What you refer to as "censorship" is just very different to what *genuine" censorship looks like. What the OSA wants to do is limit the potential for fake news / misinformation to spread like wildfire, from one platform to another, etc.
REGULATION
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UK Online Safety Act: Illegal Content and Harm Legislation
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The whole point of the Online Safety Act (in the **UK**) is that it legislates against illegal content, and content intended to cause harm. You're talking about US Supreme Court ruling. We're speaking about two very different things.
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Regulators Should Address False Claims About Real-World Events Online
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I don't think it's unreasonable for ANYONE to want regulators to do something about deliberately false claims about tragic, real-world events being shared online – especially if social media companies can't achieve this themselves. Do you?
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Ofcom struggles to regulate tech platforms under Online Safety Act
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I'm a fan of reporting facts. Aren't you, Michael?
It's a fact that Ofcom cannot yet do its work of regulating tech platforms under the Online Safety Act.
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Ofcom UK Online Safety Regulations Delayed Until 2025
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Under new online safety regulations in the UK, Ofcom is tasked with making sure social platforms don't allow fake news and hate speech to run amok. But Ofcom doesn't yet have the power to take action on these companies – and won't do until at least 2025.
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AI-Controlled Politicians: Placeholder Humans Execute AI Decisions
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9. Of course, there are some logistical issues. AIs can't run for president. But the solution is simple, and has already been tested in Japan, Denmark, Wyoming and other places: a human runs for office merely as a placeholder, and pledges to do whatever the AI says, like a
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ChatGPT and AI Making Representative Democracy Obsolete
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8. ChatGPT can make decisions by continuously taking input from millions of Americans and doing vast, complex inferences in real time. AI makes representative democracy obsolete: the representation is inside ChatGPT's head, and that works a lot better than self-serving
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ChatGPT Control by Staff: Transparent Alternative to Human Politicians
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7. Yes, ChatGPT will have to be prompted and steered by staffers and party members, who will be the ones really in control. But that's no different from Trump or Harris (or, even more, Biden). And at least it's transparent.
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ChatGPT’s unprecedented political influence threatens democratic processes
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4. ChatGPT can personally butter up every voter, every minute of the day. No human politician – no entire party machine – can match that. Democracy will never be the same once AI gets going.
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Tech Expertise as Presidential Qualification: ChatGPT vs Trump Harris
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3. Trump and Harris know nothing about tech, while ChatGPT knows everything. Tech is more important than ever these days – shouldn't we have a president who's deeply familiar with it, or even better, who is it?