Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Tag: censorship

There is an entire genre of tricking AI customer service bots into doing work; but few are pointing out the obvious…

2026/03/13
A New Jerusalem

2026/03/09
Ofcom’s [attempted] browbeating of Canada-based online depression forum into compliance with Online Safety Act “Age Verification”

2026/03/06
“JUST A LINK CAN LEAVE A TRACE” | UK Counter-Terrorism Police are feeding teenagers with horrific, emotional anti-social-media fearmongering that may end in multiple *tragedy*

2026/03/06
TikTok incapable of delivering both user privacy *and* user safety, retains capability to surveil user communications

2026/03/04
“Governments should halt plans to roll out age checks on online services until privacy and security concerns are addressed, hundreds of academics said today”

2026/03/03
Social Media Bans are like the “Peanut Allergy” Bans of the 1990s/2000s: they will unnecessarily create a generation who cannot cope with the digital environment

2026/03/02
If you read 1 thing about Social Media Bans this week, it should be Rod Wilson’s magisterial letter to the WSJ; extract, text & link below

2026/02/28
The Wyoming GRANITE Act, America’s first-ever foreign censorship shield bill, has PASSED the Wyoming House of Representatives, 46-12! | Preston Byrne

2026/02/24
US Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy explains that maybe age verification is not about child protection

2026/02/23
UK Govt to demand AgeVerification of “ALL regulated user-to-user” services, and VPNs for anyone under 18; well that would end online anonymity in the UK…

2026/02/23
UK right-wing news: “No foreign government should be helping citizens of allied countries to circumvent their own laws!”; meanwhile MI6 continues to run its dark web Russian recruitment site…

2026/02/20