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Podcast: Teach Us Consent Host: Anthony Stefanos Category: Society & Culture Sub-Category: Relationships & Sexuality First Episode: 2025 Get confident with consent, sex and relationships – one honest…

The rise of China, along with regional powers such as Turkey, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, has disrupted the unipolar dominance of the U.S.
These would-be regional hegemons bring with them their own means of imposing influence through economic incentives and coercion.
In China’s case, infrastructure and trade development through the Belt and Road Initiative is counterbalanced with shows of military strength in the South China Sea.
As the global order becomes increasingly fragm…

Are hegemonies a relic of the past? The role of coercion and consent in global domination
From Athens to the British Empire and on to the US – dominant powers have used might and consent to exert influence.

Anne Hidalgos Begrünung von #Paris »zeigt in der aktuellen #Hitzewelle erste, teils spektakuläre Resultate«, schreibt @…. In den renaturierten Str…

Can AI be Consentful?
Giada Pistilli, Bruna Trevelin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01051 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.01051

Can AI be Consentful?
The evolution of generative AI systems exposes the challenges of traditional legal and ethical frameworks built around consent. This chapter examines how the conventional notion of consent, while fundamental to data protection and privacy rights, proves insufficient in addressing the implications of AI-generated content derived from personal data. Through legal and ethical analysis, we show that while individuals can consent to the initial use of their data for AI training, they cannot meaningf…

European Commission says Meta has proposed limited changes to its pay-or-consent ad model, and Meta faces daily fines if it determines they are not sufficient (Reuters)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t

Meta will only make limited changes to pay-or-consent model, EU says
Meta Platforms made only limited changes to its pay-or-consent model, and EU regulators cannot confirm compliance with an antitrust order. The European Commission may impose periodic penalties starting June 27, if Meta continues to fail meeting the required standards.

23andMe sold out and sold your genetic info, no consent necessary
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5326338-regeneron-23andme-dna-data-acquisition-implications/

The FCC enters into a consent decree with Sinclair to resolve a variety of issues; Sinclair won't admit to rules violations and will pay a $500K civil penalty (George Winslow/TV Tech)
https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/fcc-fines-sinclair-usd500-000

FCC Fines Sinclair $500,000
Station group enters into consent decree to resolve a variety of issues without admitting to rules violations

The media focus on this one criticism is insane, just massive focus on ensuring everybody is quoted as being against Bob's chant.
The manufacturing of consent in plain view. No support of Bob allowed to be quoted, only condemnation. No focus at all on the horrors committed by the army itself, just condemnation and contrition from all corners.
And all so much louder than the coverage of death and hunger and destruction and genocide being committed by that army.
Our media environment is so focused and in lock-step, even though it's in theory free. Yet not a single newspaper saying, you know, the Vylan character has a point! Maybe we should disband a criminal army!
Got confused about the date in the show here, but the reading's about right. The bandwagon rolls on because it's a victory for everyone. The media gets to condemn someone, and they don't have to condemn Israel.
https://wordcloudtarot.com/readings/2025-07-01-gazaandglastonbury/

Chrome extensions, short-form content, Substack clips, and tech ethics — it’s all in #EdTechSR 343 “Clickbait & Chrome!” from 1 Jan 2025!
on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/JnYFfkf0eAA
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Neuralink Blindsight brain implant or The vOICe vision BCI? Informed consent means that Neuralink's blind patients at least know of The vOICe vision BCI #BCI

Consumer Beware! Exploring Data Brokers' CCPA Compliance
Elina van Kempen, Isita Bagayatkar, Pavel Frolikov, Chloe Georgiou, Gene Tsudik
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21914

Consumer Beware! Exploring Data Brokers' CCPA Compliance
Data brokers collect and sell the personal information of millions of individuals, often without their knowledge or consent. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants consumers the legal right to request access to, or deletion of, their data. To facilitate these requests, California maintains an official registry of data brokers. However, the extent to which these entities comply with the law is unclear. This paper presents the first large-scale, systematic study of CCPA compliance of…

Consent for Processing Personal Data in the Age of AI: Key Updates Across Asia-Pacific
https://fpf.org/blog/consent-for-processing-personal-data-in-the-age-of-ai-key-updates-across-asia-pacific/

“Spotify’s intent seems clear”: US senators call for FTC probe into Spotify’s subscription bundles – here’s why https://musictech.com/news/music/spotify-ftc-probe-bundling/?utm_source=dlv…

“Spotify's intent seems clear”: US senators call for FTC probe into Spotify’s subscription bundles – here's why
Two US senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to launch an investigation into Spotify over claims that it has forced Premium subscribers into higher-priced “bundled subscriptions” without their knowledge or consent.

