Olives @olives@qoto.org

.@CenDemTech opposes this fundamentally flawed bill, which violates the #FirstAmendment and puts at risk users’ #constitutional right to communicate, access info, & express themselves on platforms like TikTok.

According to the E.U.'s "Transparency Database" (which tends to be far too vague and is probably misleading in some areas), a couple of apps were censored in #Germany in 2024 on Google Play for "pornography". #WarOnPorn

https://netzpolitik.org/2024/chatkontrolle-der-rat-will-es-nochmal-versuchen/
The Belgian Council Presidency is asking to look into encrypted messages while simultaneously not breaking the encryption. A farcical notion.

They also speak of "risk categorizations" which they won't define and which could be changed on a whim later, to be mitigated via unspecified measures which themselves could be oppressive.

Still, member states remain divided.

Deleted my #Pinterest account. I'd been thinking about it anyway because Pinterest has been rotting away and then they sent me a (presumably automated) vague "content warning" and I decided it was time.

I think it's silly to single out "nicotine pouches" here and it is probably indicative of moral panic.

https://petapixel.com/2024/02/28/wyze-cameras-let-13000-customers-look-into-other-peoples-homes/
"Wyze cameras — a smart camera company whose devices are sold on Amazon and Walmart — allowed 13,000 of its customers to look into other people’s homes."

"“The incident was caused by a third-party caching client library that was recently integrated into our system. This client library received unprecedented load conditions caused by devices coming back online all at once."

"this is the second time that something like this has happened to Wyze customers in five months. In September, some Wyze users reported seeing feeds of cameras that they didn’t own via Wyze’s online viewer."

#privacy

What Nintendo seems to miss is that things like emulators have historically been tools someone uses to make it easier to, say, record / upload video footage, so they might actually be harming themselves by depriving themselves of publicity.

https://reclaimthenet.org/bc-withholds-liquor-license-retaliation-restaurant-asked-for-a-warrant
"The authorities in Canada’s British Columbia (BC) province have changed a restaurant’s liquor license as a form of punishment after a row over its refusal to automatically surrender all surveillance footage to the police, in the wake of shooting incidents in a nearby parking lot."

"“For a local business to insist that the RCMP get a warrant for information that they might have that could lead to an arrest is outrageous,” Stewart is quoted as telling the Canadian media.

And the mayor shared that the restaurant wanting to go through what turns out to be proper legal procedure (the RCMP had to go and get a warrant) was something he was struggling to comprehend."
Well, if someone asks for a warrant, they've got to provide a warrant, that is how it works. Good grief.
#canada #privacy

https://reclaimthenet.org/russia-rolls-out-vpn-ban-nationwide
"The Russian government is employing an increasingly strict approach to manage and rein in the digital freedom its citizens have enjoyed in recent years by introducing a ban on VPN services."
#privacy

So that’s socialism, communism, anti-fascism and anti-abortion added to the drag net of thought that is Prevent (UK).

Freedom of expression shouldn’t be ring-fenced by the governing party’s preferred system of reality, but a means of debating important issues.

#Prevent #PreventDuty #freedomofexpression #freespeech #censorship #ukpolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/07/socialism-anti-fascism-anti-abortion-prevent-list-terrorism-warning-signs

https://reason.com/2024/03/04/oregon-legislators-overwhelmingly-vote-to-recriminalize-low-level-drug-possession/ He makes a compelling argument here against the decision. #HumanRights

https://reason.com/2024/03/06/after-17-years-the-feds-stop-trying-to-imprison-a-licensed-medical-marijuana-provider/
"Seventeen years ago, the federal government raided Charlie Lynch's medical marijuana dispensary in Morro Bay, California, and charged him with five drug felonies. Lynch, whose business complied with state and local regulations, has been fighting to stay out of prison ever since, and last month he finally won that battle.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), which had been insisting since the first iPhone was released that Lynch should be incarcerated for at least five years, suddenly agreed to a deal that will spare him that punishment and erase his criminal record."

What pundits think platform moderation is about: Hate speech, abuse.

What it is actually about: You cursed in this video, how dare you. I don't like this piece of art. You said the word "sex". You said the word "dead". Spam.