I feel like this didn’t get enough traction: Cryptocurrencies align the interests of millions of young, emotionally-desperate gamblers with the criminal oligarchs that money laundering legislation was set up to control.
#democracy #digitalGovernance #AIEthics
#democracy #digitalGovernance #AIEthics
Just heard that the new Trump voters strongly overlap with those who own doge cryptocurrency (the cheapest one) who thought their "investment" would go to 0 with Harris and go to the moon with Elon. Which is why Elon was announced to be the head of DOGE: Dept Of Governance Efficiency
November 13, 2024 at 6:16 AM
I feel like this didn’t get enough traction: Cryptocurrencies align the interests of millions of young, emotionally-desperate gamblers with the criminal oligarchs that money laundering legislation was set up to control.
#democracy #digitalGovernance #AIEthics
#democracy #digitalGovernance #AIEthics
August 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Artist whose work was stolen for AI content has her works taken down by #youtube for copyright violations against the plagiarised versions, so no longer can make money off the source music she produced.
#aiethics #digitalGovernance #platformRegulation #dsa #llm #genai cc @jeffdean.bsky.social
#aiethics #digitalGovernance #platformRegulation #dsa #llm #genai cc @jeffdean.bsky.social
THIS IS SERIOUS❗️
Singer-Songwriters & Musicians Take Heed ‼️
Video: Singer-Songwriter Murphy Campbell from North Carolina
Singer-Songwriters & Musicians Take Heed ‼️
Video: Singer-Songwriter Murphy Campbell from North Carolina
April 4, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Artist whose work was stolen for AI content has her works taken down by #youtube for copyright violations against the plagiarised versions, so no longer can make money off the source music she produced.
#aiethics #digitalGovernance #platformRegulation #dsa #llm #genai cc @jeffdean.bsky.social
#aiethics #digitalGovernance #platformRegulation #dsa #llm #genai cc @jeffdean.bsky.social
Re @anthropic.com + the pope — regulatory evasion via avoiding rather than prioritising #transparency. Fortunately, now illegal in the EU thanks to the #AIAct
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
Awesome. I too have been writing about this — for decades joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2025/09/pier...
Piercing the AI veil – my papers on AI and the avoidance of responsibility
artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com
May 26, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Re @anthropic.com + the pope — regulatory evasion via avoiding rather than prioritising #transparency. Fortunately, now illegal in the EU thanks to the #AIAct
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
OSPOs for Good returned to UNHQ during #UNOpenSourceWeek — spotlighting how OSPOs are advancing #AI policy, #DigitalGovernance & innovation.
Hosted by the 🇩🇪 Federal Ministry for Digitization & Gov't Modernization, @unodet.bsky.social & OICT.
Heartfelt thanks to all speakers & participants! 👏
Hosted by the 🇩🇪 Federal Ministry for Digitization & Gov't Modernization, @unodet.bsky.social & OICT.
Heartfelt thanks to all speakers & participants! 👏
June 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
OSPOs for Good returned to UNHQ during #UNOpenSourceWeek — spotlighting how OSPOs are advancing #AI policy, #DigitalGovernance & innovation.
Hosted by the 🇩🇪 Federal Ministry for Digitization & Gov't Modernization, @unodet.bsky.social & OICT.
Heartfelt thanks to all speakers & participants! 👏
Hosted by the 🇩🇪 Federal Ministry for Digitization & Gov't Modernization, @unodet.bsky.social & OICT.
Heartfelt thanks to all speakers & participants! 👏
Taiwan puts its digital ministry under transportation, because it’s infrastructure.
Audrey Tang at the French Embassy in Berlin. #digitalGovernance
Audrey Tang at the French Embassy in Berlin. #digitalGovernance
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Taiwan puts its digital ministry under transportation, because it’s infrastructure.
Audrey Tang at the French Embassy in Berlin. #digitalGovernance
Audrey Tang at the French Embassy in Berlin. #digitalGovernance
Fortunately, it doesn't.
Unfortunately, convincing an administration that believes in DOGE but doesn't believe in vaccines of that may be tricky.
#DSA #digitalGovernance #ruleOfLaw #digitalSovereignty
Unfortunately, convincing an administration that believes in DOGE but doesn't believe in vaccines of that may be tricky.
#DSA #digitalGovernance #ruleOfLaw #digitalSovereignty
The FTC notified companies like Google, Meta, and Apple that they must not apply the Digital Services Act, which regulates digital platforms, if it jeopardizes the freedom of Americans. www.wired.com/story/big-te...
Big Tech Companies in the US Have Been Told Not to Apply the Digital Services Act
The FTC notified companies like Google, Meta, and Apple that they must not apply the Digital Services Act, which regulates digital platforms, if it jeopardizes the freedom of Americans.
www.wired.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fortunately, it doesn't.
