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Talking tech; debates about regulating technology, privacy laws, piracy, and the pitfalls of AI.
After Huawei, TikTok also goes to the ban: so Trump attacks China
It is written Huawei, but basically it reads China. That behind the now famous ban imposed by Donald Trump against the Shenzhen technology company there is a plan to break China's wings seems now the secret of puffin. And in the last few hours a hypothesis is taking hold that would reinforce this scenario. According to reports from the Financial Times, in fact, the White House is considering very seriously the possibility of adding ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to the famous "blacklist" (which already includes Huawei). The short video social network, with over 2 billion downloads across the West and around 800 million daily active users, is probably the digital platform with the highest growth rates in the world. And the fact that he is Chinese is seen by Trump as a major threat to the United States.
By Marco Bonomo6 years ago in The Swamp
‘Covid’ Ops: Open to Gates Manipulation
Here in Britain we’ve become quite familiar with the terms track-and-trace and vaccine and how they are supposedly “fundamental” to the world getting back to normal following this “bogus Covid19 pandemic” we find ourselves engulfed in, but how about the concept of microchip and quantum-dot implants? We’ve not been told much about these measures... but they are very much part of the plan moving forward.
By Steve Harrison6 years ago in The Swamp
Purposeful Utilization of Tools
Each tool can be used for both intrinsically good and evil reasons. While some tools are built with specific intentions, of good or evil, while other tools are built out of the spirit of innovation, all tools can serve both good and evil purposes. What determines how a tool gets used? Generally, that is determined by the end-user of the tool itself and their intentions.
By Jeff McCarty6 years ago in The Swamp
Reason First: Why Tech Execs Are the Neo-Heroes of the Digital Age
Bureaucrats and Big Tech executives live on the same moral spectrum. Most of them regard altruism as the ruling moral ideal. They’ll both be quick to say that their services are “bigger than themselves.” But the tech executives at least have the position of privatization over their products and services than any politicians could ever dream of in their sphere, with all of the ways that Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, and Netflix have disrupted the system and challenged Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations. The technology is light years ahead of any political dictate that Capitol Hill or any other government body could issue.
By Skyler Saunders7 years ago in The Swamp
Is Government by Artificial Intelligence the Way Forward?
Are we to be governed by artificial intelligence? Could this be worse then present political bigotry? At present, most democratic nations are governed through some form of political party system, with the result that an election can mean a change of direction, for the economy and governing attitude towards everything. Then 5 years later it gets reversed and all political directions are changed again.
By Peter Rose8 years ago in The Swamp
Net Neutrality: A Balanced Approach to Both Sides
In one corner: The FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. And then there's the people, the group paying for things. Because let's be honest, those living in categories of prosperity and wealth might care but aren't nearly as affected by the possible (and I mean possible,not actual) downsides of certain parties having theoretical control over what we view. The issue for them would be price, which is not a practical issue for someone in the USA making over 75 grand a year.
By TLS Sherpa8 years ago in The Swamp
#WomenBoycottTwitter: Did It Make A Difference, Or Did Women Silence Their Voice?
Anytime people are banding together to fight a common cause for the greater good, I'm intrigued. The #WomenBoycottTwitter movement, which occurred Friday Oct. 13, definitely has me intrigued, but it's also got me concerned.
By Christina St-Jean8 years ago in The Swamp
Eyes Wide Open or Eyes Wide Shut? Political Choices for the Technologically Disillusioned
The artist René Magritte said, there are two ways of seeing things: with eyes and with no eyes. Or to put it another way, you can look at the world with your eyes wide open or your eyes wide shut.
By LC Douglass8 years ago in The Swamp
