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posted by mrpg on Friday January 26 2018, @07:00AM   Printer-friendly
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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @06:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @06:08PM (#628376)

    Yup, everyone who thinks the internet will just route around damage are living in a relatively free time period. As you say it would be pretty straightforward for the government to clamp down. That would likely lead us into revolution, but then again it depends on how it is sold. The US is apparently filled with sheeple who believe in security theater, we can only hope they aren't able to come up with a good enough excuse to lock the net down more than this net neutrality debacle.