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May 18 2023
Perspectives Blog
How Should We Regulate AI?
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s call for regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) before the Senate this week raised questions about how to mitigate the risks of new generative AI platforms like ChatGPT. For Context: There is currently no comprehensive federal legislation on AI in the
AllSides StaffDec 06 2021
Analysis
Right wing builds its own echo chamber
Conservatives are aggressively building their own apps, phones, cryptocurrencies and publishing houses in an attempt to circumvent what they see as an increasingly liberal internet and media ecosystem.
Why it matters: Many of these efforts couldn't exist without the backing of major corporate figures and billionaires who are eager to push back against things like "censorship" and "
AxiosMay 26 2023
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Book Bans in the United States
Book bans, especially with political intentions, are nothing new in the United States – or even just the states.
The first one on American soil pre-dates the uniting of the federation itself. In 1637, what is widely considered the first American book ban took place in Quincy, Massachusetts, when Thomas Morton’s New English Canaan was outlawed by a Puritan government that considered it
Andy GorelDec 18 2021
Opinion
Can a New University Really Fix Academia’s Free Speech Problems?
A group of scholars and journalists announced last month that they were founding the University of Austin on the belief that free speech is being stifled on college campuses across America.
“The reality is that many universities no longer have an incentive to create an environment where intellectual dissent is protected and fashionable opinions are scrutinized,” wrote Pano Kanelos, the
The ArgumentJun 13 2017
News
In Congress, a Move to Affirm Free Speech on Campus
A resolution aimed at public universities addresses what amounts to growing government censorship.
National Review (News)May 29 2021
Opinion
Facebook says mentions of COVID-19's possible origins in Wuhan are now allowed. How generous
Read the headline above a couple times. There was a time when such a headline would only appear on the satirical outlet The Onion but it is actually true.
Facebook has long banned anyone who discussed the evidence that a worldwide pandemic killing millions and destroying the global economy may have been released from a government lab in Wuhan, China.
Facebook would not allow
Fox News DigitalMar 16 2023
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Resource Guide: January 6 and the 2020 Election
Many false or misleading statements have been made about the 2020 presidential election and the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot – by politicians and journalists alike.
AllSides is offering resources to help you spot misinformation and separate truth from fake news on these stories and others.
RELATED: What 'Misinformation' Means to Liberals and Conservatives
So far, the
AllSides StaffJan 12 2021
News
ACLU Worries About Social Media’s ‘Unchecked Power To Remove People From Platforms’ After Twitter, Facebook Ban Trump
The American Civil Liberties Union, typically no friend of conservatives, has questioned Big Tech’s censorship of President Donald Trump and some of his supporters, pointing out that those policies could cause more harm to less well-known individuals.
The ACLU released a statement on Friday taking a shot at Trump before suggesting that minorities would end up being affected by Big Tech’
The Daily WireApr 28 2022
News
House Bill Asks Biden To Sell Seized Oligarch Assets To Help Ukraine
The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill calling on President Joe Biden to liquidate the seized assets of oligarchs linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin to fund efforts to help the Ukrainian people.
The ’’Asset Seizure for Ukraine Reconstruction Act,” introduced by Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) and Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), was passed 417-8. The
HuffPostJun 27 2022
News
Supreme Court sides with coach who wanted to pray after game
The Supreme Court sided Monday with a high school football coach from Washington state who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games, a decision that could strengthen the acceptability of some religious practices in other public school settings.
The court ruled 6-3 for the coach with the court’s conservative justices in the majority and its liberals in dissent. The justices said
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