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Is AI a form of declinism?

Spain announces plans to ban social media for under-16s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says the move will protect children from the

Where will under 16s go if not to social media? The internet is vast and wide.... there are some dark corners.

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News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns Outlets like The Guardian and The New York Times are scrutinizing digital archives as potential backdoors for AI crawlers.

This sucks, and it gets even worse. I've noticed at least one site has employed a paywall process that even prevents paying subscribers from employing IA-style WARC creation from saving the site, with a script that reapplies the paywall in the WARC context. www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...

Google scuppers service comparing YouTube viewing with TV and streaming audiences ‘Cease and desist’ letter forces Barb and Kantar Media to halt measurement service just months after its launch

"Embrace, Extend, Extinguish"

www.ft.com/content/9493... #tech #antitrust #google #platformaccountability #filmandtv #audiovisual #tv #film #media

Embrace, extend, extinguish
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The rollout of AI headlines in Discover follows a familiar pattern for the search giant, in which it trials AI integration in search as “an experiment,” minimizes the update after backlash over accuracy problems, then expands and cements the update.

Where's her chancellor these days...

What a big study of teens says about social media — and what it can’t The “moral panic” framing misses how platforms actually harm kids. PLUS: Newsom investigates TikTok over Trump, and the Clawdbot frenzy

What if addiction is not the problem, and bans are not the answer?

A critique of a large UK social media study that suggested measures like social media bans are unlikely to have an effect on teens' long term mental health (Casey Newton / Platformer) www.platformer.news/social-media...

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Google scuppers service comparing YouTube viewing with TV and streaming audiences ‘Cease and desist’ letter forces Barb and Kantar Media to halt measurement service just months after its launch

"Embrace, Extend, Extinguish"

www.ft.com/content/9493... #tech #antitrust #google #platformaccountability #filmandtv #audiovisual #tv #film #media

Tech workers urge CEOs to condemn ICE In the wake of the fatal shootings in Minneapolis, tech companies and their CEOs have largely chosen to stay silent.

Who remembers Christchurch? George Floyd? Alison Parker & Adam Ward?

Tech either monetised the outrage, aggravated the harm and ultimately was an accessory.

Why would Minnesota be any different?

e.g., "They trust me, dumb fucks," Zuck.

www.axios.com/2026/01/26/t...

Tech workers urge CEOs to condemn ICE In the wake of the fatal shootings in Minneapolis, tech companies and their CEOs have largely chosen to stay silent.

Who remembers Christchurch? George Floyd? Alison Parker & Adam Ward?

Tech either monetised the outrage, aggravated the harm and ultimately was an accessory.

Why would Minnesota be any different?

e.g., "They trust me, dumb fucks," Zuck.

www.axios.com/2026/01/26/t...

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Anna’s Archive Spotify Hack: “We Took It Down” Is Not the End of the Story Tech press coverage of Anna’s Archive repeats a familiar misdirection: if Spotify files were taken down, the story is over. But in an AI context, the real value is often in derived audio analysis d…

Anna’s Archive Spotify Hack: “We Took It Down” Is Not the End of the Story artistrightswatch.com/2026/01/25/a...

They don't fear fines
They fear competition...and jail

Said it many times:

Tech don't fear fines
They fear competition (and jail)

Network act promotes double fees; and is bad for consumers.

They don't fear fines
They fear competition...and jail

Will disable plugins and have a whirl!
Thanks for pointing me to the tool and for your great wee app.

Chrome

X/Musk doesn't fear fines
He fears competition and jail.

Understand, as it can quickly be one step in a row for a spammer to follow churn. The aim here is just house keeping.

So "get last post date, if more than [x], list for selection/deletion/unfollow". That way one can cleanse the follow list of dormnant follows

It is helpful, but thinking was it would function like the old untweeps app (basically, can set the app to list stale accounts, those who have not posted for 20/30/40/100 days etc).

Cheers, working a treat!

They don't fear fines
They fear competition...and jail.

From Geo-Blocking to Geo-Enabling: A Tool For Growth - Netopia The EU’s Geo-Blocking Regulation review reignites debate over Europe’s single market, cultural diversity, and protection of local languages in film and TV.

Without geo-enabling, only bigger players would have the resources to create a pan-European market demand

LINK: www.netopia.eu/eu-geo-block...

#geoblocking #film #television #media #audiovisual

Oauth...will post screenshot in morning.

@juli.ee Does this still work? cleanfollow-bsky.pages.dev

Can't get it to login...