#open rights group

[indelibleevidence]

FYI, the UK's Online Safety Act has just passed.

I wouldn't have realised if not for the email from the Open Rights Group. Here's their statement:

No one disputes that tech companies could do more to keep children safe online, but the Online Safety Bill is an overblown legislative mess that could seriously harm our security by removing privacy from internet users. The law will also damage the freedom of expression of many people in the UK.

While the UK government has admitted it’s not possible to safely scan all of our private messages, it has just granted Ofcom the powers to force tech companies to do so in the future. These are powers more suited to an authoritarian regime, not a democracy. They could harm journalists and whistle-blowers, as well as parents, domestic violence victims and children who want to keep their communications secure from online predators and stalkers.

The Bill also poses a huge threat to freedom of expression, with tech companies expected to decide what is and isn’t legal and then censor content before it’s even been published. This re-introduces prior restraint censorship for the written word back into UK law for the first time since the 1600s. In addition, young people, whom the law is supposed to protect, could be denied access to large swathes of the web, including resources that provide them with information and support.

Perhaps the biggest failure has been the lack of detail on how these extraordinary powers will be implemented. It’s down to Ofcom to sort this mess. In practice, they will struggle to successfully implement large parts of the law. We believe a fundamentally different approach is likely to be needed.

[commiepinkofag]

Our six priorities for digital rights

Open Rights Group is calling on the next government to focus on the following six priorities for digital rights:

1. Protect our right to send secure messages

Everyone – including children and young people – should have the right to use end-to-end encryption to ensure that our communications are safe, secure and private. The next government should protect not undermine encryption.

2. Provide migrants with digital sanctuary

Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers need the same data and privacy rights as everyone else so that they can keep their digital identity and information safe. The next government should commit to ending the digital hostile environment.

3. Ban the use of pre-crime AI by the police

Predictive policing systems that use artificial intelligence (AI) to ‘predict’ criminal behaviour undermine our right to be presumed innocent and exacerbate discrimination and inequality in our criminal justice system. The next government should ban dangerous uses of AI in policing.

4. Defend our right to freedom of expression online

Freedom of expression online is being undermined by age verification, content takedowns, social media censorship and unfair copyright claims. The next government should commit to protecting our right to freedom of expression online.

5. Strengthen our data protection rights

We need strong data protection laws to make sure that governments and companies do not use our data to track, surveil and profit from us. The next government should strengthen our data protection rights and make sure that the data protection watchdog is fit for purpose.

6. End intrusive tracking by online advertisers

Advertising companies track our internet use to build detailed profiles so they can target us with adverts. The next government should restrict intrusive tracking by data brokers and online advertisers.

[gamesatwork]

e487 - Data Privacy and you, NOT!

Photo by Joshua Rawson-Harris on Unsplash This week Andy, Michael, and Michael have a location based show, with discussion on FourSquare, data Privacy, and fast moving robots. Now that Four Square has announced they are shutting down their FourSquare Places site, the team discusses their prior use and how it has tapered off over the years. The guys then pivot from the identification of…

[bauerntanz]

Kein Willkommen ist illegal

Kein #Willkommen ist illegal! Mit einer Richtlinie will die #EU-Kommission Mindeststrafen für Schleusungskriminalität in Europa angleichen. Doch der Vorschlag könnte auch dafür sorgen, dass Slogans wie „#Refugees_Welcome“ auf Online-Plattformen gelöscht werden.

Mit einer Richtlinie will die EU-Kommission Mindeststrafen für Schleusungskriminalität in Europa angleichen. Doch der Gesetzesvorschlag könnte auch dafür sorgen, dass Slogans wie „Refugees Welcome“ auf Online-Plattformen gelöscht werden. Anstiftung oder Menschlichkeit? – Gemeinfrei-ähnlich freigegeben durch unsplash.com Maria Teneva „Wir haben Platz“, „Flüchtlinge Willkommen“, „Kein Mensch ist…

[destielmemenews]

"Publishers accused the nonprofit of infringing copyrights in 127 books from authors like Malcolm Gladwell, C.S. Lewis, Toni Morrison, J.D. Salinger and Elie Wiesel, by making the books freely available through its Free Digital Library.

The archive, which hosts more than 3.2 million copies of copyrighted books on its website, contended that the library was transformative because it made lending more convenient and served the public interest by promoting "access to knowledge.""

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*dusting off another drawing found in my old folders* Oh waw early 2020 connverse. And I drew in 97 dpi RIP

[saramurphy]

Despicable Me 4 (2024)

[brw]

"but hamas is getting funded by extremist islamic hate groups!" do you think the U.S. government and military giving funding for israeli's war efforts against palestinians is a morally neutral and inherently righteous body that had no influence in the politics of southwest asia as a global colonial superpower. do you really think anything you can say about the people resisting oppression can't be said about the oppressors.

[gonkaccino]

Season 4 hope/prediction: Deb's show is solid, zero issues, runs flawlessly with great ratings, but her personal life is completely eroding. We start with her discovering Marcus is leaving, and it culminates in DJ going into labor right before a taping. Deb chooses the show. When it's over, and she finally flies to Vegas, it's too late -- Aiden's not letting her in because he loves his wife too much to let DJ get into a shouting match with her mom right after giving birth, and instead takes the brunt of Deb's wrath, with her making excuses and talking about how they used her money for IVF, and anyway, DJ's fine, so who cares if she wasn't there? Kathy's in the room with DJ and the baby (DJ's the closest she has to a daughter, after all) and Deb leaves too furious to think about how badly she's hurt her family.