Unfortunately, convincing an administration that believes in DOGE but doesn't believe in vaccines of that may be tricky.
#DSA #digitalGovernance #ruleOfLaw #digitalSovereignty
Unfortunately, convincing an administration that believes in DOGE but doesn't believe in vaccines of that may be tricky.
#DSA #digitalGovernance #ruleOfLaw #digitalSovereignty
AI is already superhuman. So are libraries, cars, and calculators. Not a reason to abandon the strong history of science-led digital policy in the EU.
Please sign if you have a PhD in or near AI.
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
pads.c3w.at/form/#/2/for...
Please sign if you have a PhD in or near AI.
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
pads.c3w.at/form/#/2/for...
CryptPad
pads.c3w.at
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
AI is already superhuman. So are libraries, cars, and calculators. Not a reason to abandon the strong history of science-led digital policy in the EU.
Please sign if you have a PhD in or near AI.
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
pads.c3w.at/form/#/2/for...
Please sign if you have a PhD in or near AI.
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
pads.c3w.at/form/#/2/for...
Can we PLEASE wait a couple of years and see whether the Australian experiment of cutting youth off does more good than harm?
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
BREAKING: Netherlands to ban 'addictive, polarising & anti-democratic algorithms'
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Can we PLEASE wait a couple of years and see whether the Australian experiment of cutting youth off does more good than harm?
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
Bowing down before the ones he serves. Let’s hope he gets what he deserves before we all do.
#digitalGovernance
#digitalGovernance
Altman is up. Two years after he testified to Congress that we needed regulation to prevent AI from causing harm to the world, he has nothing to say about AI's downsides in his opening testimony this time. All about the need for growth and American AI leadership.
May 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Bowing down before the ones he serves. Let’s hope he gets what he deserves before we all do.
#digitalGovernance
#digitalGovernance
Can I suggest we KEEP our #digitalGovernance intact, and just trade with the rest of the world? There must be a lot of trade slack going around.
So after the great N-American trade war of 2025 began, and China got another 10% tariff....next up is: Europa.
Do read Aslak's terrific take on a) how radical the innocuous sounding 'reciprocal' Trump tariff plan actually is and b) how the EU can forcefully respond.
www.cer.eu/insights/tru...
Do read Aslak's terrific take on a) how radical the innocuous sounding 'reciprocal' Trump tariff plan actually is and b) how the EU can forcefully respond.
www.cer.eu/insights/tru...
Trump's tariffs – how should the EU react?
The ‘Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Plan’ proposed by Donald Trump sounds innocuous but is a roadmap towards an all-out global trade war. To avert one, Europe must act firmly and speedily.
www.cer.eu
March 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Can I suggest we KEEP our #digitalGovernance intact, and just trade with the rest of the world? There must be a lot of trade slack going around.
📣 Job alert: I am hiring 5 research assistants to work with me at @oiioxford.bsky.social Apply (👇) if you work on #digitalethics / #digitalgovernance, have proven experience in academic writing & have research ideas to explore!
(The post doesn't sponsor visas).
#Defence #AIethics
shorturl.at/eyPbg
(The post doesn't sponsor visas).
#Defence #AIethics
shorturl.at/eyPbg
OII | Vacancies
Job opportunities at the Oxford Internet Institute
www.oii.ox.ac.uk
January 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
📣 Job alert: I am hiring 5 research assistants to work with me at @oiioxford.bsky.social Apply (👇) if you work on #digitalethics / #digitalgovernance, have proven experience in academic writing & have research ideas to explore!
(The post doesn't sponsor visas).
#Defence #AIethics
shorturl.at/eyPbg
(The post doesn't sponsor visas).
#Defence #AIethics
shorturl.at/eyPbg
I’ve been saying this in talks for YEARS. AI isn’t something you trust. It’s an extension of capital with sensors into your most private spheres, so you must cybersecure your devices and seriously regulate the companies that produce and deploy them.
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
We hacked a robot vacuum — and could watch live through its camera
“It’s like having a webcam that can roll around your house and look at your family"
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...
“It’s like having a webcam that can roll around your house and look at your family"
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...
The world's largest home robotics company has a problem – its vacuum cleaners can be hacked from afar
Without even entering the building, we were able to silently peer through the camera on a Deebot device made by Chinese giant Ecovacs.
www.abc.net.au
October 9, 2024 at 7:54 AM
I’ve been saying this in talks for YEARS. AI isn’t something you trust. It’s an extension of capital with sensors into your most private spheres, so you must cybersecure your devices and seriously regulate the companies that produce and deploy them.
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
'Complaints to state regulators about lawyers, financial advisers and estate agents are climbing, according to data compiled by @chrisschmitz.ai of the @hertieschool.bsky.social in Berlin, who has coined the term #agenticFlooding .'
