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• On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Some Republican Politicians Are Indistinguishable From Neo Nazis

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 05:21am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Using Inflammatory Words Like Nazi Cheapens the

  Graham Linehan is still on Twitter. Checked and working. Try again.

• On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Some Republican Politicians Are Indistinguishable From Neo Nazis

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 05:19am

  Re: Re: Re: Using Inflammatory Words Like Nazi Cheapens the Mess

  If it looks like a Nazi, goose-steps like a Nazi, and sieg heils like a Nazi, maybe it's promoting traditional family values and self-sufficiency, amirite?

• On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Some Republican Politicians Are Indistinguishable From Neo Nazis

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 05:17am

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  So maybe don't worry about sides and just moderate. Rick Wilson is conservative, smart and funny and yet to be banned. Why? He's not a hate-filled loon, he's just a bit naughty and fond of profanity. Twitter won't ban him and I don't think they should. Actually, I've never seen Rick freak out about right wing nutjobs being booted off social media for promoting hate. I think that's why I like him.

• On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Some Republican Politicians Are Indistinguishable From Neo Nazis

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2019 @ 05:09am

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  Many are either actively advocating for Dem candidates or have joined the party. I've got some respect for David French of the National Review, though he's often blinded by ideological positions he never questions. Meanwhile, Bruce Bartlett has gone way too far to the Progressive left for my taste but I still have a great deal of respect for him. Basically, I rate anyone who's somewhere in the middle of those two. We need to reclaim conservatism from the loons and start thinking about what it really means, not what it means now. We used to be the adults in the room. The designated drives. A bit nannyish but a safe pair of hands. Now... don't get me started!

• On the post: FanX, Previously Salt Lake Comic Con, Ordered To Pay $4 Million For San Diego's Con's Attorney's Fees, Barred From Calling Itself A Comic-Con

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2019 @ 05:40am

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  That's nice of them but unfortunately judges don't pay attention to celebrity endorsements even when they're perfectly reasonable, and in my opinion, correct in this case.

• On the post: Behind The Scenes Look At How Facebook Dealt With Christchurch Shooting Demonstrates The Impossible Task Of Content Moderation

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2019 @ 05:21am

  Re: Re:

  Precisely. How in the world do you tell at a glance whether or not the item you are viewing is real life or fiction?

• On the post: Behind The Scenes Look At How Facebook Dealt With Christchurch Shooting Demonstrates The Impossible Task Of Content Moderation

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2019 @ 05:19am

  Re: Re: Re: Intent?

  Agreed, but not all videos displaying violence are displaying real-world violence. If someone shares a clip from a film they found on YouTube, what then?

• On the post: Massachusetts' Top Court Says Warrants Are Needed For Real-Time Cell Site Location Info

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 29 Apr, 2019 @ 02:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: a no-brainer

  It's not as cut-and-dried as that, as recent events are proving. Any authoritarian will find a way to "make" the Constitution say what it wants. If you were right we wouldn't have a surveillance state and constant attacks on women's rights to self-determination whether they are pregnant or not.

• On the post: Maryland's Terrible Cyberbullying Law Gets Worse With The Addition Of Jail Sentences For Inducing Suicide Attempts

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2019 @ 07:10am

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  Actually, He wasn't interested in people's bedroom activities, TAC. Why don't the Puritanical brigade moral panic over lying? They're not going to, are they?

• On the post: Another Week, Another Hollywood Company Files A Takedown Against TorrentFreak

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2019 @ 05:05am

  Re: Re: Biden? What?

  Well apparently he's running for president next year, so...

• On the post: Like Clockwork After A Big Tragedy, People Rush In To Blame… Social Media

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2019 @ 02:48am

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  The above comment doesn't mean I actually agree with censorship, but damn, I understand why it's the go-to solution for Our Glorious Leaders.

• On the post: Like Clockwork After A Big Tragedy, People Rush In To Blame… Social Media

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2019 @ 02:47am

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  I get what you're saying about saboteurs, etc. I agree that more, better speech isn't the answer when there's not enough of it and people are getting hurt or even killed as a result of saboteur activity. However, the saboteurs, rather than the platforms, are the ones who need regulating. This is what we do in the UK; by criminalising nasty speech we rob it of any idea of respectability or equality in the marketplace of ideas. So basically, to counter saboteurs we have a choice; regulate the platform or regulate the people who use it. Censorship? Yep. Bad? Yes, because hate speech laws are widely abused to enforce the narrative of the ruling party. So what do we do? If we're going to go down the "More, better speech" path someone's going to have to commit to provide it and honestly, I doubt that's going to happen. Result: censorship of platforms because it's easier to regulate platforms than the people who use them, isn't it?

• On the post: Like Clockwork After A Big Tragedy, People Rush In To Blame… Social Media

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2019 @ 06:51am

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  This might be a good time to mention how radio was used to organise lynch mobs back in the day. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/26/lynchings-memorial-us-south-montgomery-alabama There was a carnival atmosphere around these things and it was considered a wholesome family activity. Anyone who wants to blame social media for the bad behaviours of evil people needs to take a look at history.

• On the post: Emilio Estevez Uses Some Public Domain Footage In Film, So Universal Studios Forces Original Public Domain Footage Offline

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2019 @ 05:38am

  Re: Dear copyright maximalists:

  Confirmed correct. Since SOPA and the scandals that followed it I've been persuaded that copyright needs to be kicked off a cliff and set on fire.

• On the post: State Investigator Granted Immunity For Hours-Long Detention Of Doctor At Gunpoint During A Search For Medical Records

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2019 @ 05:30am

  Re: The actual harm to the detainee was minimal??!

  There's a good chance the unfortunate doctor ended up with PTSD as a result of being bullied by an over-excited officer pointing a gun at him for hours.

• On the post: State Investigator Granted Immunity For Hours-Long Detention Of Doctor At Gunpoint During A Search For Medical Records

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2019 @ 05:28am

  Re: Congress has some work to do

  What AAC wrote. Every damn word.

• On the post: Twitter Permanently Suspends (Then Unsuspends) Lawyer For Telling NRA Supporters To 'Fuck Off' And 'Own The Death'

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2019 @ 06:58am

  Re: Re:

  Thanks, Michael.

  • Fellow conservative

• On the post: EU Parliament Votes To Require Internet Sites To Delete 'Terrorist Content' In One Hour (By 3 Votes)

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2019 @ 07:01am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  ..and wouldn't last long, Thad. Once the effects kick in and the screaming starts, the laws would be repealed. I can see a big upheaval like that lasting for a week at the most.

• On the post: EU Parliament Votes To Require Internet Sites To Delete 'Terrorist Content' In One Hour (By 3 Votes)

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2019 @ 07:00am

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  Actually, if the people vote Pirate... ...problem solved. Engstrom needs to get back in.

• On the post: EU Parliament Votes To Require Internet Sites To Delete 'Terrorist Content' In One Hour (By 3 Votes)

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2019 @ 06:59am

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  In any case, it's not really the internet companies geo-fencing the EU because it's convenient, it's the EU effectively forcing them to do so. Five minutes after French politicians start whining, the laws that created the mess will be repealed. Watch this space.

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