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“Congress shall have particular regard to the importance of freedom of speech within the law when making laws abridging the freedom of speech.”
Graham being appropriately scathing re: how British legislators would have drafted the US 1st Amendment.
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Canada: Alberta implements book ban to protect children from “adult content” but then has a “…WAIT, NO, NOT LIKE THAT” moment when it actually happens, then blames *librarians*
Censorship is HARD: The internally distributed list … was in response to a provincial government directive to identify books that are not age-appropriate and remove them from school library shelves. But the list included titles like The Handmaid’s Tale, The Color Purple, The Godfather and Jaws. Books from authors like George R. R. Martin, Sarah J. Maas and Maya Angelou
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Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws | TechCrunch
Because what could possibly go wrong by pretending that a global domain of speech could be carved up by parochial rules? “One of the reasons Mastodon was founded was to allow different jurisdictions to have social media that is independent of the U.S. … People are free to choose to have their account on a
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House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints | Techdirt
A few years ago I had long discussions with WP about enabling anonymous editing over Tor. It might be time to revisit WP anonymity policy. Wikipedia’s strength comes from its army of volunteer editors who contribute their time and expertise to building a free, accessible encyclopedia. These volunteers now have to worry that Congress might
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“Your UK Steam user account is considered age verified for as long as a valid credit card is stored on the account”
I approve of this approach by Steam, although I’m fairly sure that the age verification wonks and child safety activists will push back against something so simple and therefore both unremunerative & unprescriptive. Steam Support :: Age Assurance under the UK Online Safety Act https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/292B-3DA3-CFC8-97F6
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Preston Byrne on Ofcom and government goals to turn age verification into a “KYC before Communication” obligation
A characteristically blunt, straightforward, correct and educational thread – even if some folk will erroneously dismiss it as jingo – unrolled at https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1961418733303292033.html Ofcom and the UK parliament are obsessed with the idea of websites being “services that are offered” as opposed to “repositories that are accessed” / ignoring the agency and activity and want
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4chan will refuse to pay daily UK fines, its lawyer tells BBC | BBC News
The OSA really was designed in the mythical belief that “All the Internet is (or functions like) Facebook”. Nobody “searches” for 4chan. “Ofcom can instead ask a court to order other services to disrupt a provider’s UK business, such as requiring a service’s removal from search results or blocking of UK payments. If [this isn’t
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UK sought broad access to Apple customers’ data, court filing shows | FT
Exactly as predicted, just because HMG doesn’t want to spy on Apple-using Americans anymore, it still wants to spy on Apple using Britons: It also suggests that the Home Office is yet to modify its demand for Apple to grant access to data belonging to customers outside the UK, despite claims by Trump administration officials
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The perverse outcomes of the Online Safety Act | The Critic
Teenagers can now drink cider with a meal, two years before they can read a Reddit thread about it … Discussion channels about ongoing atrocities in Ukraine and Gaza, the subreddit dedicated to the news channel Al Jazeera are all now inaccessible to anyone who cannot or will not give Reddit their ID or a
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Encryption Is a Feminist Issue: Why Strong Digital Privacy Protects Survivors and Activists | Chayn
Encryption plays a vital role in safeguarding the rights and safety of women and gender minorities across a range of contexts. In this section, we explore three key use cases where encryption serves as a critical safety tool: supporting survivors of intimate partner violence, ensuring secure access to abortion services, and enabling feminist activism. […]
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