@rw I think, we are stronger together when collaborating and reading from the same page. We can coordinate our efforts
@michelcampillo @carlosceb @vazub @x51@cybre.space @blank71 @Azt3c @Titicolin @Graylik@mastodon.technology @sadneighbor@mastodon.online @dragondaddy @reficulgr @Gargron @matrix
Based on a conversation I had on IRC yesterday Some of the people just don't care about the fact that there are privacy issues.
There seems to be hostility towards us now as we are trying to push this too hard
What we can do is be ready to jump on any opportunity or news event with regard to data sharing etc
Be ready to support people and lets spread positive stories.
We need some sort of community on here, if you sign up to a course at an old fashioned brick college or online there are support groups on Facebook from example,l we need the same sort of thing here,
Maybe focus on a community rather than just the privacy aspect we may appeal to people better by providing what they want and need in their every day life.
I've received my #PinePhone #KDE community edition today, and I'm quite impressed by the hardware and software, congratulations to everybody involved!
Update is necessary immediately, as I was not able to close an app before it, but once it's done it's working well.
So this year I'll try to find time to port the #Libervia #XMPP client on #FOSS mobile OSes.
@downey @jamesvasile
xournal doesn't seem too bad at editing pdf files.
@MakeAmericaFreeAgain @coyote It is complex, over here a few football (as in soccer ) have been subjected to racist abuse, not sure how free speech /. expression fits in there but at least with a decentralised platform they would just be able to block the servers responsible or lock down a mastodon server for example for that teams players
if you want to follow them you do from another instance
@coyote well users are already. as people have been sued for comments made, libel, slander etc still apply in the digital world
@coyote It would certainly have unintended consequences.
@coyote I think it is an attempt to make these platforms more liable and therefore take responsibility for content, as they can be sued.
@coyote The internet has moved on since 1996, how has the law kept up with that ?
Social media companies are generally not liable for user activity under a statute commonly known as Section 230, a 1996 law that was aimed at encouraging new forms of communication at the outset of the online era.
In the early days of the internet, there were several high-profile cases in which companies tried to suppress criticism by suing the owners of platforms.
One involved a lawsuit against the early online service Prodigy by Stratton Oakmont, the brokerage firm depicted in the Leonardo DiCaprio movie “The Wolf of Wall Street.” The court found Prodigy was liable for allegedly defamatory comments by a user because it was a publisher that moderated the content on the service.
So let me get this straight, there has been established precedent set in court that if a company moderates their content heavily, they are no longer protected under section 230? Where’s the section 230 removal from Twitter, Facebook, and all Google Platforms?
Getting into the mood for FOSDEM 2021 tip #2
Take a tour of Brussels from above
http://www.brusselsfromabove.be/360/grand-place
@AgentCarter_SSR @TonyStark Depends if they have constructive ideas on a policy I guess.
@trinsec Ah thanks. I have made a blog post with the key combinations in, also made a cheat sheet in LaTeX.
Even though oddly despite @write_as using Markdown, it works much better if I paste in HTML tables, thankfully tablesgenerator.com supports Markdown, LaTeX, HTML, and mediaWiki.
Thanks again, got it working now.
Paul
@Zoohouse Google had removed the element app from the play store. Just looked it up in order to reply here, and google has gone back on this and has now, quite rightly, been reinstated.
https://element.io/blog/element-on-google-play-store/
Could show the power of user pressure over big tech.
@derek hi Derek "DistroTube" Taylor! I just encountered your own Mastodon https://distrotoot.com it is very interesting. Good luck and congratulations!
"A mastodon instance created by Derek Taylor, creator of the DistroTube channels on YouTube and LBRY. Derek is an advocate for free and open source software."
@publicvoit I will sharewith @DCGLUG
@publicvoit We need to transfer teh FOMO here, so not being here makes people feel they are missing out on something.
Shift Your Settings to Secure Your Data: now available as an audio guide from our #DataDetox Kit! https://datadetoxkit.org/en/privacy/essentials/
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