Agreed this is a prelude to some kind of India-like verified identity scheme.
The Arkansas porn site ID law is now looking like it will become the law of the land with 7 states[1] considering / about to pass very similar laws.
Once these laws are in place they are likely to swiftly be applied to many other domains with social media, and tiktok (due to young users, CCP control) as well as reddit (with their NSFW communities), easy targets as the next platforms mandated to enforce ID verification once the porn industry complies.
Once these 7 states pass these laws it seems politically very difficult to fight against these types of bills in every other state. Being for 'ID-less porn for kids" is likely not a tenable position no matter the political party.
Once this happens (or maybe already happening) Google / FB / MSFT will encourage this as regulatory compliance overhead furthers monopolies / stifles competition due to the burden if places on cash constrained upstarts with low userbases vs cash rich monopolists with vast userbases.
The end game for the United States is ID to use just about anything or at least the majority of apps that people spend their time on (social, video, search, games).
This applies to owners and is an attempt to redefine 'ownership' of vehicles such that 'ownership' becomes a debt-like instrument entailing a stream of cash flows to Mercedes after you have 'purchased' your vehicle.
It would also apply to leased vehicles but to your point is not nearly as offensive there given you already have car as a service as the underlying model.
More evidence section 230 of the United States Communications Decency Act needs to be either rewritten or clarified such that oligopoly media (FB, T) who wantonly censor or maybe even use _any_ sort of algorithmic amplification are not covered by this provision.
NYT or other activist media are free to ignore / interpret as they see fit.
But the wanton and overtly partisan censorship by the massive amplification engine that is FB/T/G needs to be properly reconciled with the definition of "publisher".
If you control views / engagement and in effect distribution but choose to moderate this channel in accordance with a policy that is over and above what is legally mandated, and aligned with your personal whims, it seems you are in effect a publisher and should be held to the same standard.
In this case as the author points out it is plausible the actions of FB/T/G swung a close election without the obligation to justify, in a court of law, why / how / what / when / where those actions were taken which if in place may have led to a more fair and balanced treatment of the 'laptop from hell' story.
Current law does not seem to account for the massive influence suppression or cancelling of distribution has on the influence of the public. It is an act of speech in effect. Nevermind holding the executives of these companies accountable for personal statements that have the same effect.
Trudeau, like many members of the political class, treat the messiness of democracy as a bug when it is in fact a feature.
The core purpose of liberal democracy, understood by any political science undergrad, is to _limit_ power - the tyranny of the majority, the executive branch etc...
Yet this is poorly understood by a class of individuals who exclusively do politics as a way of earning a living (ex. Trudeau, Liz Truss, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and so on).
Democracy is designed to make their jobs difficult. It is designed to force them to be thoughtful, measured, and generally non-extreme in any direction.
Things like the right to free speech, the freedom to assemble (protest) and the act of civil disobedience are designed to hold elected leaders accountable and ensure healthy checks and balances (ex. emergency powers for... covid! storms! protests!).
Trudeau and his ilk deeply envy China and their 'bug free' implementation of the political class free from a significant number of checks and balances. As such they have embraced the Rahm Emmanuel mantra of "never let a good crisis go to waste" - using any so-called emergency to radically curtail democratic freedoms with an end goal of generally making their diktats more easy to implement.
Think this is an exaggeration?
Any protest in Canada during emergency mandates related to covid was subject to pervasive (on the ground + drone + officer cams) video surveillance, facial recognition, cell phone geofence "warrants" and ultimately a "police contact" file opened with the local law enforcement branch and the CPIC database (shared with all five eyes and used for purposes such as to deny immigration / travel / visas).
The result?
Massive disincentive for the professional class (with something to lose) to engage in protest and a direct limiting of democratic features like the right to freely assemble, protest and engage in civil disobedience.
Also had a bad experience with their hiring (product role). In my case HR seemed very with it but everything after was awful. CTO particularly seemed disinterested and not sure why he was in the interview. Sr product person was a bad interviewer focused on getting 'the answer' to a Flexport specific case about freight forwarding / drayage that needed lots of domain specific knowledge to solve to her satisfaction. Culture at that time (~2016) seemed really sad. Nobody super excited about the space, their job ("we mostly just go home at night - we don't regularly socialize") or tech. All they seemed to be excited about was infinite TAM / equity appreciation and Ryan (and his dog(s)).
Mandatory visitation of a government website still enables the opportunity to fingerprint, data match and warrantless wiretap (ie. FISA).
How long until the only supported browser is Chrome latest and all the anti-privacy features it mandates?
Will NITs be served to all those with a 'high risk' profile?
The border has, after all, repeatedly been shown to be a place in which all rights, citizen or not, are 'suspended'.
Covid has shown that democracy in the western world is exceptionally weak.
Technology enabled authoritarianism is the overwhelming preference of those elected to 'represent the people'.
Let's be honest - if you aren't that intelligent / experienced or hard working it's just easier to govern this way.
Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand) - No life experience whatsoever other than politics - namely activist socialist youth organizations.
Justin Trudeau (Canada) - No life experience whatsoever other than high school drama teacher and scion of a Canadian political dynasty.
Joe Biden (USA) - No life experience outside of politics. Publicly exhibits signs of dementia / tiredness / laziness of thought.
In all if the above cases (3/5 of the '5 eyes' countries' FWIW) the elected leaders are so far below the level of intellect and experience necessary to navigate something as intricate as a pandemic that it is little wonder they just attempt to short circuit democracy / oversight / discourse.
Lockdowns. Mask Mandates. Covid Zero. Papers Please. Apps to cross the border.
The rate at which 'rights' in modern democracies were suspended, in favor of policies which only have precedent in authoritarian states such as China, is breath taking.
This Canadian border story is just another example that democracy is not nearly as robust or populous-centric as it may seem.
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While nuclear seems great the waste problem still has not been solved. Have family who had entire careers(!) working on Yucca and still not a super resolved issue.
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