Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
https://bookriot.com/louisiana-hb-777/ If you're wondering what's going on with anti library bills, this one punishes librarians for joining the Library Association. #FirstAmendment
The reason I don't put the "suppressing sexual thoughts made them worse" (I suppose moralizing about them) study in with the other ones is because that is more of a *personal well-being* point than something particularly about censorship.
I've been letting this one simmer before commenting on it but it appears APRA might be a bit on the vague side.
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/congress-no-one-should-own-law
"We should all have the freedom to read, share, and comment on the laws we must live by. But yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee voted 19-4 to move forward the PRO Codes Act (H.R. 1631), a bill that would limit those rights in a critical area."
#HumanRights #FirstAmendment #copyright
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https://reason.com/2024/04/19/oklahoma-prisoners-say-they-were-locked-in-filthy-tiny-shower-stalls-for-days/
"According to the suit, staff at the Great Plains Correctional Center locked several inmates in small shower stalls for extended periods, without access to basic amenities like adequate food and water. Most were placed in 3 square foot shower cells, though at least one was confined in an even smaller space. Confinement periods listed in the suit ranged from 24 hours to four days.
The suit describes harrowing conditions for inmates held in the shower stalls. They allege they were placed in stalls filled with human feces and deprived of bathroom breaks. Additionally, several inmates say the only water they had access to was scalding hot shower water."
#HumanRights #EighthAmendment
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https://reason.com/2024/04/19/appeals-court-rules-that-cops-can-physically-make-you-unlock-your-phone/
"This week, a federal court decided that police officers can make you unlock your phone, even by physically forcing you to press your thumb against it."
"This week, in an opinion authored by Judge Richard Tallman, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled against Payne."
"The officers searched through Payne's camera roll and found a video taken the same day, which appeared to show "several bags of blue pills (suspected to be fentanyl)."
#FourthAmendment #FifthAmendment
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Section 702 is a key provision of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 that permits the government to conduct targeted surveillance of foreign persons located outside the United States, with the compelled assistance of electronic communication service providers, to acquire foreign intelligence information.
• Congress enacted Section 702 to address a collection gap that resulted from the evolution of technology in the years after FISA was passed in 1978.
"The provision effectively grants the NSA access to the communications equipment of almost any U.S. business, plus huge numbers of organizations and individuals. It’s a gift to any president who may wish to spy on political enemies, journalists, ideological opponents, etc." - Elizabeth Goitein
#nsa #privacy #usa #fediverse #telco
• Congress enacted Section 702 to address a collection gap that resulted from the evolution of technology in the years after FISA was passed in 1978.
"The provision effectively grants the NSA access to the communications equipment of almost any U.S. business, plus huge numbers of organizations and individuals. It’s a gift to any president who may wish to spy on political enemies, journalists, ideological opponents, etc." - Elizabeth Goitein
#nsa #privacy #usa #fediverse #telco
It's also rather curious that grand pronouncements like this, which presumably would have huge negative ramifications for human rights if they were implemented, are made after an "unofficial meeting" of all things. Don't you find it curious?
Europol issues a press release (after a meeting in the U.K. of all places, which is not a member of the E.U.) voicing their opposition to end-to-end encryption.
It's not really anything new though, they've always been big fans of mass surveillance with nothing in the way of safeguards.
As you might expect, they walk their parade of terribles to try to intimidate people, and even manage to betray the fact that their intention is to engage in very dubious accuracy profiling. Take note of that.
QT: https://eupolicy.social/@khaleesicodes/112313278771284699
Auch wenn es bei der #Chatkontrolle nicht voran geht. #Europol hat klare Vorstellungen was mit Verschlüsselung zutun ist, am besten einfach verbiet...
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If you're wondering why I haven't mentioned age verification (I'm talking about online content here), I don't think that is in scope for this particular consultation, there is one coming up later this year where that might come up. This pertains more to ratings.
For a recap from 2023, Julie wanted it but the Communications Minister overruled her (as there were many privacy concerns around that, and likely, other ones too). #auspol #anime #FreeSpeech #FreeExpression
It's usually something really strange and stupid, not what you'd expect the reason for banning it to be.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2055410/The_Kindeman_Remedy/ Australia appears to have* banned a (deliberately provocative game) where you play as an evil doctor.
* https://www.refused-classification.com/censorship-timelines/game-iarc/
No one buys apologia that only the government can censor people. It has always been a dishonest deflection from real discussions pertaining to free expression.
There are two contexts where this can come up. A theoretical context where it is being referenced in an abstract manner. This happens around about 1% of the time.
Or 99% of the time, it is to distract from a controversial moderation decision by refusing to discuss that, because it just so happens to align with the views of whoever is invoking the argument.
No one buys apologia that only the government can censor people. It has always been a dishonest deflection from real discussions pertaining to free expression.
Apparently, it also violates the Fifth Amendment due to due process deficits.
Oh, of course they would sneak the TikTok Ban bill into the foreign aid bill. Ugh.
Unit tests can be illuminating.
Working in production but not in a test case, huh. Well, better than the opposite, lol.
Was the 2012 apocalypse cancelled?
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
