Joshua Casey 😷 @JoshuaACasey@social.cleverlibre.org

Damn.

I wasn’t expecting that they would allow people to migrate to another ActivityPub/Mastodon instances.

"Over the course of last week, a number of schools in the Wallonia region of Belgium have been set on fire as protest against the country’s mandatory sex-ed policy going into effect in the region." https://theowp.org/schools-set-on-fire-in-belgium-linked-to-sex-ed-protests/

We are disappointed to hear that these changes have been reversed. We encourage Twitch to reevaluate with greater consideration for the dangers of censorship and the importance of addressing truly harmful content https://safety.twitch.tv/s/article/Sexual-Content-Policy-Update?language=en_US

Blog Post: Twitter Defeats FOSTA Case Over CSAM–Doe v Twitter https://bit.ly/3Nsxxl0

"If you cannot volunteer, please consider supporting us by becoming a member or through a financial gift." https://prostasia.org/?na=archive&email_id=133

"We're glad to see Twitch working to make its platform more inclusive of artists, allowing their moderators to focus more on content that is harmful or abusive." https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/topless-streamer-morgpie-praises-twitch-for-new-sexual-guidelines-changes-2430425/

It's happening!!

https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/C0zXcQmxO77/?igshid==

#ActivityPub #fediverse

"Right now Prostasia Foundation relies on the work of a few dedicated volunteer support staff. I cannot thank our staff enough for the crucial work they do. But we need more. Get involved today!" https://prostasia.org/?na=archive&email_id=133

"We have a new initiative underway at Prostasia Foundation - the Ask Prostasia Campaign! Submit your questions about Prostasia and about sexual abuse prevention and treatment today! We look forward to hearing from you!" https://prostasia.org/?na=archive&email_id=133

"In other news, I am gearing up to relaunch Prostasia Foundation's podcast/vodcast series, Prostasia Conversations by the end of the year." https://prostasia.org/?na=archive&email_id=133

"when will Bluesky add gifs"
"when will Bluesky add video"
"when will Bluesky add DMs"
"when will Bluesky add polls"
"when will Bluesky add muting words"

meanwhile:

The Heritage Foundation is determined to destroy America/democracy. They’ve aided and abetted Trump at every turn, and so much more.👇🏼

Doug Klain:

🚨The guardianhas learned a major anti-#Ukraine conference will be held in Washington, DC tomorrow.

Heritage Foundation will bring together Hungarian President Viktor Orbán’s team & Republican congressmen to strategize how to end US support for Ukraine.

Don't sleep on these first results from the world's largest universal basic income experiment ever. (23,000 cash recipients with 5,000 getting UBI for 12 years)

1. Entrepreneurship skyrocketed thanks to the UBI functioning as both startup capital and spending power for people to be customers at those businesses.

2. NO INFLATION!

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/12/07/1217478771/its-one-of-the-biggest-experiments-in-fighting-global-poverty-now-the-results-ar

I wrote and filed one of the most important amicus briefs I've ever written. It is for the combined NetChoice cases at the Supreme Court challenging laws passed by FL and TX to regulate online speech via regulating the platforms enabling it. But really it is about whether the First Amendment still applies online.

I wrote it on behalf of the Copia Institute, @mchris, who administers techpolicy.social, and Bluesky.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/07/we-teamed-up-with-bluesky-to-tell-the-supreme-court-how-state-social-media-laws-dont-take-into-account-user-empowerment/

New post: Netchoice amicus on behalf of Discord http://tushnet.blogspot.com/2023/12/netchoice-amicus-on-behalf-of-discord.html

Proton Drive is adding an encrypted photo backup feature on Android https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/7/23991301/proton-drive-photos-android-sync?utm_content=buffer91da0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer

"There's a handful of different tools, settings, and apps that can help better secure your kid’s device, depending on their needs." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/how-secure-your-kids-android-device

Thieves return Android phone when they realize it's not an iPhone

https://9to5mac.com/2023/12/04/stolen-android-phone-returned-iphone/

"But before driving off, the thieves took a look at the phone they had just stolen and promptly handed it back to the husband.

'They basically looked at that phone and were like ‘Oh, that’s an Android? We don’t want this. I thought it was an iPhone,'' the wife said."