Joseph Jerome
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Joseph Jerome
@joejerome.com
· Oct 27
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Podcast Episode · Future Media w/ Ricky Sutton and Chapell · 10/22/2025 · 47m
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Humble brag: excited to join the line-up of guests that @rickysutton.bsky.social and Alan Chapell have had on the Future Media Podcast to talk about AI, competition, surveillance, and where the browser fits in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
"With today’s proceedings we want to help Google by explaining in more detail how it should comply with its interoperability and online search data sharing obligations under the Digital Markets Act.” ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission opens proceedings to assist Google in complying with interoperability and online search data sharing obligations under the Digital Markets Act
Today, the European Commission has started two sets of specification proceedings to assist Google in complying with its obligations under the Digital Markets Act (‘DMA\'). The specification proceeding...
ec.europa.eu
January 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"With today’s proceedings we want to help Google by explaining in more detail how it should comply with its interoperability and online search data sharing obligations under the Digital Markets Act.” ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
"Lawmakers could have seized a rare bipartisan moment to create durable digital policy. Instead, Congress opted for a fast and flashy response that left the hard work undone."
Congress claimed it was passing the "TikTok ban" bill to protect American data privacy, but the results from last week's deal to save the US version of the short-form video app show anything but. Read the latest from @publicknowledge.bsky.social Director of Government Affairs Sara Collins:
Congress Picked a Fight With TikTok When It Should Have Fixed Tech Policy
Congress' bipartisan mobilization for the so-called "TikTok ban" was a missed opportunity for American data privacy.
publicknowledge.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:08 PM
"Lawmakers could have seized a rare bipartisan moment to create durable digital policy. Instead, Congress opted for a fast and flashy response that left the hard work undone."
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We should expect that the leading adtech groups will be contributing to this RFI, right? sam.gov/workspace/co...
Sam Acquisition 360
sam.gov
January 25, 2026 at 8:22 PM
We should expect that the leading adtech groups will be contributing to this RFI, right? sam.gov/workspace/co...
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The original argument for banning TikTok was data privacy concerns.
Yet US social media and video apps collected the exact some data, but they were never threatened with a ban.
A real solution would have been to ban / regulate them all.
But it was always about who controlled / monetized TikTok.
Yet US social media and video apps collected the exact some data, but they were never threatened with a ban.
A real solution would have been to ban / regulate them all.
But it was always about who controlled / monetized TikTok.
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
January 24, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The original argument for banning TikTok was data privacy concerns.
Yet US social media and video apps collected the exact some data, but they were never threatened with a ban.
A real solution would have been to ban / regulate them all.
But it was always about who controlled / monetized TikTok.
Yet US social media and video apps collected the exact some data, but they were never threatened with a ban.
A real solution would have been to ban / regulate them all.
But it was always about who controlled / monetized TikTok.
Highly recommend @cobun.bsky.social’s @iapp.bsky.social column for a super clear overview of the traditional privacy challenges presented by AI chatbots. Also notes the People-First Chatbot Bill, which could be a model for where civil society is on these tools: iapp.org/news/a/a-vie...
A view from DC: We need to talk about chatbot privacy | IAPP
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his thoughts on the latest privacy and AI governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S.
iapp.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Highly recommend @cobun.bsky.social’s @iapp.bsky.social column for a super clear overview of the traditional privacy challenges presented by AI chatbots. Also notes the People-First Chatbot Bill, which could be a model for where civil society is on these tools: iapp.org/news/a/a-vie...
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absolutely insane to see Musk feted at Davos as the icon of a boldly "optimistic" future in 2026, as if he hadn't just spent the last year buying elections for fascists, making Nazi salutes, condemning millions in Africa to death, and building "Mechahitler," and a nonconsensual porn/CSAM generator
January 22, 2026 at 4:09 PM
absolutely insane to see Musk feted at Davos as the icon of a boldly "optimistic" future in 2026, as if he hadn't just spent the last year buying elections for fascists, making Nazi salutes, condemning millions in Africa to death, and building "Mechahitler," and a nonconsensual porn/CSAM generator
AR may have motivated my sojourn to work at Meta, but in those heady days of the metaverse, there were some really cool things going on in VR. Alas, it wasn’t to be. techcrunch.com/2026/01/19/w...
Well, there goes the metaverse! | TechCrunch
The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ambitions.
techcrunch.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
AR may have motivated my sojourn to work at Meta, but in those heady days of the metaverse, there were some really cool things going on in VR. Alas, it wasn’t to be. techcrunch.com/2026/01/19/w...
