230 exists to protect the first amendment by allowed you to afford it.
If you can't afford to exercise a right then effectively you don't have it, that is all that 230 does by allowing platforms to make use of their first amendment rights to decide which speech and people they will and will not associate with without being sued into the ground for doing so, so as a past TD article so rightly noted if you think you've got a problem with 230 what you really have a problem with is the first amendment.
If a company hates you that much and wants you to stop promoting their products for free I say comply, stop letting them backhand you and let them move on to doing it to others who haven't caught on yet so you can move on to focusing on and promoting a company that doesn't hold such loathing for it's fans/customers.
Think of the children! because we're certainly not
As Wyden notes, he introduced a bill that would put $5 billion towards actually fighting child sexual abuse, but for whatever reason that bill is going nowhere, while EARN IT is on the fast track.
That tells you all you need to know really about how honest the politicians rushing to pass EARN IT because won't someone think of the children actually are really. When presented with the option to throw literally billions of dollars at the problem the politicians involved just can't be bothered, but given the option to undermine encryption that protects hundreds of millions in the country in the process of telling sites 'do better' and blame them for not 'doing enough' they can't sign that bill fast enough.
It's still worthwhile I'd say as I imagine with all the crap he has to deal with a 'You're doing a great job, keep it up' letter would be appreciated, and you never know, it might give him that tiny little bit of motivation needed to keep pushing against bills like this when the opposition gets tough.
It just blows my mind that people think you can trust anything a cop says, but just for a quick refresher since apparently it's needed:
Never trust a cop. Never.
If you must talk to a cop do it through your lawyer or not at all. Why? See previous point.
To be clear this is not meant to blame those that might have been suckered in by the crooks with badges as everyone makes mistakes and some lessons you have to learn the hard way, but in the hopes that fewer people will make the same mistakes in the future.
Ah come on, it's not like people might take a plea deal for a crime they know they're innocent of if they're threatened with way heavier penalties should they have the audacity to argue their innocence in court, everyone knows the legal system is a shining beacon of justice and would never convict the innocent so the only reason someone would accept a plea deal is because they are guilty and are trying to avoid the full punishment for it.
Why do you guys always base your arguments on a fictional reality?
You know how the saying goes don't you?
If the facts are on your side, pound on the facts.
If the law is on your side, pound on the law.
If neither the facts or law are on your side just make shit up and hope no-one calls you on it.
While requiring ISP's to provide specifics(and I look forward to finding out which of them lies on the label first) as the article rightly points out that only gets you so far.
Knowing that your ISP option is crap doesn't do you much good if it's your only option, so a real fix is going to require that enough politicians and government agencies admit that the market is broken(by design) and maybe continuing to give major ISP's free reign and unchecked ability to stifle competition might not be the best way to resolve that issue.
While that's certainly a tall order due to how many politicians are so owned by the various ISPs that they might as well preface all their press releases with 'This statement brought to you by Comcast/AT&T/Verizon...' it is not an insurmountable task, as the various community broadband efforts that have the major ISPs in a tizzy have shown, just a difficult and time-consuming one.
There's a reason politicians and others are always very vague when they talk about platforms 'censoring' content even while they stridently insist that that's unacceptable.
Report: Here's a bunch of evidence that those in power have been grossly misusing that power to spy on people they have no right to, and all without any oversight or checks on their actions.
Israeli police: Fake news! Nuh-uh! Trust not your lying eyes but what those who know better than you say!
Nonsense, didn't you see the absolute piles of evidence they presented in favor of their claim, the detailed and exhaustive ones they put forth so that their claim as to why the nomination is being stonewalled will be evidence-based rather than the 'mind reading' they're accusing Karl of?
I mean that's fair, the last FCC commissioner really raised the bar as to the qualification needed for the job such that it's going to be difficult for anyone to meet it going forward, so I'm sure your detailed and evidence-supported argument is right and that's why so many people and groups are scrambling to keep her from taking the job.
You shouldn't, you meant well and judging by your comment I'm guessing you had no idea that they would violate the trust of the callers like this which leaves all the blame on them.
How hard was that? No hemming and hawing with 'well, we'd like the games to be on multiple platforms...' just a straight 'The games will continue to be on multiple platforms, even ones that compete with ours'.
With great power comes absolutely no responsibility
All the official training in the world doesn't do you much good when the primary unofficial lesson police are taught from personal experience and watching other police is that police are above the law and can do basically whatever they want without fear of consequences, so if you want to improve the police the top reform shouldn't be 'better training' or 'better pay' but 'hold them accountable for their actions with standards fitting for their authority and power rather than ones that treat them as the dumbest things on two legs.'
