Fri. 01/10 – The Controversies Continue

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Brian McCullough

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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All the controversies continue. I’ll update you on the Meta moderation controversy. The latest twist in the WordPress brouhaha. The TikTok thing is coming to a head right now as we speak, in the form of Supreme Court arguments. Asking again if the business model of Triple A gaming development is broken. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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The Anti-Social Century (The Atlantic)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech meme right home for Friday, January 10th, 2025. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:08.8	All the controversies continue. I'll update you on the meta-moderation controversy.
0:13.4	The latest twist in the WordPress, brouhaha. The TikTok thing is coming to a head right now as we speak in the form of Supreme Court arguments.
0:21.3	Asking again if the business model of AAA gaming development is broken, and of course,
0:25.8	the weekend long read suggestions. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:32.6	The controversies around meta's new moderation policies continue to roll on. It's sort of been the story
0:38.3	that wouldn't die all week, even though nothing really new has happened. People just kept
0:43.5	making different takes on it. People are angry that Meta's new policies for contractors and staff
0:49.7	moderating Facebook and Instagram now allow speech like, quote, a trans person isn't a he or she,
0:56.6	it's an it. Basically, people are saying there are convoluted or contradictory hate speech
1:02.8	examples for user content moderators, which might allow derogatory remarks about races,
1:08.1	nationalities, et cetera. It's almost like the whole chess board has been thrown in the air,
1:11.7	and people can't figure out what is allowed and what isn't. And sources are saying many of META's
1:16.6	employees are furious about the moderation changes, which now could allow, quote, allegations of mental
1:21.9	illness when based on gender or sexual orientation. Now, as I say, I don't know that there's
1:27.4	anything new I can add to all
1:28.8	this. I guess we'll have to see if there are increased incidence of bad outcomes when all of this
1:32.9	comes into effect. But among the things that have fallen out from the controversies around
1:37.4	meta this week, I want to flag this, which is unrelated, but is very interesting.
1:41.9	According to court documents, Mark Zuckerberg approved the meta team that
1:46.0	trains AI Lama models to use data from LibGen, a links aggregator to pirated copyrighted material.
1:53.1	Basically, LibGen is like old school Napster, but for books. So this would be a backdoor way to train
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