Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://reason.com/2023/11/13/illinois-youth-lockup-is-no-place-for-children-according-to-aclu-lawsuit/

"An Illinois youth lockup is "no place for children," argued a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in June. A new ProPublica and Capitol News Illinois analysis of documents from the lawsuit and several state audits, among other records, found that incarcerated children have frequently been subject to "troubling conditions" in more than a dozen youth detention centers in Illinois.

In these facilities, youth have been "tased, pepper sprayed and roughed up by staff and law enforcement officers; forced into isolation for days at a time," according to the ProPublica and Capitol News Illinois analysis. Incarcerated youth have also been "denied access to their psychotropic medications and mental health treatment; and received little or no schooling, despite state and federal laws mandating that the youth receive educational services while incarcerated.""

#HumanRights

The computer said you're guilty.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/20/does-a-i-lead-police-to-ignore-contradictory-evidence

"Law-enforcement officials argue that they aren’t obligated to disclose such information because, in theory at least, facial-recognition searches are being used only to generate leads for a fuller investigation, and do not alone serve as probable cause for making an arrest. Yet, in a striking number of the wrongful arrests that have been documented, the searches represented virtually the entire investigation. No other evidence seemed to link Randal Reid, who lives in Georgia, to the thefts in Louisiana, a state he had never even visited."

#privacy

I see the usual suspects, once again, yelling for people to call for mass surveillance, so I suppose you should contact lawmakers to oppose that.

#chatcontrol

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/12/private-uk-health-data-donated-medical-research-shared-insurance-companies

"Sensitive health information donated for medical research by half a million UK citizens has been shared with insurance companies despite a pledge that it would not be.

An Observer investigation has found that UK Biobank opened up its vast biomedical database to insurance sector firms several times between 2020 and 2023. The data was provided to insurance consultancy and tech firms for projects to create digital tools that help insurers predict a person’s risk of getting a chronic disease. The findings have raised concerns among geneticists, data privacy experts and campaigners over vetting and ethical checks at Biobank."

If you're looking for something which fits the acronym, and is more accurate, try Kill Online Speech Act.

https://www.badinternetbills.com/ Apparently, you need to contact your lawmakers to oppose #KOSA again.

This is my breakdown of the "experts" on the list:

U.S. academic I don't know a whole lot about. Haven't heard of him, though keep in mind that Ylva might be taking his input and tossing it in the trash. In fact, this likely applies to many of these, she's probably just picking things she can use to justify her proposal.

U.S. academic associated with Microsoft.

U.S. academic who used to work for FB / associated with government.

European academic who opposes the chat control.

Nine from two U.S. Big Tech firms.

One NZ tech company.

Five Thorn trying to sell their software.

Four pseudo-governmental. Nominal NGOs deputized to carry out police / government functions.

Seven governmental / police.

Two spooks (CIA / NSA type agencies).

#chatcontrol

"I can't believe Stamos is on the list."

In hindsight, he was always like "I support E2EE but... I don't think you should deploy it anywhere where it might be useful."

Also, telling privacy activists off for being upset about the government wanting to spy on people, and trying to guilt trip (emotionally manipulate) someone by picking out a disturbing story.

#chatcontrol

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/07/freedom-of-the-press-foundation-calls-out-alabama-cops-for-arresting-journalists-for-committing-journalism/

"The First Amendment provides broad protections for journalists, not only as to what they publish, but also how they collect information. For instance, publishing leaked government documents is protected, even if the acts that provided journalists with these documents may be subject to criminal proceedings."

No one knows why it happened. It's a mystery.

Looks like Elon's Twitter even suspended the account of the free speech group, Article 19, for 24 hours before it got unsuspended.

Wow, censoring a group which advocates against censorship. That is something.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/03/us-town-public-art-ban/

"A town in the US is genuinely considering a ban on all public art because some of the art might be gay or promote LGBTQ+ ideals."

https://www.change.org/p/support-the-kinsey-institute-and-collections The change.org petition in support of the #KinseyInstitute seems to be up to 8k signatures. #kinsey

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/09/1211949718/the-kinsey-institute-faces-possible-separation-from-indiana-university

"Indiana University trustees will decide whether to partially sever the University's long standing ties with the famous organization."

"Defunding became a reality earlier this year when freshman Republican Representative Lorissa Sweet pushed a successful amendment to cut any state funds for #Kinsey. She claimed that Kinsey researchers are conducting sexual experiments on children."

"Democrat Matt Pierce, who represents the district where Indiana University is located, said those false claims have long been debunked."

I'll put this on hashtags (someone requested that) but I don't think they're active.

#sexology

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/09/1211949718/the-kinsey-institute-faces-possible-separation-from-indiana-university

"Indiana University trustees will decide whether to partially sever the University's long standing ties with the famous organization."

"Defunding became a reality earlier this year when freshman Republican Representative Lorissa Sweet pushed a successful amendment to cut any state funds for Kinsey. She claimed that Kinsey researchers are conducting sexual experiments on children."

"Democrat Matt Pierce, who represents the district where Indiana University is located, said those false claims have long been debunked."

"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

The name refers to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

https://www.article19.org/resources/the-gambia-crackdown-on-free-speech-must-stop/

"The recent prosecutions of journalist Alhagie Bora and activist Madi Jorbateh, along with President Adama Barrow’s comments expressing hostility toward media freedom, have sparked alarm regarding the state of freedom of expression in The Gambia, which had been on a positive track since President Yahya Jammeh’s leadership came to an end in 2017."

Article 19 seems more international in their scope than some other free speech groups.