Annaliese Williams
@annaliesew.bsky.social
Hand washer. Procrastinator. Observer of apostrophe rules. Interested in politics, policy & technology, especially where they collide. Fond of books, naps & the occasional champagne. All views my own 🥂
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The centralization of AI within social media companies grants them unprecedented power to govern user feeds and data, writes Ameneh Dehshiri.
In-House Data Harvest: How Social Platforms' AI Ambitions Threaten User Rights | TechPolicy.Press
The centralization of AI within social media companies grants them unprecedented power to govern user feeds and data, writes Ameneh Dehshiri.
buff.ly
April 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The centralization of AI within social media companies grants them unprecedented power to govern user feeds and data, writes Ameneh Dehshiri.
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Farewell, regulation, and forget about reform, writes @NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights deputy director @Paul M. Barrett. “This is a moment for the shameless exercise of sheer economic and political power.”
Brute Corporate Power and Billionaire Whims Now Define the US Tech Scene | TechPolicy.Press
Paul M. Barrett says we are mired in a period when malign economic and political might will trump reason, with no immediate way out.
buff.ly
February 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Farewell, regulation, and forget about reform, writes @NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights deputy director @Paul M. Barrett. “This is a moment for the shameless exercise of sheer economic and political power.”
If I’m going to believe in god, I’m really gonna have to see some smiting pretty soon
February 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If I’m going to believe in god, I’m really gonna have to see some smiting pretty soon
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Google has updated its AI Principles, including removing language promising not to pursue “technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights.”
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
February 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Google has updated its AI Principles, including removing language promising not to pursue “technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights.”
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
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Here's an idea for tax reform:
1. stop subsidising gas and coal mining
2. start making them pay their fair share of tax
You can help by adding your name to our petition to increase the PRRT: theaus.in/increasePRRT #auspol
1. stop subsidising gas and coal mining
2. start making them pay their fair share of tax
You can help by adding your name to our petition to increase the PRRT: theaus.in/increasePRRT #auspol
✍️ SIGN: Demand the gas industry pays its fair share. Fix the PRRT!
The government collects more money from HECS than it does from the PRRT.
Australians are missing out on important revenue for public services while gas companies make record profits.
We need to inc...
theaus.in
November 27, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Here's an idea for tax reform:
1. stop subsidising gas and coal mining
2. start making them pay their fair share of tax
You can help by adding your name to our petition to increase the PRRT: theaus.in/increasePRRT #auspol
1. stop subsidising gas and coal mining
2. start making them pay their fair share of tax
You can help by adding your name to our petition to increase the PRRT: theaus.in/increasePRRT #auspol
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just because everything is public doesn’t mean u have to be a piece of shit about it
November 28, 2024 at 3:33 AM
just because everything is public doesn’t mean u have to be a piece of shit about it
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No details, little scrutiny, and no guarantee it will work - so why is Labor rushing through a social-media age ban that most experts oppose?
#socialmediaban #socialmedia
#socialmediaban #socialmedia
If so many experts oppose a social-media age ban, why is the government intent on rushing it through?
Labor has been at pains to say people won’t need digital ID or to hand over their passport – but there’s nothing in legislation preventing it
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:05 AM
No details, little scrutiny, and no guarantee it will work - so why is Labor rushing through a social-media age ban that most experts oppose?
#socialmediaban #socialmedia
#socialmediaban #socialmedia
Feeling a bit like a new kid on the first day of school. Looks pretty much like the other place but will I find friends here?
November 27, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Feeling a bit like a new kid on the first day of school. Looks pretty much like the other place but will I find friends here?