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The UK’s age verification laws are backfiring spectacularly. By penalizing compliant platforms like Pornhub, they’re driving users to unregulated rogue sites—making the internet more dangerous for the very kids they intended to protect. A classic case of good intentions paving the road to digital hell.
Australia’s new law forcing tech giants to pay for news sounds noble but will backfire. Platforms control distribution, so they’ll delist smaller outlets rather than pay. The law enriches legacy monopolies, kills independent journalism, and repeats Canada’s 2023 mistake. A critical lesson for future AI and platform regulation.
Sam Altman’s open-source strategy isn’t about community—it’s a competitive weapon. But the second-order effect is already clear: foreign competitors are using the same playbook to outmaneuver OpenAI. The company that weaponized openness is now being eaten by it.