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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Don't know what is up with that snippet (which clearly doesn't match the link), looks like a bug.
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If you're curious about the sorts of people who push for these sorts of things, one who appeared before parliamentarians is the U.K.-based Vice-President of an American bunch of Christian fundamentalists known as NCOSE (formerly known as Morality in Media)*, Haley McNamara.
These politicians also voice "concern" about something, then they push for broader censorship than that. For instance, this "baroness" appears to be looking to censor vast swathes of content. It is an extreme attack on free expression.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_on_Sexual_Exploitation
#ukpol
When you see someone who hasn't done the slightest shred of due diligence parroting obviously (obviously over the top) sensationalistic nonsense.
The U.K. never ceases to have the vibes of a place overtaken by fascism.
@glynmoody In theory, something like that might be useful, although I have yet to see it being executed well, so I guess it is another "it depends on the execution" for me.
@mattburgess Unfortunately, or perhaps, fortunately, this claim is false.
First off, from the terms I've seen, many of these terms do not involve child abuse. Not even actual children.
They even appear to be treating adult women *as* children (with a few terms), or appear to be pursuing whatever the charity deems to be obscene.
They also appear to overly interpret descriptors as relevant when they really seem quite fuzzy.
It is probable that they're driving away just as many people who aren't interested in pursuing CSAM from their site as they are those who are.
@glynmoody I think that with this sort of thing, these sorts of messages can come off as overly accusatory, particularly when it isn't involving actual abuse.
They might not be useless, although that is one issue they tend to run into. Also, messaging that these are all "child abuse" searches is ripe for sensationalism and inaccurate.
@glynmoody On review, many of these do not appear to be CSAM keywords, but for content which is quite legal in the United States.
Another problem with this methodology is that a few people appeared to be using Pornhub as a "general purpose video hosting service" (or they appeared to be at some point prior to 2020), therefore overly inclusive keywords might not even correspond to sexual content.
You've been had. Again.
@freemo https://qoto.org/@olives/111996911052574668 For example, that post.
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24/7 GPS monitoring of migrants enabled the UK Home Office to collect vast amounts of personal data, invading people’s privacy and inflicting psychological burdens.
It’s a punitive and offensive measure that has rightly been found unlawful by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
#migrants #ukpolitics #surveillance #privacy #GPS #GDPR
https://www.wired.com/story/gps-ankle-tags-uk-privacy-illegal/
This snippet seems to work. Hmm...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/28/sentenced-to-die-innocent-man-spent-48-years-in-prison-for-murder-glynn-simmons The story of a man ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/28/sentenced-to-die-innocent-man-spent-48-years-in-prison-for-murder-glynn-simmons The story of a man who was wrongly convicted for murder.
@freemo You appear to have a weird bug where the link doesn't always match the snippet (the link in a snippet might go somewhere wildly different).
Don't know what is up with that snippet (which clearly doesn't match the link), looks like a bug.
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They also conflate real content with fantasy content, rely on misleading misrepresentations of the effects on porn, and typically, people like this conflate animated violence with realistic violence, and mild "aggression" with what might more typically be viewed as "aggression". To put it simply, it is a mess, and extremely problematic.
As it turns out though, they're looking for submissions. #ukpol
Well, that snippet clearly does not match that link, so something is going wrong there.
If you're curious about the sorts of people who push for these sorts of things, one who appeared before parliamentarians is the U.K.-based Vice-Pre...
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"EFF recently filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit urging the court to reverse a lower court decision upholding a State Department rule that forces visa applicants to the United States to disclose their social media identifiers as part of the application process. If upheld, the district court ruling has severe implications for free speech and privacy not just for visa applicants, but also the people in their social media networks—millions, if not billions of people, given that the “Disclosure Requirement” applies to 14.7 million visa applicants annually."
https://www.wired.com/story/gps-ankle-tags-uk-privacy-illegal/
"The way the UK government has been tagging migrants with GPS trackers is illegal, the country’s #privacy regulator ruled on Friday, in a rebuke to officials who have been experimenting with migrant-surveillance tech in both the UK and the US."
"“Having access to a person’s 24/7 movements is highly intrusive, as it is likely to reveal a lot of information about them, including the potential to infer sensitive information such as their religion, sexuality, or health status,” said John Edwards, the UK information commissioner, in a statement. “Lack of clarity on how this information will be used can also inadvertently inhibit people’s movements and freedom to take part in day-to-day activities.”"
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/ghanas-president-must-refuse-sign-anti-lgbtq-bill
"After three years of political discussions, MPs in Ghana's Parliament voted to pass the country’s draconian Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill on February 28th. The bill now heads to Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo to be signed into law.
President Nana Akufo-Addo must protect the human rights of all people in Ghana and refuse to provide assent to the bill."
"Prop E guts these protective measures designed to bring communities into the conversation about public safety. If Prop E passes on March 5, then the SFPD can unilaterally use any technology they want for a full year without the Board’s approval, without publishing an official policy about how they’d use the technology, and without allowing community members to voice their concerns."
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
