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Congress asking Apple and other big tech what they're doing about deepfakes
22july2013 said:I'm not American, nor a lawyer, but doesn't the First Amendment say "Congress shall [not] abridge freedom of speech"? When they put pressure on any company to "proactively address the proliferation of deepfake pornography" isn't that a direct attempt to make companies abridge people's freedom of speech?
I recognized one signatory on the list of questions. She was a Democrat. Were all the signatories Democrats?The amendment actually says "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech..." "Pressuring" a corporation skirts that restriction unless they decide to impose some sort of punishment. It can be a very fine line, and until the unlikely action of the U.S. Supreme Court to stop them, they'll continue.However, Congress and U.S. courts have created many, many exceptions to unabridged free speech. Incitement to violence, for instance. Fraud. Misleading advertising. Certain forms of pornography. Intimidation. Often, the legitimacy of any given "speech" hinges on the intent of that speech. Parody and satire, for instance, even though potentially depicting entirely false information, are protected speech, while false accusations of crimes or misdoing fall under slander or liable, which are not covered by free speech.
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A clever hack fixes the new Mac mini power button's awkward location
Just turn the Mini upside down.
No, it's not a serious suggestion.
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EU hits back at Apple withholding Apple Intelligence from the region
thrang said:
Hahahaha. Pay what? They will now fine them for NOT releasing a product or service into their geography because they do not want to run afoul of rules they disagree with and could impact user privacy?VictorMortimer said:Intentionally omitting features as retaliation? Yeah, Apple is gonna LOVE the multi-billion fine for this little stunt.The EU is done playing. Apple will behave, or they will PAY.
Think about how faulty your logic is.
The faster the EU toss Vestager and the commission they better they will be.I almost wish the EU would penalize Apple for not providing services there that they do elsewhere. It might be that proverbial last straw that would cause Apple to pull out entirely.No, I don't really believe they would do that. It would be nice if they did, though.
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Apple & EU slammed for dangerous child abuse imagery scanning plans
I hate to be the one to say "I told you so", but I bloody well told you so.AppleInsider said:The EU's plan goes further in that it also looks for organized crime and terrorist activity.
When the capability exists, overreaching governments will exploit it.
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UK secretly orders Apple to let it spy on iPhone users worldwide
Apple could also just pull out of the UK entirely, fire all their UK employees, and stop buying UK goods and services. I know they won't, but feck all fascist governments.
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Microsoft blames European Commission for global CrowdStrike catastrophe
avon b7 said:Did the EU make Microsoft do this worldwide?
The problem last week had nothing to do with the EU. It was sloppy coding, sloppy testing and with little to no resilience built into the whole process.
Microsoft didn't do this at all. It was Crowdstrike that did it.
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Leak shows rumored bronze titanium iPhone 16 Pro
Yucam said:I like this "Malibu Chihuahua Poo" Color...
This. More reminiscent of something the cat threw up than anything like "bronze". A real bronze colour would be cool, bu if that is the "bronze" they're going with, I'm gonna want to see it in person before I'd consider it.
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EU hits back at Apple withholding Apple Intelligence from the region
Gosh, what a surprise. /sI believe "hoist on one's own petard" is the relevant cliche...
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Apple requests anti-steering injunction in Epic case be tossed given new precedent
AppleInsider said:a ruling by a state government that cannot be contradicted by the federal government.I'm gonna have to see if I can find out how that works. Normally, federal law trumps state law unless it's something the federal constitution delegates to the states. I can't imagine steering provisions fall under that. -
Apple admits to using Google Tensor hardware to train Apple Intelligence
PSA: Everyone complaining about clickbait titles has generated revenue for AI.
