Fri. FYI - Non-US Megathread(CRITICAL):
- Microsoft has recently joined forces with Apple and Google by adding an article about age signals for Windows apps using mandatory, "privacy-preserving" Age APIs.
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@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - Non-US Megathread(CRITICAL):
- Microsoft has recently joined forces with Apple and Google by adding an article about age signals for Windows apps using mandatory, "privacy-preserving" Age APIs.
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - US MT:
- Rep. DeSaulnier & Patronis Introduce New "Sunset Section 230 Act" following the Meta Settlement. This seems like a new bill unlike the ones pushed by Lindsey Graham
desaulnier.house.gov/media-center...
Full Text: desaulnier.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - US MT:
- US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report
- Vermont seeking data on "crafting rules to protect minors from harms" after passing "protect The Children from The Internet" bill
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - US MT:
- US Supreme Court again rejects push to use Trump-backed congressional map in Missouri
- Utah won't force VPN rules on major adult-only sites as the battle continues in court
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - US MT:
- Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits & Pulling Them Over
- Local libraries grapple w/how to implement Act 372, national group calls for legis. to repeal & replace pro-censorship law
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialFri. FYI - US Megathread(CRITICAL):
- Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
- Clearview AI built an AI tool designed to turn a face search into an automated investigation of a person’s life online
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialThis wont end with Australia. This will spread if left unchecked.
Scream at your reps to backtrack ID mandates:
- www.aph.gov.au/About_Parlia...
- www.aph.gov.au/About_Parlia...
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #notodigitalID #notosocialmediaban
- This bold strategy still has to face a verdict on Chat Control 2.0
- Social Media bans are easily walked around
- This wont protect children. Just make a database of IDs ripe for hackers.
OPPOSE THIS. DEMAND REPS OPPOSE THIS
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialMost importantly: DO. NOT. COMPLY. WITH. ID. MANDATES.
No matter how you slice it, its unsafe & unconstitutional. Oppose it. Work around it. Refuse it. But do NOT accept or comply with it.
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialComing off the Meta settlement, this shit sucks. That said, do not lose hope. We can still fight:
- Yell at reps to reject Chat Control 2.0 this month
- Yell at UK reps to OPPOSE OS level ID mandates:
www.parliament.uk/business/lor...
www.parliament.uk/business/com...
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.socialSome rough news in both the UK & EU(Denmark):
- UK to force Apple and Google to block explicit images on children’s smartphones AND force ID verification
- EU: government will require you to be 15 years old to use social media w/ID mandate
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #notodigitalID #voting
Its unfortunate, but its not the end of the road. Its not fully certain they have full governing control of Germany.
That said, Germany, it seems, needs to be reminded why having far-right leadership is ALWAYS a bad idea. A FAFO scenario, if you will
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #notodigitalID #voting
+At a glance, the AfD is:
- Anti-LGBT
- Anti-immigration
- Against Ukraine
- Pro-Russia
+I assume it is likely:
- Pro-Chat Control 2.0
- Pro-Censorship
- Pro-Digital ID
- Anti-porn
Far-right leadership WILL NOT improve a nation. How do I know? I live in the US
@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social#savespeech #notodigitalID #voting
@echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy
According to exit polls, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won the Saxony-Anhalt elections in Germany’s east, becoming the first far-right party to take power at a state level since World War II
@swarm32.bsky.socialAlso, to help push back against this in general, reach out and make your voice heard by your lawmakers!
Calls, Emails, Letters, faxes! Contact your state AND federal representatives!