Haven’t posted in a while. It’s been typical chaotic life as usual over here…just keeping up with everything. Definitely hard into #toddlerlife these days. Running, yelling, getting into literally everything, it’s been grand. Oh #parenthood, what joy are thee!
Working on lots of new stuff for @ProstasiaInc. I love my work with this org, it is so #meaningful and makes me feel like I’m actually doing something to #makeadifference.
What about you? What do you do that gives you meaning?
@ThePlant I thought people liked Manjaro?
"Rather than needing to reconcile the two, our sex-positive approach is what empowers us to set aside assumptions and focus on the facts of what it takes to keep kids safe." https://prostasia.org/newsletter/?email_id=132
"In a sex-negative society, children are sheltered from all mentions of sex, leaving them unprepared to recognize and report an abusive situation, should they encounter one. Sex positivity recognizes that information about sex is not inherently dangerous..."
"The pretext of online safety, abuse reduction, or any of the other concerns raised by policymakers simply cannot justify weakening encryption through the policy proposals that have begun to crop up in Five Eyes nations." https://techpolicy.press/five-eyes-campaign-against-encryption-threatens-democracy/
@xor Oh, and it gets worse. Ohio doesn't just want these unconstitutional age verification bills. They want to be able to arrest teens that try to "get around" age verification https://twitter.com/mikestabile/status/1712187179181682880
Like, as a former teen (that looked at porn as a teen, as you do when you have raging teen hormones) I'm pretty damn confident that getting arrested is far more harmful to a teen than looking at porn is.
@xor @404mediaco one could make the argument that being forced to display this disgustingly anti-science pseudoscience is compelled speech
"There is no dispute that more must be done to keep children safe online. But mass surveillance is not, and will never be, a viable solution, and it’s time for the European Union and other governments to drop the pretense that it ever will be." https://jere.my/why-the-eu-will-lose-its-battle-for-chat-control/
@fj @EC_Commissioner_Breton BlueSky = Truth Social for liberals
Conservatives claim book bans are not targeted at LGBTQ expression. So why was one library using a search for the word "gay" to identify books containing "inappropriate" content?
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/11/us/alabama-library-marie-louise-gay-reaj/index.html
I've also started a personal blog about decentralised social networks more broadly, with the ActivityPub plugin enabled. You can follow me there at @laurenshof
Enabling a fediverse connection on your WordPress blog allows for an interesting short-ish form of writing:
- Space for your own thoughts and arguments, moving beyond just a hot take
- Keeping it slightly limited so it fits well within the structure of microblogging
"Hindering encryption is bad for kids, reporters, and the public. Quite simply, without the confidentiality that end-to-end encryption provides, the next whistleblower with Panama Papers-level information probably won’t be 'happy to share.'" https://freedom.press/news/bills-threaten-encrypted-platforms-used-by-journalists/
"And the truth is, a few extra security measures would not hurt the many parents who homeschool their children responsibly, but they'd definitely safeguard against those who use 'personal liberty' as an excuse to neglect or harm their kids." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzsZP9o7SlI
“There are huge implications for national security as well as consumer privacy against corporations. Plenty of unsavory reasons for people to push this technology that have nothing to do with protecting children.” https://theintercept.com/2023/10/01/apple-encryption-iphone-heat-initiative/
@campuscodi @GossiTheDog LOL. Another loser that replies and then blocks so you can't reply to their response. 🙄
Well...since you blocked me, I guess I'll block you. If I'm not allowed to see your profile, you don't deserve to see mine.
@campuscodi @GossiTheDog free speech is for everyone. Including people you hate (or at least disagree with) #HumanRights
@ThePlant better than using Chrome
Calling all #trustandsafety, #privacy, and #childprotection professionals. Join us on October 13 to learn how platforms are keeping kids safe in the age of #encryption https://www.eventbrite.com/e/child-protection-in-an-age-of-end-to-end-encryption-tickets-732084864537?aff=oddtdtcreator #GlobalEncryptionDay
@GottaLaff Here's a gift link version: https://wapo.st/3LMiLVy
@MattBinder if they don't disclose that they're ads, I feel like the FTC is gonna have a field day with this 🤔
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