I’m guessing they won’t need to do this in the US. We’re much
more ambiguity tolerant.
Google to
ban political ads ahead of federal election, citing new transparency
rules
Google is banning political advertising on its
platforms ahead of the Canadian federal election because of new ad
transparency rules it says would be too challenging to comply with.
The decision comes in response to the Liberals’
signature election measure, Bill C-76, which passed in December.
Among other things, it requires online platforms to keep a registry
of all political and partisan ads they directly or indirectly
publish.
… Aside from the ad registry requirement,
Google also expressed concerns about how it would detect ads of a
partisan nature, which may not specifically mention a candidate or
party by name. “The challenge for us is that that definition is
extremely broad,” Mr. McKay said.
If true, why is it being announced by an aide? No
one wants to take credit?
The National Security Agency has quietly shut down
a system that analyzes logs of Americans’ domestic calls and texts,
according to a senior Republican congressional aide, halting a
program that has touched off disputes about privacy and the rule of
law since the Sept. 11 attacks.
The agency has not used the system in months, and
the Trump administration might not ask Congress to renew its legal
authority, which is set to expire at the end of the year, according
to the aide, Luke Murry, the House minority leader’s national
security adviser.
Perhaps individual opinions are not universal?
EU
‘Terrorist Content’ Proposal Sets Dire Example for Free Speech
Online
… Last year, the German parliament enacted the
NetzDG
law, requiring large social media sites to remove posts that
violate certain provisions of the German code, including broad
prohibitions on “defamation of religion,” “hate speech,” and
“insult.” The removal obligation is triggered not by a court
order, but by complaints from users.
… While NetzDG required companies to create
mechanisms to lodge complaints about posts, it
failed to include parallel requirements for challenging removals.
Within hours after it went into effect, warnings that the law would
sweep too broadly were vindicated: Twitter deleted
tweets from a far-right politician, as well as those of a satirical
magazine that made fun of her.
PreCrime!
These
Cameras Can Spot Shoplifters Even Before They Steal
… While AI is usually envisioned as a smart
personal assistant or self-driving car, it turns out the technology
is pretty good at spotting nefarious behavior. Like a scene out of
the movie “Minority Report,” algorithms analyze security-camera
footage and alert staff about potential thieves via a smartphone app.
The goal is prevention; if the target is approached and asked if
they need help, there’s a good chance the theft never happens.
More on surveillance.
Chad Marlow of the ACLU has an article that I
would encourage parents of school-age children to read. And if
you don’t have school-age kids, but just generally give a damn
about letting little kids grow up to become adults instead of getting
gunned down at school, read it anyway. Here’s just one snippet:
there is no demonstrated link between increasing student surveillance and decreasing gun violence on campus.
To the contrary, student surveillance — and indeed surveillance in general — has been shown to have no deterrent effect on violent crime. And one should not fall into the false forward-versus-backward analysis trap: Even if, after-the-fact, many school shooters are found to have posted threatening statements online, that doesn’t mean most, or even a significant number of students who post threatening statements are likely to become school shooters.
Do you know what the Dickey and Tiahrt Amendments
are and how they are preventing us from getting meaningful research
on stemming gun violence in schools? No? A lot of us didn’t/don’t
know. But it’s time we all became more educated and insistent on
really addressing the problem of gun violence at schools properly and
effectively.
I grew up in the generation where we had atomic
bomb
drills in school. Today’s kids are growing up with active
shooter drills. In one way, I think things are worse now because
today’s kids are worrying about a fellow student or former student
who comes in, looks them in the eye, and tries to take their life.
Not someone remotely pushing a button that drops a bomb on the whole
building or town, but someone you may know having the intent and
means to kill you or your little brother down the hall….
What are we doing to children?
Read the ACLU’s
post and stop drinking the Kool-Aid that the NRA hands out with
one hand while providing campaign financing with the other hand.
A noble goal, but I don’t see a clear answer
here.
How to
Build Artificial Intelligence That Everyone Can Trust
Experts from IBM
Watson and Kellogg discuss how to remove bias and increase
transparency in machine-learning algorithms.
For my next Disaster Recovery lecture.
For
Fukushima's nuclear disaster, robots may be the only hope
Perspective. Find something India wants, set
sales records.
Spotify
adds 1 million unique listeners in India in less than a week
Spotify Technology SA, the world’s most popular
paid music streaming service, said it racked up more than 1 million
unique users in India across its free and premium tiers since
launching less than a week ago.
Spotify launched in India on Tuesday, stepping
into a price-sensitive market crowded by well-funded players such as
Reliance Industries’ JioSaavn and Apple’s Apple Music.
The Swedish company is offering a free version
that will run with ads, alongside a premium ad-free variant that will
charge users 119 Indian rupees ($1.68) per month.
Worth a try?
Shaking the
Chrome habit is getting easier – try Brave
The
Verge – Vlad Savov: “Readers of this august website may
recall that a year ago, I lauded Firefox and its progress toward
becoming a
genuine alternative to Google’s dominant Chrome browser. As
much as I liked where Firefox was going, however, I couldn’t stick
with it over the long term. It wasn’t compatible with everything
the way Chrome was, its extensions were different, and, for my way of
using a browser, it was slower and less responsive. So I returned to
Chrome after a few weeks of Firefox, but the urge to decouple my
browsing habits from Google remained.
Dive deep!
Free
Reading Spree to Kick Off Spring
We’re gearing up to release our Spring 2019
issue, which features an exciting lineup of big ideas from key
management thinkers. To celebrate its publication in advance, we’re
dropping our paywall on March 5 and 6 so that all of our content will
be freely available to visitors online.
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