Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://technode.com/2023/08/04/china-proposes-limiting-kids-mobile-device-screen-time-in-new-draft-regulations-on-protecting-minors-online/ Isn't it already known that screen time is a moral panic?

Get rid of the entire bill.

There's so much wrong with it that cherry-picking this clause or that clause will still leave a very bad bill.

I don't really like the idea of Digital IDs to start with.

https://edri.org/our-work/digital-id-civil-society-demands-protection-of-users/ Austrian non-profit Epicenter Works criticizes the E.U.'s Digital ID proposal. I'd probably go further than them.

This specifically covers guns, but really, you could apply the same risks to just about anything else.

https://reason.com/2023/08/03/new-zealand-keeps-doxxing-registered-gun-owners/ New Zealand gun owner registry off to a rocky start.

One of the reasons why centralized databases can be problematic.

https://reason.com/2023/08/03/did-drug-decriminalization-cause-a-catastrophe-in-oregon/ Apparently, the case against drug decriminalization in Oregon involves misleading use of statistics.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/un-cybercrime-convention-negotiations-enter-final-phase-troubling-surveillance
Yes, the treaty should take steps to protect free expression (broadly construed), privacy, and due process.

It'd also be helpful for it to not be used to enforce unjust laws, or for excessive measures to be used to police minor crimes.

https://reclaimthenet.org/australias-intelligence-agencies-misinformation Why on earth should spooks be involved in matters of speech?

Utah.

Reading a piece on someone surviving conversation therapy makes me feel very uncomfortable.

Even worse for someone to be subjected to it.

Apparently, the guy who came up with the phrase "nothing hide nothing to fear" was a source of inspiration for the Nazis.

https://openprivacy.ca/discreet-log/40_july-2023/ They also appear to be here on the fediverse. See @cwtch

https://cwtch.im If you didn't know, this idea of encrypted apps is the very same idea which the Canadian non-profit, Open Privacy, had with Cwtch (although, so far that is... mostly... just a chat app).

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/02/encryption-dead-cow-cult-apps-def-con/ A new competitor to Tapir has appeared (fairly similar ideal).

I don't really get cannabis prohibitions.

People support alcohol, and I suppose that someone should be responsible about their alcohol use, however, we don't see anyone racing to go back to Prohibition (which was a disaster).

It also has it's own positive attributes.