Olives @olives@qoto.org

The U.N. hosts a panel like this to "assess the risks", then it's just a bunch of people who are unlikely to say anything useful.

https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2024-dccos-age-assurance-%E2%80%93-necessity-opportunity-or-privacy-intrusion
Whatever the risks are with age assurance, I have serious doubts that the "Tony Blair Institute", a "think of the children" outfit known to be unreasonable, and the "Head of Public Policy at Snap" (a company which doesn't even run a social network) will be able to explore them.

Where are the digital rights groups?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/hide-and-seek/201807/beyond-words-the-benefits-of-being-bilingual Here's a good article on some of the benefits of multilingualism.

I'm a big fan of this sort of functionality. Not every language has a Latin alphabet, and not everyone in the world speaks English.

This was about the "think of the children" nonsense.

https://nichegamer.com/paramount-plus-cuts-popular-spongebob-meme-for-uk-viewers/ A joke was censored from an episode of Spongebob for British viewers.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/01/japan/japan-school-regulation-easing/
"part of a broader movement to reassess overly strict school regulations and involve students in the decision-making process"
Interesting idea.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/30/new-online-therapies-could-help-at-least-twice-number-of-people-recover-from-anxiety What do you think of this?

https://www.article19.org/resources/malaysia-stop-stifling-social-media/
"ARTICLE 19 and 66 partner organisations and individuals in civil society have written an open letter to the Prime Minister of #Malaysia, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, to express concern for the cabinet’s licensing regime for social media."
#FreeSpeech

Any civil liberties issues I should cover?

Apparently, AI images are being used in some "do you find this sexy" studies now.

"After the study is completed, we will retain your anonymized data"

Some thoughts about studies involving sensitive subjects and privacy.

First off, as privacy activists know, there is no such thing as "anonymized data". Each data point can make it easier for someone to deanonymize someone.

That is just something to keep in mind.

If that is a worry, then for starters, someone could avoid collecting superfluous data, or maybe for something like an age, they could collect an age range instead of a specific number (unless, that precision is needed).

This reminds me of something I spoke about before. Maybe, it will lead to improvements in mental health (since there is science showing that).

https://nichegamer.com/discord-partners-with-roll20-for-dd-and-other-tabletop-rpgs/ Interesting idea.

When something that is supposed to be #privacy oriented insists on using Discord.

When someone pitches a feature which already exists as if it is new.

I see someone who got fired from Google, because she contributed nothing other than complaining about petty things, is back to complaining.

https://9to5google.com/2024/07/25/reddit-search-engine-block-google-deal/ Sounds like an anti-trust issue.

I don't like the idea of trying to censor "pirate sites" which are the only practical option for acquiring a particular bit of content for someone.