Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
Lots of instance errors.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2055410/The_Kindeman_Remedy/ Australia appears to have* banned a (deliberately provocative game) where you play as an evil doctor.
* https://www.refused-classification.com/censorship-timelines/game-iarc/
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Europol issues a press release (after a meeting in the U.K. of all places, which is not a member of the E.U.) voicing their opposition to end-to-end encryption.
It's not really anything new though, they've always been big fans of mass surveillance with nothing in the way of safeguards.
As you might expect, they walk their parade of terribles to try to intimidate people, and even manage to betray the fact that their intention is to engage in very dubious accuracy profiling. Take note of that.
Auch wenn es bei der #Chatkontrolle nicht voran geht. #Europol hat klare Vorstellungen was mit Verschlüsselung zutun ist, am besten einfach verbiet...
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https://reclaimthenet.org/australia-albanese-misinformation-censorship-demands-sydney-stabbing There are a lot of bad ideas here.
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Whether it’s dressed up as a ban or a forced sale, the bill targeting TikTok is laughably unconstitutional and an egregious assault on free expression and human rights.
The Senate will vote TODAY.
Sound the alarm y'all we can't let this happen quietly
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The Canadian *Bill C-26*, which is now with the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (https://u.fsf.org/433), may endanger the viability of small free software projects as they may not be able to pay the costs to comply with the reforms. https://u.fsf.org/432
https://reclaimthenet.org/jp-morgan-chase-cashes-in-on-customer-data
"The largest US bank, and the world’s largest by capitalization, JP Morgan Chase, is going forward with another way to monetize their clients – by giving access to their spending data to be used for targeted ads."
https://reclaimthenet.org/australia-albanese-misinformation-censorship-demands-sydney-stabbing There are a lot of bad ideas here.
To be fair, I think Zuckerberg does get a lot of rap from a few for things he can't do a whole lot about, such as having this content or that content up.
I haven't specifically seen it in a few months, but with each instance, it becomes ever more obvious what the intentions behind it really are.
When some guy who worked at Facebook casts shade at smaller competitors (~millions of users) for supposedly having far smaller amounts of child porn being posted by bad actors than the company they used to work for.
It's worth remember that some of this "we are concerned" sophistry is just plain old anti-competitive conduct.
@freemo Huh, the image for this seems to be missing.
Le Chevalier D’Eon is an interesting anime.
As you might guess from the title, it is set in France.
ICYMI: Le Chevalier D’Eon: Agent Provocateur Vol. #02 Anime DVD Review http://dlvr.it/T5tC1B
Might be of interest to you, these payment companies can be fairly troublesome (and clumsy) when it comes to censorship:
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/sex-workers-and-legal-advocates-file-federal-trade-commission-complaint-against-mastercard
https://qoto.org/@olives/112228995757494576
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https://netzpolitik.org/2024/netzsperre-fuer-wissenschaft-groesste-deutsche-provider-blockieren-sci-hub/ German ISPs block SciHub on #copyright grounds. Could impede access to science.
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https://nichegamer.com/apex-legends-wont-restrict-lgbt-cosmetics-at-saudi-arabia-event/ It could be a positive sign but I still dislike Saudi Arabia.
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To be fair, Carl Szabo kind of has a point when he points out that technology is not a substitute for parenting (i.e. the curfews).
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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/apr/16/us-provides-assurances-to-prevent-assange-appeal-against-extradition So many loopholes in these "assurances", and they might try to wash their hands of it, by saying that it was the DoJ which did it, not them.
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This is a good decision. I don't want to see people getting punished for things they haven't done.
https://reason.com/2024/04/18/u-s-sentencing-commission-restricts-federal-judges-ability-to-use-acquitted-conduct-at-sentencing/ "Federal judges wi...
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Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
