Steel dome in media": In Turkey, artificial intelligence will monitor TV and social networks around the clock.
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Turkish regulator RTÜK completes work on AI-based Via+ system - 90% complete. At the same time as the introduction of artificial intelligence, they are preparing for increased fines and the obligation of news channels and YouTube bloggers to obtain a license from the regulator.
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Via+ will simultaneously watch more than 800 TV channels from six satellites and monitor almost all Internet platforms, including social networks. Every day it will translate into text and analyze 19.2 thousand hours of speech in 12 languages, and also examine more than 300 million frames of video.
Officially, the system will look for violations of the broadcasting law. The emphasis is on protecting the family, women and children. But the same law prohibits going against "the national and spiritual values of society, general morality and the principle of protecting the family", humiliating people and organizations "beyond criticism" and covering parties unilaterally.
After finding a violation, the AI must send a report to the official. Officially, decisions on sanctions for violations - from fines to license revocation - are made by people. But that's it for now. I think that the system will soon be taught to assess the severity of the violation and immediately impose a fine.
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Let me remind you that in Turkey, as of November 1, mandatory identification of social network users through the state platform was introduced.
AI has become a real boon for controllers and bans. Putting man under the control of a machine has long been their dream. Now it is coming true.
Oleg Tsarev. Telegram and Max.