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On the post: Lawmakers Who Insisted The US Gov’t Should Never Combat Foreign Influence Online, Vote To Combat TikTok’s Foreign Influence Online

Strawb ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2024 @ 10:22am

You make it sound like this political tactic of smashing unrelated things together in a bill is unavoidable. Reactions like yours is exactly why they do it.
On the post: Lawmakers Who Insisted The US Gov’t Should Never Combat Foreign Influence Online, Vote To Combat TikTok’s Foreign Influence Online

Strawb ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2024 @ 08:43am

So you're okay with government censorship as long as there's a humanitarian upside?
On the post: Jonathan Haidt’s Book ‘The Anxious Generation’ Is Coddling The American Parent; Giving Them Clear, Simple & Wrong Explanations For What’s Ailing Teens

Strawb ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2024 @ 06:31am

Where’s the acknowledgment of the role of natural forces in the conversation?
If there were two causes of a problem, with one being responsible for 90% of it and the other being responsible for 10%, what point is there in acknowledging the 10%?
On the post: The Future Of Streaming TV: More Pointless Mergers And Making It Harder To Cancel

Strawb ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2024 @ 06:26am

Evidence of what? Did you miss all the links in the article?
On the post: Jonathan Haidt’s Book ‘The Anxious Generation’ Is Coddling The American Parent; Giving Them Clear, Simple & Wrong Explanations For What’s Ailing Teens

Strawb ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2024 @ 04:09am

LOL no. There is a causal link between modern industrialization and climate change, unlike the claims of Haidt which are only correlational.
On the post: Lawmakers Who Insisted The US Gov’t Should Never Combat Foreign Influence Online, Vote To Combat TikTok’s Foreign Influence Online

Strawb ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2024 @ 01:41am

Musk is free to tell Australia to go fuck themselves, but his refusing to take down a video of a knife attack because a government is asking is the wrong time to stand on what he believes is principle.
You are a many things, among them a liar, a gaslighter, but also a COWARD.
Every single accusation, a confession.
On the post: Lawmakers Who Insisted The US Gov’t Should Never Combat Foreign Influence Online, Vote To Combat TikTok’s Foreign Influence Online

Strawb ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2024 @ 01:38am

The bill is not exclusively a Tiktok ban bill, because they knew bundling with a bunch of humanitarian stuff would make it more likely to pass. But it is still very much a Tiktok ban bill.
On the post: 96% Of Hospitals Share Sensitive Visitor Data With Meta, Google, and Data Brokers

Strawb ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2024 @ 08:31am

I'm sure Congress will get right on that. /s
On the post: 96% Of Hospitals Share Sensitive Visitor Data With Meta, Google, and Data Brokers

Strawb ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2024 @ 07:59am

If a hospital hosted that information on their public-facing website, then yes, it'd most likely be a HIPAA violation. But this study is just about which pages people visit, what they search for, etc..
On the post: 96% Of Hospitals Share Sensitive Visitor Data With Meta, Google, and Data Brokers

Strawb ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2024 @ 06:21am

Because the information isn't medical. It's website visit info.
On the post: The US Banning TikTok Would Play Right Into China’s Hands, And Destroy Decades Of US Work On Promoting An Open Internet

Strawb ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2024 @ 05:12am

Knowing him, his opposition most likely has more to do with self-preservation than principles.
On the post: Cops Claim Body Cam Footage Of Wrong Address Raid Would Be ‘Dangerous’ To Release To General Public

Strawb ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2024 @ 11:55am

The police department and their lawyers would do everything in their power to make it seem like it was.
On the post: Cops Claim Body Cam Footage Of Wrong Address Raid Would Be ‘Dangerous’ To Release To General Public

Strawb ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2024 @ 11:54am

I think you are being a little unfair here, Mike.
*Tim.
On the post: No, TikTok Is Not ‘Programmable Fentanyl.’ Stop It

Strawb ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2024 @ 11:53am

I hope you’ll reconsider the contempt and derision you seem to direct at people trying to protect other people from the ills of social media organized and curated by the CCP.
These people aren't trying to protect people; they don't care about them. They just want to make money from Tiktok's competitors.
On the post: Bell Canada, After Nixxing Most Hardware DVR, Changes Cloud PVR Recording Retention

Strawb ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2024 @ 06:00am

Cutting that by 5/6th would have a noticeable effect on revenue and profits for a small company like that.
Bell Canada employs almost 50k people and had an annual net income of $1.5b in 2023. It's hard to imagine they would piss off customers by reneging on earlier promises to save, what, $15m a year at best?
On the post: Blame Silly Politicians For Google Starting To Block News Sites In California

Strawb ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2024 @ 12:41am

So using a VPN outside of California does solve that problem
But it doesn't solve the actual problem: link taxing.
On the post: Blame Silly Politicians For Google Starting To Block News Sites In California

Strawb ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2024 @ 12:17pm

When in California, just use a VPN outside California Problem solved
No, it really isn't.
On the post: Elon Is Now Forcing Bluechecks On Users Who Don’t Want Them, And Refusing To Let Them Hide Them

Strawb ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2024 @ 02:10pm

Yes, how dare they use their own website to criticize a stupid decision Musk made!
On the post: No, The Internet Hasn’t Gotten Worse: Just Your Outlook

Strawb ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2024 @ 04:00am

Right, because as we all know, there are only two things that can cause businesses to close: shoplifting and working against themselves.
On the post: No, The Internet Hasn’t Gotten Worse: Just Your Outlook

Strawb ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2024 @ 03:58am

The "outrage algorithm" is what causes people to believe that the internet is worse now, but as the study highlights, that's not really true.

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On the post: Jonathan Haidt’s Book ‘The Anxious Generation’ Is Coddling The American Parent; Giving Them Clear, Simple & Wrong Explanations For What’s Ailing Teens

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On the post: The Future Of Streaming TV: More Pointless Mergers And Making It Harder To Cancel

On the post: Jonathan Haidt’s Book ‘The Anxious Generation’ Is Coddling The American Parent; Giving Them Clear, Simple & Wrong Explanations For What’s Ailing Teens

On the post: Lawmakers Who Insisted The US Gov’t Should Never Combat Foreign Influence Online, Vote To Combat TikTok’s Foreign Influence Online

On the post: Lawmakers Who Insisted The US Gov’t Should Never Combat Foreign Influence Online, Vote To Combat TikTok’s Foreign Influence Online

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On the post: Blame Silly Politicians For Google Starting To Block News Sites In California

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