Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/16/un-cybercrime-treaty-a-trojan-horse-for-transnational-repression/ David Kaye writes on the horrifying mess that is the #CybercrimeConvention.

David Kaye used to be the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression.

Another event was held in Japan to talk about dealing with financial censorship.

This might be a work of fiction or some kind of cosplay. Blanket censorship seems wildly disproportionate, and of questionable effectiveness.

1) Even the original book was a work of fiction. That was the book which the author wrote something like 70 years ago. The author doesn't seem to have intended anything more.

2) The vast majority of instances of this term seem to involve legitimate content.

Speaking of which, there was a law professor who spoke at that conference on dealing with financial censorship. One of the examples of a term which might be censored with one firm (it's unclear when they did this) was "lolita". This is obviously problematic as:

Did you know that Milton Diamond, the sexologist, died earlier this year?

Continuing on the "not a real term" point, I've seen different people, in different countries, use it in different ways. Someone might even have an opinion on what the "right way" to use it is.

And, frankly, I'm concerned by how some guy from the U.S. can "make an observation" about a *completely different country*, and get paraded around as an authority, especially when their observation might have negative connotations attached to them.

Also, honestly, it's not a real term (particularly in the West). It means whatever the person speaking wants it to mean which is not a whole lot. I see it used as a slur against supposed "subhumans" (so being a jerk) or "Cool and feels taboo."

"lolicon" isn't a Japanese term. It was invented by a random American observing things going on in Japan. Then, the term was borrowed, presumably out of convenience. Indirect inspiration by Lolita (even that was a work of fiction) is given too much credit.

I'm also wary of inadvertently suggesting that ingesting data should be considered a violation of copyright. I want to avoid that.

The post is generally framed from the perspective of dealing with censorship, particularly heavy-handed censorship.

https://qoto.org/@olives/113730834591177123 Should I expand on the AI angle a bit? I'm wary of over-explaining though.

https://nichegamer.com/manga-publisher-is-remaking-classic-series-eiken-with-ai/ If you look at this one, it might also come off as "aged up" in some ways, but it is more the homogenous generic style of the "AI".

The characters in the new GFL seeming "aged up" (#FreeSpeech) might have more to do with how generic the new character designs seem to be than any deliberate effort. #anime

Erotic content doesn't magically "become bad" just because it's done in #VR and it still violates human rights to censor it. #FreeSpeech

https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/23/34
"the resort to fiction and the imaginary must be understood and respected as a crucial element of the freedom indispensable for creative activities and artistic expressions"
"artists should be able to explore the darker side of humanity, and to represent crimes or what some may consider as “immorality”, without being accused of promoting these"

Okay, that finally worked.