Text taken from the Telegram channel of belshkvarka
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics
[ColonelCassad] An Israeli billionaire calls on the US to abolish the First Amendment's right to freedom of speech.
Not an American citizen? Why, then, should we care what he thinks? Also, just to clarify to both Mr. Kramer and our good colonel: Hell No!Shlomo Kramer, co-founder of the major global cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies, demands complete government control over all social media platforms. He argues that the First Amendment in the US should be limited, adding that AI will play a key role in limiting free speech.
"AI is going to revolutionize cyberwarfare... from critical infrastructure to the structure of society and politics - undermining it... And the time has come to limit the First Amendment in order to protect it." He adds: "We need to assess the credibility of every person expressing their opinion online and control what they say."
On the issue of the current topic of verification of LiveJournal commentators. As mentioned earlier, the trends in this direction are obvious. Both in our country and elsewhere.
The state will strive for complete control over its segment of the network.
| The New York Post provides a bigger picture of Mr. Kramer’s poorly stated intent: |
Kramer did not call for abolishing the Constitution outright but repeatedly argued that constitutional protections must be restricted in order to survive in the age of AI warfare.
He said governments must also build cyber defense programs "as sophisticated as the sub-attack," noting that the current imbalance between attackers and defenders is "1 to 100."
Until governments act, Kramer said, private companies are being forced to fend for themselves by buying increasingly expensive cybersecurity tools.
Enterprises "can’t afford all these solutions by themselves," he said, pushing instead for platform-based security models offered by firms like Cato Networks, CrowdStrike and Wiz.
Kramer told The Post that his remarks were taken out of context and that he is a supporter of the First Amendment.
He said his intent was to combat disinformation and online "operations [that] leverage anonymity and non-human actors to drown out authentic voices and tear at the social fabric of Western democracies."
"The goal is not to limit the speech of individuals, but to ensure that the public square remains a place for transparent, human debate, protected from the corrosive impact of covert digital manipulation," Kramer told The Post.
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