Elon Musk, China, and the Biden Collapse
The Chinese government increasingly controls U.S. discourse and policy. The problems with the CCP are getting worse, not better.
“Musk’s dependency on the Chinese government is overwhelming and personal; he nearly equalled Zuckerberg in cringe-worthy statements… Musk got the ability to access unlimited capital in return for effectively acting an agent of the Chinese government.”
Elon Musk and Selling Tickets to the End of the World
We shouldn’t be arguing about Elon Musk. It’s time for public utility rules and the end of Section 230.
The causal factor, as usual, is the regulatory scheme we use to organize internet models, a regulatory scheme that facilitates, instead of prevents, conflicts of interest.
Big Tech Keeps Failing Us
For the sixth consecutive year, not one digital platform earned a passing grade in our ranking. While we see some incremental progress overall, this is no time for business as usual. Companies must improve their governance and accelerate their adoption of human rights standards to protect their users and the public interest.
Internet Ethics Retweeted Jake Snow @snowjake
Today is a good day to remember the profound prescience of the first page of “Records, Computers, and the Rights of Citizens,” a report from US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare published in 1973.
S. 3059 passed by voice vote. Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act (Sponsored by @JohnCornyn / Judiciary Committee). A bipartisan bill that would subject U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges to tougher disclosure requirements for their financial holdings and stock trades is has just won final congressional approval.
‘It’s insanity’: Providers end Covid care for uninsured in the wake of congressional inaction
Less access could also prolong the pandemic, allowing the virus to circulate and perhaps provide a haven for new, more dangerous variants.
What doesn’t kill you mutates and tries again!
Vice Chairman for Supervision at the Federal Reserve Board, and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board (and ex-Carlyle Group guy), Randal “Quaid” Quarles lost up to $1 million investing in Theranos.c “All an investor needed to do to vet Theranos was to conduct a simple experiment comparing Theranos results to those from a real blood lab. Even a sample size of one would have revealed the inaccuracy and prevented them from losing money on this!”
The Central African Republic has adopted #bitcoin as legal tender 🇨🇫
Cuba to allow licensed #Bitcoin and crypto exchanges.