Stop letting governments request social media censorship in secret
Governments around the world routinely request global social media and search platforms to remove content. This can be a positive thing if the content in question is clearly harmful. But it can be nefarious if the content is simply inconvenient or disagreeable to a government’s viewpoint on a particular current news topic.
Fixing the Internet Redux
Ron interviewed Mike Matthys of the Institute for a Better Institute in a simpler time. They’ve grown; they’ve learned; and Mike is back to bring us up to date.
Mike Matthys on AI
Join the conversation as we sit down with Mike Matthys, a Stanford alumnus and Silicon Valley expert, to tackle the ever-evolving challenge of protecting free speech in our digital world.
One Politically Viable Solution for Murthy vs. Missouri – Full Transparency
The challenge for the Supreme Court is to determine where to draw the line between appropriate and unconstitutional communications between the federal government and these online media platforms. There seems to be no argument about the need for government to communicate with these online platforms for specific and actual national security or law enforcement actions.
Texas and Florida Content Moderation Laws Would Open Pandora’s Box
The United States Supreme Court is currently reviewing controversial “free speech” laws in Texas (House Bill 20) and Florida (Senate Bill 7072). While well intended, these laws would allow the states of Texas and Florida to interfere with—and even override—the content moderation decisions of online platforms.
Which Is the Best Mis/Disinformation Test, True/False or Harmful/Not Harmful?
The criteria used to determine whether to censor or label content is casually explained as whether such information is true or false.
AI transparency is smart, but government really needs tech transparency elsewhere
President Joe Biden’s October 30 executive order on artificial intelligence is very broad and focuses a lot on safety but very little on freedom.
AI bias might not be a threat and here’s why
OpenAI, developer of the ChatGPT language model, is the best-funded and largest AI platform company with over $10 billion in funding at a valuation of nearly $30 billion. Microsoft uses OpenAI, but Google, Meta, Apple and Amazon have their own AI platforms and there are hundreds of other AI startups in Silicon Valley. Will industry forces […]
Democrats’ desire to censor online content should worry and concern all people
by Christopher Tremoglie, Commentary Writer
August 25, 2023 02:07 AM
The fallout from the COVID pandemic and, more recently, Elon Musk’s decision to release previously undisclosed documents known as the “Twitter Files” have made the public aware of the Democrats’ desire to censor online content.
One man’s plan to prevent bias in artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is a fascinating technological advancement that will undoubtedly transform human civilization. The main question, however, is in what way? Will it be a benevolent advancement humankind can use for good? Or will it be compromised and manipulated in a form that will lead to the further erosion of humanity? They are two critical questions to which no […]