Jess Miers 🦝

@jmiers230.bsky.social

law professor / computer scientist / other things I write about tech, law, speech, and suicide [email protected] (I don't have access to my bsky DMs when I'm in Ohio bc I refuse to do age verification)

@masnick.comReposted by @jmiers230.bsky.social

Gosh. What a surprise that Brendan Carr is a fucking coward. Comedians making jokes on late night TV requires an investigation into the "public interest" standard, but a literal execution is "not my job, go talk to Hegseth who is doing a great job."

A livestream falls outside of the FCC’s regulatory power, but the Pentagon feed is something that, absent restrictions, broadcasters could pick up. The FCC’s obscenity, indecency and profanity guidelines do not directly address executions, but under his tenure, Carr has launched investigations of networks on the grounds that they may not be meeting their public interest obligations. FCC guidance earlier this year emphasized, among other things, that stations must air programming that is “responsive to the needs of their local communities.” “My understanding is it’s not on broadcast TV, so I don’t think there’s a role for the FCC one way or the other there,” Carr said on CNBC. “But I trust Secretary Hegseth. I mean, he’s implementing the laws and regulations that are relevant to the Department of War, and I think he’s doing a great job, and I trust that he’s making the right call on these issues.”
Karl Bode@karlbode.com

extremely outspoken edgelord FCC boss Brendan Carr suddenly has nothing say

deadline.comFCC Chairman Declines To Say If Broadcasters Can Air Live ExecutionIt's doubtful that the networks would decide to air the execution, anyway.
@jmiers230.bsky.social

Me to my RAs: alright which one of you want to help me explain to the court why you actually *can* send dick pics to politicians?

Ohio Capital Journal@ohiocapitaljournal.com

An Ohio political blogger let out a surprised laugh as he was found guilty of harassment after he sent an explicit digitally altered image of the cartoon character Shrek to a powerful lawmaker. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/09/o...

ohiocapitaljournal.comOhio political blogger found guilty in explicit Shrek meme trial • Ohio Capital JournalAn Ohio political blogger let out a surprised laugh as he was found guilty of harassment after he sent an explicit digitally altered image of the cartoon character Shrek to a powerful lawmaker.
@jmiers230.bsky.social

Apparently the army regs forbid people under 18 from viewing the executions. I don't want to hear a word from these bootlicking fucks about kids online safety ever again.

@jmiers230.bsky.social

And let me be clear: fully within their 1A rights to do it and I'll be the loudest defender of it if it must come to it BUT I will always personally remember, as a consumer, which tech company(ies) were 100% okay with and totally signed on to this barbaric, fascistic, bullshit.

@jmiers230.bsky.social

Any tech company willing to host the live stream of the Fort Hood execution will be drawing the clearest of clear lines in the sand. I dare one of these companies to do it.

www.techdirt.com/2026/10/09/h...

techdirt.comHey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing SquadThere is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon have announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army officer who shot up Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding dozens more. There is plenty of debate about the moral atrocity that is a firing...
@jmiers230.bsky.social

This thread is what I was getting at re: the companies already have the tech in place for age verification. Apple and Google are actively working on selling their AV technology (govt customers included). The money is in both the sale + eliminating competition.

@coreyryung.bsky.socialReposted by @jmiers230.bsky.social

Me, a prof who teaches Sex Crimes: "I've heard it all - things that would haunt your nightmares for the rest of your life. Nothing can shock me." * reads headline * Eels?!?! Really???

MB@sugarcubedog.bsky.social

That’d work with the bestiality I guess.

TMZ * Andrew Tate allegedly had Bestiality porn with horse and eel, videos Full details: tmz.com/2026/10/06/and... 1:29 PM • Oct 6, 2026 • 2.3M Views
@matthewkeys.netReposted by @jmiers230.bsky.social

NEW: A group of Paramount streaming subscribers have petitioned the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to prevent Paramount from closing on its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, which is slated for Tuesday.

@jmiers230.bsky.social

Maybe? From what I've seen inside the industry, it's mostly competitive advantage + trying to be in the good graces of whoever is in power. The loss they'd take from being drown in antitrust + other suits is probably more than this projected loss.

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