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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I imagine attacking "violent porn" would probably wind up attacking BDSM, and maybe, even animated violence, even though that is probably not what someone is thinking of when saying that.
Also, there was one which coded "taboo themes" (i.e. I guess incest) as "violence", even though it's not really what would come to mind when someone says "violence" either. Also, someone almost certainly doesn't want to go and actually do that...
There was also a researcher who pointed out that anything which could be construed as "violence" would (i.e. spanking) by someone with a bone to grind.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiqDZlAZygU Rowan Atkinson (who plays Mr. Bean) talks about the importance of free expression.
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https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts
"The Government is sneaking in new powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error.
It will force banks to flag people who meet secret criteria to the government."
Checking, and yup, Dr. Ferguson is still sceptical of the moral panic surrounding minors and social media.
@echo_pbreyer Hmm... She seems to overwhelmingly focus on "content" type policies for "evolving technologies", rather than focusing on someone's "conduct" (i.e. sextortion, harassment), which probably means you're going to wind up getting more broad brush "solutions" which tend to impinge on human rights.
Also, the focus on words like "real or realistic" reminds me a bit of how a few articles about such artificial content included mentioning depictions of "non-existent people", and also, where even the meaning of "realistic" could be variable. Prohibiting possession of such content would also likely be a privacy issue. Someone is not going to typically be evil for the sake of being evil.
This reminds me a lot of the "War on Drugs" where civil rights were routinely violated and a lot of resources were poured into it. Legalizing possession of drugs didn't even lead to what was claimed it would[1]. I also don't think that just locking more and more people up indiscriminately is a sustainable, proportionate, or even effective thing to do.
1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395923002025
https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/08/ios-17-4-web-app-eu/ Apple nerfing web apps on iPhones in the E.U. It goes without saying that this is a bad idea.
adding 1 to 1 is super problematic
Goody2, an AI "so safe, it won't answer anything" - anything at all - "that could possibly be construed as controversial or problematic" - https://...
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Goody2, an AI "so safe, it won't answer anything" - anything at all - "that could possibly be construed as controversial or problematic" - https://www.goody2.ai/chat #ai #ethics #parody #chatbot
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https://reason.com/2024/02/09/new-report-measures-attempts-to-impose-and-evade-internet-repression/
"This week, government officials in both Pakistan and Senegal cut public access to the internet in moves clearly meant to crack down on political debate. Pakistan severed connections to limit information coinciding with a general election of questionable credibility while Senegal's action occurred after the government postponed a presidential vote to the end of the year. The restrictions come amidst global concern about increasing online censorship and surveillance."
If you think about it, QAnon type nonsense has been involved in child abductions (to "save" them), disrupting the ability to carry out sex research, videos being doctored to make the president look like a predator, random people being accused of being predators, a random furniture company being accused of being a sex trafficking enterprise, nonsense with drag shows / libraries. It is so toxic, and I've had enough of it.
Textbook QAnon type nonsense too.
Hmm. When it comes to the book bans in libraries, it seems the spectrum of it is actually pretty broad, and not sexual at all. Also, just because a...
Hmm. When it comes to the book bans in libraries, it seems the spectrum of it is actually pretty broad, and not sexual at all. Also, just because a book contains something "sexual" or some drawing of nudity, doesn't make it devoid of value.
It is worth mentioning that book bans don't just hit "school libraries" but "public libraries" too, so that might impinge on the rights of adults.
In any case, I think the more "provocative" content is probably a red herring for broader censorship.
@Damon@mozilla.social @kissane Large platforms are also inherently brittle.
A good example of this is 2018 / 2019 / 2020 where a bunch decided they didn't like sexual expression, or subsets of such. Some blame uncertainty in the immediate passage of FOSTA[1]. Some blame Christian fundamentalists misrepresenting science [2]. Some blame Apple, or even the fact that Steve Jobs historically did not like porn. Imagine you're relying on a platform to maintain a particular standard, then they decide for good reasons, or not, that they want to inexplicably change that one day. Usually, completely out of the blue.
That could be your livelihood which you rely on to make money (how you pay bills, how you eat), or otherwise a vehicle for expression.
1 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/02/fosta-already-leading-censorship-we-are-seeking-reinstatement-our-lawsuit
2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_on_Sexual_Exploitation
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/25/data-centers-drought-water-use/ Another problem with giant services which do everything.
Alright, let's say it. The Church of Scientology is a cult.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiqDZlAZygU Rowan Atkinson (who plays Mr. Bean) talks about the importance of free expression.
@freemo "safety" always seems to be a red flag huh
It's not as bad as was initially conveyed to me but it is still monitoring people under the assumption they're criminals with no basis for doing so.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts "The Government is sneaking in new powers to spy...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts
"The Government is sneaking in new powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error.
It will force banks to flag people who meet secret criteria to the government."
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
