2024-04-30
Punchy on TikTok from @vonderleyen. 🇪🇺 EU banned TikTok from its phones. 🇪🇺 Investigation into harms to kids. 🇪🇺 Pushed back on TikTok Lite. 🇪🇺 Now ruling-in TikTok ban if no sale. It's time for 🇬🇧 to make clear its TikTok strategy. https://www.politico.eu/... [image]
Politico
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says a TikTok ban is “not excluded” and “we know exactly the danger of TikTok” during a 2024 election debate
The remark comes amid a streak of bad news for TikTok in Europe. — Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hinted …
2023-07-01
Govt tabled amendments tonight to #onlinesafetybill that will massively improve the safety of children. Huge thanks to @michelledonelan @paulscullymp Lord Parkinson and all @Ofcom @SciTechgovuk @DCMS officials working so hard to make it happen. https://bills.parliament.uk/ ... 1/4 [image]
Reuters
The UK amends its Online Safety Bill, requiring higher age verification standards for porn sites and holding executives personally responsible for child safety
Sachin Ravikumar / Reuters :
There are still some details to understand and loose ends to tie down, but this provides a solid foundation for finalising this important bill. 4/4 [image]
Reuters
The UK amends its Online Safety Bill, requiring higher age verification standards for porn sites and holding executives personally responsible for child safety
Sachin Ravikumar / Reuters :
These measures had support from four corners of @UKHouseofLords. They will be widely welcomed by stakeholders, parents and many internet companies who want to see a safer internet for children. Well done to @RishiSunak @10DowningStreet for getting this over the line. 3/4 [image]
Reuters
The UK amends its Online Safety Bill, requiring higher age verification standards for porn sites and holding executives personally responsible for child safety
Sachin Ravikumar / Reuters :
Importantly, on age verification for porn, a much clearer, outcome-based definition, and for this high-bar to be applied to the whole internet. “... it is highly effective at correctly determining whether or not a particular user is a child.” https://bills.parliament.uk/ ... 2/4 [image]
Reuters
The UK amends its Online Safety Bill, requiring higher age verification standards for porn sites and holding executives personally responsible for child safety
Sachin Ravikumar / Reuters :
2023-06-30
Importantly, on age verification for porn, a much clearer, outcome-based definition, and for this high-bar to be applied to the whole internet. “... it is highly effective at correctly determining whether or not a particular user is a child.” https://bills.parliament.uk/ ... 2/4 [image]
Reuters
The UK amends its Online Safety Bill, requiring higher age verification standards for porn sites and holding executives personally responsible for child safety
Britain said on Friday it had tightened protections in its Online Safety Bill that will prevent children from viewing pornography …
These measures had support from four corners of @UKHouseofLords. They will be widely welcomed by stakeholders, parents and many internet companies who want to see a safer internet for children. Well done to @RishiSunak @10DowningStreet for getting this over the line. 3/4 [image]
Reuters
The UK amends its Online Safety Bill, requiring higher age verification standards for porn sites and holding executives personally responsible for child safety
Britain said on Friday it had tightened protections in its Online Safety Bill that will prevent children from viewing pornography …
Govt tabled amendments tonight to #onlinesafetybill that will massively improve the safety of children. Huge thanks to @michelledonelan @paulscullymp Lord Parkinson and all @Ofcom @SciTechgovuk @DCMS officials working so hard to make it happen. https://bills.parliament.uk/ ... 1/4 [image]
Reuters
The UK amends its Online Safety Bill, requiring higher age verification standards for porn sites and holding executives personally responsible for child safety
Britain said on Friday it had tightened protections in its Online Safety Bill that will prevent children from viewing pornography …
There are still some details to understand and loose ends to tie down, but this provides a solid foundation for finalising this important bill. 4/4 [image]
Reuters
The UK amends its Online Safety Bill, requiring higher age verification standards for porn sites and holding executives personally responsible for child safety
Britain said on Friday it had tightened protections in its Online Safety Bill that will prevent children from viewing pornography …
2023-04-05
I find Tiktok' yeah-but-no-but attitude unhelpful. The ICO found their own staff had flagged concerns. So why not put their hand up and be a solid citizen? This is a Recalcitrant Tech Thing, not just TikTok. It's almost as they they resent being regulated. 3/- https://twitter.com/...
Politico
The UK ICO fines TikTok £12.7M, down from a £27M fine proposed in September 2022, for having ~1.4M UK users under the age of 13 and misusing their personal data
2021-12-06
Chilling to read. Clearly this AI is hugely effective. Imagine what we could achieve if more of the great minds of the worlds' AI labs could be more focused on solving challenges of climate, equality, longevity, etc, rather than manipulating minds with this unsatisfying rubbish? https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
A document from TikTok's engineering team in Beijing details the product's addictive algorithm, which optimizes for “retention” and “time spent”
It's the most successful video app in the world. Our columnist has obtained an internal company document that offers … Tweets: @zeyiyang , @akcronin , @jerrydunleavy , @mims , @gw...
2021-12-04
As a tech champion, I shudder when I think of how modern data and surveillance tools are used by authoritarians to repress their citizens. That's why I support calls for tighter export rules. Good work by Biden administration. https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
The US plans to work with friendly nations to limit the export of surveillance tools and other tech used by authoritarian governments to suppress human rights
As a tech champion, I shudder when I think of how modern data and surveillance tools are used by authoritarians to repress their citizens. That's why I support calls for tighter export rules. Good work by Biden administration. https://www.wsj.com/...
Reuters