AI is getting better at performing mass categorization of photos and text. A developer can scrape a bunch of photos from, say, Facebook -- either directly, likely violating the terms of service, or through offering an app by which people ...
I participate in a regular poll by the Christian Science Monitor on Internet policy topics. This week's question was about the recent data breaches at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management:
As you can see, most people said yes. I count myself ...
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@gwbstr@ZoeDarme@mmasnick yea, I was reacting less to the specific feed injection (though only FB is privileged to do it) and more to reporting saying that FB is done apologizing and will be turning to a PR strategy to include cutting off much data sharing with independent researchers
@ericspiegelman Well, I don't see it as an all-or-nothing application of a doctrine like that. The piece I'd carry over is a duty not to use the instrumentality to its own advantage in a way that no one else can. Which is different from "gotta allow everything," incoherent w/any algo feed.
@grimmelm Surely it would be interesting to see what its PR would look like if it *weren't* putting a thumb on the scale! But at the moment it remains too big to fail. "I'd like to see ol' Facey Facebook wriggle out of this one ..."
We don't yet agree on what we want, and we don't trust anyone to give it to us. But the status quo, and the direction its headed, are not tenable. Our work is cut out for us.
But there's no one guaranteeing a satisfying third act here. It's not as simple as throwing the "regulation" switch, especially because the unprecedented power configuration of a single-sourced feed with billions of subscribers will call for new and creative remedies.
