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by ipython 2y ago
So. This hasn’t happened yet. It’s just a bill sponsored by a nut job representative. Not a law. Not even put up for debate yet. From your definition, North Korea forbids the “import” of most of the Internet for normal citizens. The fact th
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by ipython 2y ago
I think there are reasoned arguments about TikTok, export control, etc. Heck I’m old enough to remember the Clipper chip debate (go google that if you’re <30yo) But you undercut yourself when you say that we are “more closed” than the cc
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by ipython 2y ago
Sorry. I am typing on my phone and researching on a tiny screen is difficult. I don’t have any anger toward you- I am passionate about this subject (although not sure what I personally can do about it) I’m curious to hear more about your vi
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by ipython 2y ago
Oh, absolutely. And they’ve managed to create multiple diverse income streams as well- so if this little racket is shut down, well we have a shitcoin for sale, or some branded sneakers, how about a bible or watch? Heck why not just have a p
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by ipython 2y ago
It’s objectively gotten worse over the past decade+. Unfortunately the anti-slapp laws are fragmented and therefore don’t have the intended effect. Plaintiffs can easily venue shop, and there is no slapp protection in federal court. Even if
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by ipython 2y ago
Ah, that’s different then. I am sympathetic to your viewpoint but unfortunately it seems that we no longer are playing on a level field.
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by ipython 2y ago
And what legal basis does X have in their suit against former advertisers? Also the current president did successfully extract a settlement from meta for kicking him off their platform for what meta considered at the time violations of thei
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by ipython 2y ago
Basically rich, powerful people feel empowered to use the legal system as a cudgel. Our new president has shown this approach works- as he has extracted multi million dollar settlements from Facebook and abc for hurting his feelings. I’ve h
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by ipython 2y ago
I wonder, why not expose their “free speech” hypocrisy by signing up to advertise on X with ads that do nothing but taunt Elon? Then, when they ban your account, sue X that they won’t let you advertise on their platform.
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by ipython 2y ago
There's some accusations along those lines: https://futurism.com/trump-admin-accused-ai-executive-orders . It wouldn't be too far fetched to assume that rushing to release these so quickly may have involved some sh
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by ipython 2y ago
Thankfully the submission is self aware- the first sentence of the article is literally: > This is a book about large language models.
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by ipython 2y ago
That's neat. I just tried something similar: FORTUNE=$(fortune) && echo $FORTUNE && echo "Convert the following output of the Unix `fortune` command into a small screenplay in the style of Shakespeare: \n\n $
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by ipython 2y ago
And on cue - Trump has signaled his intention to stall the ban via executive order. The wording of that message is like kryptonite to that man. It’s simply begging for him to come out and say “see only I can fix it!” https://www.
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by ipython 2y ago
Do we have actual numbers on signups for RedNote though? I feel that if I’ve learned anything in the past ten years of social media, a lot of noise is made by a very small percentage of users (not necessarily even people).
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by ipython 2y ago
I agree that young folks feel the pain more acutely - inflation, education and housing costs hurt the most as they have the least amount of income/savings. I’m not sure I would elevate TikTok to that degree though - we have some seriou
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by ipython 2y ago
“Millions of people that use this application for their livelihood” - citation needed A bit over dramatic. I don’t foresee soup kitchens overflowing from TikTok influencers suddenly unable to house or feed themselves.
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by ipython 2y ago
You’re very quick to accuse someone of being “confused” and that their arguments can be discarded out of hand but show no credentials yourself. Ultimately, Novak was jailed for his speech no? And cohen was remanded to solitary confinement f
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by ipython 2y ago
You mentioned that you want this theoretical social network to “catch on” to consumers. Therefore - it kind of has to be practical to do so.
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by ipython 2y ago
It could be a bit of both. The popularity of TikTok indicates that their algorithm for picking relevant videos is pretty damn good. So they may consider that the US market is worth sacrificing for their sovereignty.
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by ipython 2y ago
Ok so I quickly typed up a response- there is a lot of nuance that’s not going to be captured in a few sentences. The government has absolutely imprisoned people for speech it doesn’t like. In the Parma case, a citizen put up a parody page
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by ipython 2y ago
And to that point LinkedIn makes an active effort (in my experience) to highlight the most extreme political comments (I assume for the same reasons as any other social network- anger is a simple formula to fuel engagement). It insists on s
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by ipython 2y ago
I totally get what you’re saying. I just don't know how you actually implement this at global scale. I dislike Facebook and have not used it in over a decade, but I do believe they at least used to try and enforce real name policies.
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by ipython 2y ago
TIL. In 2021 the ccp released a white paper titled “China: democracy that works” https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/whitepaper/202112/04/cont... https://news.cgtn.com/news/whitepaper
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by ipython 2y ago
They absolutely do require confirmation in some cases - https://www.facebook.com/help/1090831264320592 Of course that’s not foolproof and there are millions of bot accounts by facebooks own admission. But at the scale
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by ipython 2y ago
I’m not advocating that we abandon democracy. To use your argument the other way around, why should we treat china as a democracy as it doesn’t pretend to be one? They don’t allow our businesses to operate on an equal footing there, so why
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by ipython 2y ago
What’s interesting about this argument is that the playing field is highly asymmetric between the us and china. China explicitly firewalls out large amounts of the internet from its population. If you want to do business via an e-commerce i
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by ipython 2y ago
Banning foreign ownership of broadcast media companies is not new. It’s just that the laws have lagged the shift from broadcast linear mediums to the internet. Source: the FCC specifically prohibits certain ownership of broadcast stations b
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by ipython 2y ago
Undoubtedly this is related to the incorporation of generative ai responses in search results. Compute requirements to create that little answer box have to be astronomical, so this is the way they can shed bot traffic to keep their costs d
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RedNote may wall off "TikTok refugees" from Chinese users(arstechnica.com)
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by ipython 2y ago
I disagree with the EFF here too but I am so happy that there is a good faith well reasoned argument on the other side. This struggle is what makes democracy work.

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