• n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Gotta love when they name it in a way so if you vote against it they can go “why didnt ya vote for it, are you a pedo?”

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      That’s the plan. Attack subject that are traditionally seen as taboo/sensitive/whatever, then extend. CSAM content, porn in general, even random bulletin board with cringey content these days, are used as the entrypoint. You target those, people are wary about defending their rights because of the flagship topic, so laws are changed to put some extra layers of tracking, surveillance, etc.

      Step two is claim whatever site/service the current government dislike falls under an imaginary category that allows using these layers of surveillance. And these are extra hard to remove once put in place, because nobody wants to break their surveillance toy.

      It’s never about the porn, it’s never about the kids, it’s never about our security when a proposal shows up and talks about breaking encryption, privacy, etc.

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    We could also force all people to wear ankle bracelets and be monitored by the government, AI could predict any ongoing or potential future crimes and we will have a crime free society where everyone is safe.

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    This is something that directly impacts Lemmy and all Fediverse. Section 230 makes the hosting provider not liable for things their users post as long as they remove offending material (I don’t know the specifics, IANAL). Eroding section 230 is like pulling the ladder up behind the behemoth providers like YouTube. New small time services will essentially be illegal.

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      And that’s intentional.

      So I’m going to say into the air that I was lucky in my selection of mass culture in my childhood.

      Star Wars EU before 2010 - everything around us and that feeling of desperation and who can and can’t be trusted and the rapid change of the world, “rapid” meaning in the span of 13 years for prequels and then 20 years after them till OT, which is similar to our reality, HP - things about terfs and culture wars are really not important, because its world functions similarly to our surrounding world.

      Tolkien and Chesterton and Lewis.

      Lots of crazy stuff, Honorverse and Forgotten Realms and small fandoms.

  • cley_faye@lemmy.world
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    Stuff we want: protecting kids, having privacy.

    Stuff these proposal do: break privacy, don’t care about kids (or anyone else for that matter).

    Seems pretty simple to me. Again.

  • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    they will keep trying stuff like this until they either win or get deposed