Hello Mastodon!!! We are officially fediverse participants! 🎉 In honor and celebration of this milestone, we are sharing our interview with Dr. Johnathan Flowers (@shengokai) about the pros/cons of Twitter vs. Mastodon, and the 101 of the fediverse. Give it a listen!
"And so I think that there’s just a profound uncertainty to life right now, and that this is one of them. And it has some pieces of uncertainties that we’re familiar with. However, it’s also the case that automated technologies are quite literally made by us. And while they can have generative velocity, it’s not the case that they necessarily have to be unleashed and unknown to us. That’s a choice."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/podcasts/ezra-klein-podcast-transcript-alondra-nelson.html
Cross-border data flows are vital to people in their everyday lives and to every aspect of the global economy and society, from commerce to communications, finance, health, research, and critical functions like cybersecurity and fraud prevention. The COVID-19 pandemic elevated data flows’ importance
Jay Edelson has been using Illinois’ Biometric Privacy Act to take companies like Facebook and Clearview AI to task for alleged misuse. And he’s had great success. Without a federal law on biometrics in the U.S., states have started introducing their own versions of BIPA in rapid succession. In fact, 17 U.S. states have introduced a biometric privacy law this year already. In this episode, Edelson discusses his recent wins and his forecast for the BIPA landscape in the future.