Olives @olives@qoto.org

So, what to call this other than a propaganda ministry?

We *know* higher ups at the BBC put their fingers on the scale. For instance, they might complain that reporting is not far right enough for their liking.

Reporters have admitted as much off-the-record. There has been discourse about that before.

While I don't agree with everything the greens say, that is quite the snub for a party which got a lot of votes.
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Curiously, German parties other than the AfD weren't posting as much onto TikTok, or so a study suggested.

While it might not feature everything they might want (or in precisely the way they want), from what I've seen, it has a strong slant that way.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24436507.green-party-complain-bbc-failure-broadcast-election-wins/
A complaint has been filed against the propaganda division of the British Government for not broadcasting the Green Party's wins. #ukpol

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/courts-should-have-jurisdiction-over-foreign-companies-collecting-data-local While the EFF might not like it here, I think limiting the jurisdiction of a state on the Internet could be positive in a number of ways.

One alternate option might be to get the local state to pass a privacy law, if that's what they're worried about.

Trump taking some far right anti porn (and culture war) guy on as his running mate does not inspire confidence in him.

I think that probably practically speaking, so long as someone isn't going out of their way to market themselves to those age groups, then it probably doesn't matter.

Nonetheless, Elizabeth makes some interesting points.

https://reason.com/2024/07/15/ftc-opens-a-backdoor-route-to-age-verification-on-social-media/
"They are based in part on a "novel theory," Ferguson said in a statement joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak. This theory says NGL violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act "by marketing an anonymous messaging app to children and teenagers despite knowing that anonymous messaging apps are harmful to these groups.""

What are your thoughts on this case? #privacy

People keep circling back to talking about "copyright" in discussions about "AI" (as if over-zealous copyright enforcement hasn't been a hindrance to the web).

"uncensored chat bot"

Terms of Service: Absolutely no lewd content!

#AI

If not that particular sentence, they market privacy a lot.

In any case, it's pretty sleazy for someone to go on and on and on about how they value privacy, then to go out of their way to collect the data of users like that.

https://blog.privacyguides.org/2024/07/14/mozilla-disappoints-us-yet-again-2/
Mozilla (which receives a hefty amount of money from Google) is under fire for making it easier for advertisers to track users of their browser.

""No shady privacy policies or back doors for advertisers" proclaims the Firefox homepage"
Doesn't deceiving customers like this violate the FTC Act? #privacy #Mozilla

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/07/15/music/hatsune-miku-vocaloid-shift/ Oh, yes, Hatsune Miku has been around a very long time.

If you know of anyone who likes AI art, I'd be curious to know what their thoughts on it are.

It's silly trying to judge figures from hundreds of years ago by modern standards.

https://lemmy.ml/post/17952346 Interesting to see a case involving the principles around "keep up".

There is quite a bit of chatter over whether they're going to reinstate Trump's account, or not, but a lot of decisions do not involve Trump's account.

I'll add that their own "Oversight Board" asked them to do so.
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