Olives @olives@social.cleverlibre.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2023/07/26/sex-therapy-isolation-concerns-pile-up-in-arkansas-juvenile-lockups/ Incarcerated minors sexually assaulted by staff at Arkansas facility. Other problems there too.
"Five of eight juveniles interviewed by DYS investigators said that Mansfield staff would confine five youths to their rooms for 59 minutes at a time before rotating them out with five others in an apparent attempt to circumvent DYS isolation policy."
Ugh.
"engaged in “deviant sexual activity” with another"
I don't see how an activity being "deviant" is supposed to make a difference here (awful either way)? What does "deviant" even mean?
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2023/07/29/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-two-sections-of-arkansas-library-obscenity-law/ Parts of this book ban bill won't go into force in Arkansas though. A judge has blocked them.
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2023/07/31/hundreds-of-new-arkansas-laws-set-to-take-effect-aug-1/
Pointing out that these internet laws (and a few others, probably) are unconstitutional (and from I remember, are held up in court)...
A bill forcing teachers in public schools to call students by their "birth name", unless they have parental consent and the teacher can just ignore parental preferences to call them by their "birth name" anyway.
A bill allowing someone who was "operated on as a minor" to sue the doctor for up to 15 years after they turn 18.
A bill mandates that students at public and charter schools use the bathroom matching their gender assigned at birth.
The "Protect Arkansas" Act is a complete mess. Some highlights:
Possession of (actual) child porn is punished more harshly (no parole) than things related to contact offenses (i.e. employing or consenting to the use of a child in a sexual performance).
Claiming something is actual child porn when it's not ("pandering") too.
They appear to criminalize HIV? That is usually a bad thing o.O
A felon possessing a firearm is treated the same as a murderer (no parole) o.O
No parole for "fleeing".
"Promoting prostitution, if a Class B felony" (this usually means something like promoting a specific prostitution, rather than advocacy). Suspicious...
"Performing an abortion in violation of Arkansas’ abortion ban" Have to serve out 85% of the sentence before being eligible for parole.
"Trafficking a controlled substance" Have to serve out 85% of the sentence before being eligible for parole.
"Terrorism, making a terrorist threat, falsely communicating a terrorist threat or hindering the prosecution of terrorism"
If someone calls in a bomb threat, they have to serve out 85% of the sentence before being eligible for parole.
"Encouraging suicide" If someone is an internet troll, they will presumably have to serve out 85% of their sentence before being eligible for parole.
@Moosader Having an "unusual" sexuality can also make you feel like a space alien in a way.
Boosting this study in #asexual too (as they're the main ones it covers), although this one looks less active.
@poppamunz @evangreer https://www.techdirt.com/2022/09/08/congress-kids-online-safety-act-puts-kids-at-risk-through-fuzzy-language/ Here's an article on the first KOSA.
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/09/20/the-internet-is-not-disneyland-people-should-stop-demanding-it-become-disneyland/ Another article on it.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/27/congress-pretends-its-fixed-all-the-problems-with-kosa-it-hasnt/ A more recent one.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5v9b7/lgbtq-youth-are-under-attack-why-are-democrats-pushing-a-bill-that-hurts-them-even-more Evan writes about KOSA.
The sort of charlatans who have abused "concerns":
https://reason.com/2022/04/09/the-new-campaign-for-a-sex-free-internet/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_on_Sexual_Exploitation
https://reason.com/2023/03/17/states-try-to-reform-prostitution-laws-for-better-and-worse/
This isn't even a drop in the bucket of content I could cover.
https://reclaimthenet.org/australias-draconian-misinformation-bill-threatens-to-usher-in-unprecedented-era-of-illiberal-double-standards-warns-victorian-bar Victorian Bar (Victoria is one of the states which makes up Australia) criticizes proposed misinformation bill.
Wouldn't censoring misinformation (very vague...) violate Australia's Constitution?
https://reason.com/2023/07/31/fbi-made-inappropriate-use-of-foreign-surveillance-program-to-spy-on-americans/ Another article on the FBI's abuse of Section 702 and calls for reform.
@Richardn Other than Ghost in the Shell, are there other anime you really like?
@taco Which anime do you like?
@trinsec @ceoln @tripu https://social.bbc/@BBC5Live/110815653034186563 Some posts like this result in 500s (to reproduce, put the URL in the search box), but the profiles seem to appear in search now.
@poppamunz I don't think there is one where it is all in one place (as the text changes periodically, although not in a manner which actually eliminates the underlying problems), but Tech Freedom's submissions, and some of @evangreer's posts might be helpful.
Hope that helps.
@Fayedray@mastodon.social @charliejane Since you are being exceptionally rude (and behaving a conspiratorial manner), I am going to block you.
@Fayedray@mastodon.social @charliejane The conservative Heritage Foundation has literally said that when this bill passes they expect to be able to use it.
https://reason.com/2023/07/31/police-watched-as-a-man-drowned-and-discouraged-bystanders-from-helping-lawsuit-claims/ Apparently, the police in Tennessee stood by as a man drowned and stopped any bystanders from helping.
@Fayedray@mastodon.social @charliejane Someone could construe the language pertaining to psychological harms to mean that (among other things which may well sanitize the hell out of the web to make it "suitable for little kids").
There is also a chilling effect, in that a platform may go well further, than what an enforcer might actually do at any particular time.
Also, the "European model" relies an awful lot on the enforcer being nice (something you should never, ever assume).
Also, this statute is open to being enforced by every Republican state attorney general.
https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hubs-alexandra-elbakyan-receives-eff-award-for-providing-access-to-scientific-knowledge-230728/ Sci-Hub's founder Alexandra Elbakyan to receive award from EFF for helping open science (even if it's in a way that the big publishers really don't like).
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
