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Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents"

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ltbarcly3 · 1790226765 · focus · HN ↗
There seems to be a coordinated and funded effort to spread FUD about AI and datacenters across multiple countries, including the US, Canada, and the Philippines. The most obvious source of funding would be China for a lot of reasons. Taking payments from a foreign government to attempt to influence Americans is against federal law.
This isn't necessarily some weird corrupt conspiracy.
1. fhdhcndndn · 1790232461 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. naishoya · 1790232786 · focus · HN ↗
    says a 6 day old account which is potentially in violation of the US statutes to post falsehood.
    someonebaggy · 1790233524 · focus · HN ↗
    He's right though.
    ltbarcly3 · 1790235057 · focus · HN ↗
    Claiming that jews are somehow above the law or "the system" acts always in their favor because they somehow influence it is a classic antisemitic trope. You are being antisemitic, please stop.
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Ami_Kadish" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Ami_Kadish
    fhdhcndndn · 1790236724 · focus · HN ↗
    So you're telling me that the existence of US anti-boycott laws aimed at israel is actually antisemitic?
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#Anti-BDS_laws_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#Anti-BDS_laws_in...
    Or just acknowledging that they exist?
    ltbarcly3 · 1790272366 · focus · HN ↗
    None of those laws make it 'illegal' to boycott Israel, so you are just full of crap.
    They require government contractors to not participate in certain boycotts, which is completely in line with long standing US policy. Doing otherwise would be insane, the government would be funding both it's own stated objectives and the opposite.
    When the shoe is on the other foot you support this behavior. I don't see you crying over half the countries in the middle east forcing every company they work with to boycott Israel.
    fhdhcndndn · 1790273066 · focus · HN ↗
    They're literally called anti-boycott laws in their official title? My brain is not capable of such advanced level mental gymnastics.
    ltbarcly3 · 1790281778 · focus · HN ↗
    Oh I didn't realize that the important part of a law was the title and not what the law actually says.

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