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Per Strömbäck

Busting Fake News Like a Crazy Cat Lady

No shortage of disinformation, trolling, propaganda, fake news… whichever term y... »

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    French authors sue TikTok over alleged copyright violations

    www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...

    French authors sue TikTok over alleged copyright violations

    The French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers said Thursday it had filed a lawsuit in Paris, accusing the Chinese-owned platform of using extracts from films and shows without permission or fai...

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    The AI giants have all but admitted that they have developed their most advanced models by tapping into mass piracy.

    *Spoiler: There is no let up in enforcement.
    www.leefang.com/p/what-happe...

    What Happened to Piracy? Copyright Enforcement Fades as AI Giants Rise

    "Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught." -Balzac

    www.leefang.com

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    These companies are stealing every scrap of data they can find, throwing compute power at it, draining our aquifers of water and our national grids of electricity and all we have so far is some software that you can’t trust not to make things up. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-great-...

    The Great AI Bubble

    Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.

    broligarchy.substack.com

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    European Writers' Council @europeanwriterscouncil.eu 2 days

    EWC - speaking for over 250.000 authors in Europe - demands:

    Use your power. Stand up for Europe and Europe’s Culture and Creatives!
    Graphic with Text: 
European Writers' Council demands from Politics:
STAND UP for Europe, Europe's Culture and Creatives!

Hold those ones accountable who exploit and want to profit
from our work and knowledge without contributing to growth and evolving. Graphic with Text:
Essential!!!
NO: handy Giveaway useful to greedy, shortsighted,
spineless players.
Europe's Creatives & Culture Graphic quoting Nina George, EWC Political Commissioner: 
Europe's decision
makers are prepared to throw individual rights under the (Omni)bus to make it easier for non-EU oligopolies
to exploit us.
EWC warns: 
this is the sell-out of Europe's strength and independence Graphic with Text: 
EWC calling on all creators, on all of us. The future is on ALL of us. 

"The key is to GET,
to BE organised.
We have to be standing solidly, protecting ourselves as individuals and protecting European society & culture.

Let's get organised. For real!

quoting Monika Pfundmeier, EWC 2nd Vice President
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    Google proposes ad tech changes to settle a €2.95B EU antitrust fine, including boosting interoperability across its ad tech services, but still plans to appeal. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

    Google Offers Ad Tech Tweaks in €3 Billion EU Antitrust Fight

    Google has offered to tweak its ad tech products to settle a European Union order after a near-€3 billion ($3.4 billion) antitrust penalty, stopping short of a partial breakup watchdogs favor.

    www.bloomberg.com

From Geo-Blocking to Geo-Enabling: A Tool For Growth

There is a delicate balance to strike for Europe’s leaders: can the si... »

Beyond the Digital Ambulance: The Evolving Economy of Exploitation in the Online World

In our previous article in 2013, we explored in the first "Digital Amb... »

Machine Usefulness – A Compass for Navigating the AI Revolution

Book Review of Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Tec... »

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