#Internet Regulation

[kesarijournal]

Unmasking the Motives: Australia's Social Media Age Ban and Its Implications for Political Discourse

In recent developments, Australia’s major political parties have introduced legislation to ban social media access for individuals under 16, citing child protection as the primary motive. However, a closer examination suggests that these measures may be more about controlling the burgeoning influence of social media on political discourse than safeguarding the youth.The Facade of Child…

[mgeist]

What the CRTC’s New Registration Requirements Mean for Regulating Everything from Online News Services to Podcast Providers

The CRTC last week released the first two of what is likely to become at least a dozen decisions involving the Online Streaming Act (aka Bill C-11). The decision, which attracted considerable commentary over the weekend, involves mandatory registration rules for audio and visual services that include far more than the large streaming services. The Commission says the registrations would give it…

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

Elon talking about how all levels of statehood are infiltrated by cultural Marxists (hey what do we have here) pisses me off cause buddy, if the Marxists were in charge you wouldn't be standing on a Wisconsin stage buying votes, you would have all your assets seized and redistributed to the people.

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: “It’s okay to let people help you,” Jeff whispers, unsure if Abed can even hear him. “It’s weird that people want to,” Abed replies just as quietly, still facing the other direction. Abed is deteriorating very quickly, and his friends are here to help him. Takes place post-Troy leaving on a boat, right after "Bondage and Beta Male Sexuality".

Author: @1mechanicalalligator

[queerofthedagger]

i mean this in the like... nicest way possible, but there is no way to post your writing and/or art on the internet without running the very high risk of it getting scraped, whether you post it on tumblr, pillowfort, or ao3. sites being 'anti ai' does not mean your art cannot be scraped. it is simply almost impossible to prevent, much less guarantee that. I'm not saying this to be a pessimist or to stop people from being rightfully pissed about this. it sucks. massively so! but if the idea does in fact bother you that much, you should know that moving sites won't fix the issue. ao3, as far as we know, has been scraped/is getting scraped. you can set your fics so that only logged in users can access them, but it only makes scraping one step more difficult, and by no means impossible and the otw has stated this clearly.

which, again, this sucks! i don't have a great solution either!! but tumblr is relatively honest, at least, when it tells you that it cannot prevent, only discourage it. ao3 said the same thing. any site promising you otherwise is, to the best of my knowledge, lying to you.

[miss-biophys]

Anywhere on Earth time

A few days ago I posted about a grant with a deadline at 11:59 pm of Anywhere on Earth time. Somebody asked me "is this for real"???

Very much yes!

Anywhere on Earth time was invented in 1999 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, who in that year established a working group to develop standards for broadband for wireless metropolitan area networks. The goal of this group was to make sure that the wireless internet connection meet the same criteria internationally. We are talking about wireless internet around cities, but also mobile internet. All this started being regulated after 1999. The working group started releasing these standards and introduced the "Anywhere on Earth" time to put into practise the standards for the whole world at the same moment.

So yes. Anywhere on Earth time is a real thing. It is used only for deadlines, and it corresponds to the time when the deadline date passes for every single place on Earth. In practise, the last place to change the date on Earth are Howland and Baker Islands on the western side of the international date line. So the Anywhere on Earth time corresponds to whatever time the Howland and Baker Islands have.

[jacob-blogs]

It's been nearly 8 years since america decided to fuck up the internet by destroying net neutrality, and the consequences are present as ever.

[pintadorartist]

Oppose H.R. 1: the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

In May, House Republicans passed their partisan budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1 the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” that will increase budget deficits by $2.4 trillion to finance trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy. This bill would enact the largest transfer of wealth from the poor the rich in decades.

Senate Republicans are now rewriting portions of the bill to satisfy strict Senate parliamentarian rules while also maintaining the House’s partisan wish list framework. These harmful provisions include:

Deep cuts to Medicaid, including harsh new work requirements

New Medicare eligibility rules and increased costs for dual Medicaid-Medicare enrollees

Tripling the budget for ICE and Trump’s mass deportation effort

Authorization for the sale of public lands and increased incentives for fossil fuel production

Widespread rollback of clean energy tax incentives and climate protections

Unprecedented funding cuts and expansion of work requirements for SNAP

Limits on a court’s ability to issue temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions

Funding cuts to clinical care services at Planned Parenthood and gender-affirming care for Medicaid and CHIP recipients

Requiring states block all AI regulation for 10 years in order to receive federal broadband funding

A $150 billion increase to an already bloated Pentagon budget

A national private school voucher program that diverts funding from public schools and sets up a new tax shelter for the wealthy

An increased excise tax on college endowments

Widespread changes to student loan access, protections, and repayment options

Harmful changes to federal worker pay, benefits, unions, and protections against unjust treatment

Slashes to funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by nearly 70%

Elimination of a tax on gun silencer sales

Raising the debt limit by $5 trillion purely to fund tax cuts for the wealthy, adding trillions to the national debt.

