🤬 Panopticon patch Tuesday: Twitch requires Peter Thiel-funded Persona ID verification for some Affiliates to get their first payouts 🤬
#twitch #twitchnews #twitchaffiliates #personaid #persona #firstpayouts #peterthiel #idverification #faceid #streaming #gaming #creators #gamers #streamers #tech #technews #privacy #techbacklash #ageverification
Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK
Persona confirmed all age-check data from Discord’s UK test was deleted. (big article)
#discord #discordnews #discordagecheck #agecheck #tech #technews #persona #uk #uktech #privacy #techbacklash #discorduk #faceid #aicheck #unitedkingdom
Meta’s plans for AI facial recognition smart glasses ‘threatens safety of all women and girls’
Domestic abuse charities said the feature could pose a ‘direct and serious’ risk to survivors
#meta #metaglasses #womentech #tech #glasses #smartglasses #privacy #womenprivacy #girlsprivacy #women #girls #female #domesticabuse #techbacklash #facialrecognition #security #charities #abuse #abusesurvivors #aifacial #aiglasses #harassment #abuserisk #harassmentrisk #stalking
Good Luck Banning Smart Glasses
Smart glasses bans are reasonable, important, and damn near impossible.
https://gizmodo.com/good-luck-banning-smart-glasses-2000723392
#gadgets #smartglasses #glasses #privacy #tech #womentech #security #meta #metaaiglasses #metaglasses #rayban #nearimpossible #smartglassesban #metaglassesban #techban #techbacklash #aiglasses
Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage
“This is definitely not about dogs,” senator says, urging a pause on Ring face scans.
#ring #flock #aicam #securitycam #security #tech #technews #superbowlad #amazon #ringads #ringnews #dogs #dogssafety #facescan #privacy #faceid #surveillance #techbacklash
‘Creepy’ Super Bowl ad sparks backlash, viewers vow ‘never’ to buy this popular product
#creepy #creepyads #superbowl #superbowlads #sports #sportsads #tech #techads #techbacklash #amazon #ring #amazonring #ringnews #ringads #popularproduct #gadgets #aicamera
😡 Twitch faces backlash for putting ads when you pause streams 😡
https://www.dexerto.com/twitch/twitch-faces-backlash-for-putting-ads-when-you-pause-streams-3316576/
#twitch #twitchnews #streaming #streamers #tech #technews #twitchads #streamingads #pausestreams #twitchbacklash #techbacklash #techads #twitchapp #mobileapp #apps
Gizmodo: Buckle Up, the Smart Glasses Backlash Is Coming. “The fact that San Francisco University bothered to call out the way these videos were recorded (citing the specific name of Meta’s smart glasses and everything) says a lot, and in a lot of ways, that specificity is absolutely fair. As ascendant as smart glasses (or AI glasses, as Meta calls them) have been, there’s a chance that a […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/08/gizmodo-buckle-up-the-smart-glasses-backlash-is-coming/
New York Times: A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls. This link goes to a gift article. “Across the city, the ads have been defaced with graffiti ranging from hostile (‘A.I. is burning the world around you’) to pleading (‘make a real friend’). The company was accused of profiting off the loneliness epidemic and of playing a part in capitalist surveillance. Some posters were ripped […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/08/new-york-times-a-debate-about-a-i-plays-out-on-the-subway-walls/
Red vs. Silicon - Claire Lehman and Balaji
The AI hype cycle: Promise to revolutionize everything → Release half-baked tools → Threaten workers' jobs → Pollute the environment → Wonder why 52% of people are now more concerned than excited.
It's almost like there's a pattern here... 🤔
https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/06/29/1747204/has-an-ai-backlash-begun
The heavens themselves push back.
Elon learns the universe is not to be tamed.
#ElonMusk #AIvsTheUniverse #CosmicBoundaries #TheInternetIsCrack #SpaceEgo #DigitalEthics #TechBacklash
Engadget: Wikipedia cancels plan to test AI summaries after editors skewer the idea. “Wikipedia is backing off a plan to test AI article summaries. Earlier this month, the platform announced plans to trial the feature for about 10 percent of mobile web visitors. To say they weren’t well-received by editors would be an understatement. The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) then changed plans and […]
AI's rapid growth means more data centers, but rural communities are resisting. These resource hogs strain grids & offer few local benefits. Grassroots groups are successfully blocking builds & sharing strategies. #AIDataCenters #CommunityImpact #TechBacklash
Frustration with Musk fuels growing Tesla protests. The Tesla Takedown movement coincides with falling stock, fading hype, and criticism of products like the Cybertruck. Is a major shift underway for the EV giant? #Tesla #TechBacklash #EV
