Olives @olives@qoto.org

HOA and admin drama rearing it's ugly head again.

https://edri.org/our-work/health-digital-rights-organisations-and-trade-unions-to-the-council-of-the-eu-uphold-patients-fundamental-rights-in-the-ehds/

"13 organisations and trade unions representing patients, medical professionals, persons with disabilities, consumer and digital rights, are urging the Council of the EU to uphold European patients’ fundamental rights and agree on the right for opting out of the primary and, in particular, secondary use of medical records in the European Health Data Space (EHDS) for all people in the EU."

Frankly, an opt-out doesn't go far enough, it should be an opt-in, although I understand they're trying to stop it getting even worse. #privacy #ehds

Checking, and yup, Dr. Ferguson is still sceptical of the moral panic surrounding minors and social media.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/08/ios-17-4-web-app-eu/ Apple nerfing web apps on iPhones in the E.U. It goes without saying that this is a bad idea.

adding 1 to 1 is super problematic

https://reason.com/2024/02/09/new-report-measures-attempts-to-impose-and-evade-internet-repression/

"This week, government officials in both Pakistan and Senegal cut public access to the internet in moves clearly meant to crack down on political debate. Pakistan severed connections to limit information coinciding with a general election of questionable credibility while Senegal's action occurred after the government postponed a presidential vote to the end of the year. The restrictions come amidst global concern about increasing online censorship and surveillance."

If you think about it, QAnon type nonsense has been involved in child abductions (to "save" them), disrupting the ability to carry out sex research, videos being doctored to make the president look like a predator, random people being accused of being predators, a random furniture company being accused of being a sex trafficking enterprise, nonsense with drag shows / libraries. It is so toxic, and I've had enough of it.

Textbook QAnon type nonsense too.

Hmm. When it comes to the book bans in libraries, it seems the spectrum of it is actually pretty broad, and not sexual at all. Also, just because a book contains something "sexual" or some drawing of nudity, doesn't make it devoid of value.

It is worth mentioning that book bans don't just hit "school libraries" but "public libraries" too, so that might impinge on the rights of adults.

In any case, I think the more "provocative" content is probably a red herring for broader censorship.

Alright, let's say it. The Church of Scientology is a cult.

It's not as bad as was initially conveyed to me but it is still monitoring people under the assumption they're criminals with no basis for doing so.