Olives @olives@qoto.org

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

https://reclaimthenet.org/australia-albanese-misinformation-censorship-demands-sydney-stabbing There are a lot of bad ideas here.

Whether it’s dressed up as a ban or a forced sale, the bill targeting TikTok is laughably unconstitutional and an egregious assault on free expression and human rights.

The Senate will vote TODAY.

Sound the alarm y'all we can't let this happen quietly

https://www.dontbantiktok.com

The Canadian *Bill C-26*, which is now with the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (https://u.fsf.org/433), may endanger the viability of small free software projects as they may not be able to pay the costs to comply with the reforms. https://u.fsf.org/432

https://netzpolitik.org/2024/netzsperre-fuer-wissenschaft-groesste-deutsche-provider-blockieren-sci-hub/ German ISPs block SciHub on #copyright grounds. Could impede access to science.

https://nichegamer.com/apex-legends-wont-restrict-lgbt-cosmetics-at-saudi-arabia-event/ It could be a positive sign but I still dislike Saudi Arabia.

To be fair, Carl Szabo kind of has a point when he points out that technology is not a substitute for parenting (i.e. the curfews).

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/apr/16/us-provides-assurances-to-prevent-assange-appeal-against-extradition So many loopholes in these "assurances", and they might try to wash their hands of it, by saying that it was the DoJ which did it, not them.

This is a good decision. I don't want to see people getting punished for things they haven't done.
QT: https://qoto.org/@olives/112301788928252139

https://reason.com/2024/04/18/u-s-sentencing-commission-restricts-federal-judges-ability-to-use-acquitted-conduct-at-sentencing/
"Federal judges will be limited from enhancing defendants' sentences based on conduct a jury acquitted them of, a practice that has drawn condemnation from a wide range of civil liberties groups, lawmakers, and jurists."
#HumanRights #FifthAmendment #SixthAmendment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children Remember.

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