The UK's Online Safety Acts is already causing ripples outside of UK amongst Social Media sites. gab.com have blocked access to UK IP addresses and I think all the main sites have complied and will block posts to UK that contain certain content.
This 18 minute video by a British guy who I have never seen post anything political outlines the perils of this act.
https://youtu.be/Vfve9jbVU48?si=qioqbuTFRZJBNjVx
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The Online Safety Act has brought down so many websites already because of their fear of fines and not being able to stay compliant. Most hobby websites have a small staff, and the staff is most of the time voluntary, as well. I'm very sad this Act, which is meant for child safety, is having ripple effects not only in the UK, but other countries, as well, where webmasters may not be able to be compliant. therefore, choosing instead to close their doors, their hobbies.
I'm guessing US Government will stand by any US based web sites that fall foul of the legislation.
Ironically, although it is a socialist Government enforcing this legislation here in UK it was the previous conservative Government that designed the bill.
Interesting that the Safety Act was created by a conservative government at the time. I'm seeing some of those gray areas here being talked about by our current government that if implemented would be what you would expect from a more liberal government in office. Palantir and non-restrictive AI guardrails are two of the issues I've been keeping up with.
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Interesting that the Safety Act was created by a conservative government at the time. I'm seeing some of those gray areas here being talked about by our current government that if implemented would be what you would expect from a more liberal government in office. Palantir and non-restrictive AI guardrails are two of the issues I've been keeping up with.
Our previous Conservative administration (2010-2024) was more like a socialist Government with how much they spent. Data mining is so complex now, we take much on trust and as I always say, your data is perfectly safe until it isn't. So many data breaches occur now that the West's reliance on digital everything is a potential disaster. Non restrictive guard rails is an interesting terminology, one would associate a guard rail as being protective but non restrictive would be the opposite.
I do wonder how AI may be used in upcoming elections, previously if one saw a video that would be pretty convincing but with AI who is to know what is real and what is fake.
As ex NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said - "We will continue to be your single source of truth," and that, "Unless you hear it from us, it is not the truth."
I think your last sentence on the Prime Minister Arden's quote is most concerning and where a lot of "distrust" comes from the public. Is it only true because it comes from their narrative of the truth?
I think AI will be an issue in upcoming elections, yes. People are already creating fake AI stuff of celebrities, prominent politicians and the US president. No guard rails really concern me, as well and the acceleration in which AI is advancing on a level where most people I don't think are really paying attention to the dangers.