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AI Glitches and Government Overreach Threaten Social Media Accounts

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] ·

Concerns are being raised about the potential for AI glitches or malicious government actions to impact user accounts on social media platforms. Specifically, there's a fear that governments could weaponize AI to identify individuals with dissenting political views and then compel large technology companies to deactivate their accounts. This highlights potential risks to digital identity and access. AI

IMPACT Potential for AI to be used in state-sponsored censorship and account deactivation on social platforms.

RANK_REASON The item expresses concerns and opinions about potential future risks related to AI and government actions, rather than reporting on a specific event.

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AI Glitches and Government Overreach Threaten Social Media Accounts

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Or suffer an # AI glitch. Or have a hostile or weaponized government decide you voted wrong, and ask their pals at the # bigtech company to switch your account

    Or suffer an # AI glitch. Or have a hostile or weaponized government decide you voted wrong, and ask their pals at the # bigtech company to switch your account off. # identity # IdM 2/2

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