New “Yellow Peril” Fear Mongering Laws; Objectification; Newsom Vetoes AI Bill

CAPAC Chair Condemns House Vote to Reinstate Trump-Era China Initiative

Fear Mongering and the Scapegoating Continue.

The House of Representatives voted on Sept. 11 to pass H.R. 1398, the Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024, a bill to reinstate the Trump-era China Initiative program, and H.R. 9465, the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024, a bill to require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review agricultural land purchases solely by immigrants from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran. ->->->

Objectification (Japan, Anime, Atomic Bomb)

Newsom vetoes AI safety bill that divided Silicon Valley

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have enacted the nation’s most far-reaching regulations on the booming artificial intelligence industry. California legislators overwhelmingly passed the bill, called SB 1047 (Weiner), which was seen as a potential blueprint for national AI legislation.