Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://netzpolitik.org/2024/netzsperre-fuer-wissenschaft-groesste-deutsche-provider-blockieren-sci-hub/ German ISPs block SciHub on #copyright grounds. Could impede access to science.

https://nichegamer.com/apex-legends-wont-restrict-lgbt-cosmetics-at-saudi-arabia-event/ It could be a positive sign but I still dislike Saudi Arabia.

To be fair, Carl Szabo kind of has a point when he points out that technology is not a substitute for parenting (i.e. the curfews).

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/apr/16/us-provides-assurances-to-prevent-assange-appeal-against-extradition So many loopholes in these "assurances", and they might try to wash their hands of it, by saying that it was the DoJ which did it, not them.

This is a good decision. I don't want to see people getting punished for things they haven't done.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children Remember.

Are you bilingual and would you like to see the FSFs #freesoftware resources in more languages? Email campaigns@fsf.org and join the translations team. It's the most effective way to bring free software to the world.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/congress-no-one-should-own-law
"We should all have the freedom to read, share, and comment on the laws we must live by. But yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee voted 19-4 to move forward the PRO Codes Act (H.R. 1631), a bill that would limit those rights in a critical area."
#HumanRights #FirstAmendment #copyright

https://reason.com/2024/04/19/oklahoma-prisoners-say-they-were-locked-in-filthy-tiny-shower-stalls-for-days/
"According to the suit, staff at the Great Plains Correctional Center locked several inmates in small shower stalls for extended periods, without access to basic amenities like adequate food and water. Most were placed in 3 square foot shower cells, though at least one was confined in an even smaller space. Confinement periods listed in the suit ranged from 24 hours to four days.

The suit describes harrowing conditions for inmates held in the shower stalls. They allege they were placed in stalls filled with human feces and deprived of bathroom breaks. Additionally, several inmates say the only water they had access to was scalding hot shower water."
#HumanRights #EighthAmendment

https://reason.com/2024/04/19/appeals-court-rules-that-cops-can-physically-make-you-unlock-your-phone/
"This week, a federal court decided that police officers can make you unlock your phone, even by physically forcing you to press your thumb against it."

"This week, in an opinion authored by Judge Richard Tallman, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled against Payne."

"The officers searched through Payne's camera roll and found a video taken the same day, which appeared to show "several bags of blue pills (suspected to be fentanyl)."
#FourthAmendment #FifthAmendment

Section 702 is a key provision of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 that permits the government to conduct targeted surveillance of foreign persons located outside the United States, with the compelled assistance of electronic communication service providers, to acquire foreign intelligence information.

• Congress enacted Section 702 to address a collection gap that resulted from the evolution of technology in the years after FISA was passed in 1978.

"The provision effectively grants the NSA access to the communications equipment of almost any U.S. business, plus huge numbers of organizations and individuals. It’s a gift to any president who may wish to spy on political enemies, journalists, ideological opponents, etc." - Elizabeth Goitein

#nsa #privacy #usa #fediverse #telco