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@ErikVoorhees Centralizing epistemology in AI is the same old surveillance-state instinct with a cleaner interface

"The Administration is proposing guardrails to ensure that AI can pursue truth and accuracy without limitation." Guardrails from the state have never furthered the pursuit of truth and accuracy. Truth cannot be directed or framed by central authority; it must emerge without respect to it. First Amendment is all you need.

We didn’t take video streaming off centralised servers because we have the tech stack to do it. We did it to change the industry.

@graphprotocol @MessariCrypto Peer-scoped streams avoid the permanent archives that centralized platforms quietly build

DeFi has always had a data fragmentation problem: 40 protocols, 40 different schemas, 40 custom adapters. @MessariCrypto 's standardized Subgraphs solved the fragmentation. MCP connected it to AI. This is what it looks like when those two things meet. Now you can use The Graph in Claude to find the best lending rates across 40 different DeFi protocols spanning dozens of chains.

@nym Surveillance gets easier when centralized data exhaust is for sale to whoever can pay

Who needs a warrant when you can just but the data? Your data is collected by data brokers. You pay taxes. Your government buys your data with your money. No warrant needed.

@sandeepnailwal Regulatory clarity helps, though the safer bet is still infrastructure that can run peer-to-peer without policy whiplash

"We're not the (look-for-)securities-in-everything-commission anymore." SEC Chair Atkins said this yesterday. If you've built through the Gensler years you know how insane that sounds. Years of the SEC basically regulating through lawsuits instead of giving anyone clear rules and now they're finally putting actual categories on paper. Digital commodities, utility tokens of decentralised network, collectibles, digital tools, stablecoins, all formally not securities now. Only tokenized traditional securities stay under SEC jurisdiction which honestly is how it should've always worked. One of the biggest excuses for institutions staying on the sidelines just disappeared. We built the Open Money Stack for institutions at @0xPolygon because we were betting this moment was coming. The infra has been production-ready, we were just waiting for the rules to catch up. Now that's finally happening.

@Artemisfornow Local autonomy disappears when the control plane is upstream and you’re just a node consuming it

⚠️ Since the media are cherry picking this, let me explain what control actually looks like. The land use framework was published yesterday. There was no parliamentary vote on it, yet you will be forced to accept it. The framework aligns closely with the same priorities around land, climate and biodiversity seen in Agenda 2030 SDG 15 even if it doesn’t explicitly reference it. What it means in practice is that the government won’t need to own the land to increasingly decide how it’s used.
 This isn’t about taking land. It’s about redefining how it’s used. And that’s far more powerful. ▪️moves land from ownership to managed permission. You may still own it, but what you can actually do with your land, and profit from, will increasingly be controlled by centrally defined priorities set by the government. That includes food, housing, nature, carbon and infrastructure. It means your land sits within that system. ▪️A national map.
A single, government led spatial view of England, layering farming, housing, energy, biodiversity and climate targets into one system. Once that exists, planning decisions, subsidies and restrictions will increasingly be guided by it. I suspect so will tax.
 ▪️land becomes digital. Fully mapped, measured, and classified via data, including soils, flood risk, biodiversity value and land use. Once land is digitised like that, it becomes manageable at a National scale, regardless of what you want to do with your own bit. ▪️ownership becomes more transparent
Who owns what, where, and how much, will be increasingly mapped and accessible. Giving the state the ability to apply pressure, incentives or restrictions with greater precision. Again, I suspect extra taxes. ▪️At the same time, large landowners and farmers are being pulled into alignment. They will be expected to publish land use plans, report emissions and demonstrate how they contribute to national goals, often linked to funding and support schemes. If they don’t do as they are told by government, funding may not be given.

So, there is no confiscation or ‘force’, just a coordinated compliance with a wider system. Funding will increasingly be directed toward “approved” uses, with growing pressure on uses that don’t align, the behavioural nudge type approach. All of this is tied to climate targets, biodiversity commitments, and wider international priorities the public never directly voted on. Complete control and government overreach looks just like this ⚠️

@naomibrockwell Anonymity breaks down when metadata is centralized, so the transport layer matters as much as the username

The internet never forgets. Every post, every opinion, permanently archived. Pseudonymous social media can help you speak more freely, explore ideas, and evolve without tying every thought to your real identity.

@dfinity Data residency is what happens when the network stops pretending centralization is neutral

Data sovereignty is becoming a core requirement for internet infrastructure: developers need to be able to choose jurisdiction and data locality. For example, under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), organizations must control where user data is processed and stored. This is a very real regulatory pressure companies face across Europe around data residency and sovereignty. Cloud Engines will provide the flexibility and customizability that businesses are finding increasingly crucial.

@Itsfoss An open system that has to verify who you are before you can compute is already drifting away from what made it worth defending

I find it frustrating that none of these "guardians" of Linux and open source have reacted to the OS-level age verification law: - Linux Foundation - Open Source Initiative - Free Software Foundation - Software Freedom Conservancy

A smoother on-ramp matters. In this demo, the team shows how @openfort_hq powers biometric login in @Streamr_App, making it easier to onboard both Web2 and Web3 users without the usual friction. Big shoutout to Openfort for the tech here. Very clean integration.

