People are being pushed into psychosis and in some cases even dying because of generative models. Given that, I think there may be a case for a moratorium on making them available to the general public.
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Speaking of unprincipled media laws that produce totally predictable unintended consequences ...
Duncan and guest Tim Burrowes (ABC MediaLand) also discuss the fate of the Oz government's attempts to impose a link tax on DataFarmers. Which went wrong in all the ways tech activists warned about, and more;
https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/02-12-2025/the-fold-australias-big-tech-revolution-rolls-on
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Wow. 1 of 200 just can't extract themselves from the failed anti-freedom rhetoric they've been expertly baited into, by more than a decade of corporatist Culture War strategy;
https://www.1of200.nz/podcast/1200-s2e166-online-political-violence
These muppets are champing at the bit to reduce fundamental human rights to special privileges for people who aren't naughty. With allies on the left like this, who needs the right to torpedo democracy?
Catch up or shut up.
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"We are planning to do a longer blog post on our regulatory compliance in the near future. If there is anything in particular you would like to see answered by that please feel free to drop us an email at legal@matrix.org."
@matrix, 2025
https://matrix.org/blog/2025/07/terms-update/
Why did you not move your flag to a jurisdiction which has no plans to enact discriminatory laws like the UK Online Safety Act?
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"So the idea is, that guns aren't neutral, but it is also true that who we are, plus the technology, that leads to the affordances it has."
#ShannonVallor, 2025
https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the-history-of-bad-ideas%3A-value-free-tech
#podcasts#PastPresentFuture#HistoryOfBadIdeas #technology #affordances
"The answer 'we have to fix capitalism' doesn't help. It might be true, but it doesn't help.
So here's where I think there are some ... interventions that would require a change in political will to enable. But there's very little stopping them other than a lack of political will, which is largely a result of capture of political power by economic interests."
#ShannonVallor, 2025
https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the-history-of-bad-ideas%3A-value-free-tech
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#podcasts#PastPresentFuture#HistoryOfBadIdeas #regulation #TechRegulation
Lest we forget, because it needs to be a priority for a post-NatACT government;
"A tax on tech revenue would have been one way of disincentivising techbro money-laundering. But National has cancelled it in order to grovel to Trump. But in the process, they've shown us a truth they'd rather deny: when they claim 'there is no money', it is a choice, and a lie."
@norightturnnz, 2025
https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/national-grovels-to-trump.html
#NZPolitics #DST #DigitalServicesTax #TechRegulation #TaxAvoidance
Colin Peacock did a good segment on the bill proposed by National MP Catherine Wedd, aping the Australian government's attempt to ban under-16s from social media (with the head-scratching exemption for YouTub);
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=3ad7cf4e-6f76-4fcc-8d74-de5fc080f878
Like all such laws, it would require anyone using social media to identify themselves to service hosts, so they can verify age. Corporate DataFarmers would love to have this information.
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