Olives @olives@qoto.org

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"Debanking: Given the volume of payments consumers make through many popular payment apps, consumers can face serious harms when they lose access to their app without notice or when their ability to make or receive payments is disrupted. Consumers have reported concerns to the CFPB about disruptions to their lives due to closures or freezes."
#FreeSpeech #HumanRights

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/apple-pay-paypal-cash-app-will-be-treated-more-like-banks/
"Apple Pay, Cash App, PayPal and other apps to be treated more like banks

Some digital services look like banks and act like banks, but aren’t banks — meaning they can, for instance, close down your account without notice. Or be difficult to contact when you want to dispute fraud.

This is about to change: the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has just ruled that all digital services that handle a significant number of transactions should be subject to bank-like supervision. The government agency will gain new powers around incorrect transactions, fraudulent activity, data privacy, and more."
Maybe relevant to #FreeSpeech?

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/11/meta-taps-us-uk-universities-to-test-vr-in-education-creates-digital-twin-metaversities-in-europe/ They're still trying to do the metaverse?

Apparently, the Bluesky bridge is down due to server maintenance on Bluesky's side.

Remember the article I shared about a pharmaceutical company (I think it was Johnson & Johnson) which used to test skin products on prisoners (and left them traumatized and with unpleasant health conditions).

From that came the precedent that prisoners cannot meaningfully consent.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/supreme-court-trans-rights-doctors-testimonies-bias
What Dr. Cantor misses is that what he encounters is not the same as what is discussed here. This is not coerced and it is for gender dysphoria.

It is problematic how the human rights of criminals might be violated. And criminals cannot meaningfully consent to begin with under correctional control or under coercion. That is an established concept.

It is a good example though of how a human rights issue can spill over from one area to another when left ignored.

Remember: In the name of the censor, the fascist, and the holy algorithm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide_parody It's time to ban dihydrogen monoxide.

.hack//roots (#DotHackRoots) wasn't bad but it has the #AquarionEvol problem where they create a whole new world with a new cast. There isn't a whole lot to connect it to the events of .hack//sign (#DotHackSign) and it's games. #anime

More Grell #BlackButler #anime

I see people fantasizing about bringing back Obama.

When you look at a random catalogue of anime, and whether they're good is about as clear as mud (without watching it).

It tries to be more historically accurate than a show like Code Geass (which is still entertaining) which is set in an alternate history and has giant robots powered by magic rocks.

For a gist of what #BlackButler is about, it's an #anime set in Victorian England about a young earl who investigates supernatural cases and manages his manor. There are supernatural and comedic elements to it but also more serious scenes.