That should not or ever should have been in question
That police will be aware that a driver is deaf or autistic could be of critical importance in preventing a mistaken shooting, provided the cop reads it and is adequately trained not to kill deaf people because they didn’t comply with commands.
Hope they're riding on magical unicorns while you're at it, that's probably more likely to happen.
Also that sentence is seriously horrifying when you think about it for basically any time at all. The idea that 'training not to kill someone that's not following directions' should ever be needed is all sorts of monstrous and damning as it suggests training and/or inclinations that murder is considered an acceptable response to someone not following orders from a cop.
Normally I might call and excessive but when you're talking about a bill that stands to greatly help the purveyors and creators of CSAM that seems like a reasonable opinion to hold until proven otherwise.
On the post: Explainer: The Whole Spotify / Joe Rogan Thing Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With Section 230
Re: Re: Disallowed
Just for clarification which 'career ruining/ending' slips of the tongue would those be?
On the post: Explainer: The Whole Spotify / Joe Rogan Thing Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With Section 230
Once more for empahsis I guess...
230 exists to protect the first amendment by allowed you to afford it.
If you can't afford to exercise a right then effectively you don't have it, that is all that 230 does by allowing platforms to make use of their first amendment rights to decide which speech and people they will and will not associate with without being sued into the ground for doing so, so as a past TD article so rightly noted if you think you've got a problem with 230 what you really have a problem with is the first amendment.
On the post: Explainer: The Whole Spotify / Joe Rogan Thing Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With Section 230
Would you look at the time, it's 'Koby runs-away-o-clock' again
There are a growing number of people, both in the U.S. and the western world, who are increasingly intolerant of any speech with which they disagree.
Which 'speech' would that be Koby, and as always be specific.
On the post: Nintendo Hates You: More DMCA Takedowns Of YouTube Videos Of Game Music Despite No Legit Alternative
If a company hates you that much and wants you to stop promoting their products for free I say comply, stop letting them backhand you and let them move on to doing it to others who haven't caught on yet so you can move on to focusing on and promoting a company that doesn't hold such loathing for it's fans/customers.
On the post: Senator Wyden: EARN IT Will Make Children Less Safe
Think of the children! because we're certainly not
As Wyden notes, he introduced a bill that would put $5 billion towards actually fighting child sexual abuse, but for whatever reason that bill is going nowhere, while EARN IT is on the fast track.
That tells you all you need to know really about how honest the politicians rushing to pass EARN IT because won't someone think of the children actually are really. When presented with the option to throw literally billions of dollars at the problem the politicians involved just can't be bothered, but given the option to undermine encryption that protects hundreds of millions in the country in the process of telling sites 'do better' and blame them for not 'doing enough' they can't sign that bill fast enough.
On the post: Senator Wyden: EARN IT Will Make Children Less Safe
Re:
It's still worthwhile I'd say as I imagine with all the crap he has to deal with a 'You're doing a great job, keep it up' letter would be appreciated, and you never know, it might give him that tiny little bit of motivation needed to keep pushing against bills like this when the opposition gets tough.
On the post: Virginia Police Used Fake Forensic Documents To Secure Confessions From Criminal Suspects
No, not even then
It just blows my mind that people think you can trust anything a cop says, but just for a quick refresher since apparently it's needed:
Never trust a cop. Never.
If you must talk to a cop do it through your lawyer or not at all. Why? See previous point.
To be clear this is not meant to blame those that might have been suckered in by the crooks with badges as everyone makes mistakes and some lessons you have to learn the hard way, but in the hopes that fewer people will make the same mistakes in the future.
On the post: Virginia Police Used Fake Forensic Documents To Secure Confessions From Criminal Suspects
Re:
Ah come on, it's not like people might take a plea deal for a crime they know they're innocent of if they're threatened with way heavier penalties should they have the audacity to argue their innocence in court, everyone knows the legal system is a shining beacon of justice and would never convict the innocent so the only reason someone would accept a plea deal is because they are guilty and are trying to avoid the full punishment for it.
On the post: Georgia Sees Florida & Texas Social Media Laws Go Down In 1st Amendment Flames And Decides... 'Hey, We Should Do That Too'
Why do you guys always base your arguments on a fictional reality?
You know how the saying goes don't you?
If the facts are on your side, pound on the facts.
If the law is on your side, pound on the law.
If neither the facts or law are on your side just make shit up and hope no-one calls you on it.
