Keep pulling the thread on Sarah Rogers.
Under a prior administration, the U.S. State Department's Global Engagement Center contacted social media companies like Twitter and Meta to request the removal of content they deemed disinformation, such as tweets from Charlie Kirk.
The proliferation of a "Western AI stack" is a top priority for the current U.S. administration.
The European Union has levied fines on American companies for allowing speech on American political issues that is protected under the U.S. First Amendment, a step that Russia and China have not taken.
In August 2024, former European Commission official Thierry Breton sent a letter to Elon Musk threatening regulatory penalties if X hosted an interview with Donald Trump.
An investigation by the European Union into X, referenced by Thierry Breton, culminated in a fine of 120 million euros.
European Union regulations can impose fines on American companies of up to 6% of their global revenue for non-compliance with its content laws.
U.S. courts have issued multiple rulings establishing that training AI models on copyrighted data constitutes "fair use".
Foreign regulations concerning digital safety and misinformation are serving as a model for lobbying groups to introduce similar regulations in the United States.
Sarah Rogers agrees with economist Tyler Cowen's view that "AI with a Western soul" is the greatest soft power tool the United States can possess.
Forcing AI companies to disclose technical details, such as model weights, under transparency regulations could compromise the competitive advantage of the U.S. and Western countries by enabling reverse engineering by foreign adversaries.
Sarah Rogers asserts that critical policy decisions about AI should be made through democratic processes, not by tech executives, citing a past example where Twitter employees prohibited referring to a convicted male sex offender as male.
In a case representing the National Rifle Association (NRA), Sarah Rogers states there was strong evidence that viewpoint-neutral banking regulations were disproportionately enforced against financial institutions serving pro-gun organizations.