Olives @olives@qoto.org

Oh, cool, a cute micro android anime.

I remember these being a bit of a thing in the past. Maybe, I'll watch it... Maybe. Well, maybe.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/white-house-acknowledges-pressure-section-702-much-more-reform-needed
EFF tears apart proposed reforms to Section 702 (involving the FBI's use of data gathered via NSA mass surveillance) as grossly insufficient.

Even if you don't like either of these two things, I'm not a fan of them, the State is a blunt instrument, and especially so with these particular implementations.

Noting that large platforms were probably already hunting for terroristic content, however, the State getting in on the game pushes the scales further towards false positives.

The Avia law gave the State a lot of power (which came with problems I won't go into here, although over removal of legitimate content would likely be one, as well as the principle of proportionately).

France has become disturbingly authoritarian lately...

Honestly, they were kind of so before with the Avia hate speech law (ruled unconstitutional) and by pushing for the E.U. Terror Regulation which mandates filters for "terroristic content" on large platforms.

They were warned by civil rights groups that actual terroristic content is very rare, and that it is more likely to hit legitimate users (such as journalists) in the majority of instances.

I remember there was a lawsuit against the Terror Regulation. I hope that regulation falls.

This anime is hilarious.

The Free Speech Coalition has sued Texas to get their anti-porn law thrown out as unconstitutional.

Oops, I accidentally dead named them. It isn't Twitter. It's X.

https://news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-twitter-bans-ad-201139304.html Elon's Twitter accused of censoring progressive political ad.

https://reason.com/2023/08/04/florida-effectively-banned-ap-psychology-with-rules-against-teaching-about-gender-sexual-orientation/ Florida effectively bans AP Psychology Courses because it contains elements pertaining to gender and sexual orientation.

Should I write code to make the fediverse easier to use?

A friend of mine suggested that Elon should consider changing his mascot to a hamster, lol.

It's funny to see someone refer to pornography as art.

To be clear, I don't dislike the concept (especially, if it's not live action with actors), but think of someone talking like a philosopher about this, lol.

Yes, I think it's reasonable enough, although it's maybe not the sort of art you'd frame on your wall.

In any case, it's all free expression.

By the way, that isn't the only study which finds no link between sexual aggression and adolescent porn use.

If I recall, the amount of porn usage didn't really go up during covid, which indicates that such usage is driven by someone's *desires* rather than anything else.

*significant issue
Minor issues too wouldn't be worth a panic.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31432547/ Study finds no link between sexual aggression and adolescent porn use (aggressive ones used less porn).

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31042055/ Study finds no decrease in "sexual satisfaction" when using porn in adolescents.

So, it's not clear that porn is spooky here.

Even if there was a *correlation*, this doesn't necessarily mean there is a *causal* relationship, especially if certain variables are not controlled for.

Even if there was a *causal* relationship, it doesn't mean it is a significant issue.

Also, sex education seems like a better avenue than invading everyone's privacy or internet censorship.

It also seems there is a bit of a moral panic around BDSM? This might be a generational gap? Is there a big problem?

Not going into further detail in this post.

https://boingboing.net/2023/07/31/oceangate-co-founder-wants-to-send-1000-rich-people-to-venus-by-2050.html Hopefully, the pod will be designed better than this one.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/checkpoints/201902/false-links-between-screen-time-and-cognitive-development The old days of the screen time moral panic.