Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
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.
Olives
boosted
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...
Olives
boosted
"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."
@sebmeineck Of course, Congress could just pass a privacy law.
Olives
boosted
I suppose since the British government is at great risk of becoming puritanical fascists (if they're not already), as evidenced by the above meeting, I should repost my "porn isn't bad" science / knowledge pack* for #ukpol.
Olives
boosted
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/27/britain-reputation-rule-of-law-labour-three-pledges Cannabis is not the only unjust law I would like to see struck from British law, but yes, legalizing that would be good.
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/28/justin-trudeau-rightly-points-out-that-internet-porn-licenses-are-a-dumb-fucking-idea-but-he-still-supports-internet-censorship-bill/ As @mmasnick points out here, it's certainly a concerning one.
I haven't looked too deeply into it, but what I've seen so far doesn't bode well for free expression (or privacy). Even more chilling seeing other's opinions of it.
It also feels disproportionate compared to what it is they're likely looking to deal with.
https://ccla.org/press-release/ccla-urges-substantial-amendments-to-the-online-harms-act/
"This is a massive bill that we need to examine in greater detail. Our preliminary read raises several serious concerns. While the CCLA endorses the declared purposes of upholding public safety, protecting children, and supporting marginalized communities, our initial assessment reveals that the bill includes overbroad violations of expressive freedom, privacy, protest rights, and liberty."
Canadian Civil Liberties Association comments on why the new bill is bad. #canada
@freemo This has the vibes of one of those factory games which is kind of cool.
Olives
boosted
@olives I highly agree with the point of censorship. I'm Chinese, and I hate censorship. It's useless and harmful, especially to those children who don't know why people are talking in that way (to bypass the censorship) and think censorship is normal in life.
I suggest everyone who asks for censorship to move to China. That's what they deserve.
Watching Russia reminds me a lot of watching Game of Thrones, and not in a good way.
"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."
While they correctly note that correlation does not imply causation (for instance, it is likely there is a third factor at play, perhaps a psychological one), there actually is a study which contradicts "criminals using more porn": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01540933
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
