People should push for ballot initiatives in the half of US states where citizens can practice direct democracy.
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People should push for ballot initiatives in the half of US states where citizens can practice direct democracy.
The US owns and regulates the frequencies TV and radio are broadcast on.
The US has also historically regulated who owns media companies.
As for RT vs TikTok - good question. My guess is that scale and influence have a lot to do with why regulating TikTok was prioritized. Also RT has been removed from most broadcasters and App Stores in the US.
Yeah, a lot of stupid culture war crap is now tied up into the car your own.
If people actually prioritized performance, handling, visability, cost to drive, and cabin features, then a LOT of people would probably be better off with a sedan.
If you don’t need the space, you can get so much more bang for your buck with a smaller car. The $10k more you spend on the larger form factor could go toward a nicer power train and cabin luxury features.
Propaganda is a very well known way to enact influence on a foreign nation. It’s so well known that the US has 90 year old laws that limit foreign ownership of US media. For example, in order for Rupert Murdock to own media in the US, he had to become a US citizen and renounce his Australian citizenship in the 80s.
The people making the content have the right freedom of speech, but the people making the editorial decisions on what is / isn’t shown do not have that same right if they are not American citizens.
If tomorrow morning, the CCP decided to start promoting pro-CCP videos made by Americans, they could. And they could use micro targeting to connect people with pro-CCP influencers that were relatable. For example, I like nerdy shit, so I might get propaganda from a content creator that liked a lot of the same nerdy shit I liked.
The primary concern isn’t the content, it’s who controls the editor’s desk.
Murdoch is an American citizen.
Murdoch became a naturalized US citizen in the 80’s so that he could comply with US laws about foreign nationals owning media entities.
That’s definitely the critique coming from America’s right.
That said, both America’s left and right wing politicians seem to agree that it’s dangerous to have a mass media recommendation algorithm in the hands of a foreign adversary.
If they want to promote content favorable a Chinese political objective, they can use micro targeting data do that with extreme precision - if they wanted to.
It doesn’t matter who created the content or where it was created. What matters is the message of the content and who it’s being directed to.
My hot take is that these lies are for the undecideds that hate politics, didn’t watch the debate, and only catch a few snippets a week about what is going on.
He hopes that these people catch his bullshit Cliffs notes before heading into the ballot box.
They didn’t see the debate, so try to get snippets out on social media that tells them about the debate you wished happened.
Worst hams. Ken Ham, and Bores Head
Best hams. Jon Hamm, and Jon Hamm’s John Ham
The concern isn’t that these companies have microtargeting data. The concern is about what these companies could use that data for.
An off-brand t-shirt site would be a fairly ineffective vehicle for political propaganda. Tik Tok would be great at that.
The concern isn’t the input, it’s the potential output. Temu doesn’t have the potential to be used for a large micro-targeted political messaging campaign.
This is arguably more akin to how the US handles TV and radio. There are national security restrictions on foreign ownership.
IMHO, they had a weird ass business model that was about selling direct to consumers through local reps and “Tupperware parties.”
Their competitors sold comparable products in stores and online waaaay before Tupperware woke up. And by the time they woke up, people had already had moved on to other brands.
They’re paying the price for dumb decisions made years ago. They basically handed their food container market dominance over to other companies.
IMHO, the bigger issue is that they refused to sell their stuff in stores and on the internet for a long long time. You had to buy from select retailers or a local rep that threw “tupper ware parties.”
A lot of use just moved to other brands that were easier to find, and when we wanted to replace stuff that never got returned by a neighbor, we bought more of the same stuff.
Tupperware is a weird ass company and for the longest time you couldn’t buy their products in a store or online. You had to go to a “Tupperware party” and buy them from a local rep.
Eventually they started to sell in select stores and eventually online.
By “digital first, technology led,” they basically mean they’re playing catchup with e-commerce basics.
That was Foxcon, not TSMC. And all of us have a LOT of shit in our homes made by Foxcon.
Not that it justifies the shit Foxcon did. Just saying that Apple got a lot of flack, even though a lot of other companies should be scrutinized for their manufacturing contractor choices. Microsoft, Sony, etc.
Less risk of tariffs on China, less risk of supply chain disruptions like with the pandemic, takes advantage of incentives from the US government, and is something that is cool to advertise.
Maybe I should’ve said “midsize.”
My point is that they’re not a company with tens or hundreds of thousands of employees. And, as someone that usually likes to work at companies that are about size, you can run out of engineers pretty quickly if you’re not focused and or working on stuff that is wickedly complex. And Mozilla is definitely doing the latter.
The foundation is about 80 folks on payroll, although OSS projects have about 1000 contributors popping in and out.
There is also the “MZLA Technologies” subsidiary, which I think has some dedicated headcount under it as well. Although, there isn’t a lot of public info about that company.
They have about 750 employees.
(According to Wikipedia)
Venn diagram right:
Me in 1996 when Metallica plays a surprise free concert in a Tower Records parking lot and the boys are trying to spread the word.
Venn diagram left:
Hezbollah in Lebanon
Venn diagram overlap:
“Damn, my pager is blowing up!”
I’m mostly just guessing because I’m at work right now, and while I’m on a pee break I don’t have the time or energy to research the nuance of foreign media ownership legislation and regulation.