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#regulation

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European Commission finds Instagram and Facebook "shift the brain into 'autopilot mode', contributing to unhealthy habits and compulsive use"

I'd like to think that something will come of this initial finding against Meta for being in breach of the Digital Services Act.

I'm hopeful, if only because WhatsApp isn't included in this. It's very difficult for legislatures in this day and age to meaningfully find against social infrastructure (which is what WhatsApp has become in Europe) but it's much easier to regulate social media.

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I wouldn't call myself a 'true believer'

I'm not sure my responses to this series of 29 questions warrant the tag 'true believer' but I haven't looked into the methodology of this 'AI Compass'.

Essentially my position is that AI is more consequential and useful than things like Blockchain, that it should be better regulated, and that it allows most people to do things they weren't able to do before.