Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/18/critics-ridicule-nsw-police-commissioners-idea-for-sexual-consent-app
"There's an app for that" took a weird twist with one cop's idea of having an "app to track consent".
An example of techno-solutionism...
Since someone brought them up, and seem curious as to why they talk a lot of nonsense, it's worth mentioning the IWF has a lot of cops in it. Hell, the comms director who likes to write a lot of shrill nonsense used to work for the police.
Reminder that the police is currently run by a very conservative British party probably making them even worse than they usually are. Also, I don't think the IWF actually operates legally, they have an "agreement" with the police that they won't prosecute them, so long as they operate within "certain parameters". There is plenty of incentive here then to "get on their good side".
The rest of it can be chalked up to virtue signalling, fund raising (it has a lot in similar to a protection racket), and well, an org like this is bound to involve a certain number of crazy people who are fairly obsessive.
Also, analysing their rhetoric, they became more shrill around 2019 (the year when they lied about the number of child porn images, then quietly backed down on it by blaming most of it on false reports from the public, is anyone stupid enough to buy this excuse? more recently, they appear to have conflated *spam links to sites which may contain images* with *images*), when previously they used less heated language.
They're very activist and it would be extremely foolhardy to take anything they say at face value.
Also, you have to think, would we take extreme rights violating measures to deal with, say, murders across a country?
From what I remember, the reason they keep focusing on the number of images is because the number of victims of abuse is actually really small in comparison.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/cybercrime/-/cybercrime-and-freedom-of-expression-discussion-paper
"In a number of countries, such legislation on cybercrime includes provisions on criminalising the “dissemination of false information”, “offensive messages”, “causing annoyance”, “spreading of rumours” and other conduct. In some instances, such provisions appear to be vague and overly broad, and raise concerns of whether such restrictions to the freedom of expression are consistent with human rights and rule of law requirements."
That does sound very problematic, doesn't it.
Another one which I wouldn't want to see being censored, and seems to be a worry mentioned a fair bit, would be "porn" of "fictional / non-existent minors".
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So, Sam Altman was speaking about Worldcoin during a virtual Q&A hosted by FT Partners on Thursday. He said:
"In a world with a lot of AI, knowing who is human matters more and more,"
"The belief was and is that as AI becomes an increasingly important part of our lives...the ability to identify unique humans was going to be more and more important."
It sounds like creating the problem first, and then playing a hero by creating a pseudo solution to it.
While I think this is probably fairly obvious at this point, a significant contributor to child abuse appears to be poverty. That is brought up a fair bit.
https://reason.com/2023/12/15/this-nra-supreme-court-case-has-big-implications-for-porn/
""We don't support the NRA's mission or its viewpoints on gun rights, and we don't agree with their goals, strategies, or tactics," the ACLU posted on X (formerly Twitter) on December 9. "But we both know that government officials can't punish organizations because they disapprove of their views.""
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/15/new-jersey-is-the-latest-to-push-a-harmful-moral-panic-think-of-the-kids-social-media-bill/ Another "think of the kids" social media bill. Not a fan of "age verification". And even if it were "harmful" to a few, censorship / this would still not be proportionate.
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https://reason.com/2023/07/03/people-think-morality-is-declining-surveys-suggest-theyre-wrong/ The morality paper has been reported on in Reason now.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06137-x Apparently, people are no less moral now than they were in the past.
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"FARMINGTON, Utah — A therapist based in Davis County has been charged with abusing a "vulnerable" woman over a span of several years "under the guise of providing her therapy."
Maurice Wade Harker, 54, was charged Tuesday with aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult and kidnapping — both second-degree felonies.
According to the charging documents, Harker repeatedly abused a client of his between 2012 and 2021. The woman suffered serious injuries throughout this time, and she said she even thought she might die during one of the sessions.
The woman said Harker used aggressive, hands-on and even violent tactics, claiming he had to do so because she was possessed by a demon. The victim had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental illnesses. She had been abused as a child, court documents stated, and Harker "preyed upon her vulnerabilities."
Prosecutors say Harker's repeated assaults resulted in multiple physical injuries. These included a broken thumb, a knee injury, black eyes from being elbowed by Harker, and neck injuries. She said he would even pin her down and cover her mouth and nose, claiming this would help get rid of her "demon."
The Rolling Stone article states that Harker is "fairly well-known in the [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] community." In 2005, he founded Life Changing Services, a pornography addiction treatment group that appears to be based on LDS principles, but not directly sponsored or supported by the church."
"addiction" In other words, normal sexual desires.
"Sons of Sacrifice, for “men with same sex attractions who want sexual self-mastery”"
Of course, they would have a program like this, although it appears everyone suffers equally there.
"Such recollections, however, are also intermingled with feelings of shame, self-hatred, and even, in some cases, thoughts of suicide as a result of undergoing treatment."
The effects of the program in general.
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This might have something to do with Elsevier's apparent love for charging extortionate prices, so that someone can access individual papers.
Remember, that it was these kinds of companies which led to Aaron Schwartz being driven to suicide (over a very hefty prison sentence) for the terrible crime of... Uh. Leaking scientific papers which weren't even funded by them.
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You must not have one of your researchers allegedly* experiment on minors 70 years ago, we will punish you very harshly for that forever.
If you're driving them to suicide with fringe religious therapies today, that is perfectly okay.
*Seems to have been debunked.
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If Threads, Gab, and Truth Social were to all start federating, that would complete the unholy trinity.
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So far, the Threads Borg has yet to come for the United Federation of Planets.
Temperature increases with the apparent partial arrival of Threads.
I imagine my quote is complete with my typo where I didn't spell per se properly. Good times with past me.
I think the British Government did that but literally everyone ignored them when they did.
It's interesting how one censorship advocate has created a "youth council", just so they can justify their own censorship by pointing to a minor who they got to nod along with them.
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
