"Let's be clear here: Drag isn't obscene, isn't inherently pornographic, and is protected speech under the First Amendment." https://buff.ly/3jrglQz
RT @ReproRights
New research found that maternal death rates in 2020 were 62% higher in the U.S. states banning or restricting abortion, where pregnant people have less access to affordable health plans and maternity care providers. Learn more:
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/14/maternal-deaths-dobbs-abortions-us-health
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Prostasia Foundation is seeking proposals from qualified researchers to conduct an evaluation of the peer support group MAP Support Club (MSC). https://buff.ly/3PO9YmO
RT @MargaretWurth
The US child welfare system punishes parents for poverty by taking their children away.
Parents need support to help provide for their families, but what they are getting is surveillance, regulation, and punishment.
New @hrw @ACLU report, by @HinaEsq https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/11/17/us-child-welfare-system-harms-families
Missouri apparently made it illegal for people to sleep on state land...in essence, criminalizing unhoused people.
I am ashamed to live in a country where we respond to the people suffering the most, in the middle of winter, with incarceration.
As a formerly incarcerated person, let me remind all of you, people die in our jails every day.
RT @PinkNews
Courtney Act on Pride, boundaries, and why we shouldn’t ‘pander’ to the bigots:
"If calling someone or something out will lead to you hurting yourself... then you have to consider whether that’s something that you want to do to yourself."
Read more:
https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/12/21/courtney-act-sydney-worldpride/
Cryptomator wishes you a #HappyNewYear! 🥳🍀🎉
What is your New Year's resolution? Maybe you have the resolution to take better care of your data. Cryptomator allows you to easily encrypt your data before they get uploaded to the cloud. 🔒☁️
Oh, look. It's a ridiculous piece of nonsense (that also completely ignores that most CSAM is found on fucking Facebook). https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1609813773862289408
Let's do a poll: Have you seen CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) on Mastodon?
putting aside the merits of the tiktok ban debate in the US, there is a typical lack of self-awareness in it all, given that american tech companies dominate the sector in so much of the world & collect massive amounts of data on people globally. sure, of course, american companies lack the relationship with the USG that bytedance has with the PRC, but they certainly *are* american and have marinated in american ways of thinking about interests, ideals, law, jurisdiction, privacy, etc. so...
Taking out insurance to pay off victims is not a solution to child sexual abuse.
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RT @RainyThorsday
Hang on... wut?
LIABILITY insurance?!?
https://twitter.com/RainyThorsday/status/1609015447512383490
"The @FSCArmy is now engaged in a process that could create stable banking for the adult industry and its workers, and hopefully end the predatory fees charged by credit cards and financial services." https://buff.ly/3V7TVkE
"Kids use a pretty small segment of the Internet. But teen use of online services overlaps largely with adults'. Congress should pass a comprehensive privacy law, not this last-ditch effort."
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RT @AriCohn
Another day, another "for the children" bill being pushed for the omnibus.
This time it's COPPA 2.0, which thoughtlessly extends a framework that makes sense for little kids, to teens as well.
That's a problem.
@TechFreedom explain…
https://twitter.com/AriCohn/status/1604956344754360332
RT @Maggie_McNeill
Of course, this fact - known for decades - will continue to be ignored by education bureaucrats, because they're not actually concerned with developing their students' brains. https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED/status/1593061359146745857
You can keep your Mastodon account extra safe by using Two Factor Authentication (2FA).
To activate this, log in through your server's website and go to ⚙️ Preferences > Account > Two Factor Auth, then follow the instructions.
It is slightly tricky to set up, but once it's been set up it's very easy to use.
2FA means that even if someone finds out your password they cannot log in. With 2FA activated, your phone will give you a special one-time code to allow your password to work.
It's not available yet, but I'm looking forward to the annual message from the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
I can preview it's content: "We're not corrupt. La-la-la-la."
It likely will hail the passage of internet censorship legislation as part of the NDAA that prevents publication of some information concerning the ethics of federal judges.
It likely won't mention that more than a hundred judges heard cases in which they had a financial interest.
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