. “When I was in the White House, we always used to talk about how good policy equals good politics,” says Lehane. “You have to think about both of these things moving in concert.” After working on crisis communications in Bill Clinton’s White House, Leha… …
I Tried Rips, the Card-Pack App Where Users Spend Thousands Chasing Pricey Pokémon
… You pay money to rip digital packs and win physical cards, but you also have the instant option to sell them back. Rips exemplifies the current online moment where I’m bombarded with new and inventive ways to digitally gamble everything away. …
AI Influencers Are Heading Into Uncharted Territory
… Kai Zenner, digital policy adviser to Axel Voss, a member of Parliament and a negotiator on the Act, says it was drafted too early, too abstractly. “ChatGPT had only just come out, and there was scant knowledge among MEPs and parliamentarians about what we were regulating for,” he explains. “The dr… …
Robot Dogs, Teslas, and Rescue Helicopters: The UN AI Summit Was a Lot
… In a session on AI hardware and the widening digital divide, speakers argued that compute is no longer merely a technology problem, but a development problem. “If we mean AI for good, meaning compute for all, we must recognize that this is about development infrastructure, not just technology,” say… …