TikTok's lobbyists could save everyone involved a lot of time by simply pasting 'WE DON'T LIKE REGULATION' into a document several thousand times and sending that to as many ministers as they can think of.
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"And yet, despite the growing scale of this crisis, there has been remarkably little response from advertisers, politicians, and investors who are using and profiting from X and xAI."
https://spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepfakes-x-advertisers-investors-take-it-down
"There may be enough illegal activity here to permanently ban Twitter/X from operating in a particular jurisdiction. European nations with a modicum of self-respect could at least ask the question."
https://prospect.org/2026/01/07/elon-musks-deepfake-factory-grok/
Tim FinnertyThe #EU has let US #tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/12/eu-gdpr-data-law-us-tech-giants-digital?CMP=share_btn_url
Yes indeed.
"the fact that a regulator is using tools (and therefore presumably spending money and resources) to specifically track the public’s use of software designed to enhance digital privacy is likely to ring alarm bells."
Blueshirts, you say?
"Part of a larger problem of extremism on the platform, the Blueshirts are one example of how the far right leverages popular video game platforms to spread their message and target young people."
https://globalextremism.org/post/online-neo-nazi-group-using-childrens-video-games/
Charlie Stross@dangillmor Labour has *always* had a paternalist, authoritarian streak—since at least the 1920s, if not earlier. Ostensibly a party of the working class, but led by middle class bien-pensant managers who assume it's their job to provide moral guidance to the under-educated. Meddlesome by inclination. And Starmer is basically a Tory in Labour drag.
Nicolas Lambert 🌏By compiling multiple sources of data, we reach the astonishing figure of 71,000 migrants who have died or been missing at the European border since the early 90s. A hecatomb caused by the migration policies of European countries.
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