Is anybody gonna be #YesAI? @duck-duck-go.bsky.social wants to know!
January 19, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Is anybody gonna be #YesAI? @duck-duck-go.bsky.social wants to know!
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How well are privacy laws (including the GDPR) being enforced? My new paper reaches some very strong conclusions. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
January 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
How well are privacy laws (including the GDPR) being enforced? My new paper reaches some very strong conclusions. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Can’t wait for @theverge.com to do some sort of retrospective about how Judge Mehta misread nascent competition in the AI market in 5 years… www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
January 14, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Can’t wait for @theverge.com to do some sort of retrospective about how Judge Mehta misread nascent competition in the AI market in 5 years… www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Judge Mehta was wrong wrong wrong. Wrong. WRONG. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
What Apple and Google’s Gemini deal means for both companies
They’re putting up a united front against AI newcomers.
www.theverge.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Judge Mehta was wrong wrong wrong. Wrong. WRONG. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Remember when Judge Mehta insisted AI disrupting the search market is why he wouldn’t stop Google’s anticompetitive payments for defaults? www.theverge.com/news/860521/...
Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade
SIri, powered by Google.
www.theverge.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Remember when Judge Mehta insisted AI disrupting the search market is why he wouldn’t stop Google’s anticompetitive payments for defaults? www.theverge.com/news/860521/...
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Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
This highlights how commercial data brokers have used law enforcement as a way to be shielded from necessary regulation. @bedoyausa.bsky.social was working on these issues more than a decade ago. Congress has failed to do its job.
ICE has recently bought the capability of monitoring the location histories of entire neighborhoods worth of phones. The data is likely harvested from apps that sell your data, which filters up through data brokers and eventually to companies that sell to ICE:
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
This highlights how commercial data brokers have used law enforcement as a way to be shielded from necessary regulation. @bedoyausa.bsky.social was working on these issues more than a decade ago. Congress has failed to do its job.
January 6 was the day DC actually needed the National Guard.
January 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
January 6 was the day DC actually needed the National Guard.
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Discovering, once again, that if I want to type on a laptop in an economy seat, I need to hold my arms like a T-Rex and hope for the best. One of those situations where being 6'4" does not work for me. But hey, I'll be able to reach my bag when we land.
January 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Discovering, once again, that if I want to type on a laptop in an economy seat, I need to hold my arms like a T-Rex and hope for the best. One of those situations where being 6'4" does not work for me. But hey, I'll be able to reach my bag when we land.
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If you ask ChatGPT why the US invaded Venezuela and captured Maduro, it will confidently tell you that you are making shit up. www.wired.com/story/us-inv...
The US Invaded Venezuela and Captured Nicolás Maduro. ChatGPT Disagrees
Some AI chatbots have a surprisingly good handle on breaking news. Others decidedly don't.
www.wired.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
If you ask ChatGPT why the US invaded Venezuela and captured Maduro, it will confidently tell you that you are making shit up. www.wired.com/story/us-inv...
Gotta love how the “social network” has just given up prioritizing real people.
This is 100% preparing to push Content Provenance tooling on to average users in order to extract even more data so that your photos don't get labeled as AI. He talks about cryptographic signing, but Insta will be requiring the keys, I'm sure.
The Slopocalypse
December 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Gotta love how the “social network” has just given up prioritizing real people.
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This is 100% preparing to push Content Provenance tooling on to average users in order to extract even more data so that your photos don't get labeled as AI. He talks about cryptographic signing, but Insta will be requiring the keys, I'm sure.
December 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is 100% preparing to push Content Provenance tooling on to average users in order to extract even more data so that your photos don't get labeled as AI. He talks about cryptographic signing, but Insta will be requiring the keys, I'm sure.
Finally realized who the tech oligarchs remind me of!
December 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Finally realized who the tech oligarchs remind me of!
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The NFL getting three garbage games on Christmas is exactly what the NFL deserves for holding three games on Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The NFL getting three garbage games on Christmas is exactly what the NFL deserves for holding three games on Christmas
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It’s time. Happy Christmas Eve y’all. 🍿🎄
December 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It’s time. Happy Christmas Eve y’all. 🍿🎄
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Again: y’all need to make up your minds about whether technology is good or bad for students! Right now the journalistic perspective seems to be just a reflexive opposition to any policy in any direction or any reason. It’s not helpful and it destroys trust 😡
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Again: y’all need to make up your minds about whether technology is good or bad for students! Right now the journalistic perspective seems to be just a reflexive opposition to any policy in any direction or any reason. It’s not helpful and it destroys trust 😡