Olives @olives@qoto.org

One of the OSBs was also an assault on small sites.

One can question whether Zuckerberg's move here is serious, but one also has to be wary of inadvertently giving a defence to censorship. #FreeSpeech

The OSBs are an assault on free expression. The German NetzDG has long been panned for driving over-enforcement from firms. I saw an estimate that 99% of removals were for legitimate content. German media authorities have been known to push for removals of swathes of legitimate content. #FreeSpeech

While it's unclear to me whether the DMA drives censorship, it's very likely the DSA does. Masnick criticized it, noting it's potentially broad sweep. These two laws were passed in the same package.

If we include country level laws, there are even more. #FreeSpeech

https://www.article19.org/resources/european-court-of-human-rights-facebook-user-shielded-from-liability/ European Court of Human Rights finds that holding someone liable for comments made by others on their #Facebook page is a violation of their freedom of expression. #FreeSpeech #Romania #ECHR

It was criticized by civil society as likely to lead to takedowns of legitimate content (i.e. journalism). It was noted that comparatively speaking, terroristic content is very rare. There was a recent case in the U.S. Supreme Court (Twitter v Taamneh) which touched upon similar issues. #FreeSpeech

"we are puzzled by Mark Zuckerberg’s assertion that Europe has enacted an ‘ever-increasing number of laws institutionalizing censorship’."
"Europe" has done that. TERREG, DSA, and more. #FreeSpeech

The Terror Regulation (TERREG) demands rapid takedowns of "terroristic content".

https://www.article19.org/resources/meta-prioritise-human-rights-not-politics/
There are people who seem very confused about how to respond to Zuckerberg here, particularly regarding whether this is a serious attempt to deal with issues pertaining to free expression or not. #FreeSpeech

https://www.straitstimes.com/business/pay-with-crypto-to-party-and-travel-some-say-younger-consumers-prefer-this-others-say-growth-is-slow
"From buying a phone online to settling a bar tab at a nightclub, consumers and businesses seem to be more open to using #cryptocurrency"
Singapore. #crypto

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/iran-to-ease-internet-restrictions-and-lift-ban-on-whatsapp-google-play
"#Iran said it will start easing some of the world’s tightest internet restrictions by lifting its ban on #WhatsApp and #GooglePlay"
#FreeSpeech

Apparently, people don't like acronyms.

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

#FreeSpeech stories (#FirstAmendment)
https://reason.com/2025/02/24/trump-tries-to-carve-out-a-first-amendment-exception-for-fake-news/
https://reason.com/2025/02/24/florida-sues-target-over-trans-merchandise/
https://reason.com/2025/02/25/d-c-s-u-s-attorney-is-a-menace-to-the-first-amendment/

Someone complaining about "woke" is someone essentially complaining about a vague and amorphous sense of political correctness, not about an actual concrete ideology.