Senate Republicans are aiming to pass their version of H.R. 1 by the July 4th holiday. Call your Senators and demand they oppose this destructive bill.

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[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

I imagine the underlying principle of being upset by the proposed TikTok ban is that hatred of government regulation trumps all other hatreds, which makes sense, but it's weird to see how many people apparently love TikTok now, after I thought we all agreed it was in fact the worst thing in the world and that it poisoned the internet and our species incurably

[bzuvv]

i think its some of damiens responsiblity to think what kinda relationship he cultivaded with his fans. and why is centering his need for explaning, defending and further protecting his self/image is his knee jerk reaction. unless you do those things a social media break is just another way of image management. plus it wont feel better when you come back and you are still centering your image which causes you too act defensive/childish. you cant support things thru acts of fear and nervousness and not expact them to crumble! i know people joked abour his virtue signalling in the past, and they are jokes, but its a curious thing people notice that around him enough to point that out. i hope he can actually look into that part of himself with a more honest critical lense.also these twitch stream where he wants this magicaly ''positive'' enviroment where people can ''escape'' is just unrealistic at best. this is a livestream where people rush on each other to talk to you. its by nature feeding into these things im afraidi positivity is not the warm blanket you think it is, its more of a trap lol

[lilaccatholic]

Physically I'm here but mentally I'm clawing the eyes out of everyone who talks crap about their children on the internet and posts them in their most vulnerable moments for clout

[kaurwreck]

If you're following KOSA, you should also be following state legislation, which is much more rapidly adopting tech regulation related to child safety than Congress. For reference, in 2023, 13 states adopted 23 laws related to child safety online.

Even if your locality hasn't adopted similar tech regulation, online platforms, apps, and websites are rarely operating in only some states. When regulations become patchwork, it's often easier for companies to adopt policies reflective of the most stringent regulations relevant to their service for all users, rather than try to implement different policies for users based on each user's location.

I know this because that's what happened when patchwork data privacy regulations began swelling — which is why many webites have privacy policies reflective of the GDPR that apply even to users outside of Europe. I also know this because I'm a tech lawyer — I'm the wet cat drafting policies for and advising tech and video game companies on how to navigate messy, convoluted, and patchwork US regulatory obligations.

So, when I say this is how companies are thinking about this, I mean this is how my coworkers and I have to think about this. And because the US is such a large market, this could impact users outside the US, too.

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: Other people always seem to be in awe of Spock's perfect poise and control. But then, those people don't have access to his reports. Humor.

Author: @werewolves-are-real

[loredwy]

Mmmmm okay but honest question tho

The KOSA regulations would need to be implemented even if the companies offer their services only outside of the country? 🤔 And if they are established on another country and offer its services to usa, they need to implement the regulations right?

Because like, I was thinking of how mihoyo moved from china to avoid the censorship regulations globally, for example

And like, couldnt then social media companies preassure the goverment about doing that too, then

Like, even if they had to censor stuff for usa, they would be losing a lot of potential interactions because of the content theyre hiding, so if they had to censor everything in case of being established in usa (even if it is content being shown outside of the country), wouldnt it be better for them to just move the company to another country then. To continue having those extra interactions from "censored posts" shown to other countries.

Or even, if the cost of filtering the posts was too high, its possible some companies would choose to not offer their services to usa anymore. Idk how taxes to big companies work in those cases, but that would be a loss for them in the long term too right.

Like, isnt the whole bill a bad idea even commercially?

And couldnt it happen that companies publish a statement about getting out of the country in case the regulations were stablished?

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

obsessed with this sentence. “she wore jewelry more than once, it has to mean something deeper.” ???????? necklaces etc are not typically considered single use!!