Olives @olives@qoto.org

I wanted to be extra clear here, and to avoid any ifs or buts. No ifs or buts. No cleverness. No games.

If the E.U. is to do something, it absolutely should be narrowly targeted at content of actual people.

The E.U. is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

That said, they shouldn't be violating anyone's privacy, and this proposal certainly does that.

Disingenuous sniffer dog comparisons don't change that invasion of privacy.

By the way, isn't it interesting how the War on Drugs, even here, is used to argue for invasions of civil rights?

I hate beating around the bush and I hate how the E.U. seemingly wants to do everything to do with the Internet, especially when they're so out of touch.

I'm allergic to government over-reach.

https://reason.com/2023/07/12/massachusetts-considers-ban-on-sale-of-phone-location-data/ Massachusetts might ban the sale of phone location data.

Also, I would explicitly exclude "pseudo-photographs" or similar such things from any scope to protect human rights.

A blunt instrument is inappropriate here.

Chasing any and all such things is a waste of resources, unlikely to reduce abuse, and most likely counter-productive.

Also, Patrick's attempt to use "more accurate language" has only winded up making his language even more confusing.

I just use the term "child porn", the term widely used, without mincing words. Anti-authoritarian activism is not the place to experiment with strange and novel language.

Noting that if such a proposal was to turn up in the U.S. (and it has), it would violate the First, Fourth, Sixth, and perhaps, more amendments of the Constitution.

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/ Reposting this since someone was curious about it.

Frankly, I would go further than him and not mince words.

It's a threat to privacy, free expression, and due process. Full stop.

It should be scrapped.

https://reason.com/2023/07/12/brickbat-what-you-dont-know-3/ Sigh.

Looked at my feed and saw a post regarding a new "transgender suicide hotline" which sounds very depressing in it's own right.

It feels very strange watching old psy videos and them using words like "retardation" with a straight face.

https://fediversereport.com/dutch-government-officially-launches-mastodon-server/ Here's an article on it.

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?