#Plex, stop! I only have so much popcorn to eat while I watch all these new changes play out🍿
https://lemmy.ml/post/30839839

Extended Version of Paper Presented at ICISSP, Porto 20-22 February, 2025 A Value-Driven Approach to the Online Consent Conundrum -- A Study with the Unemployed
Paul van Schaik, Karen Renaud
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12244

Extended Version of Paper Presented at ICISSP, Porto 20-22 February, 2025 A Value-Driven Approach to the Online Consent Conundrum -- A Study with the Unemployed
Online services are required to gain informed consent from users to collect, store and analyse their personal data, both intentionally divulged and derived during their use of the service. There are many issues with these forms: they are too long, too complex and demand the user's attention too frequently. Many users consent without reading so do not know what they are agreeing to. As such,granted consent is effectively uninformed. In this paper, we report on two studies we carried out to arriv…

In this post "Consent-Based Computing", I think Heidi Waterhouse is articulating some my own feelings, reflections and choices about the tools around us today and the tradeoffs I'm prepared to make. #linkTuesday

Of course, if it's companies wanting to take everything without consent then it's just a necessity we all have to live with. If individuals do they'll be sued into oblivion or bullied into suicide…
(Also filed under 'the UK keeps being a joke')
https://www.theverge.com/news/674366/nick-clegg-uk-ai-artists-policy-letter

@… are you going to do something about Google harvesting data from your phone regardless of your consent, without any way of disabling it?

23andMe privacy ombudsman recommends company obtains consent for sale of customer data https://therecord.media/23andme-privacy-ombudsman-recommends-consent-sale

Leider werden viele Leute keinen Widerspruch bei Meta eingelegt haben gegen die KI-Verwendung ihrer Facebook/Instagram-Daten, weil sie dachten "Boah, schon wieder so ein nutzloser Ich-widerspreche Post der nicht funktioniert."
Bin da wohl nicht ganz unschuldig dran, hab vor 11 Jahren einen Scherz gepostet, den viele nicht erkannten (siehe ab Zeile 10)
#Meta

Modern programmers: "oh, let's hijack all #Python package managers in your bashrc without asking for consent, what could possibly go wrong."
And the best joke is, I didn't even really install the package — I was just making a random bugfix and running its test suite in a virtual environment.
#Gentoo #security

Defence lawyer in Hockey Player Sex Assault Trial:
"She may not have initially planned a night like this, but her “inhibitions were lowered and her sexual interest was heightened.””
Tell Me I'm Wrong: the lawyer basically just argued that if you get a woman (or any unwilling partner) drunk or high enough that it ‘lowers” their inhibitions and “heightens" their sexual interest, then you can do whatever the hell you want. No regrets.
Disgusting violent-misogynist-excusing bullshit.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/livestory/defence-targets-e-m-s-credibility-judge-questions-consent-videos-shown-at-world-juniors-sex-assault-trial-9.6790561

Conclusion of my “No Kings” speech in uptown Charlotte, NC on 14 June 2025. (60 sec)
https://youtube.com/shorts/xPoOrN6uOo8?si=W3idLYgHIei4B_NO
My full 8 minute talk on YouTube:

"Also back in style is the tactic of using disinformation to manufacture consent for war, as with Netanyahu’s claims that Iran was right on the cusp of acquiring a nuclear weapon and intending to supply one to Yemen’s Ansarallah. We are entering territory so fantastical that the ‘dodgy dossier’ and ‘45-minute WMD’ seem almost quaint by comparison."
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Culmination — Sidecar

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Culmination — Sidecar
Israel attacks Iran.

NetChoice sues Arkansas over two laws that would put limits on social media content and let parents of children who died by suicide sue over platform content (Andrew Demillo/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/net-choice-ar…

Tech industry group sues Arkansas over new social media laws
A tech industry trade group has sued Arkansas over two new law placing limits on content on social media platforms. The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court by NetChoice, whose members include TikTok, Facebook parent Meta, and X, formerly known as Twitter. The lawsuit comes months after a federal judge struck down an Arkansas law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts. The new laws the group is challenging include one that would allow paren…

Of course, if it's companies wanting to take everything without consent then it's just a necessity we all have to live with. If individuals do they'll be sued into oblivion or bullied into suicide…
(Also filed under 'the UK keeps being a joke')
https://www.theverge.com/news/674366/nick-clegg-uk-ai-artists-policy-letter

