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from the oh-my-god-give-it-a-rest-already!!! dept.
Prime Minister Theresa May has not abandoned her usual crusades:
On a break from Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May takes her crusade against technology giants to Davos.
"No-one wants to be known as 'the terrorists' platform' or the first choice app for pedophiles," May is expected to say according to excerpts released by her office ahead of her speech Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos. "Technology companies still need to go further in stepping up their responsibilities for dealing with harmful and illegal online activity."
Don't forget the slave traders.
Luckily, May has a solution... Big AI:
After two years of repeatedly bashing social media companies, May will say that successfully harnessing the capabilities of AI -- and responding to public concerns about AI's impact on future generations -- is "one of the greatest tests of leadership for our time."
May will unveil a new government-funded Center for Data Ethics and Innovation that will provide companies and policymakers guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence.
Also at BBC, TechCrunch, and The Inquirer.
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday January 26 2018, @04:06PM (1 child)
Yeah well, nobody listens to Ron Wyden, so he can speak up all he wants, like a lot of other "heroic" politicians. People with real influence over what becomes law keep their heads down and eyes forward. They will speak up (confess) after they retire and a book deal is signed. This is the standard procedure. It's all a lot of talk when we need real circumvention to render the issue moot.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @05:19PM
not likely true of the Pauls. i know Ron wouldn't have done that and i doubt Rand would either. Even though their politics differ some, he seems to be cut from the same cloth.