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• On the post: Judge Tears Into Cops For Beating A Man Who Dared To Question Their Words And Actions

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2020 @ 06:49am

  Re: Re: A Stern Talking-to

  "How much should these fine officers be forced to suffer?"

  At the very least suspension without pay. More appropriately though, since they broke several laws (assault, civil rights violations, and perjury that I can think of), prosecution, fines, incarceration, loss of job, loss of license to operate as a law enforcement agent (if they have such in that state) and finally, fiscal responsibility when they lose the lawsuit that the victim is entitled to (though it is more likely that the municipality will endure that burden).

• On the post: Trump Campaign Files Laughably Stupid SLAPP Suit Over A NY Times Opinion Piece

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2020 @ 06:17am

  Re:

  Which raises the question as to why they didn't sue Frankel, but sued the NYT instead?

• On the post: Rep. Cicilline Wants To Remove Section 230 Protections For Platforms That Host 'Demonstrably False' Political Ads

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2020 @ 09:26am

  Re: Re: Demonstrably False

  "You're the one asking for it; why don't you come up with something that satisfies the requirements? "

  I cannot, though I have tried at various times. The thing is, they keep trying, but they ignore the Constitution every time. So my challenge stands. Let them come up with something that satisfy's their need to control 'disingenuousness' yet does no harm to the root rules of our society. I would be happy if they could, as the electorate keeps depending upon statements made during campaigns to make their choices, but the elected keep pandering to large contributions to enable their reelections. For me, money should not equal speech as speech is evenly distributed (access to platforms recently became more so to the disdain of those who seek power), but money is not.

• On the post: Rep. Cicilline Wants To Remove Section 230 Protections For Platforms That Host 'Demonstrably False' Political Ads

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2020 @ 07:57am

  Demonstrably False

  "Were the Court to hold that the interest in truthful discourse alone is sufficient to sustain a ban on speech, absent any evidence that the speech was used to gain a material advantage,..."

  One could reasonably argue that lying to gain political office is to gain material advantage. That alone could eliminate around 99% of all political ads and speeches.

  However, leaving Section 230 out of it, and going with the theme 'demonstrably false', let's see what legislation Congress can come up with that holds candidates to their campaign promises as well as their rhetoric while in office that will not only satisfy those of us who think politicians lie with impunity (and all the time), but also pass 1st Amendment muster.

  While they are at it, how about promises made by private entities to gain monetary or marketplace advantages (tax breaks, etc.) that never come to fruition. Those are also demonstrably false and to gain material advantage.

• On the post: The FCC To Field More Comments On Net Neutrality. Maybe They'll Stop Identity Theft And Fraud This Time?

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2020 @ 07:18am

  Methodology

  From the Slashdot comments a suggestion about how to post comments to the FCC in order to minimize their shenanigans.

• On the post: Barr's Motives, Encryption and Protecting Children; DOJ 230 Workshop Review, Part III

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2020 @ 04:45pm

  Re:

  It is still the responsibility of the defamer, not whatever platforms, which includes search engines.

• On the post: Barr's Motives, Encryption and Protecting Children; DOJ 230 Workshop Review, Part III

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2020 @ 03:12pm

  Re:

  Subset, or cornerstone?

• On the post: NPR Pulls Out The Big Guns: Asks For Sanctions Against Lawyer Steven Biss For Lying

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2020 @ 02:49pm

  Re: Re:

  When one's channel surfing is limited to Fox News and MSNBC and web surfing to Breitbart and other conservative sites, then they stumble across NPR on the radio, I can see where they might think of those broadcasts as fake news or lies. If one has only been exposed to a single perspective for a long time, different perspectives might take on a eerie quality. When one looks into the abyss, the abyss looks back.

• On the post: Senators Pitch Temporary Facial Recognition Ban, Leave Door Wide Open For Abuse By Federal Agencies

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2020 @ 03:07pm

  Commission Makup

  "...create a 13 member congressional commission representing interested parties—including law enforcement, communities subjected to surveillance, and privacy experts."

  Let's see:

  3 FBI
  3 DHS
  3 CBP
  2 from communities subjected to surveillance and members of right wing groups
  2 privacy experts

  Majority rules apply and false positives are not counted as errors in any reports they make.

