AI is getting better at performing mass categorization of photos and text. A developer can scrape a bunch of photos from, say, Facebook -- either directly, likely violating the terms of service, or through offering an app by which people ...
I participate in a regular poll by the Christian Science Monitor on Internet policy topics. This week's question was about the recent data breaches at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management:
As you can see, most people said yes. I count myself ...
@NCPtarmigan@JulieOwono@Harvard_Law@ZoeDarme@evelyndouek Well, a plan that contemplates funding 40 board members at $200K+ per year could fund a few advocates without materially changing the scope. I think the Q may more be around how much an adversarial process is thought to be core to the project.
@NCPtarmigan@JulieOwono@Harvard_Law@ZoeDarme@evelyndouek I’m all for more expertise, but of course in traditional litigation expert witnesses can be a big part of the cost and complication.
The fact that these decisions are meant to have precedential effect vastly magnifies the stakes of a “case” - and for me militates toward lawyers.
Here’s Wiki’s account of the analog hole and attempts to close it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_…
These Dalek-like noise jamming devices seem more performance art than mass market useful, but it’s good fodder for thinking through where the power to record should lie in public spaces.
