Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/congress-no-one-should-own-law
"We should all have the freedom to read, share, and comment on the laws we must live by. But yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee voted 19-4 to move forward the PRO Codes Act (H.R. 1631), a bill that would limit those rights in a critical area."
#HumanRights #FirstAmendment #copyright

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children Remember.

But failed to pass the Senate.

"Parents could be alerted when children access disturbing content on phone"
Possible avenue for them to be abused by their parents. Tories...

https://reason.com/2024/04/18/u-s-sentencing-commission-restricts-federal-judges-ability-to-use-acquitted-conduct-at-sentencing/
"Federal judges will be limited from enhancing defendants' sentences based on conduct a jury acquitted them of, a practice that has drawn condemnation from a wide range of civil liberties groups, lawmakers, and jurists."
#HumanRights #FifthAmendment #SixthAmendment

https://nichegamer.com/duckside-launches-public-beta/ Have you ever wanted to play a survival game where you play as a duck?

https://nichegamer.com/fairytale-city-builder-fabledom-hits-full-release-in-may-console-ports-later-in-2024/ Interesting idea.

If you're wondering why I haven't mentioned age verification (I'm talking about online content here), I don't think that is in scope for this particular consultation, there is one coming up later this year where that might come up. This pertains more to ratings.

For a recap from 2023, Julie wanted it but the Communications Minister overruled her (as there were many privacy concerns around that, and likely, other ones too). #auspol #anime #FreeSpeech #FreeExpression

I suppose if a programmer ascends, then whenever they appear, there'll be 0s and 1s filling the sky, lol.

Reboosting the post on the Australian consultation on government censorship as it is very important. #auspol #anime #FreeSpeech #FreeExpression

I decided to bring it up again now because Facebook is yet again flaunting the program, despite it being disturbingly opaque, vague, and seemingly broad.

I'm a fairly no nonsense person here, so Facebook operating a platform to sift through other people's data tends to ring alarm bells in my head, *especially* when considering their history when it comes to privacy.

I've commented on Lantern before, such as when Facebook commissioned a phoney "human rights assessment" to essentially justify what they wanted to do.

It is opaque. There are terms which appear alarmingly over-broad. It involves companies who have not been competent in handling such things. It appears to be intrusive.

I have nothing but condemnation for Facebook's (opaque) "Lantern" program and the barely disguised tech cartel it operates under.

We need to have a conversation about whether antitrust legislation is needed here, especially when programs like this come with risks to #privacy and free expression.

Do you trust Facebook with your personal data (from other tech companies)? A "well trusted" custodian of data? Well, that is what Lantern is. A non-consensual transfer of personal data to Facebook on the grounds of it being "suspicious".

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/fourth-amendment-not-sale-act-passed-house-now-it-should-pass-senate
"The #FourthAmendment is Not For Sale Act, H.R.4639, originally introduced in the Senate by Senator Ron Wyden in 2021, has now made the important and historic step of passing the U.S. House of Representatives."
#privacy

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/a16z-backed-rewind-pivots-to-build-ai-powered-pendant-to-record-your-conversations/
This is worse than a regular recording device as it encourages people to collect data about other people (in person no less) by marketing doing so as powering "a nifty little assistant". #privacy

Someone pointed out that APRA doesn't regulate the government's handling of data, lol, unlike the GDPR which does.