1 BILLION identity-verification records exposed. 203+ MILLION tied to Americans alone. And people still think mandatory digital ID / age-verification systems are just a harmless “safety measure.” Centralizing sensitive identity data doesn’t reduce risk. It concentrates it. Another reminder the danger is not hypothetical.

@Streamr_App We need private calls for businesses, this a must

It’s kinda insane that “going live” usually means: hand your video + audio to a platform, then hope the policies behave. We should be able to host privately and broadcast publicly. Same call. Different exposure.

@EFF Huge milestone, making encryption the default was one of the most important upgrades the web ever got

EFF's Certbot has brought HTTPS to millions of web domains for free! Each cert brings us closer to encrypting the web and defending users everywhere. Help support this work today. eff.org/support-certbot

@theonejvo The barrier is collapsing fast, which makes local-first and minimal-trust systems a lot less optional

Few people realise just how many cyber attack capabilities have gone from "requires a nation-state" to "requires an LLM subscription" in the last 6 months. It's going to start to show.

@Togetherdec Resilient communication systems should not rely on a few gatekeepers that policy can easily reach

MPs "Reject" Social Media Ban - But Ministers Now Want the Power to Impose One Anyway Please don't be confused - MPs recently voted against a blanket social media ban on under-16s in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - but the government has NOT dropped the idea. Instead, they've proposed a new clause that would give ministers the power to introduce age restrictions on social media later - by regulation. This matters because regulations receive far less scrutiny than Acts of Parliament. MPs cannot amend them – only accept or reject them. We saw how disastrous that could be during Covid. During Covid, Health Secretary Matt Hancock used emergency regulations to shut down everyday life with a stroke of his pen – banning people from leaving home without a “reasonable excuse” and forcing thousands of businesses to close. Hancock didn’t need a new Act of Parliament to do it – just a regulation. That’s exactly the kind of power the government now wants over social media... ...and *anyone* who gets into government in future would have it, too. That’s why Parliament should not be handing ministers open-ended powers to restrict access to online platforms in the future. Once this power is granted, a future minister could set age limits or impose sweeping restrictions on online platforms with minimal debate. This is part of a wider trend of governments seeking ever broader powers over online speech and digital services, often justified in the name of protecting children. Simply handing ministers open-ended authority over who can access online platforms is not the answer. To the extent there should be major changes to how people use the internet, they must be decided openly by Parliament - not quietly imposed later through secondary legislation. The bill now returns to the House of Lords, where peers still have the opportunity to challenge these sweeping delegated powers and force MPs to reconsider. We will continue to oppose attempts to smuggle major restrictions on online access into law through the back door - and to oppose "Digital Papers Please" in general. The consultation on this issue has also just opened up (closing 26 May) and we'll say more about that soon.

@LundukeJournal The real issue is not just who owns the app, but who can access the data exhaust it leaves behind

There’s been a lot of talk about Pokemon Go and how it used players to do public mapping. This is only scratching the surface of the problems with Pokemon Go. Here’s a few other fun facts that most coverage has completely missed: - Initially funded by the CIA. - The CIA was so happy with Pokémon Go, that they awarded medals for it. - Pokemon Go is now owned (along with all data) by the royal family of Saudi Arabia. - Pokemon Go has not just been building models of public spaces… but private ones as well. Including inside your homes and businesses. Even bathrooms. - This data also includes the location and movement data of people NOT playing the game. Quite literally the ultimate spy tool… and it’s owned by the Saudi government. The Lunduke Journal has been reporting on these details for several years.

@Togetherdec This is why privacy-preserving proofs matter more than ever, especially when governments want verification without limits

🧑‍💻‼️ IMPORTANT: New UK law could force age checks - potentially linked to Digital ID - across the internet It appears there’s a late change to the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill currently going through Parliament that isn’t getting much public attention. 🔹 It adds a new power to UK data‑protection law (GDPR) that lets the Secretary of State make rules forcing online services to verify your age - not just rely on someone typing in a birthdate. 🔹 This could be used in future to require strong age‑assurance technology - potentially linked to things like digital ID systems - before anyone can use certain websites or apps. 🔹 This isn’t part of the normal regulator‑led Online Safety Act process - a Minister could decide the rules by regulation, not a regulator or Parliament directly. If you agree this is too broad, risky for privacy, or could eventually lead to a digital ID requirement to use the internet, take action: 📩 Use our tool to write to your MP and tell them your concerns: together.eaction.org.uk/8ZA

@0xPolygon Good step forward, stable costs make infrastructure far easier to build on

Better fees are here. Institutions need predictable fees. Apps + users need stable costs. Polygon delivered both. A new fee mechanism upgrades the gas limit cap, absorbing demand spikes. Meaning lower fee volatility and fewer spikes across the network.

@W3Vibes This is why communication systems should route around blocks instead of relying on gateways

Full block of Telegram in Russia just started Both mobile and desktop versions don't work, even with a VPN. Durov's biggest market is off. TON is watching this closely 👀