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Kutcher warns China could use TikTok to undermine US naval support.
“If I'm China and I want to create a problem in in in that area of the world specifically a Naval problem in that area of the world. I, in the South China sea, I would probably want to utilize TikTok in order to influence the minds of Americans in a anti-US pro…”
Kutcher argues architecture exists to bypass end-to-end encryption for CSAM.
“I think people need to realize and recognize that end to end encryption is great and valuable, but there's no reason why we can't create a carve out for this. And the architecture exists to create a carve out for this.”
Kutcher argues social networks must attach reputation scores to individual posts.
“I fundamentally believe that what we need more than anything is a social network that has a reputation score attached to every single post that an individual puts out in the world so that people will actually think about what it is that they're sharing and say…”
Kutcher Sees Promise in Decentralized Social Networks with Token Reputation
“I think that there's some promise in the decentralized social networks that are being built, where there's actual currency that's associated with every post that people are putting out. And I think that that currency could start to represent a reputation score…”
Kutcher says his organization Thorn has identified 20,000 sexually exploited children.
“And to date, I don't have the exact numbers. I know that we've identified over 20,000 kids that are being sexually exploited.”
Kutcher: Thorn Locates Eight Kids Daily Across Five Partner Companies
“And right now with our tool, we're finding eight kids a day. Which is like, and we are only in like five companies that are utilizing our tool.”
Kutcher: Broken Foster Care Drives Incarceration, Trafficking, and Dropouts
“It's a wellspring for incarceration. It's a wellspring for human trafficking. It's a wellspring for child sexual exploitation. It's a wellspring for high school dropouts. It's a wellspring for early pregnancy.”
Kutcher: Thorn's Spotlight tool is used across all 50 US states
“So we have one tool called spotlight that is used by in all of the states and law enforcement around the world to help identify trafficking victims and collaborate on caseload and prioritize caseload so that they can find the children first.”