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The Wikimedia Foundation announced partnerships with tech giants like Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Perplexity on Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, providing paid API access to its content for AI training. This shifts from data scraping to formalized deals, generating revenue for the nonprofit while ensuring ethical data use and infrastructure sustainability. Critics worry about potential impacts on neutrality.
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In early 2026, the UK's Labour government under Keir Starmer scrapped mandatory digital IDs for workers amid privacy backlash and public outcry, echoing past failed schemes. The policy, aimed at immigration and employment checks, shifted to optional use with alternatives allowed. This reversal highlights tensions between innovation and civil liberties.
The UK is advancing "precrime" systems, aggregating data to predict and prevent violence, alongside expanded surveillance and dissent management tools, echoing dystopian sci-fi like "Minority Report" and "1984." Critics warn of eroded civil liberties, biases, and a slide toward authoritarian control. Vigilance is essential to balance security with freedom.
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Conservative U.S. states like Alabama, Utah, and Pennsylvania are proposing taxes on pornography to fund social programs and address mental health issues, building on age-verification laws. Critics decry these as unconstitutional censorship targeting free speech. Legal challenges loom, potentially reshaping digital expression and industry economics.
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