据美国政治新闻网13日报道,围绕英国可能屏蔽美国企业家马斯克旗下社交媒体平台X一事,美国负责公共外交事务的副国务卿萨拉·罗杰斯当天发出警告称,若英国政府采取相关行动,“一切皆有可能”

The US Department of State's Sarah B. Rogers says "nothing is off the table" if the UK government makes good on its threat to ban Elon Musk's X over concerns about a deluge of AI-generated sexualized deepfakes on the platform.

off the table 排除在外

make good on 兑现承诺

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当地时间12日,英国通信管理局发布声明称,X平台内置的人工智能聊天机器人“格罗克”(Grok)被滥用于生成并传播涉及真实人物的伪造色情内容,相关情况“令人深感担忧”。该机构已依据英国《在线安全法》对X展开正式调查,以评估其是否履行了保护英国公众免受非法内容侵害的责任,并表示在“最严重情况下”不排除屏蔽该平台的可能。

对此,罗杰斯在接受采访时表示:“从美国的角度来看……在言论自由问题上,没有什么是不可能的。接下来,我们将拭目以待,看看英国通信管理局会采取何种行动,以及美国将如何回应。”她指责英国政府试图“掌控公共领域,压制其不认同的政治观点”,并称这才是英国考虑封杀X的真正原因,而并非技术或安全问题,“因为其他人工智能应用程序同样具备类似功能”。

"I would say from America's perspective ... nothing is off the table when it comes to free speech," Rogers, the under secretary of state for public diplomacy, told GB News in an interview which aired in the UK in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

"Let's wait and see what Ofcom does and we'll see what America does in response," she added.

罗杰斯进一步声称,X所呈现的政治倾向正是英国政府“所敌视、所不喜欢的”,并称“这才是事情的真相”。当被问及罗杰斯的表态是否准确反映美国政府在这一问题上的官方立场时,美国驻英国大使馆一名发言人回应称:“她的言论本身就说明了一切。”

In her GB News interview Rogers accused the British government of wanting "the ability to curate a public square, to suppress political viewpoints it dislikes".

X has a "political valence that the British government is antagonistic to, doesn't like, and that's what's really going on," she added.

antagonistic /ænˌtæɡəˈnɪstɪk/ 敌对的

Asked whether Rogers' remarks accurately represent the Trump administration's stance on the issue, a spokesperson for the US embassy in London said: "Her remarks speak for themselves."

与此同时,美国方面可能采取的反制措施也逐渐显现。据英国《每日电讯报》13日报道,美国官员已制定相关计划,若英国通信管理局官员进入美国境内,将就其参与审查X平台一事对其进行质询。美方还警告称,若英国首相斯塔默兑现封锁X平台的决定,美国“有权加大回应力度”,包括对相关英国官员实施旅行禁令

美国国务院一名消息人士透露:“英国官员可能因计划屏蔽X而面临被禁止入境美国的命运。”这项史无前例的计划,标志着跨大西洋在言论自由问题上的紧张局势出现非同寻常的升级

此外,美国共和党人已开始起草相关立法,以应对任何针对X的潜在禁令。特朗普的盟友、美国众议员安娜·保利娜·卢纳警告称,若英国采取行动封锁该平台,她将推动提出一项法律,“不仅制裁斯塔默本人,还将制裁整个英国”。

At least one lawmaker aligned with Trump has also weighed in on behalf of the Elon Musk-owned platform. US Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, said last week she was drafting legislation to sanction the UK if X is banned in the country.

来源:环球时报 美国政治新闻网

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