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
www.economist.com/britain/2026...
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
www.economist.com/britain/2026...
From parking tickets to planning, the state is under siege by AI
The people-versus-state arms race
www.economist.com
August 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM
'Complaints to state regulators about lawyers, financial advisers and estate agents are climbing, according to data compiled by @chrisschmitz.ai of the @hertieschool.bsky.social in Berlin, who has coined the term #agenticFlooding .'
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
www.economist.com/britain/2026...
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance
www.economist.com/britain/2026...
Sounds like a job for the #DSA (the EU’s digital service act, which regulates recommender algorithms, profiling, and targeted advertising.)
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
Non tik tok social media is full of people sharing that their posts on US politics, Minnesota events, privacy, have been silently banned. Wiener is a California state senator. Some activist accounts have been fully banned. Tiktok blaming power outage but users disagree and say it was targeted
January 27, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Sounds like a job for the #DSA (the EU’s digital service act, which regulates recommender algorithms, profiling, and targeted advertising.)
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
This is what those of us working in #AIPolicy have been battling since at least 2010, and what EU #digitalGovernance legislation should hopefully now adequately address , if the @ec.europa.eu enforces it.
Nonetheless, looking forward to reading the book.
Nonetheless, looking forward to reading the book.
I can't recommend @dsquareddigest.bsky.social The Unaccountability Machine strongly enough as an explanation of how systems work and when they don't - now available in the US - press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... - (and I believe blurbed by Brian Eno for the UK paperback which I haven't seen).
May 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is what those of us working in #AIPolicy have been battling since at least 2010, and what EU #digitalGovernance legislation should hopefully now adequately address , if the @ec.europa.eu enforces it.
Nonetheless, looking forward to reading the book.
Nonetheless, looking forward to reading the book.
This is about a proposed change in British AI governance that moves the UK away from their prior protections of the GDPR, let alone the (quite awesome) language in the EU's AI Act about human accountability, which sadly the British have never (yet) been subject to. #digitalGovernance #AIEthics
⚠️ The #DataBill will unleash AI ⚠️
Being stripped back is the right to human review over automated decisions – even if they have life-changing impacts.
Life mustn’t be haunted by the ghost in the machine.
Sign and share our petition to keep human review!
✍️ ⬇️
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ai...
Being stripped back is the right to human review over automated decisions – even if they have life-changing impacts.
Life mustn’t be haunted by the ghost in the machine.
Sign and share our petition to keep human review!
✍️ ⬇️
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ai...
November 24, 2024 at 1:48 PM
This is about a proposed change in British AI governance that moves the UK away from their prior protections of the GDPR, let alone the (quite awesome) language in the EU's AI Act about human accountability, which sadly the British have never (yet) been subject to. #digitalGovernance #AIEthics
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2025/03/feed...
Feedback on version 3, GPAI Code of Practice for the EU's AI Act
#digitalGovernance #AIA #AIAct
Feedback on version 3, GPAI Code of Practice for the EU's AI Act
#digitalGovernance #AIA #AIAct
Feedback on version 3, GPAI Code of Practice for the EU's AI Act
artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2025/03/feed...
Feedback on version 3, GPAI Code of Practice for the EU's AI Act
#digitalGovernance #AIA #AIAct
Feedback on version 3, GPAI Code of Practice for the EU's AI Act
#digitalGovernance #AIA #AIAct
Excited to talk at #SWING in #Salerno today. Thank you @nicolapalladino.bsky.social and @msantaniello.bsky.social and everyone else involved! #digitalgovernance #UN #GlobalDigitalCompact
So excited for the start of the #Salerno Winter School on #InternetGovernace!!!
Gathered a such exceptional group of students, scholars and pratictioners!!!
#Internet #networks #AI #Chips #DNS #BigTech #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalConstitutionalism #Multistakeholderism
Gathered a such exceptional group of students, scholars and pratictioners!!!
#Internet #networks #AI #Chips #DNS #BigTech #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalConstitutionalism #Multistakeholderism
February 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Excited to talk at #SWING in #Salerno today. Thank you @nicolapalladino.bsky.social and @msantaniello.bsky.social and everyone else involved! #digitalgovernance #UN #GlobalDigitalCompact
I’ve heard that ransomware was almost wiped out before cryptocurrencies were innovated.
Conjecture: a dislike for effective laws and enforcement against money laundering could be the primary unifying interest of Musk, Putin and Trump. Though bs AGI immortality is somewhere too.
#digitalGovernance
Conjecture: a dislike for effective laws and enforcement against money laundering could be the primary unifying interest of Musk, Putin and Trump. Though bs AGI immortality is somewhere too.
