Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://reason.com/2025/02/24/trump-tries-to-carve-out-a-first-amendment-exception-for-fake-news/ These polls have always had some degree of inaccuracy. I don't see a way around that other than not doing a poll.

It's been a while since I've covered it but internet freedom in Russia has been getting pretty bad.

Should I write more long posts?

It's interesting to see a sci-fi concept which basically just says "everyone is practically immortal / has a really long lifespan" and they spend a hundred years travelling from one star system to another (which gets mentioned in a paragraph).

It's not that far away from saying "no one should insult anyone" which is completely impractical.

Or not even that professional, but trying to be a bit more civil.

"let's be professional" is probably a better argument to not use "moron" than it potentially being ableist.

I considered putting it in a nicer fashion but it's disruptive.

Treating calling someone a "moron" as a form of "ableism" when used as a general insult is precisely the sort of out of touch thing that doesn't help.

https://www.thefire.org/news/one-day-after-fire-lawsuit-congress-passes-changes-filming-permits-national-parks If filming's done where the public's allowed, doesn't impact on other visitors, damage parks resources, and involves 5 or less people, no permit is needed. #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment

https://www.thefire.org/news/james-madison-psychology-professor-cleared-wrongdoing-after-extensive-probe-classroom-comments References to orgasms and sexuality. #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment

The E.U.'s approach towards "AI" was another one that might involve censorship.

One of the OSBs was also an assault on small sites.

One can question whether Zuckerberg's move here is serious, but one also has to be wary of inadvertently giving a defence to censorship. #FreeSpeech

The OSBs are an assault on free expression. The German NetzDG has long been panned for driving over-enforcement from firms. I saw an estimate that 99% of removals were for legitimate content. German media authorities have been known to push for removals of swathes of legitimate content. #FreeSpeech

While it's unclear to me whether the DMA drives censorship, it's very likely the DSA does. Masnick criticized it, noting it's potentially broad sweep. These two laws were passed in the same package.

If we include country level laws, there are even more. #FreeSpeech

https://www.article19.org/resources/european-court-of-human-rights-facebook-user-shielded-from-liability/ European Court of Human Rights finds that holding someone liable for comments made by others on their #Facebook page is a violation of their freedom of expression. #FreeSpeech #Romania #ECHR

It was criticized by civil society as likely to lead to takedowns of legitimate content (i.e. journalism). It was noted that comparatively speaking, terroristic content is very rare. There was a recent case in the U.S. Supreme Court (Twitter v Taamneh) which touched upon similar issues. #FreeSpeech

"we are puzzled by Mark Zuckerberg’s assertion that Europe has enacted an ‘ever-increasing number of laws institutionalizing censorship’."
"Europe" has done that. TERREG, DSA, and more. #FreeSpeech

The Terror Regulation (TERREG) demands rapid takedowns of "terroristic content".

https://www.article19.org/resources/meta-prioritise-human-rights-not-politics/
There are people who seem very confused about how to respond to Zuckerberg here, particularly regarding whether this is a serious attempt to deal with issues pertaining to free expression or not. #FreeSpeech