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Center for Online Safety and Liberty
How do we protect children and vulnerable users online while maintaining space for artistic, fictional, and expressive content? The Drawing the Line Principles offer a framework for navigating this balance. https://c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-principles-launch/ #FreeExpression #HumanRights
Should AI systems decide what counts as “harmful” expression? Or are we overloading them with context they can’t understand? https://c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-principles-launch/ #AI #FreeExpression
Who is accountable for harmful AI-generated content? When AI systems generate harmful material, responsibility is often unclear. Companies are expected to implement safeguards and mitigate risks—but where does accountability begin and end? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/alVQV5NYYlY #AI #OnlineSafety
Should AI-generated CSAM be treated like real-world abuse material? UNICEF has called for expanding CSAM definitions to include AI-generated content, even where no real child is involved How should the law address harm without a direct victim? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VF7Tva4RlyA #AI
AI systems are increasingly used to detect and moderate harmful content, but they often struggle with context, nuance, and intent. The Drawing the Line Principles examine what this means for governance and accountability. https://c4osl.org/drawing-the-line-principles-launch/ #AI #OnlineSafety
Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway. www.wired.com/story/facial...
Utah is the first state to enact a limited VPN ban to enforce its age-check law. Other states could follow suit.
Banning them would make it harder for journalists to protect themselves, their reporting, and their confidential sources. See why.
Flock was sold to track cars.
Now they're tracking people, w/ SignalTrace.
A new system links phones, smartwatches, and other devices to license plates, giving law enforcement a searchable digital fingerprint.
Mass surveillance just got an upgrade.
#ProudBlue
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Catch up on the recording of the June 3 launch of the Drawing the Line Principles on fictional content, free expression, and child protection.
The mass warrantless surveillance law FISA Section 702 has expired.
They'll try to tell you the sky is falling. Don't believe them!
Instead, tell your reps: NO spying on Americans without a warrant. Period.
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
The conversation I have had with each of my kids: "if you *ever* run into a problem online and you think you're in trouble, you can *always* come talk to me about it, and if you think I will be upset about a choice you made just start out by saying 'I may need some help.'" And I will take that...
Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway.
SignalTrace “links devices that regularly travel together, correlating them to license plate.” It is a surveillance product that will sweep up and add all sorts of Bluetooth and other data to license ...
And it's why the biggest internet safety advice I give parents of teenagers is to make crystal clear that they will never blame their kid for being the victim, because that is the ONLY way they will ever know there's a problem. bsky.app/profile/raha...
rahaeli
Related: People I know IRL who know what I do for a living often ask what they need to know about online safety for their about-to-be-teenagers, and there's a lot of answers, but the thing I always emphasize most is: under no circumstances should you ever threaten to take access away from them.
rahaeli
And a lot of you post the photos but put an emoji sticker over the kid's face or whatever: that is really, really, really not sufficient to prevent people from doing things with them you do not want to know about. Do not post photos of your kids online, period.
rahaeli
I am one of those people who is *really, really good* at identifying exactly where and when a photo was taken from basic context clues (a skill I developed for human rights research and journalism purposes).
Trust me on this, don’t post photos of your kids on the public internet.
