Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://reclaimthenet.org/dc-appeals-court-facebook-subpoena-covid-19-misinformation Yeah... That's a troubling precedent...

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-officers-racist-whatsapp-rishi-sunak-duchess-of-sussex-priti-patel-prince-harry-queen-b1105370.html I don't think it makes sense to punish former cops for racist jokes they made in a private chat (when they weren't even cops).

It seems like over-reach to me, even if their remarks were deplorable.

What's going to replace Unity? Blender?

Do you think Unity's CEO is trying to imitate Elon?

An anti-puritan starter kit:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499.2015.1023427
https://psyarxiv.com/ehqgv/
A couple of studies showing that porn is not associated with sexism. One was carried out by German scientists, another was carried out by Canadians.

https://qoto.org/@olives/110462274531891870
American scientists carried out a meta analysis of 59 studies. They found that porn isn't associated with crime. A meta analysis is basically a study where someone studies studies.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31432547/ Nor does it seem this is the case among adolescents (although, the meta analysis already pointed to that). Here, the minors who used more porn were less sexually aggressive.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/201601/evidence-mounts-more-porn-less-sexual-assault
https://qoto.org/@olives/110400288665794817
There are even studies (covering a number of different countries) which show porn is associated with less crime, even among criminals.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31042055/ While an older Dutch study showed there might be worse levels of "sexual satisfaction" among adolescents with porn, a Croatian lab failed to replicate that.

I think that some have concerns about young people and some forms of BDSM. I don't have anything in particular to say about this, other than that sex education might be useful. That's the usual recommendation in science.

It's hard to say exactly why this might be appealing to someone. That said, with BDSM in general, someone might turn to it to deal with complex psychological issues. Censorship isn't something that I'm fond of.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563222001637
This one is a meta analysis on sexualization in video games. The study finds that studies tend to pick cut offs where it is difficult to distinguish signal from noise, that increases the number of false positives.

There are also results which contradict the theory of sexualization being harmful. In the end, the study fails to find a link between this and sexism, and this and mental well-being.

I'm usually sceptical of apparent links, as the "scientific pile on effect" (as one described it) drives people to go looking for "links" between porn and "something bad" however tenuous it might be, or methodologically flawed an approach might be (and later, that something is debunked).

Since this is a matter of a certain amount of nonsense, no it is not relevant if the content is "child-like" (also, this is far more likely to hit someone good than someone bad who don't need it), although I would be against sexual content with real children for ethical reasons.

#auspol

Yes, real shame about Freddie.

When someone talks about Flash on my feed, lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfmrHTdXgK4

I actually kind of like it when a foreign language appears on my feed because it pushes my brain to sort of learn it.

For good measure, you could do it anyway, to be on the safe side. That's not necessarily a bad option.

Well, if there are any new signs of censorship in Australia, then of course you should write to elected reps / senators / whoever gets voted for in territories, states, and federal parliaments to oppose that.

Irish regulator partially slaps Tiktok for... Let's see... Offering parental controls tools.

Another instance of a company trying to do something and that something being twisted against them.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school-board-library-book-weeding-1.6964332

""This year, I came into my school library and there are rows and rows of empty shelves with absolutely no books," said Takata, who started Grade 10 last week.

She estimates more than 50 per cent of her school's library books are gone.

In the spring, Takata says students were told by staff that "if the shelves look emptier right now it's because we have to remove all books [published] prior to 2008." "

"Dianne Lawson, a member of Libraries not Landfills, says teachers told her The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle were removed from their school libraries as part of the PDSB weeding process."

"When it comes to disposing of the books that are weeded, the board documents say the resources are "causing harm," either as a health hazard because of the condition of the book or because "they are not inclusive, culturally responsive, relevant or accurate.""