Rep. Adam Schiff introduced a bill that would require companies training generative AI models to disclose all of the copyrighted work they used to do so
including that it's propelled by a calculation that forcing AI companies to disclose copyrighted materials is the politically popular move https://www.billboard.com/... Luiza Jarovsky / @luizajarovsky...
Mastodon, nostr, and other decentralized social networks are having a moment, despite some complexity, propelled by the apparent decline of Twitter and Meta
So, it's been quite a year for legacy, centralized social media — and all without any really big change to the laws that govern it … Mastodon: @kkomaitis@techpolicy.social . Tweets: @brosandprose , @k...
Warner Bros. Discovery will shut down CNN+ on April 30, after its March 29 debut; sources: CNN+ had ~150K subscribers and was on pace to hit first-year goals
the same firm that suggested pharmacists get REBATES for opioid deaths—charged CNN millions to tell it what someone wanted to hear. Every $ wasted could have gone to paying journalists. https://twitte...
YouTube's mistaken deletion of a channel belonging to UK news outlet Novara Media draws criticism over the company's power as a content regulator
or mistakenly enforced. https://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimes : Novara spent years using YouTube to attract more than 170,000 subscribers for its left-leaning coverage of issues like climate change, ca...
Biden campaign steps up its criticism of Facebook, with an open letter to Zuckerberg and petition asking it to strengthen rules on misinformation
#MOVEFASTFIXIT After foreign operatives … Scott Nover / Adweek : Inside the Longshot Campaign to Get Advertisers to Ditch Facebook Ali Breland / Mother Jones : Facebook Employees Consider Work Stoppag...
Mark Zuckerberg, in a conversation with Axel Springer's CEO, floats a “news tab to surface more high quality news”, says Facebook could pay publishers
Hi. This is your host Can Duruk speaking. Joyce Koh / Bloomberg : Singapore Isn't Waiting for Facebook to Crack Down on Fake News Leif Johnson / Macworld : Apple News+ FAQ: Magazine list, price, down...
Mark Zuckerberg calls for global regulations in four areas: policing harmful content, election integrity, a GDPR-like privacy framework, and data portability
but some experts are questioning his motives Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run : Mark Zuckerberg: ‘I Believe We Need a More Active Role for Governments and Regulators’ David McCabe / Axios : Zuckerberg start...
John Oliver urges internet users to defend net neutrality again
again Mike Snider / USA Today : FCC says its web site got attacked Sunday preventing net neutrality comments Anne Dujmovic / CNET : FCC blames DDoS attacks for site troubles, not John Oliver Bryan Cha...
Chelsea Manning to be freed on May 17 rather than in 2045 after Obama commutes bulk of 35-year sentence
In the waning hours of his presidency … Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run : UPDATED! Will Obama Pardon Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning? No, but Lying Admin Folks Will go Scot-Free Bryan Clark / The Next...
FBI recommends not to indict Hillary Clinton for email misconduct, finds 110 emails in 52 email chains contained classified info at the time sent
until Hillary Clinton Jason Koebler / Motherboard : Reminder: Public Officials Using Private Email Servers Is Indefensible Lucia Maffei / TechCrunch : FBI recommends no charges for Hillary Clinton ove...