Olives @olives@qoto.org

These sorts of decisions aren't ones I usually post here but this might be of interest to someone.

https://oversightboard.com/news/1068824731034762-oversight-board-upholds-meta-s-decision-in-altered-video-of-president-biden-case/

"The Oversight Board has upheld Meta’s decision to leave up a video that was edited to make it appear as though U.S. President Joe Biden is inappropriately touching his adult granddaughter’s chest, and which is accompanied by a caption describing him as a “pedophile.”"

"Additionally, the alteration of this video clip is obvious and therefore unlikely to mislead the “average user” of its authenticity, which, according to Meta, is a key characteristic of manipulated media."

https://edri.org/our-work/automated-data-exchange-in-prum-ii-eu-securitisation-mindset-encroaching-on-fundamental-rights/

"The agreement on automated data exchange for police cooperation, known as ‘Prüm II aligns with a broader EU trend of laws prioritising national security over human rights. The final text of this regulation has insufficient fundamental rights safeguards and could even encourage more member states to adopt facial recognition technology."

"The inclusion of facial images and a low threshold for crimes pose problems against recent Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) case law: in Tele2 Sverige, the ruling distinguished between the handling of data for the purpose of preventing serious crimes and the prevention of minor offences or the efficient management of non-criminal proceedings."

#FaceRecognition #privacy

https://reclaimthenet.org/senator-mark-warner-misinformation-shouldnt-have-first-amendment-protections
While conspiracies like QAnon (which utilizes disinformation and malinformation[1]), which can take on multiple problematic themes, including anti-LGBT ones, can be troublesome, I would still caution against creating an "arbiter of truth", especially a government trying to push for this, and remember that strong free expression standards protect everyone's rights.

Also, consider whether it isn't platformization[2] which is troublesome here.

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malinformation

2 https://qoto.org/@olives/111832774730509831

While I initially tried to ignore it there, QAnon is one of those conspiracies which is quite erosive and harmful. It has a tendency of rearing it's ugly head and poisoning the well. It also fuels abuse.

#UNSW has a QAnon problem. #auspol

Like clockwork, politicians use a tragedy to try to push through some harmful brand of censorship.

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-install-toilet-sensors-that-actively-listen-to-pupils/

"Schools are installing “spying” software that “actively listens” to pupils, to crack down on vaping, bullying and rowdiness in toilets."

"But Big Brother Watch’s senior advocacy officer Madeleine Stone said that “secretly monitoring school bathrooms is a gross violation of children’s privacy and would make pupils and parents deeply uncomfortable”."

#privacy

If a "deepfake" suggests someone did something they never did, couldn't that be considered "defamation" (with a couple of other tests)?

One of the worst conflation games I saw involved:

We need to censor x.

Hey, that is censorship.

Oh, no, I'm not talking about x. I am talking about y (synonym for x).

He thinks he is "smart".

It's not necessarily just playing around with vague and "clever" language, though that is also a problem.

It's a lot like "okay, so you say it's about this, but then, why do you keep going back to talking about this completely different (no big deal) thing and trying to add that in?"

Implicit conflation (i.e. putting two things next to each other) is still conflation...

While there are those who prefer Threads away from the fediverse, Alexandra van Huffelen from the Dutch Government is apparently urging them to federate.

https://reason.com/2024/02/05/its-time-to-retire-super-bowl-sex-trafficking-stings-and-myths/ Elizabeth writes about sex trafficking myths.

Salter focusing on the fact that a few people studied might be jerks doesn't really change the basic psychological fact that if you treat people like garbage, then they're not going to feel so good. It's a red herring.