#digitalGovernance
Medusa ransomware infects 300+, uses 'triple extortion' • The Register buff.ly/rqxdqoO
Medusa ransomware infects 300+, uses 'triple extortion'
: Feds warn gang still rampant and now cracked 300+ victims around the world
buff.ly
March 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’ve heard that ransomware was almost wiped out before cryptocurrencies were innovated.
Conjecture: a dislike for effective laws and enforcement against money laundering could be the primary unifying interest of Musk, Putin and Trump. Though bs AGI immortality is somewhere too.
#digitalGovernance
Conjecture: a dislike for effective laws and enforcement against money laundering could be the primary unifying interest of Musk, Putin and Trump. Though bs AGI immortality is somewhere too.
#digitalGovernance
🎄 An early Christmas gift! "Digital Governance: Confronting the Challenges Posed by Artificial Intelligence" just got published. It's the perfect holiday read for those passionate about AI governance! 📚✨
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#aiact #digitalgovernance #legaltech #airegulation
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#aiact #digitalgovernance #legaltech #airegulation
December 21, 2024 at 10:09 AM
🎄 An early Christmas gift! "Digital Governance: Confronting the Challenges Posed by Artificial Intelligence" just got published. It's the perfect holiday read for those passionate about AI governance! 📚✨
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#aiact #digitalgovernance #legaltech #airegulation
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#aiact #digitalgovernance #legaltech #airegulation
A short synthesis of where we are and where we could go.
#trump2.0 #broligarchy #digitalage #globalorder #digitalgovernance #humanflourishing #strartwithwhy
open.substack.com/pub/drrevolu...
#trump2.0 #broligarchy #digitalage #globalorder #digitalgovernance #humanflourishing #strartwithwhy
open.substack.com/pub/drrevolu...
Beyond the Broligarchy:
Charting a Path from Techno-Feudalism to Eudaemonia
open.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A short synthesis of where we are and where we could go.
#trump2.0 #broligarchy #digitalage #globalorder #digitalgovernance #humanflourishing #strartwithwhy
open.substack.com/pub/drrevolu...
#trump2.0 #broligarchy #digitalage #globalorder #digitalgovernance #humanflourishing #strartwithwhy
open.substack.com/pub/drrevolu...
This is a fundamental fact about the digital.
1) open to reversal by cyber assault
2) open to reversal due to weird emergent outcomes of library updates
3) open to deliberate, complete reversal at the blink of an eye.
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance #binary
1) open to reversal by cyber assault
2) open to reversal due to weird emergent outcomes of library updates
3) open to deliberate, complete reversal at the blink of an eye.
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance #binary
July 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is a fundamental fact about the digital.
1) open to reversal by cyber assault
2) open to reversal due to weird emergent outcomes of library updates
3) open to deliberate, complete reversal at the blink of an eye.
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance #binary
1) open to reversal by cyber assault
2) open to reversal due to weird emergent outcomes of library updates
3) open to deliberate, complete reversal at the blink of an eye.
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance #binary
"It is time to demand that our courts open the black boxes of algorithmic decision-making. We need to shift the burden of proof to the party that actually has access to the algorithm, and design procedural rules for effective systematic redress."
#AIEthics #AIAct #AILaw #digitalGovernance #RuleOfLaw
#AIEthics #AIAct #AILaw #digitalGovernance #RuleOfLaw
I took an algorithm to court in Sweden. The algorithm won | Charlotta Kronblad
Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code. The resulting chaos showed how unaccountable systems are ruining lives, says Charlotta Kronblad of the University of Gothenburg
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"It is time to demand that our courts open the black boxes of algorithmic decision-making. We need to shift the burden of proof to the party that actually has access to the algorithm, and design procedural rules for effective systematic redress."
#AIEthics #AIAct #AILaw #digitalGovernance #RuleOfLaw
#AIEthics #AIAct #AILaw #digitalGovernance #RuleOfLaw
In my opinion, thinking about evolvability and the Baldwin Effect both are useful for thinking about AI and regulation. I tried to demonstrate this at The Darwin Lecture last weekend.
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance #ml
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance #ml
Our Evolution of Evolvability work is finally* out!
*technically it has been out for a bit, but all of ~this~ bullshit was happening
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
*technically it has been out for a bit, but all of ~this~ bullshit was happening
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Evolution takes multiple paths to evolvability when facing environmental change | PNAS
Life at all scales is surprisingly effective at exploiting new opportunities, as demonstrated
by the rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance an...
www.pnas.org
February 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
In my opinion, thinking about evolvability and the Baldwin Effect both are useful for thinking about AI and regulation. I tried to demonstrate this at The Darwin Lecture last weekend.
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance #ml
#AIEthics #digitalGovernance #ml