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- 1Big Tech backs up to $300bn in AI debt guarantees●“ #BigTech companies are rapidly expanding their use of #guarantees to back debt for #AI #datacentres and #chips , issui
Big Tech companies are rapidly expanding the use of guarantees to back debt for AI datacentres and chips, issuing up to $300bn in commitments in under a year while recording little of that exposure on their balance sheets. The off-balance-sheet structure of these guarantees is drawing scrutiny over hidden financial risk in the AI buildout.
- 2Freedom United warns traffickers groom children on social media●# News : Freedom United warns # traffickers are using # socialmedia to groom and sell children while # BigTech hides beh
Anti-trafficking organisation Freedom United is warning that human traffickers are using social media platforms to groom and sell children, while major technology companies avoid legal accountability. The group says Section 230 of the US Communications Decency Act allows platforms to evade liability for hosting content that enables trafficking, and is calling attention to gaps in US law that leave children unprotected online.
- 3Big tech surveillance memes spark online privacy debate●# bigtech # meme # surveillance # tracking # youth # socialmedia # future # online # internet # bigbrother # orwell # te
Concerns about big technology companies tracking young people online are circulating widely. Discussions reference Orwellian 'Big Brother' surveillance, linking social media use, big data collection and the digital economy. Commenters are voicing anxiety about how constant monitoring of youth could shape the future of the internet and personal privacy.