She heads back to her Vegas mansion -- empty, obviously, Josefina and the dogs would be in LA -- and pops open a bottle of wine. Alone. Completely alone. Can't call Marty, she has no friends, the closest she's got would be Kiki and wouldn't that be embarrassing, calling your poker dealer to talk about your feelings --

and then Ava's there. She got the news about DJ's labor, she got the story from Aiden (who was distraught, by the way, man's too much of a sweetheart for Vance drama), a spare key from Damian (happy to pawn that off on her, though if it isn't returned promptly he's taking legal action) and has arrived just in time to see the Deborah Vance having a breakdown the likes of which no one thought physically possible. Crying gives you wrinkles, you know. But Ava has to be here. She's the physical embodiment of a lesson Deb never truly learned: you don't have to like someone to love them.

In my imaginary fantasy land that I am concocting this would then subsequently lead into them fucking nasty but I understand that this may be a step too far for the surprisingly large number of very normal people who watch this show and would forgive JPL for not taking it that far. However I do believe they should fuck about it and let Ava take the reigns in their relationship while they see how many of Deb's bridges they can un-burn.

[moeblob]

"Bro, do you hear yourself?" "My man!" "I'm sorry that I am so delightful that my dimension change turns me into a fruit pop." "Do you think whoever runs this dimension just immediately saw me and clocked me as the fruitiest guy alive? I'm starting to think I /might/ give off the gayest vibes around." "If you wouldn't offer to make out with your best friend are you really even best friends?"

[momentomori24]

Damon keeps being shown with a red apple in both a lot of the promotional material as well as the opening intro, which feels very intentional considering the way this game takes a LOT of inspiration from the bible. The red apple represents temptation, in case the temptation of committing a murder to escape alive. Eva, just like Eve, was the first to bite the apple. And after her, her only other companion followed suit.

Damon's animal motif is the snake. Manipulative. Conniving. Untrustworthy. A traiter and a deceiver. Motivated by self interest. He's the snake, the root cause of the reason humanity was banned from paradise. He's constantly depicted holding the apple, never biting into it, as if still contemplating about whether to give in to the temptation of it all.

My biggest prediction for Damon is that he'll be the last murderer. That he'll perform the final kill and escape at the expense of all of them, the very way he accused them all of being predestined to do from the start.

[secondstar-acorn]

can’t think of anything to say other than it was everything I could have ever expected and wanted and hoped for. seeing them perform truly is an electric experience and I am so, so grateful I got to be there. I’ve never felt such overflowing joy and love in one room before and that truly is down to what a one-of-a-kind group Starkid is. I’m so happy and a little emotional that it’s over but like it’s sung in days of summer, “don’t wanna see you go but it’s not forever, not forever” ⭐️💜

[baked-potatoes-rule]

To stab or not to stab?

Something that has been on my mind for a while now…

I see people being negative about others expressing their personal opinions regarding how the show unfolds and the actions of different characters. For example bringing up anything related to “morality” or saying that “A person doing X,made them feel uncomfortable/sad/stressed/angry/anxious etc. 

It’s natural that our views won’t align with everyone else’s and that’s fine. What would be the point if everyone perceived things the same exact way? 

Some people watch just for fun. Others like to engage on a deeper level ,exchange thoughts and make conversation. And neither is better than the other. Everyone decides how they want to consume and interact with the media. 

Characters are not immune to having their decisions and actions questioned. And most of the time it isn’t done out of hate for the character, it’s just following the plot line and reacting to it. Some people will feel strongly about some subjects, others won’t. And I don’t think it serves anyone to tell people “Well simply don’t watch if you don’t get it.” 

There is nothing wrong with people voicing how they feel about it. If anything,it means that the show is good and the viewers are passionate enough to want to dig deep and question things. Agree,disagree,change their minds,get happy,sad,angry. I think that is good because it opens the door to conversations and sharing ideas. 

Isn’t that the whole point of engaging with the fandom? Telling people to not do, think, or say “X, Y, or Z” does a great disservice to everyone. 

I hope we all continue to enjoy yapping about the show and have a good time while at it. <3

[unopenablebox]

what do we think is the most low effort "observance" of "passover" i could do

[al-mayriti]

idk if it's because my mum worked in a tv magazine or what but all the media wars and backstabbing and stuff happening behind the cameras is so so interesting to me

[cultivating-wildflowers]

Tonight’s anecdote from the knitting circle:

When one of the ladies, Ruth, was a girl, mid-Michigan had a really bad tornado season. One day a raven turned up on her family's back porch and, as a joke, her mother opened the door and said, “Well, Jimmy, are you coming in or what?”

And the raven came inside.

He proceeded to make himself at home. He had a favorite perch on one of the armchairs and would clean his claws on the fabric. They fed him outside in an old enclosed dog kennel. He was evidently well-mannered and didn't disrupt the household at all. He simply strutted around like he owned the place and that was that.

Near as they could guess, the storms had disoriented him and he'd made himself welcome at the first friendly house he found.

But word eventually got around about the family who'd been adopted by a raven. A few months later, while Ruth and Jimmy were chilling outside, a car pulled up in front of the house. A man opened the door and called, "Hey, Pete! Come on, let's go home!"

Jimmy (or Pete) hopped on into the car and it drove away.