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When Futurism Led to Fascism—and Why It Could Happen Again
The Italian Futurists praised invention, modernity, speed, and disruption. Sound familiar?
Welcome to Meta’s future, where everyone wears cameras
Meta really wants to put cameras on your face.
Mark Zuckerberg: creators and publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work for training AI
Meta could strike deals for 'really important' work.
Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that major social media and video streaming companies, including Meta, Google, and TikTok, engage in extensive surveillance of users, collecting vast amounts of personal data and sharing it with third parties. The FTC recommends limiting data retention and sharing, restricting targeted advertising, and strengthening protections for teens.
Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007
Making Facebook and Instagram private won’t delete that data.
The commercial broadcasters’ crisis isn’t new, but can no longer be ignored. What’s next for TV?
Commercial TV is nearing the bottom of a financial decline much like the one faced by newspapers 20 years ago. That will have consequences for what appears on our screens.
Meta’s AI is scraping users’ photos and posts. Europeans can opt out, but Australians cannot
Meta is using public Facebook and Instagram posts to train its AI models. While European users can opt out due to GDPR regulations, Australians lack this option. To prevent data usage, Australians must set their posts to private.
Government hammers big tech with barrage of new laws
The Australian government is implementing new laws to regulate big tech companies, including measures to force platforms like Meta to pay local publishers for news content.
Drinking, smoking ... now social media: New laws to ban children from apps
Australia has enacted legislation banning individuals under 16 from using social media platforms, aiming to protect young users from online harms. ?The law holds platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram accountable, imposing fines up to AUD 50 million for systemic failures to prevent underage accounts. ?This pioneering move sets a global precedent, prompting discussions on balancing online safety with access to digital resources.
No one’s ready for this
The photograph is now meaningless as evidence. We are not prepared.
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