Put another way, a deep fake is neither here nor there unless you have a platform + tools to disseminate it strategically.
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Surveillance Ads Reshape Politics More Than Deepfakes
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The election year focus on 'deep fakes' is a distraction, conveniently ignoring the documented role of surveillance ads–or, the ability to target specific segments to shape opinion. This's a boon to Meta/Google, who've rolled back restrictions on political ads in recent years.
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Age Verification Requirements and Their Widespread Implementation Impact
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We're going to see a lot more of this as widespread age verification/ID requirements are rolled out. https://
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Surveillance Laws: Hidden Risks Beyond Child Safety Rhetoric
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When we see well-meaning legislation to scan for 'harmful content', undermine encryption, monitor comms in the name of child safety etc., we are derelict/deeply naive if we don't acknowledge and contend with the grim reality of how these laws will most likely be used in practice.
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State-level censorship threats to teachers and librarians spark concern
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When I talk to people outside the US, they're rarely aware of how bad its gotten. I believe bc state level authoritarianism seems rarely subject to international media coverage. In any event, there's now a proposal to *jail teachers/librarians who possess 'banned books'* !!!
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NSO-Style Device Hacking Suspected in Video Evidence
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I have no information beyond this video. But if we take this at face value, I would assume some kind of NSO-style device hacking. But again, I have no actual information.
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NSO-Style Device Hacking: Security Vulnerability Analysis
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I have no information beyond this video. But if we take this at face value, I would assume some kind of NSO-style device hacking. But again, I have no actual information.
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Crypto Wars: Defending Privacy Infrastructure Against Modern Threats
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Can’t wait! I’ll be talking on the crypto wars, the surveillance biz model, & how in the late 90s we won strong encryption but lost privacy. What does this history tell us about defending core privacy infra like Signal from attack now? & how do we avoid the mistakes of the 90s?
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Unions Essential Against AI-Driven Wage Arbitrage and Outsourcing
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Slowing down intl outsourcing is not far from UAW’s recently winning contractor wage gains at US auto plants (contracting = wage arbitrage via ‘outsourcing’ locally). If worker wellbeing amid AI assisted capitalism is the goal, unions aren’t the only solution but are v important!
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Unions Over Reskilling: Worker Response to AI Automation
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Me, saying that organizing unions with the power to set terms, not “reskilling”, is how workers should respond to AI in the workplace 👇 https://t.co/DwjGtWxEMt
— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) 24 janvier 2024Me, saying that organizing unions with the power to set terms, not “reskilling”, is how workers should respond to AI in the workplace