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In a dizzying year, the TikTok ban-or-sale law was passed, challenged, upheld, and halted. Now, as the platform's fate hinges on President Trump's dealmaking, Tim Bernard (@timbernard.me) reviews the twists and turns. A development could come this week, given an April 5 deadline for a deal:

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Most researchers don’t believe AGI is coming any time soon. But policy makers are steering policy toward AGI anyway. In this article for Tech Policy Press, a look at the distortions the AGI Frame introduces to policymaking. #ai #criticalai #aipolicy In @techpolicypress.bsky.social

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My thoughts on Congress's theory about TikTok and misinformation: I don't think that's how any of this works.

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When it comes to the TikTok case, a number of key questions emerge from a review of the petitioners’ and government’s briefs to the Supreme Court, outlined here by @timbernard.bsky.social. How the Justices engage with these questions may give a good indication as to how they will rule.

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For Tech Policy Press, Tim Bernard (@timbernard.bsky.social) read a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024 in compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA), including those for Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and X reports.

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For those interested in #DSA VLOP systemic risk reports, here is a good summary for some of the big ones. @timbernard.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/reading-the-...

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Tim Bernard (@timbernard.bsky.social) is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024. Today's update includes TikTok.

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Tim Bernard (@timbernard.bsky.social) is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024. Today's update includes YouTube. www.techpolicy.press/reading-the-...

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"By translating the risks into problem areas that already coincide with its policies, Meta may be missing some aspects and, in effect, putting its thumb on the scale to lead to a conclusion that it is already successfully performing mitigation efforts." - @timbernard.bsky.social

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Tim Bernard is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024 in compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA). This first installment considers Facebook and Instagram reports:

submitted 114 days ago • 2 comments

This feed has posts from your followers without any of their retweets.

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