Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://freiheitsrechte.org/en/themen/digitale-grundrechte/bka-gesetz
"The BKA Act provides for far-reaching surveillance powers and hence violates fundamental rights. We have filed a constitutional complaint."

"The hearing at the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe took place on 20 December 2023. Following the hearing and the court's critical questions, we are optimistic about the judgement."
#Germany #privacy

https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/03/un_digital_compact_technical_pushback/
"Thirty-nine senior figures who have made significant contributions to the online world have written to the United Nations, urging it to reconsider some elements of its #GlobalDigitalCompact – an effort to "outline shared principles for an open, free and secure digital future for all.""
#FreeSpeech #privacy

https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/05/europol_home_routing_complaint/
"Top Eurocops are appealing for help from lawmakers to undermine a privacy-enhancing technology (PET) they say is hampering criminal investigations – and it's not end-to-end encryption this time. Not exactly.

Europol published a position paper today highlighting its concerns around SMS home routing – the technology that allows telcos to continue offering their services when customers visit another country."
#privacy

I'm going to show restraint and avoid commenting on the U.K. Election. Whoever is in power, I'd like to see less authoritarian nonsense.

Harriet Grant regurgitating thoroughly discredited far right anti porn nonsense is disgusting and utterly repugnant. #ukpol

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/04/japan/society/osaka-court-refugee/ Interesting to see a story which straight-up mentions that some refugees flee their countries because they fear persecution for being gay.

We've seen some very disturbing laws coming out of Africa lately. #HumanRights

A German tells me that art is protected by the Constitution therefore there is no need to write clear legislation.

I strongly disagree with that, it's pretty clear that it is chilling free expression.

I can't believe I have to say this but indiscriminately infecting people with malware is abhorrent, illegal, and yes, "worse than #chatcontrol". #privacy

I think that with private messengers, just as you wouldn't want the telephone company to censor someone, you don't want these large corporations to do so either.

As I've mentioned before, I'm not entirely opposed to the idea of keeping up specific posts on large social media platforms, but it would be complicated in practice legally.

Even raised some awkward questions of whether over-zealous enforcement isn't essentially criminalizing poverty.

I remember that the top form of child abuse which the government investigates is actually neglect (not child predators on the internet, I suspect this gets more media attention as it's scarier) and that overwhelmingly involves poor people (likely to be a product of poverty).

There's an upcoming election over who gets to be the next Governor of Tokyo and a few of the candidates are entertaining to see.

https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/EDRi_Summary.pdf I'm curious how someone manages to fight against the suppression of free expression when they don't have someone to deal with that. Is it a funding thing?

https://edri.org/about-us/our-team/ Barely any free expression expertise (particularly outside of "misinformation").

One of the dumbest takes I've seen from someone advocating against rights is that if the government over-reaches then someone can "just vote for someone else". #FreeSpeech #privacy

https://nichegamer.com/crossdressing-romcom-anime-senpai-wa-otoko-no-ko-premieres-this-week/ Interesting idea.

It still feels weird when someone says Meta instead of Facebook.

Just as you wouldn't use a hammer to screw something in, it doesn't make sense to pick totally inappropriate countries to host sites in (and it's probably more expensive to do this too).

This should go without saying but I would recommend against hosting anything in the U.K.