True, *but*... it's not only Big Tech that wants a panopticon: we don't exactly see the politicians fighting against that as an outcome, do we?
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True, *but*... it's not only Big Tech that wants a panopticon: we don't exactly see the politicians fighting against that as an outcome, do we?
It's politically easier for them to oppose "everything Big Tech wants" than "everything you need for a digital surveillance state". If child welfare really mattered, more would be done to prevent mass shootings in schools. 🤷♂️
Er... hasn't the US just started a war with a fundamentalist theocracy to demand regime change and a return to democratic rule? Not sure the WaPo has thought this through...
Oh my. I've just seen, in a builder's quote, someone described as a "mattress logistics operative".
Their task would have been to move the mattress from one side of the room to the other, and then back again after the interior work was done.
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A screenshot of The Intercept’s web page for Taylor Lorenz’s article headlined ‘Congress is considering abolishing your right to be anonymous online’. It shows that in order to read the article for free, you must provide The Intercept with your email address.
Just for shits and giggles, here’s a deeply ironic instance of one such dark - give us your email to read for free - pattern: @taylorlorenz.bsky.social’s piece for The Intercept on age verification as the end of online anonymity.
But that’s what burner email addresses are for, right?
Bear in mind, people who participate in standards development through the BSI don't get paid to do so. BSI is currently charging 145 of your Earth "pounds" for a copy, but only £72.50 if you're a member.
"Why pay more???"
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I see, for example, that the ISO Age Assurance Framework (27566) is "freely available" (which makes a change from their usual exorbitant prices) - but even for a 0 CHF transaction you have to create an account and agree to your personal data being shared with your national standards body 🙄. 1/2
yello :^)
Sounds plausible to me... 😒
I often back off from a website because it's asking for personal data it absolutely doesn't need/expecting me to create an account/deluging me with cookies and "legitimate interest" claims.
Standard UKIP/RefUK mentality: "all the UK's domestic problems are the fault of foreigners; the Government didn't do Brexit right; Other People are why your life's a mess; voters got it wrong".
Reform are whiners and wreckers, not fixers.
California is embedding age verification directly into digital devices. For those of us concerned with personal liberties, this is an emergency.
California’s Age-Verification Law Is a Civil Liberties Test […]
Trump violated our Constitution by waging war without Congressional authorization.
Senate Rs had the chance to defend our Constitution. They failed.
They failed to defend our Constitution.
They failed to rein in Trump’s poorly planned and illegally-launched war.
They failed the American people.
For #Israel, drawing the #USA into a #war was clearly a cover for continued expansionist aims... what other country can get away with demanding an evacuation of a city in another sovereign country so they can bomb it? And hasn't #Beirut suffered enough? #Lebanon
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Great. If I ever have to be bombed, I'll make sure to choose being bombed with defensive bombs, not the offensive kind.
Israel also discriminates against Arab inhabitants of the illegally-occupied West Bank. It's over-reach on a disgraceful scale, and shameful that the Western world has simply ignored the fact that it happens: visualizingpalestine.org/visual/segre...
I'm excited to share the success of our 2025 Internet Society Community Advocacy Fellowship. We brought back in-person workshops in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific to help local advocates build the skills they need to defend the Internet. 1/6
Soft toilet paper. Spurs winnin' at home...
#Porridge
But surely this is impossible, because as everyone knows,
1 - law enforcement can't arrest people for CSAM, because encrypted communication exists, and simultaneously
2 - law enforcement and justice officials are perfectly safe custodians of the keys to your private communications.
Mmmmm hm.
It's not a (free) check: it's a rebate on the tax they have paid and the billionaires have avoided.
I am getting sick of having my constructive, worthwhile activities in the US, Middle East and elsewhere fouled up by the self-serving tantrums of a man too unstable to be allowed near the levers of power. A "privilege problem", I know, and others are suffering far worse, but it is pissing me off.
Proxy war crimes are also war crimes.
they're just phoning in the WMD threats now, they just told us they destroyed the nuclear capacity only last season!
OK, it's not just me, then. 👍
Alex Pretti and Renée Good were murdered by federal agents. Soon after, Secretary Noem labeled them 'domestic terrorists.’
I gave her the chance to recant and apologize for the pain she's caused their families with these outrageous lies. She refused.
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I've been covering the "social media addiction" trial and the narrative you were given or have come to about social media is a VERY convenient and intoxicating one, but it's simply not the reality of how the internet works. And it's so crucial for those suffering to recognize that
"Siri, what does 'blithering' mean?"
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Trump, suffering from dementia, is confused about where his father was born. It was in the Bronx, not in Germany. Trump's grandfather was an immigrant who came here after getting kicked out of Germany for evading the draft.
