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Hi Article 19.

nichegamer.com/dlsite-temporar

There is a very concerning attack on freedom of expression which might be of interest to you. It involves a private actor attacking vast swathes of art / sexual expression (involving non-existent people). It should be permissible by the First Amendment (although, this isn't America) and the local law in Japan (and the Constitution, Article 19 / 21 of which protects free expression[1]).

A few of the articles on this site can be a bit on the conservative side but this one is fairly good.

Perhaps relevant:
qoto.org/@olives/1121667525290
qoto.org/@olives/1118889463563

1 Something which is often brought up is the Constitution there, examples of which include:

"Article 19. Freedom of thought and conscience shall not be violated."

"Article 21. Freedom of assembly and association as well as speech, press and all other forms of expression are guaranteed.
No censorship shall be maintained, nor shall the secrecy of any means of communication be violated."

From what I've seen, this right is not absolute. If someone deliberately posts non-consensual porn of someone (someone who actually exists), for instance, it wouldn't protect them from the law. However, that is a very different kind of case.

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reason.com/2024/04/04/federal-
"Is it cruel and unusual to subject an incarcerated person to sleep deprivation for years? That's a question it has taken federal courts more than a decade to answer.

On March 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reinstated Texas inmate Michael Garrett's 11-year-long-and-still-running lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, finding that a lower district court had repeatedly and incorrectly subjected him to a higher bar than it should have to prove that being afforded less than four hours of sleep a night violated his constitutional rights."

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I see the ACLU was fighting with MasterCard over the company suppressing free expression. Cool.

They've even filed a complaint with the FTC.

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The point of strong safeguards is usually to avoid going down the path of "fuzzy algorithms which auto report people to the police".

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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/eff-asks-oregon-supreme-court-not-limit-fourth-amendemtn-rights-based-terms "EFF signed on to an amicus brief...
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theintercept.com/2024/03/16/sa
"Two lawsuits will move forward against the federal government over the FBI’s warrantless search of hundreds of safe deposit boxes, a court ruled this week. Last year, in a related case, a federal appellate judge called the FBI’s raid “egregious” and “outrageous.”"

Warning: Site might contain images of injured people in Gaza. These are for a different article.

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@freemo The tickers on the posts have vanished.

For instance, under the username on a post, there might have been a yellow bar containing a picture of a green concoction in a test tube next to the name qoto.org

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That take on free expression (and the context it links to) still applies.

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I'd say that, as a rule of thumb, if someone isn't bothering other people (to be clear, "I am offended" does not count, lol), then I'd say that peo...
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washingtonpost.com/technology/
"The leaders of two key congressional committees are nearing an agreement on a national framework aimed at protecting Americans’ personal data online, a significant milestone that could put lawmakers closer than ever to passing legislation that has eluded them for decades, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the talks."

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_y
Ideally, they would be eating their own dog food. A tool with a high standard of privacy would be the second best option.

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veilid.com/ Serious question. Why would someone have this ultra privacy project but then have like just a Discord (which isn't exactly great for privacy)?

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reclaimthenet.org/major-league
"Technology developed by a company called NEC has been utilized to introduce biometric ticketing on the opening day of the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) season. This pilot was undertaken at four designated baseball parks, including Minute Maid Park in Houston"

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edri.org/our-work/new-eu-healt
"After almost two years of legislative negotiations, lawmakers from the European Parliament and EU member states have agreed on a compromise for the new European Health Data Space (EHDS) last week.

Unfortunately, the EHDS compromise will expose everyone’s medical records to unnecessary security and privacy risks in the name of research and “innovation”. It mandates every hospital and every doctor to share the private medical data from every single patient—for the purpose of secondary use, i.e. unrelated to the patient’s treatment—with a national agency, the so-called health data access body. Exactly how and what patient data is going to be shared may vary from member state to member state."

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edri.org/our-work/mandatory-fi
"According to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) judgment in case C-61/22, the EU regulation (2019/1157) enacting mandatory fingerprints on ID cards has been adopted on an incorrect legal basis and is therefore invalid.

This is a small victory for EDRi member Digitalcourage, who had taken legal action against the regulation. A disappointing aspect of the ruling is that the mandatory insertion of fingerprints in ID cards as a principle was found to be compliant with European fundamental rights. Via the ECJ’s decision, the effects of the regulation will stay in place until 31 December 2026 or until a new regulation comes into force. European citizens applying for a new ID card are therefore still obliged to have prints of both their index fingers stored on the chip contained in the ID card."

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Free Software Foundation

Good news: the northern German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to move its 30,000 PCs to #GNULinux, LibreOffice, and other #freesoftware because they want to improve digital #sovereignty in the state administration. u.fsf.org/43o #government

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"As a state, we have a great responsibility towards our citizens and companies to ensure that their data is kept safe with us and we must ensure that we are always in control of the IT solutions we use," says the State Chancellery of Schleswig-Holstein about their move to install free software on their computers. u.fsf.org/43o

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reason.com/2024/04/04/federal-
"Is it cruel and unusual to subject an incarcerated person to sleep deprivation for years? That's a question it has taken federal courts more than a decade to answer.

On March 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reinstated Texas inmate Michael Garrett's 11-year-long-and-still-running lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, finding that a lower district court had repeatedly and incorrectly subjected him to a higher bar than it should have to prove that being afforded less than four hours of sleep a night violated his constitutional rights."

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@sebmeineck

nichegamer.com/dlsite-temporar
A few of the articles on this site can be a bit on the conservative side but there is good material like this.
This is extremely concerning for free expression. The art / sexual expression (of people who don't exist) shouldn't violate Japanese law and it should be covered by the First Amendment (although, it's not America).

The Japanese Constitution also gets brought up a lot, for example:

"Article 19. Freedom of thought and conscience shall not be violated."

"Article 21. Freedom of assembly and association as well as speech, press and all other forms of expression are guaranteed.
No censorship shall be maintained, nor shall the secrecy of any means of communication be violated."

From what I've seen, this right is not absolute. If someone deliberately posts non-consensual porn of someone (someone who actually exists), for instance, it wouldn't protect them from the law. However, that is a very different kind of case.

I thought you might be interested in this case.

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You really know someone's tech punditry has gone awry when they're praising China for being a "pioneer" in "regulation".

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@ilumium nichegamer.com/dlsite-temporar Hey Jan, I don't know if you are the best person for this but the EDRi (or free expression folks) might be interested in this dreadful attack on free expression.

Everyone has a right to artistic sexual expression. In fact, you might not know this but Article 19 / 21 of the Japanese Constitution contains a right to free expression. Companies like this should not be imposing their moral whims on people.

qoto.org/@olives/1121667525290 Perhaps relevant.

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I don't have a lot to say but free expression is cool.

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