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Troll farms

dimanche 19 septembre 2021 à 02:00

Facebook sent troll farm output to 140 million Americans users each month. 100 million of them had not expressed any interest in those things -- Facebook sent it to them spontaneously.

(Those figures are from 2019.)

Facebook did not seen to consider it urgent to put an end to this.

Cars detecting [and recording data] on drunk drivers

dimanche 19 septembre 2021 à 02:00

In principle, making cars detect a drunk driver and refuse to start is legitimate in my opinion. However, it is unjust for the car to record data about these events.

If the car gets it, insurance companies will get it.

Medicare prices

dimanche 19 septembre 2021 à 02:00

A medical patients' interest group is campaigning against three congresscritters that voted to keep Medicare drug prices high.

Phasing out loans to fossil fuel companies

dimanche 19 septembre 2021 à 02:00

Progressives in Congress have launched a bill to require US banks to phase out lending to fossil fuel companies.

Suspending sale of dangerous AI technologies

dimanche 19 septembre 2021 à 02:00

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for suspending the sale of dangerous AI technologies.

(This means those whose use would imperil human rights.)

I don't believe that any kind of usage limits could prevent face recognition from endangering human rights.