Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
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11/ There is literally nothing that the "do something" crowd won't...well...*do*.
Violating the First Amendment, actively harming the kids they're claiming to protect, whatever. As long as they get TV spots, headlines, and checks, they'll say they've done their part.
Don't let them get away with it.
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10/ These are just a few of KOSA's many, many problems. But they should convey just how dangerous this bill is, and just how far legislators are willing to throw constitutional rights under the bus so they can say that they "held Big Tech accountable."
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8/ Third, and finally: Allowing state attorneys general to enforce KOSA is a recipe for censorship. State AGs *already* use whatever tools they have to go after speech they dislike. Giving them this vague, powerful weapon to attack online content is grossly irresponsible.
Take just two EXTREMELY predictable examples of how this plays out.
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1/ Tomorrow, the Senate Commerce Committee will mark up the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), after it failed last year. Revisions were made, but they are lipstick on a pig.
Today, I explained to the committee why the bill is STILL a First Amendment trainwreck that threatens kids AND free expression.
https://techfreedom.org/kosa-still-poses-a-grave-threat-to-first-amendment-rights/
Freak out! Down with the censorship! Oppose the censorship!
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on #KOSA tomorrow and I need everyone to freak the fuck out now please https://fair.org/home/these-bills-wi...
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Putting aside the privacy aspect (because it's clear we are entitled to none), how the fuck is #KOSA not an infringement of the First Amendment?
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Hasan on right now talking about #KOSA and why it's a terrible bill that expands censorship and surveillance
Take action: https://www.badinternetbills.com
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The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on #KOSA tomorrow and I need everyone to freak the fuck out now please https://fair.org/home/these-bills-will-make-children-less-safe-not-more-safe/
Yes, KOSA is a violation of the First Amendment (and all that is good in this world).
Wasn't Microsoft part of Prism?
You too can help oppose KOSA and the other bad internet bills.
We sent more than 100,000 emails and 6,000 calls from citizens opposing #KOSA through https://badinternetbills.com and https://stopkosa.com today. ...
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We sent more than 100,000 emails and 6,000 calls from citizens opposing #KOSA through https://badinternetbills.com and https://stopkosa.com today.
Think Congress will get the message? Tune in for the KOSA vote tomorrow at 10 ET to find out: https://badinternetbills.com#livestream
Oh no, I'm just thinking aloud. Never mind me. Although, maybe this is a bit relevant.
At least, when I see someone specifically cherry-picking numbers like that in another context.
To be honest, it's probably not terribly hard to tackle that kind of spam... I don't know how it lasted for long.
There was an interesting tactic to scare people by using spooky words like 700 hashtags, to try to imply scale, and then, the posts had something like a short bit of text and 20 hashtags stuck to the end, and were very repetitive.
That wasn't here. That somewhere else. Mainstream social media. That cursed place. Lol.
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@tehstu You have a right to anonymous speech under the First Amendment (also, I think receiving someone's speech), because otherwise that might chill free expression.
The 1A is so powerful that it powers other rights.
@tehstu You have a right to anonymous speech under the First Amendment (also, I think receiving someone's speech), because otherwise that might chill free expression.
The 1A is so powerful that it powers other rights.
He probably just wants more material to write about.
He probably loves Facebook (and Big Tech) as it's an endless spring of material that he can mine, complain about, to, and philosophize about.
Also, there is a whole lot of arguing / talking with a committee about some little minutia.
It's not as simple as "okay, so if someone deliberately runs a real child porn node, we will cut them off".
If he thinks he has some incident to escalate, and I really don't trust him at all, he is sus af, he can escalate that.
If he loves Elon or Mark so much, he can go use Facebook or Twitter... Sheesh.
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
