A handful of AI companies just spent close to $30 million trying to decide the outcome of ONE House primary in Manhattan — not to win an election, but to prove they can buy the outcome of who regulates them. Voting closes tonight. This is corporatocracy with the mask off.
#corporatocracy #aiRegulation #NY12 #darkMoney #superPACs #campaignFinance #v64OTD #bigTech #accountability #regulatoryCapture #news #topnews

https://v64otd.com/dispatch/corporatocracy-the-most-expensive-house-seat-in-america-decides-tonight/

i suspect (the large) social media networks themselves had a hand in suggesting banning under-16s.

after all their business model is selling ads.

ads want views that can pay.

these tech giants see teens as a liability.

the toxicity within social media also affects adults - so addressing the root cause would be detrimental to their business model.

in their eyes it is much easier to offer a pawn to save a rook.

#ukpol #auspol #socialmediaban #regulatorycapture

OpenAI’s KOSA Endorsement Is Regulatory Capture With A Smiley Face

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/14/openais-kosa-endorsement-is-regulatory-capture-with-a-smiley-face/

More fucking anger about Ireland as a place to live...

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/05/14/simon-harris-asks-banks-to-examine-card-payments-over-possible-links-to-child-abuse-images/

IOW, Harris asks banks to do what banks should be doing anyway (I guess). Sound and fury signifying nothing, just like his eminently re-launchable saving scheme.

Anyway, what he should be doing is going after X/Twitter:

https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the-abuse-factory/

#CSAM #RegulatoryCapture #EpsteinClass

Letting the fox run the henhouse. Is there no end to regulatory capture in the world? This regulator will now only protect corporations, not the public.

Lawyer who defended Big Tech companies to lead Dutch privacy regulator https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/13/lawyer-defended-big-tech-companies-lead-dutch-privacy-regulator

#nlpol #nlpoli #nlpolitiek #regulatorycapture #nederland #netherlands #privacy #consumerprotection

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"We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." -- Louis Brandeis

#newbrandeis #antitrust #democracy #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism #wealth #wealthconcentration #politics #politicaltheory #autocracy #corporatism #corporatismisfascism #fascism #supremecourt #hipsterantitrust #ftc #regulation #regulatorycapture

"Oh," says Mark Carney, "we can't take their profits away from the oil companies for the people! That would harm people's retirement funds! They might be able to only afford two homes!"

Meanwhile, Poilievre: "Same old Liberals. Tax and spend. Are they supposed to NOT take profit from their labour?"

Their profits?

THEIR profits? So...they privately educated every one of their workers from birth, did they? Provided them health care all their lives? Gave them roads to bring their products to market on? Police to keep their property safe? Fire services, same reason? They did all that privately? Well, braVO, oil companies, aren't you amazing?

Except we know they didn't. Every dollar they made comes from the people of Canada. It's OUR oil, not theirs. It's OUR pipelines (ugh) they're using to ship their filth out and have it burned to kill my grandkids' planet.

It's OUR roads they drive on, OUR inspectors who make sure their workplace is safe, that their vehicles work properly, our courts that enforce their rights. EVERYTHING THEY HAVE is from the people of Canada.

If they can't give a single dollar of their profits up, they should be hospitalised for psych eval. They are clearly driven mad with greed, and are a danger to society.

Oh, wait, is that something we only do to queer people and unhoused people and Indigenous people and Black people and...well, poor folk?

Okay then. I see your priorities, Messrs Carney and Poilievre. I see you.

#CanPoli #RegulaToryCapture