• On the post: Stalkerware Developer Demands TechCrunch Remove Article Detailing Its Leaking Of Sensitive Data

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2020 @ 02:53pm

  Scribble, scribble, write, write...is OK????

  If the same person wrote the TOS and the merchandising blog, I can certainly understand the letter requesting the article deletion. This is one very confused person, or they are extremely self centered and have no ability to see the forest or the trees.

• On the post: Not Clearly Established A Jailer Can't Spray A Prisoner In The Eyes With Pepper Spray For No Reason, Says Fifth Circuit

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2020 @ 06:25pm

  Nobody said it was bad

  It appears that it is not clearly established that a significant number of judges and justices have any notion of the difference between right and wrong. It makes one wonder whether they could pass a reasonable person test.

• On the post: FCC Does Bupkis As US Telco Networks Fall Apart, Putting Lives At Risk

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2020 @ 08:07am

  Re:

  Frontier's situation is just a symptom of the dysfunctional political system. FTFY

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2020 @ 04:23pm

  Re:

  If law enforcement had better imaginations they would be in different careers. Hollywood could use some help.

• On the post: Dish Floats DirecTV Merger, Because What's A Little Mindless Monopolization Among Friends?

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2020 @ 11:55am

  Re: Re: Misery loves company

  Of course there is. The issue comes in priorities. Golden parachutes first, executive bonuses second, settling bankruptcies third (while cleaning out pension accounts and converting assets to fund 1&2), and leaving dregs to investors fourth. Then they think about the employees.

• On the post: Attempt To Put Every Musical Melody Into The Public Domain Demonstrates Craziness Of Modern Copyright

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2020 @ 11:30am

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  Ahhh, the golden age of Beethoven. Deafness could show independent creation, and as Beethoven showed us, does not preclude writing music.

• On the post: Dish Floats DirecTV Merger, Because What's A Little Mindless Monopolization Among Friends?

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2020 @ 06:44am

  Misery loves company

  Charlie Ergen says the shipping industry is sinking, but our ships are still barely afloat. So let us merge with all the others in the shipping industry to take advantage of economies of scale so we can go down together. How many shares of our fantastic new conglomerate would you like?

  /s

• On the post: The US Spent Years Telling China To Take Patents Seriously; Now It's Freaking Out That China Is Doing So

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2020 @ 02:45pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Another Parallel Construction

  Are you saying that the US does not recognize Chinese patents and China does not recognize US patents? Seems like a big problem for all those US companies that use Chinese manufacturers. I wouldn't think that those companies would turn over their IP without some protection. I am aware that whatever protection there is has been ignored and knockoffs have been made, but some action was probably taken.

• On the post: The US Spent Years Telling China To Take Patents Seriously; Now It's Freaking Out That China Is Doing So

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2020 @ 01:50pm

  Re: Re: Another Parallel Construction

  And yet patents get enforce across borders. Is that because patent applications are filed in many countries? If so, what are the rules if the patent application in the US is filed three days prior to the one filed in China? Does China acquiesce to the US patent?

• On the post: Mark Zuckerberg Suggests Getting Rid Of Section 230; Maybe People Should Stop Pretending It's A Gift To Facebook

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2020 @ 07:45am

  Re: Re: Re:

  While true, that solution leaves a problem. The 1st Amendment allows politicians to say whatever they want during campaigns. Then when voters take them at their word, and the elected politician does a 180 on them when in office, the only way to correct that injustice is in the next election. Too late for my tastes. At the same time, I have no good resolution without doing harm to several entrenched systems.

• On the post: Group Promoting 'Religious Freedom' Around Vaccines Appears To Want To Stifle Free Expression Of Critics

  

  anonymousanonymouscoward ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2020 @ 12:03pm

  Belief vs Proof

  One can believe whatever fits their agenda/control system/explanation of the cosmos as they see it.

  Proving what they believe in to everyone not of their belief system is a different matter. 'God told me' is an easy, but un-provable explanation (how much respect is to be given is an eye of the beholder type of situation though 'political correctness' suggests that respect should be given, always). Even some scientific 'proofs' fail because at some later date something new is learned that overturns something believed to be true in the past. And we continue to discover new things every day.

  In the end, proof needs more than 'God told me', while at the same time there is room for skepticism for some things that have already been 'proven'.

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