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What Freedom Means In the Age of AI [feat. Venice.ai Founder Erik Voorhees]

The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

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Privacy Breeds Fear in Governance

The internet enables anonymous interactions, posing significant challenges for governments that seek to monitor citizens' activities. Secure messaging platforms like Telegram and Signal provide users with a sense of privacy and security, although their actual safety is uncertain. The arrest of individuals for the misuse of such platforms raises concerns about holding platform providers accountable for the actions of users, which risks transforming everyone into an informant for the state. This approach is a harmful policy foundation, suggesting that the dangers posed by government overreach outweigh the threats posed by user misconduct on digital platforms.

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