Olives @olives@social.cleverlibre.org

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/deja-vu-fbi-proves-again-it-cant-be-trusted-section-702 Section 702 (which the FBI relies on for unconstitutional mass surveillance) is on the brink of expiring again.

These "this service should be penalized for taking down content which isn't against their terms of service" bill proposals are very strange.

A platform could easily just create a vaguer terms of service which covers even more content...?

When writing apocalypse novels or scripts for apocalyptic films, remember to include a scene of people fighting over toilet paper, lol.

https://reason.com/2023/07/27/a-professor-criticized-a-public-official-then-her-university-suspended-her/ Professor at Texas A&M University suspended for criticizing government official over not implementing harm reduction measures (for opioids).

Isn't this a violation of the First Amendment?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/maryland-supreme-court-police-cant-search-digital-data-when-users-revoke-consent Maryland Supreme Court rules that officers can't search data (without a warrant) after someone withdraws consent to do so.

https://reason.com/2023/07/27/brickbat-getting-slammed/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-man-paralyzed-run-police-gets-20-million-settlement-rcna93800
Elderly veteran receives $20 million settlement over lawsuit over being slammed into the ground by cops (over suspected drunk driving) and being left paralyzed.

Mocked by cops.

https://reason.com/2023/07/27/a-swat-team-destroyed-an-innocent-mans-shop-then-the-city-left-him-with-the-bill/ Man wants SWAT Team to compensate him for destroying his shop.

https://boingboing.net/2023/07/27/teachers-at-private-texas-school-fired-for-going-to-drag-show.html Teacher at private school fired for going to drag show.

Web Environment Integrity is a horrible idea and Google should be ashamed.

Keep fighting!

This describes it well.

Yeah, Ylva's opinion survey is unethical. If you want honest opinions, trying to twist someone's arm / influence them to answer a particular way seems antithetical to that.

Also, some of the claims she made to these people were also misleading / false.

https://reason.com/2023/07/26/he-spent-10-years-behind-bars-without-being-convicted-hell-have-to-wait-longer-to-have-the-case-resolved/ Isn't it unconstitutional to lock someone up for a decade without a trial?

https://www.engadget.com/2019-05-31-sex-lies-and-surveillance-fosta-privacy.html Oh. I forgot about this article. How nostalgic.

Running that same survey again with a slight modification (to add a few items reliant on existing items) doesn't fix the underlying flaws in it...

Of course, he is trying to invoke a weak flavor of "won't anyone please think of the children?" to try to push his unconstitutional ideas.