Em 1d ago

If a human right is in the way of your "innovative" technology, the expected solution should be to modify your technology to respect this human right, not to reduce the protections to this human right.

Technology and innovation must be in service of humanity, not the other way around.

#HumanRights #DigitalRights #Privacy #AI

Show threadmuddle18h ago

@Em0nM4stodon Was disgusted to read about how they're going down this route in Japan, of all places, which has always had a great privacy culture:

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/japan_privacy_law_changes_ai/

#Privacy #Japan #StopGenAI

Japan relaxes privacy laws to make itself the ‘easiest country to develop AI’

: Opting out of personal data use won't be an option because Minister says that's a 'very big obstacle' to AI adoption

The Register
Show threadDisreputable_Craftsman
@muddle @Em0nM4stodon insane... and for what!? To push support for a technology that pretty much never delivered anything usefull..? Lobbying must be pretty strong in Japan...
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Show threadmuddle14h ago
@Disreputable_Craftsman @Em0nM4stodon I think that the very simplistic answer is that you've got a populist, right-wing government in power and also a powerful techbro-adjacent lobby (mainly based out of Fukuoka? maybe not; but they're highly indicative of where the techbro push is coming from/through). So add ignorance to hype and this is, unfortunately, a predictable outcome.