Olives @olives@qoto.org

Bluesky's Q-like vague language appears to be based on imaginary problems which only some right wing folks care about.

It's what some might call "culture war bullshit".

https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-says-twitter-change-logo-adieu-all-birds-2023-07-23/ Ironically, there is an anime which has a social network called X, which appears to be the same name Elon has converged on, lol.

https://theappeal.org/supreme-court-jones-v-hendrix-hurting-innocent-people/ The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling which undermined due process is already hurting people who were served excessive sentences in the past.

https://theappeal.org/angola-prison-louisiana-children-deadly-heat/ Incarcerated minors kept in inhumane conditions in Louisiana.

Apparently, a lack of housing is a risk factor for being "sex trafficked". So, we should probably help with that.

Hey cops, please leave the poor dogs alone. Don't shoot them.

Not a worry in relation to that activity, a worry in general, if that isn't clear.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-18/lapd-taser-police-brutality-documentarian More on this here.

https://reason.com/2023/07/20/he-caught-a-burglar-in-the-act-but-when-police-came-he-says-they-tased-him-instead-of-the-intruder/ Police tase owner of house instead of burglar.

https://reason.com/2023/07/20/brickbat-barking-orders/ Another cop shoots and kills a dog for approaching him.

https://reason.com/2023/07/19/tennessee-public-school-sued-after-suspending-a-student-over-instagram-memes/ High school sued for violating First Amendment for suspending student for making fun of principal on Instagram.

https://reclaimthenet.org/michelle-rowland-tries-to-justify-new-censorship-law Misinformation is a very vague and nebulous term.

They usually go on about a "thousand cases in ten years", although they usually leave out the time range and instead opt to say "a thousand cases".

That's around a hundred a year.

https://theintercept.com/2017/11/02/war-crimes-youtube-facebook-syria-rohingya/ Remember this?

Would Bluesky's prohibition of "excessively violent content" cover war photos?

Yes, probably over a hundred, well, according to them.

While, yes, someone probably could arrest a few child predators (defined as someone who actually abuses someone, extortion counted here) by spying on everyone (and they have), the numbers are usually fairly small compared to the inflated statistics.

Something on the order of dozens. Maybe, over a hundred, in around a year. And that's like two billion people on a platform.

That's the number the advocates of authoritarianism come up with.

How many murders are there in a city? Do we search all the houses for corpses?

Looking at what another lobbyist said.

This one is a bit novel. It tries to link "viewing actual child porn" with "abusing someone".

Their argument is that because some people at some "looking for help" place had a worry once they might abuse someone, that we have to assume that every case involves the worst possible people.

Leading from that, they use it to justify spying on everyone, and I'm not going to expound on this fully.

1) We don't typically violate everyone's rights because there are people out there who do bad things.

2) Might. Once. Could. Maybe. What on earth is this language? This makes me more uncertain of this idea, not less.

???

3) Perhaps, this place disproportionately represents people with such insecurities (whether reasonable or not)?

Rationally speaking, someone is really going out of their way to go to some place marketed at criminals?

Frankly, it's not very relevant because 1). Also, we're not talking about this group here, we're talking about distribution...? Where does this come into it?

???

This is very confusing.

If they're going for a "predators everywhere" argument.

The predators people are most afraid of tend to put a lot of time and resources into their abuses.

This isn't really people with a "worry" or a "might".

"KOSA has laudable goals, but it also presents significant unintended consequences that"
I don't have such a high opinion of this piece of legislation. It's a terrible bill and it should have died years ago.

It's a pound the table and scream to fix a problem bill. It's not workable. It has many negative consequences. It might even be counter-productive in some or all aspects.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/20/marylands-top-court-calls-bullshit-on-ballistic-forensics/ Questionable ballistics science.