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Brazil judge orders suspension of Elon Musk’s X | AP News
It will be interesting to see how state censorship really works in a world of VPNs: https://apnews.com/article/brazil-musk-x-suspended-de-moraes-46c9d5c5c895e17d9adfac43e6ac20fd
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One for @bphillipsonMP / @educationgovuk: perhaps our *kids* need to be educated-away from the desire to create non-consensual intimate imagery and deepfakes?
Thorn are a US charity, but the general problem of misuse of a capability demands education around empathy, awareness of other’s feelings, respect, and consent. Quote: While the technology may be new, peer-based bullying, harassment, and abuse are not. It is critical that we speak proactively and directly [ED: TO WHOM?] about the harms caused…
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What if L’affaire {Durov, Telegram} is actually hiding a nation state turf war over mass surveillance?
A Friday Fun thought experiment! What if Telegram is (and always has been) a giant nation-state grade “EncroChat”, i.e.: an enormous criminal intelligence honeypot, run first by/for Russia, then semi-autonomously, and now is subject to annexation by the French? As Ian Batten put it: Tell the gullible that it’s a dangerous, criminal, anarchic place for…
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On the marzipan dreadnought | Heather Burns
Go read the whole thing. Quote: The Conservatives aggressively promoted the Online Safety Act as the one weird trick to fix everything wrong with social media, often to the point of absurdity. Anyone who has actually read the Act, and Ofcom’s consultations on it, knew all along that all it does is create paper tigers.…
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Rand Paul Is Right: Censoring The Internet Doesn’t Protect Kids | Techdirt
Quote: Just last week, I got into a debate with a KOSA supporter on social media. They insisted that they’re not talking about content, but just about design features like “infinite scroll.” When asked about what kind of things they’re trying to solve for, I was told “eating disorders.” I pointed out that “infinite scroll”…
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The untimely demise of an image upscaler | @lcamtuf’s thing
When upscaling meets hallucination; watch the videos and consider how your new understanding differs from the popular concept of “pictures never lie” https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/random-finds-ai-image-upscale-collapse
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Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong | WIRED
I am still a capitalist, but this is well worth reading: https://www.wired.com/story/meredith-whittaker-signal/
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Lord, please save us from activists like @CCDHate who wish to equip state regulators with powers of arbitrary censorship
The Center for Countering Digital Hate get a buff in the Times today proposing that Ofcom be granted rather extraordinary powers for supposedly extraordinary times; as Graham Smith puts it: “It was for good reason that internet content was kept out of Ofcom’s jurisdiction in 2003” Under proposals outlined by the Centre for Countering Digital…
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My understanding of the charges against Pavel Durov & Telegram
I am not a lawyer, nor a french lawyer, but I have a long term view of the matter and here’s my understanding of the charges as taken from the press release: 1: is essentially a commentary on some of the users and what they have been using the platform to do (mens rea /…
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Literally 20 years ago we said that French regulations to restrict cryptography without state approval would eventually bite; and we were right…
If you want to use cryptography to protect secrets in France, you have to tell the Prime Minister; and then you’re subject to secrecy so that they can demand a back door. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000000801164#LEGISCTA000006117690
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Interesting to see the child safety activist community vaguely split between “Yay France Go Ban All The Encryptions” vs: “Durov Must Prefer French Prison to Lefortovo”
It’s likely going to be more complex than either of these, my money is on a hybrid of interests including the French government attempting to “send a message” that ordinary people are scum and not to be permitted to have robust privacy & integrity, or even the pretence of it. That the French government enjoys…
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Held Over Alleged Child Protection Failures on App | Bloomberg
Yep, it’s the attack of the child protection activists. Quote: “It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform,” the statement declared. “We’re awaiting a prompt resolution of this situation.” I wonder if L’exception Européenne applies? At: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-26/telegram-ceo-held-over-alleged-child-protection-failures-on-app Archived at: https://archive.ph/2024.08.26-124940/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-26/telegram-ceo-held-over-alleged-child-protection-failures-on-app