This. There's a big difference between banning something you don't like, and setting standards for operation in the democratic information ecosystem that a platform can choose to meet or not. The first is an inherently autocratic MO, the second, rules-based.

Chinese people are 'obsessed' with what Yellen eats is because they can't talk about anything serious regarding her visits. Under seemingly fun news like this, it is the tragic reality of China: severe censorship.

SPINACH FOR CHINESE KIDS; FENTANYL FOR OURS. It's high time to force TikTok's divestiture from the CCP. ft.com/content/69caf3… via @ft

If you were on a break during Easter you might have missed this very helpful report coming out of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council last week, where both the EU and the US made it *very* clear that US-based researchers can use article 40.12 DSA for research purposes.

Before others, #Oppenheimer claimed that #tech doesn’t add to the world, it changes it completely.

Today, tech challenges our #democracy , our #humanity , and shapes a new world #order .

An honour to speak @The_IAS today.

Full speech: tinyurl.com/yc6xm2ry

🙏 Alondra Nelson

The CSET team has now published a full translation of this key document.

It spells out the specific tests AI providers must conduct on their models to be compliant w/ 🇨🇳's generative AI regulation:
cset.georgetown.edu/publication/ch…

Thread below with some key differences

Great opportunity to work with the incomparable Josh Rudolph on a slew of exciting and high-impact democracy, malign finance, and corruption projects!

🎓Know anyone who's graduating from college this year or last year and may want to come work with me at German Marshall Fund in Washington, DC?

Please encourage them to consider applying for the job here: gmfus.org/about/careers (Program Assistant, Alliance for Securing Democracy). Thank you!

🇪🇺🇺🇸 #TTC6 . It’s a wrap. AI, 6G, chips, secure connectivity, online safety. Lots achieved today, and in these 3 years👇
Still, we are far from done. Today’s spirit inspires us to continue the work this year, and show the TTC’s value for the future. europa.eu/!jpwTg6

READ: Chinese Ministry of Public Security backed group “promote[s] anti-American and anti-Western narratives” with over 450 Facebook accounts.

“The largest known cross-platform influence operation [Meta had] disrupted to date.” - FDD ⬇️ fdd.org/analysis/2024/…

NEW: TikTok rejected ads raising awareness about the hostages abducted on Oct 7. by Hamas in the crucial early weeks of the war—even as a top, beloved employee has family among the kidnapped.

Our look at how, many months later, the company changed course:forbes.com/sites/alexandr…

Today we open 2 investigations under our #foreign #subsidies regulation.

We are concerned that 2 🇨🇳 companies may have been unduly advantaged in a public tender on #solar #panels in #Romania .

Fair competition is fundamental to foster investment & innovation in 🇪🇺

🚨 'It's very, very difficult to disentangle what's the influence of the algorithm and what's the influence of what users on the platform want to see.'

Lindsay P. Gorman spoke to Erin Doherty Axios about non-traditional candidates' popularity on TikTok.👇
axios.com/2024/03/28/rfk…

.Maria Cantwell, who is pumping the brakes on the TikTok bill, has three former senior staffers lobbying for TikTok Policy.

More directly: Cantwell’s former staffers are lobbying to protect the CCP’s control of TikTok.

Frankly shocked this hasn’t gotten more attention.

Very proud of the Financial Times team I was part of, led by Sam Joiner, that turned a seed of an idea into a stunning data investigation - tracking the number of demolitions and defacements of mosques in China, over thousands of sites, over seven years

We’re thrilled to welcome new CAI members, Autodesk, NBCUniversal News Group, PwC, and WPP, joining a commitment to combatting the threat of misinformation, ensuring creators get credit for their work, and building trust in our information ecosystem.

The CAI community of over…