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• On the post: Everyone’s Mad At Cloudflare; Is There Room For Principled Takes On Moderation?

  

  mvario ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2022 @ 02:19pm

  One thing I would like to add

  What I see, and this piece seems to miss is the delineation between government stuff and public pressure. And I haven't followed this closely enough to know if the former comes in to it at all. I agree with you regarding government and legal involvement (SOPA and the court stuff), but what I'm seeing regarding Cloudflare is public pressure, which is more akin to something like a boycott, and that I see as protected free speech. I applaud public pressure on Cloudflare to get rid of Kiwi Farms. Am I missing something?

• On the post: Texas Activist Weaponizes Law Requiring Religious Posters In Schools Against Its Fans

  

  mvario ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2022 @ 11:50am

  North Texas school district rejects 'In God We Trust' signs in Arabic, rainbow

  North Texas school district rejects 'In God We Trust' signs in Arabic, rainbow https://abc13.com/texas-in-god-we-trust-sign-rule-parent-tests-new-law-arabic-carroll-isd-rejects-donated-signs/12180627/

• On the post: Study Shows Anti-Piracy Ads Often Made People Pirate More

  

  mvario ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2022 @ 02:49pm

  You said the name

  Looks like it's coming back in some places: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dare-program-back-schools

• On the post: Verizon Gives OAN The Axe, Upsetting The Six People Who Still Watch The Channel

  

  mvario ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2022 @ 01:54pm

  Not much of a carcass left?

  I guess there won't be much left of OAN for Smartmatic and Dominion to fight over once their lawsuits go through.

• On the post: Omnipresent Fentanyl Copaganda Is Turning Normal Citizens Into Fainting Goats

  

  mvario ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2022 @ 12:10am

  Thank you Tim

  for a bit of rationality in the latest iteration of Reefer Madness and Joe Friday drug freakouts. I'll be sure to bookmark to send when needed.

• On the post: OAN Starts Attacking Verizon, The Last Cable Giant Willing To Platform Its Conspiratorial Gibberish

  

  mvario ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2022 @ 07:11am

  Misinformation Guide

  The link to that Verizon misinformation guide is now giving a 404.

• On the post: John Deere Still Sucks On ‘Right To Repair,’ Despite Years Of Promises

  

  mvario ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2022 @ 06:00pm

  John Deere double-sux

  If that's not enough, John Deere is seriously anti-union.

• On the post: Clearview Is Laundering Its Reputation By Offering Its AI To Ukraine’s Government

  

  mvario ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2022 @ 01:01pm

  It's started

  Looks like they've started using it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/23/ukraine-starts-using-facial-recognition-to-identify-dead-russians-and-tell-their-relatives/?sh=7ef0d8012898

• On the post: Beneficiary Of First Amendment Protections Says Fourth Amendment Shouldn’t Be Respected By Cops, Courts

  

  mvario ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2022 @ 04:14pm

  Reminder...

  that would be Rupert Murdoch's NY Post.

• On the post: Namecheap Says It’s No Longer Doing Business With Users Registered In Russia

  

  mvario ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2022 @ 07:07am

  They are also doing free hosting for anti-Putin sites

  "Namecheap offers free anonymous hosting, domains for anti-Putin sites" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/namecheap-offers-free-anonymous-hosting-domains-for-anti-putin-sites/

• On the post: Disney Yanks China-Mocking Simpsons Episode From Its Hong Kong Streaming Service

  

  mvario ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2021 @ 06:59am

  Authoritarian?

  I think it's going easy on China to call it authoritarian. Totalitarian is the right word.
  https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/10/china-xi-jinping-totalitarian-authoritarian-debate/

• On the post: [UPDATED]: Myanmar's Military Junta Sentences American Journalist To Eleven Years In Prison

  

  mvario ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2021 @ 04:07pm

  Freed

  Frenster was freed this morning
  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/15/us-journalist-danny-fenster-released-from-prison-in-myanmar

• On the post: Rethinking Facebook: We Need To Make Sure That 'Good For The World' Is More Important Than 'Good For Facebook'

  

  mvario ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2021 @ 09:24am

  I am reminded

  I am reminded of when in my youth, high school, early 70s, my Social Studies (do they still call it that?) teacher, the one who promised us a 4-day work week was right around the corner, praised the Japanese corporate system for its 5 and 10 year plans, and not chasing quarterly numbers, and how American corporations would all soon follow suit. He was of course wrong, and by the 80s Japanese corporations were modelling themselves on US companies and Wall Street. We were all full of hope and dreams back then.

• On the post: FBI Sat On Ransomware Decryption Key For Weeks As Victims Lost Millions Of Dollars

  

  mvario ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2021 @ 12:50pm

  Recently

  There has also been some speculation, just speculation, especially regarding some Exchange 0-days, that Microsoft may be sitting on patching reported vulnerabilities that are binging exploited by US intelligence.

• On the post: The Eternal October: Bringing Back Tech Optimism, Without The Naivety

  

  mvario ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2021 @ 11:05am

  Sept, 1993

  I remember it well.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

• On the post: 'Malicious' Actor Is Wiping The Data Of Countless Western Digital My Book Users

  

  mvario ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2021 @ 04:04pm

  2 things

  Two notes... first, it's the MyBook Live, the one that is network attached, not the regular MyBook that attaches directly to a computer.

  Second, they were originally saying it was an old, fixed bug and people are SOL, but now it has been revealed that it is also a new 0-day.
  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-use-zero-day-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/

• On the post: Chia Cryptocurrency, Started By BitTorrent Creator Bram Cohen, Engaging In Obnoxiously Bogus Trademark Bullying

  

  mvario ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2021 @ 10:33am

  No love for Chia

  I finally got some money together to replace a dying external hdd. I go online shopping to find that 1) they've almost doubled in price and 2) they are pretty much out of stock everywhere. So, yeah, I have no love for the Chia.

• On the post: Estate Of 'Tintin' Comic Creator Loses On Fair Use Grounds To Artist Putting Tintin Alongside Women

  

  mvario ( profile ), 12 May, 2021 @ 10:45pm

  Estate of?

  What's the difference between an "estate of" and a copyright troll? Are there any "estates of" that are anything but groups that chase down and collect money for works created by dead people?

• On the post: Disney Got Itself A 'If You Own A Themepark…' Carveout From Florida's Blatantly Unconstitutional Social Media Moderation Bill

  

  mvario ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2021 @ 11:10am

  GoogleLand

  I expect attractions at GoogleLand to suddenly go up, while others suddenly be removed.

• On the post: Do We Need To Lose The Open Podcast Ecosystem To Make Podcasting Better?

  

  mvario ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2021 @ 02:52pm

  My loss

  I suppose. There are podcasts that I would like to listen to that I don't because they are only on Apple, and I won't do DRM and I want to download them to listen at my convenience. For the time being there are more than enough that meet that criteria.

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