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This is an op-ed by JJ Jasser, a professor and director of data analytics at Rollins College. His research examines artificial intelligence, open-source development, and digital literacy.

New research on Cyprus’s parliamentary election identifies serious vulnerabilities in Europe’s new political advertising regulatory framework ahead of crucial elections in France, Spain, Italy and Poland.

[Op-ed by Michael Caster, Head of the Global China Program at ARTICLE 19, and co-founder of Safeguard Defenders, a human rights organization focused on China.]

[Op-ed by Michael Caster, Head of the Global China Program at ARTICLE 19, and co-founder of Safeguard Defenders, a human rights organization focused on China.]

[Op-ed by Michael Caster, Head of the Global China Program at ARTICLE 19, and co-founder of Safeguard Defenders, a human rights organization focused on China.]

It has been a year since Alex Karp and Nicholas Zamiska’s book, The Technological Republic, was published. Karp is the CEO of Palantir, and Zamiska is the company’s head of corporate affairs. On Sunday, Palantir appeared to celebrate the anniversary of the book’s publication by condensing it to a 22-point manifesto and posting it to X.com. When I read Karp’s book last year, my reaction was, “this book should have been a tweet.” It now seems Palantir agrees.

The researchers suggest that policymakers should focus on design elements with an eye on psychological needs, “discouraging agency-reducing features like autoplay and infinite scroll,” rather than implementing broader rules on screen time or on social media regardless of platform. Beyond this, politicians and regulators would be wise to follow the authors’ lead and embrace the complexity of the relationship between adolescent social media use and mental health by paying attention to regulations’ impact on minorities, divergent psychological effects, and the constant flux in platform features and how they are used.

Justin Hendrix sumamrizes Thursday’s vote – and the complete transcript of the markup

A report on today’s hearing on KOSA, COPPA 2.0, and over a dozen other bills.

Panelists from the Atlantic Council give a bit of a primer on Internet Governance history, how things changed with the Snowden revelations, the recent push for multilateralism, and how China sees the Global Digital Compact as a way to gain more leverage. (Also some discussion of the Digital Silk Road initiative)

Panelists from the Atlantic Council give a bit of a primer on Internet Governance history, how things changed with the Snowden revelations, the recent push for multilateralism, and how China sees the Global Digital Compact as a way to gain more leverage. (Also some discussion of the Digital Silk Road initiative)

“We view this moment of hype around generative AI as dangerous. There is a pack mentality in rushing to invest in these tools, while overlooking the fact that they threaten workers and impact consumers by creating lesser quality products and allowing more erroneous outputs. For example, earlier this year America’s National Eating Disorders Association fired helpline workers and attempted to replace them with a chatbot. The bot was then shut down after its responses actively encouraged disordered eating behaviors. "

“We view this moment of hype around generative AI as dangerous. There is a pack mentality in rushing to invest in these tools, while overlooking the fact that they threaten workers and impact consumers by creating lesser quality products and allowing more erroneous outputs. For example, earlier this year America’s National Eating Disorders Association fired helpline workers and attempted to replace them with a chatbot. The bot was then shut down after its responses actively encouraged disordered eating behaviors. "

Very interesting article tooted by author Alek Tarkowski