https://www.security.nl/posting/802409/Tweede+Kamer+neemt+opnieuw+motie+over+client-side+scanning+aan Motion passed again to tell the Justice Minister not to create a Chat Stasi.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-courts-unprepared-to-ensure-poor-defendants-have-lawyers Ideally, everyone should have access to a lawyer.
It's interesting to see the "30 million images of child porn" claim being revived, again, when we know that:
1) The same ten images, slightly modified, make up the majority of these numbers. Facebook told us this.
2) Switzerland reported 90% of the reports handed to them were not that. Ireland reported 75% were not.
3) Many reports are reported to involve "memes", "satire", and "bad humor".
4) Nearly half of investigations turn out to just involve teens sexting with each other.
What do you think of the Open App Markets Act? (This is an old post, they're not calling for a vote on it right now.)
https://reason.com/2023/07/10/brickbat-thats-all-you-need-to-know/ Disturbing conduct.
https://reason.com/2023/07/11/police-seized-innocent-peoples-property-and-kept-it-for-years-what-will-the-supreme-court-do/ What do you think of civil forfeiture?
https://apnews.com/article/israel-benjamin-netanyahu-judicial-overhaul-jerusalem-tel-aviv-421a7f37ef0a0a75ae1469cca14b3e08 "overhaul" Interesting way of saying "we're going to create a totalitarian dictatorship".
The evolution of adult diapers?
https://reclaimthenet.org/googles-ai-is-being-used-in-hospitals Use of Google AIs in hospitals sparks privacy concerns.
My response to @fedora’s proposal to implement opt-out data collection in Fedora, which was marked as hidden and “flagged as inappropriate: the community feels it is offensive, abusive, to be hateful conduct or a violation of our community guidelines.”
Posting it here, on a space I own, where it cannot be marked as anything by Fedora/Red Hat/IBM:
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Apparently, there is a "quiet push forming in the Senate". That means you should take the time to oppose these bills.
I know it's summer and we all just want to chill but it's time to start paying attention to the slate of bad Internet bills (think: KOSA, EARN IT Act, Cooper Davis, RESTRICT Act etc).
There's a quiet push forming in the Senate. We need to get really loud right now to stop these.
https://www.badinternetbills.com/
Oh my god, the #Dutch #government has launched a mastodon server! Welcome to the fediverse!
https://bookriot.com/hoopla-overdrive-libby-now-banned-for-those-under-18-in-mississippi/ Took a glance. Clearly unconstitutional.
I hope someone files a lawsuit.
I just had a very interesting situation with Pinterest. Remember them? They notified me that one of my years old pins had been removed for violating the “adult content policy.“ Within 10 minutes they sent another email that said the pin had been “reviewed and restored,” but warning that if any more of my pins violated policies I could lose my account. There’s a strike against me, though I did nothing wrong.
I smell automated moderation at work.
This was the pin.
https://reason.com/2023/07/08/zoning-police-criminalize-kindness-in-oregon/
Apparently, zoning officials in Corvallis, Oregon don't like someone giving food and other supplies to the homeless, because the presence of the homeless makes the city look unsightly.
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