Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

In September we had our LibreOffice Conference 2021, plus updates to the software, new guidebooks, an interview about accessibility and more! Check out our quick recap: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/10/06/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-september-2021/

FEDS ARE ORDERING GOOGLE TO ID ANYONE WHO SEARCHED CERTAIN KEYWORDS
Google has been asked to identify user data on anyone typing in certain search terms, raising fears that innocent online users could get caught up in serious crime investigations at a greater frequency than previously thought.

In an attempt to track down criminals, the Feds have started using new "keyword warrants" and using them to ask Google to provide them info on anyone who searched a "victim's" name or address.

“Trawling through Google’s search history database enables police to ID people merely based on what they might have been thinking about, for whatever reason, at some point in the past,” Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, told Forbes.

“This never-before-possible technique threatens First Amendment interests. To make matters worse, police are currently doing this in secret, which insulates the practice from public debate and regulation,” she added.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/begins-federal-investigators-issuing-warrants-google-turn-anyone-typing-certain-search-terms/

FEDS ARE ORDERING GOOGLE TO ID ANYONE WHO SEARCHED CERTAIN KEYWORDS
Google has been asked to identify user data on anyone typing in certain search terms, raising fears that innocent online users could get caught up in serious crime investigations at a greater frequency than previously thought.

In an attempt to track down criminals, the Feds have started using new "keyword warrants" and using them to ask Google to provide them info on anyone who searched a "victim's" name or address.

“Trawling through Google’s search history database enables police to ID people merely based on what they might have been thinking about, for whatever reason, at some point in the past,” Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, told Forbes.

“This never-before-possible technique threatens First Amendment interests. To make matters worse, police are currently doing this in secret, which insulates the practice from public debate and regulation,” she added. [ Article ]
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Spectra.video is a new PeerTube instance set up by Fediverse veteran @sean@social.deadsuperhero.comwith responsible moderation and federation policies.

It's invitation-only, so if you are looking for a decent PeerTube instance to host your videos, send Sean a message.

The instance's official account is:

➡️ @spectravideo

The instance itself is at https://spectra.video

#SpectraVideo #Spectra #PeerTube #PeerTubers #Fediverse #Videos

Karrot is a free open source platform for sharing real life resources (for example excess food, to prevent it going to waste).

You can follow the project at:

➡️ @karrot

The main instance is at https://karrot.world

You can find the source code at https://github.com/yunity

(The emphasis is on food, but the platform can be used to share anything.)

#Karrot #Activism #CoOp #CoOperative #FoodSharing #FoodAndDrink #FoodWaste #Food #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #NGOs #Environment

Need a fact check on this

Facebook just scored the Big Tech Hattrick 🎉

- Get a whistleblower to stand up and soon testify
- Get worldwide downtime for several linked platforms
- Get data leaked for 1+ billion users

Congratulations to Mark for this truly remarkable accomplishment 👏👏👏

@jessica @matana @noyoushutthefuckupdad based on david goggins interviews (a black man who was basically classified retarded, later became a navy SEAL) what you actually need is better individualized tutoring, but it's easier to just pretend black people can't do math and get rid of grading.

Kids of the future will think the emergency number 911 was because of 9/11
-jcast015, May 2016

Imagine if Twitter and Reddit went down too, we'd have to start taking a look at all the bigotry festering across the fediverse and how it manages to thrive here as well instead (gasp!)

When #facebook announced they would fight racism and antivaxxers on their platform, I didn’t think they’d go this far. But ok, it works. #SarcasmButOnlyHalf