Navigating Cookie Consent Violations Across the Globe
Brian Tang, Duc Bui, Kang G. Shin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08996 https://arxi…

Navigating Cookie Consent Violations Across the Globe
Online services provide users with cookie banners to accept/reject the cookies placed on their web browsers. Despite the increased adoption of cookie banners, little has been done to ensure that cookie consent is compliant with privacy laws around the globe. Prior studies have found that cookies are often placed on browsers even after their explicit rejection by users. These inconsistencies in cookie banner behavior circumvent users' consent preferences and are known as cookie consent violation…

SAG-AFTRA's Interactive Media Agreement with game companies requires performers' informed consent for all planned AI use on their voice, likeness, and movements (Jeremy Fuster/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/sag-aftra-video-game-deal-details/

SAG-AFTRA Video Game Deal Includes AI Consent Guardrails, Minimum Rates for Digital Replica Use
Full text of the tentative SAG-AFTRA agreement will be released June 18 for a ratification vote period that ends July 9

Heads up folks. #slack is joining the list of companies who think it’s OK to opt groups of users into an #AI / #LLM system without their explicit consent.

It seems like, again, just following the plain logic of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence (which, again, I do not subscribe to), that every law passed under Trump, every supreme court justice appointment by Trump, every supreme court ruling by Trump appointed justices, all the illegal firing, etc, must all, necessarily, be null and void.
And if not following from the insurrection act, or from the oath of office, then following from the Declaration of Independence itself. The logic here being that a constitution is a contract between the people and their government, which the later upholds in order to maintain its legal status. The violation of said laws by the government violates "consent of the governed" (which, again, I have issues with the concept entirely but we're just going to ignore that) and therefore nullifies the authority of that government, granting " the right of the people to alter or to abolish it."
That seems a lot like the hard reset some folks have been looking for. Given that existing flaws allowed this state to be reached, it would also be necessary for the true authority to correct those mistakes before assuming authority that derives from these principles.
Now, personally, I don't subscribe to any of this logic but it's interesting to explore, as an outsider, where the logic goes.

The FTC approves Omnicom's $13.5B acquisition of rival Interpublic on the condition that the new company does not boycott platforms over political content (Jody Godoy/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

I wonder how long before Miller/Noem/FFOTUS demand that those who own homes and apartments provide housing for the troops invading LA (and elsewhere)?
Bye-bye third amendment:
“No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.”

Is the beginning of the next American civil war?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/politics/marines-mobilized-los-angeles-protests

About 700 Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests
More than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, and the troops will join the thousands of National Guard members who were activated by President Donald Trump over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or LA’s mayor.

School desegregation: Trump officials vow to end Civil Rights-era orders | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/desegregation-race-consent-decree-school-1dd1a8be59bb0f9568d5685b8459f413

When Donald Trump deployed more than 2,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines into Los Angeles earlier this month,
he did so without the consent of California Gov. Gavin Newsom or Mayor Karen Bass.
Not only that, but Trump’s justification
— that LA is “war zone” under siege by “foreign invaders”
— is a preposterous lie.
The suspected undocumented immigrants that masked ICE agents are rounding up at Home Depot
don’t have weapons of mass destruction,

What happened to "states' rights"?
Federalism for me, MAGA dictatorship for thee.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
New Order:
🎵 Age Of Consent
#NewOrder
https://papasteve.bandcamp.com/track/new-order-age-of-consent

SAG-AFTRA's Interactive Media Agreement with game companies requires performers' informed consent for all planned AI use on their voice, likeness, and movements (Jeremy Fuster/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/sag-aftra-video-game-deal-details/

SAG-AFTRA Video Game Deal Includes AI Consent Guardrails, Minimum Rates for Digital Replica Use
Full text of the tentative SAG-AFTRA agreement will be released June 18 for a ratification vote period that ends July 9

Australia Tax Whistleblower Pleads Guilty To Four Charges https://thedissenter.org/australia-tax-whistleblower-pleads-guilty-to-four-charges/

@… “Completely deleted” isn’t good enough. I’d want undeniably proof that they are *off* if you don’t consent.

Why can #Zucc at #Meta just spy on everyone without their consent and illegally collect their browsing history, and when it comes to light people call it a "privacy violation" and say "I didn't have any privacy to begin with so IDC" and they just get a fine that's insigni…

Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent (Rylee Kirk/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/business/23andme-data-lawsuit.html

23andMe Customers Did Not Expect Their DNA Data Would Be Sold, Lawsuit Claims
The genetic-testing company, which collected DNA data from users, is for sale in bankruptcy court. Now, 27 states and the District of Columbia oppose selling the data without express consent.

