Banning visas for non-compliant US tech execs under #DSA isn’t about free speech—it’s about enforcing EU rules on transparency and illegal content.

Accountability ≠ censorship.

#DigitalRegulation #TechAccountability #DSA #EU #BigTech

Predictive technology including algorithms and AI is quietly replacing human judgement in under resourced public services such as policing. In Spain these systems are used to assess the safety needs of women fleeing domestic violence. Too often they get it wrong. When automated risk scores replace lived experience and professional care the consequences are not abstract. They are real and sometimes fatal. This video is a stark reminder that technology without accountability can deepen harm rather than prevent it.

#ai #algorithms #publicservices #policing #domesticviolence #techaccountability #spain #humanjudgement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOjzcHC6RZg

Data Journalism vs. Big Tech

https://peertube.eqver.se/w/mXKYwht4kGxmRKc6n3oFec

Ex-Facebook Safety Exec: Testifies to Congress about Online Harms to Teenagers on Social Media

Arturo Bejar a former senior leader in charge of safety and care at Facebook (2009–2015) and later a consultant for Instagram (2019–2021), testified before US Congress that social media companies misrepresent and ignore the widespread harm, particularly to children.

In his testimony, Bejar reported that internal research indicated that 13% of 13–15 year-old users self-reported receiving unwanted sexual advances within a single seven-day period, a level of abuse he called "likely the largest-scale sexual harassment of teens to have ever happened".

He explained that since social media companies are data-guided and treat problems that aren't measured as if they "don't exist," most user distress goes unaddressed.

Bejar advocates for regulation—mandating companies to track and publicly report concrete safety metrics—which will push social media platforms to genuinely prioritize user protection over engagement and growth.

Read Arturo Bejar's full testimony here: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-11-07_-_testimony_-_bejar.pdf

#SocialMediaSafety #BigTech #TeenHarassment #ArturoBejar #CongressTestimony #ChildProtection #PlatformRegulation #TechAccountability

The Hidden Cost of AI: Water Waste and Community Impact

https://dreamspacestudio.net/the-truth-about-ai-water-use-if-fishkeepers-can-do-closed-loop-cooling-billion-dollar-data-centers-can-too/

What if American workers decided the only ones entitled to be "too big to fail" are us – the ones whose labor built your platforms, whose attention became your product, whose data trained your models, and whose spending made you untouchable?
https://substack.com/@shaynej/note/c-184374857?r=5h4wg0&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web

#AI #AIBubble #WorkersFirst #us #TechAccountability #TooBigToFail #Leadership

AI labs issue safety statements like scattered blog posts, but lack the structural discipline pharma learned decades ago: non-negotiable principles, repeatable proof, unified messaging. Trust isn't a press cycle—it's architecture. #AIGovernance #TechAccountability #AIEthics

https://www.implicator.ai/opinion-why-ai-labs-need-message-houses-not-just-safety-statements/