On the post: New FCC Broadband 'Nutrition Label' Will More Clearly Inform You You're Being Ripped Off
A fresh coat of paint on the Titanic
While requiring ISP's to provide specifics(and I look forward to finding out which of them lies on the label first) as the article rightly points out that only gets you so far.
Knowing that your ISP option is crap doesn't do you much good if it's your only option, so a real fix is going to require that enough politicians and government agencies admit that the market is broken(by design) and maybe continuing to give major ISP's free reign and unchecked ability to stifle competition might not be the best way to resolve that issue.
While that's certainly a tall order due to how many politicians are so owned by the various ISPs that they might as well preface all their press releases with 'This statement brought to you by Comcast/AT&T/Verizon...' it is not an insurmountable task, as the various community broadband efforts that have the major ISPs in a tizzy have shown, just a difficult and time-consuming one.
On the post: Georgia Sees Florida & Texas Social Media Laws Go Down In 1st Amendment Flames And Decides... 'Hey, We Should Do That Too'
Oh... you know...
There's a reason politicians and others are always very vague when they talk about platforms 'censoring' content even while they stridently insist that that's unacceptable.
On the post: Spying Begins At Home: Israel's Government Used NSO Group Malware To Surveill Its Own Citizens
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
Report: Here's a bunch of evidence that those in power have been grossly misusing that power to spy on people they have no right to, and all without any oversight or checks on their actions.
Israeli police: Fake news! Nuh-uh! Trust not your lying eyes but what those who know better than you say!
On the post: Hollywood, Media, And Telecom Giants Are Clearly Terrified Gigi Sohn Will Do Her Job At The FCC
Re: Re:
Nonsense, didn't you see the absolute piles of evidence they presented in favor of their claim, the detailed and exhaustive ones they put forth so that their claim as to why the nomination is being stonewalled will be evidence-based rather than the 'mind reading' they're accusing Karl of?
On the post: Hollywood, Media, And Telecom Giants Are Clearly Terrified Gigi Sohn Will Do Her Job At The FCC
Re:
I mean that's fair, the last FCC commissioner really raised the bar as to the qualification needed for the job such that it's going to be difficult for anyone to meet it going forward, so I'm sure your detailed and evidence-supported argument is right and that's why so many people and groups are scrambling to keep her from taking the job.
On the post: Suicide Hotline Collected, Monetized The Data Of Desperate People, Because Of Course It Did
Re:
You shouldn't, you meant well and judging by your comment I'm guessing you had no idea that they would violate the trust of the callers like this which leaves all the blame on them.
On the post: Moar Consolidation: Sony Acquires Bungie, But Appears To Be More Hands Off Than Microsoft
Not that hard when you're being honest
How hard was that? No hemming and hawing with 'well, we'd like the games to be on multiple platforms...' just a straight 'The games will continue to be on multiple platforms, even ones that compete with ours'.
On the post: Texas Town To Start Issuing Traffic Tickets By Text Message
With great power comes absolutely no responsibility
All the official training in the world doesn't do you much good when the primary unofficial lesson police are taught from personal experience and watching other police is that police are above the law and can do basically whatever they want without fear of consequences, so if you want to improve the police the top reform shouldn't be 'better training' or 'better pay' but 'hold them accountable for their actions with standards fitting for their authority and power rather than ones that treat them as the dumbest things on two legs.'
On the post: Texas Town To Start Issuing Traffic Tickets By Text Message
That should not or ever should have been in question
That police will be aware that a driver is deaf or autistic could be of critical importance in preventing a mistaken shooting, provided the cop reads it and is adequately trained not to kill deaf people because they didn’t comply with commands.
Hope they're riding on magical unicorns while you're at it, that's probably more likely to happen.
Also that sentence is seriously horrifying when you think about it for basically any time at all. The idea that 'training not to kill someone that's not following directions' should ever be needed is all sorts of monstrous and damning as it suggests training and/or inclinations that murder is considered an acceptable response to someone not following orders from a cop.
On the post: Senate's New EARN IT Bill Will Make Child Exploitation Problem Worse, Not Better, And Still Attacks Encryption
Re:
Normally I might call and excessive but when you're talking about a bill that stands to greatly help the purveyors and creators of CSAM that seems like a reasonable opinion to hold until proven otherwise.
On the post: Hollywood, Media, And Telecom Giants Are Clearly Terrified Gigi Sohn Will Do Her Job At The FCC
Few things serve as a greater sign that someone's fit for the job than the corrupt coming out in droves to try to keep them from it.
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