The FTC approves Omnicom's $13.5B acquisition of rival Interpublic on the condition that the new company does not boycott platforms over political content (Jody Godoy/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
George Frideric Handel, The Sixteen & Harry Christophers:
🎵 O praise the Lord with one consent - Chandos anthem no. 9 HWV.254:opening chorus
#GeorgeFridericHandel #TheSixteen
https://open.spotify.com/track/1esr6D2iHAhC0Os8TuHDfX

SocialCredit
Thabassum Aslam, Anees Aslam
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12099 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.12099

SocialCredit+
SocialCredit+ is AI powered credit scoring system that leverages publicly available social media data to augment traditional credit evaluation. It uses a conversational banking assistant to gather user consent and fetch public profiles. Multimodal feature extractors analyze posts, bios, images, and friend networks to generate a rich behavioral profile. A specialized Sharia-compliance layer flags any non-halal indicators and prohibited financial behavior based on Islamic ethics. The platform emp…

Sources: FTC is discussing a consent decree on the Omnicom-Interpublic merger, prohibiting the combined company from boycotting platforms over political content (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/business/ftc-omnicom-interpublic-mer…

FTC May Impose Political Bias Rule on Omnicom and Interpublic Merger
The Federal Trade Commission is considering restrictions on Omnicom and Interpublic to prevent the combined company from refusing to place ads on platforms for political reasons.

Sources: FTC is discussing a consent decree on the Omnicom-Interpublic merger, prohibiting the combined company from boycotting platforms over political content (New York Times)
https://www.

FTC May Impose Political Bias Rule on Omnicom and Interpublic Merger
The Federal Trade Commission is considering restrictions on Omnicom and Interpublic to prevent the combined company from refusing to place ads on platforms for political reasons.

You know what would be really cool? A #quantifiedself person influence monitor. Say I have a #Fitbit and Joe has a Fitbit, we could have them detect when we are in proximity (if both people agreed) and then it would let us know over time how being around the other person influenced us - e.g. did heart rate variability increase or decrease (do they relax us or cause stress), did we burn more calories (maybe we usually go on hikes together), did we sleep better that night, and so on.
There are definitely people in my life who I'm pretty sure have significant effects on me in both directions, it'd be awesome to quantify them.
It would also be cool if one could do this without data sharing - e.g. maybe one presses a button on ones device to indicate one has entered x's presence and again when one has exited...
Honestly, I'd totally forget to do this...so something passive would be better - e.g. when you want to start tracking the next time you are around someone you press a button and it scans for electronic signatures and identifies Bluetooth etc. uniquely so that when you are around then it auto knows and can record...
The latter raises issues of #consent and #privacy...I'm not sure how/if one could do this in an ethical manner...but I'd like to have it 😂

Sources: Trump's team seeks a potential consent decree as part of an FTC deal forcing Meta to pay restitution to conservative users harmed by content moderation (Lydia Moynihan/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/06/06/business/bi…

Big Tech's bet on Trump hasn't yielded special favors
Silicon Valley giants spent millions on Inauguration Day seats, but they’ve gotten little in return — save for a front-row view of their own reckoning.

Some YouTube channels are using AI to turn paywalled articles into videos without the consent of publishers, often adding inaccuracies (Rhi Storer/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-handling-s…

Google 'handling stolen goods' with Youtube theft of paywalled news articles
Youtube channels use AI to turn paywalled articles into videos.

The End Of Universal Lifelong Identifiers: Identity Systems For The AI Era
Shriphani Palakodety
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02027 https://

The End Of Universal Lifelong Identifiers: Identity Systems For The AI Era
Many identity systems assign a single, static identifier to an individual for life, reused across domains like healthcare, finance, and education. These Universal Lifelong Identifiers (ULIs) underpin critical workflows but now pose systemic privacy risks. We take the position that ULIs are fundamentally incompatible with the AI era and must be phased out. We articulate a threat model grounded in modern AI capabilities and show that traditional safeguards such as redaction, consent, and access c…

You ever read the Declaration of Independance and wonder if Trump is working off it like a checklist? I mean, there's a lot that just couldn't apply but some of it...
"For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:"
"For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:"
Huh, pretty familiar. And when folks protest that last one?
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."
I mean, I have *a lot* of issues with that document and many others but it's interesting to see how this all rhymes.
#50501movement #NoKingsDay #Trump #ICE