This group's methods are concerning. Cherry-picking individuals, tricking a vendor to say something, and cherry-picking "sad dolls".
https://qoto.org/@olives/112853953984247398
Since a far right group (it's Australian) appears to be discussing "sex dolls", I briefly cover some science for these here (though, that's not the main point of the post). As pointed out, there is no evidence that it leads to crime.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gamelead.punch.boxing.club.fighter
https://www.refused-classification.com/censorship-timelines/game-iarc/
Australia banned a boxing game "Boxing Club 3D". The advisory says it contains "sexual violence", although that appears inaccurate
(even if there was, it shouldn't be grounds for censorship with fictional characters).
According to a review, it's of poor quality, although that isn't relevant to this decision. #auspol #FreeSpeech
@ilumium I don't think the U.K. would be a good steward of human rights. They have a bad record.
Lazy / broad obscenity laws.
Jailing people for making mean comments about dead public figures.
Jailing climate protesters for years for blocking traffic.
Surveillance.
Guilt by association. "what if a bad person likes this content?"
In the end, you still need medical science to show that a particular drug (cannabis is a popular cause these days) might not be so harmful, and activists to push against prohibitions for however many years.
This is almost certain to be an issue there as Asian countries usually take a strong stance against drugs.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/federal-appeals-court-finds-geofence-warrants-are-categorically-unconstitutional
"In a major decision on Friday, the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that geofence warrants are “categorically prohibited by the #FourthAmendment.”"
"EFF applauds this decision because it is essential that every person feels like they can simply take their cell phone out into the world without the fear that they might end up a criminal suspect because their location data was swept up in open-ended digital dragnet."
#privacy
Taiwan is another country, which unlike the U.K., actually has a written constitution.
"Article 11
The people shall have freedom of speech, teaching, writing, and publication.
Article 12
The people shall have freedom of privacy of correspondence."
I've questioned their commitment to freedom of expression before though.
Also noting that even an "unintentional" act which leads to these outcomes can be troublesome.
One of the tricks in a monopolist's box is to cast themselves as "legitimate" and their competitors as "illegitimate". They make the "standards". They create the boxes to check. They like "associations".
I've seen small to medium sized entrants to the market, who might operate on a more shoestring budget, who were basically wrecked by things like this.
Also, keep in mind that it's primarily the competitors of Big Tech who suffered from the ad cartel arrangement and were blocked from entering the market / were prevented from being able to effectively compete.
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights. Anime. Liberal.