Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
https://apnews.com/article/germany-birkenstock-sandals-verdict-art-e3985066da164cffd2a0248e0c9b6675
"Under German law, works of art enjoy stronger and longer-lasting intellectual property protections than consumer products."
#copyright
While it's technically the TAKE IT DOWN Act, I'm going to write it as Take It Down in the tag to make it easier to read.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/senate-passed-take-it-down-act-threatening-free-expression-and-due-process #TakeItDownAct threatens free expression and due process. #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/senate-passed-take-it-down-act-threatening-free-expression-and-due-process #TakeItDownAct threatens free expression and due process. #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
https://odysee.com/@Odysee:8/weredroppingstripe:e #Odysee dropping #Stripe over financial censorship (and requested data collection). #FreeSpeech #privacy
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-supreme-court-rumble-blocked-c45ab801d5bb23e6d9b2271bdcf7426e
"A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of video-sharing platform #Rumble in the South American nation"
#Brazil #FreeSpeech
Someone complaining about "woke" is someone essentially complaining about a vague and amorphous sense of political correctness, not about an actual concrete ideology.
I'd be wary of someone trying to repackage "morality" as "exploitation".
"Did companies removing eye candy do anything for women (feminism)?"
Very unlikely. If anything, it's been used to argue that they are going woke or to complain about women.
"woke" itself is a term which doesn't really have a meaning.
Presumably, becoming woke involves drinking coffee.
https://www.refused-classification.com/censorship-timelines/game-iarc/
https://sinverse.com/
SinVerse. A Grand Theft Auto style game with blockchain elements was banned in #Australia. #games #FreeSpeech
I'll look into using Bluesky. I might not do that very soon though.
One reason for this is that I have other priorities, and I don't want to spend a lot of time experimenting with (and posting on) various social media accounts.
@Linux_Is_Best@misskey.de @BBCNews @politics-BBCNews The answer is that, yes, it is a criminal offense, although it is not an offense specifically for that but applying a different law to that specific case.
The headline is a bit misleading. It's exploitation in the form of getting minors to traffick drugs and such things.
https://www.refused-classification.com/censorship-timelines/game-iarc/
https://egdata.app/offers/e9bd09671131463fa160977c3610a8b4
Brendan Samuel Rose's Luciferianism was banned in #Australia. #games #FreeSpeech
I'm a bit wary of orgs which try to be both a safety and freedom of expression org. It's harder for an org to do multiple things at once, and they might say things which are not good for free expression.
I don't always see an org where defending freedom of expression is one of the main planks and almost the entire team are psychologists.
@Linux_Is_Best@misskey.de There are a number of things which could be improved.
For one, a ranked choice voting system would allow someone to put candidates in the order of their preference when voting.
@Linux_Is_Best@misskey.de @chris https://wedistribute.org/2018/04/blushy-crushy-fediverse-idol-a-chat-with-lain-about-pleroma/ That is deliberate. The developer specifically said they didn't want it to become "too corporate".
I'm guessing some like it because it has a more laidback vibe to it, and the software is apparently more efficient to run than Mastodon or Misskey. Pleroma also adopted features like search much earlier than Mastodon did.
Another possibility is that it could be a cultural thing. Mastodon is based in Germany and hate speech is something that is much more frowned upon there (especially as Pleroma is an older project from before folks like Trump). Someone might be less inclined to use that.
Misskey is based in Japan, which while tends to be less puritanical (someone will often point out that freedom of expression is protected by the Constitution there), actually does appear to have a hate speech law. It's also worth considering that Japan has a relatively stable politics.
From what I remember, Pleroma actually had some pretty interesting features. If it wasn't for that theme, I could honestly see there being more adoption (although, the developer worries about it becoming too corporate).
Olives
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Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
