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packetofforce t1_je5tg92 wrote

Even if he actually meant it(which I doubt, his brain probably just automatically said "celebrities" due to context of the situation), It is way easier to make deepfakes with celebrities, than with average people, because celebrities have way more available data(photo, video, audio) on them than average people. It makes sense for the line to be celebrities, because deepfakes with average people is more technically difficult(availability of data), so chronologically hyper-real deepfakes with average people is further down the line, so by regulating at celebrities you also prevent deep fakes with average people. And wtf is your comment? The way you split hairs about his wording in such aggressive manner was weird. Try visiting a therapist.

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--A3-- t1_je5tbk1 wrote

The only people who think this are the companies' managers, HR, and of course owners.

There is a direct correlation between the decline in labor union participation rates and the shrinking of the middle class. There is so much data to show that emplpyees represented by a union are better compensated for the hours that they work. Countries with strong unions enjoy much better labor protections and benefits than workers in the US get.

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roflmaolz t1_je5s7re wrote

It's not getting a lot of attention though. I tried looking up the Restrict bill and barely see anything in the news about it. Most only make fun of the hearing, but no one was addressing the actual bill.

Also, Reddit has been completely barren about the bill as well. Most Redditors are still in favor of the bill because they think it's just about banning Tiktok. Funny enough, Tiktok is the platform where it is most talked about. Not Reddit, not YouTube, not mainstream news, but Tiktok. Really makes you wonder why they want to ban it so badly.

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Throwaway08080909070 t1_je5rzks wrote

Two points there.

First, breaking up a company isn't a plan to keep it small forever, in the same way that pulling weeds doesn't imply some insane belief that you've conquered weeds forever.

Second, this isn't some "Oh dear, I say chaps, Alibaba has gotten rather large and it needs to break up" on the part of Alibaba. China doesn't allow corporate independence anymore than they allow personal independence, and after Jack Ma had to be "re-educated" for speaking truth to power, there has been a push to keep companies in line.

Clearly some people in power believe that Alibaba needs to be smaller and more manageable, but not for the sorts of reasons that we might hope to see in regards to big tech in the West.

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Higuy54321 t1_je5qsbo wrote

I think they’re more against the bill? But Tucker did play a clip of AOC being against a TikTok ban in general and basically said she’s right, while also saying that she’s still anti American and promotes war against Russia and that the viewer should hate her

But I don’t see how TikTok can be banned without setting a precedent for banning any foreign tech that has the potential to be a future security threat. And that’s what people against the bill do not want

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