Let's hope then that Shiva gets his deserved beating in court and it sets a good precedent for news outlets to protect themselves. Aside from liking TD and its writers as a whole this is one of the driving forces that made me try to help financially. I'll try to chip in more as soon as I have the funds.
Re: Re: You've been told that those comments are in no degree or way binding on the FCC: you are NOT voting, the numbers aren't actually important.
And yet it's amusing how he keeps feeding on those Classic Techdirt Days he hates so much.
There are many places in the internet that I could criticize like the trolls here but I simply don't bother because it won't be constructive commentary. I still read them because it's good to be in touch with different points of view even when you know they are flawed. But seriously, if I ever bother to write my critic it will have plenty of evidence and explaining in it, not factless rants like this one.
Re: You've been told that those comments are in no degree or way binding on the FCC: you are NOT voting, the numbers aren't actually important.
"You admit that Oliver flooded the system with specific urging, which is essentially same as other attempts to manipulate: artificial."
So a bot posting automated fraudulent comments is the same as Oliver airing a very informative piece leading to his viewers actively commenting not even using boilerplate text. Right.
Your comment is full of defeatism. I feel sad for you. Sure a ton of comments may pale in terms of 'power' compared to the fat paychecks he was promised or is already receiving but at the very least they show there is plenty of opposition and this can be used in other channels. It's a good thing that most people still fight instead of declaring defeat like you do. That's wht helped repeal SOPA for instance. And there are plenty of examples of where even the smallest activism being effective when reaching critical mass.
And it has its regular dose of bullshit. The definition of NN is pretty clear. You just don't like it. Among others I won't bother to address.
"** Commenting at FCC is EXACTLY like my comments here, just a way to have feeling of input. But at least I know better! Enjoy your rant for itself, kids, but don't expect any results! It's just a mild vice, wasting time!"
Then please employ your defeatism to this as well and go away, you are annoying.
I think he is talking in general terms. Like blacks being treated as undesirable in the past (still are but at least it's not codified into law). But your comment is pretty good as well.
"if it can be proved the agency actively lied about a DDOS attack then covered it up simply to downplay the immense unpopularity of its policies, the inevitable lawsuits against the agency in the wake of its final vote to kill the rules could get very interesting."
There is plenty of evidence that they lied and you don't need any documentation that's not already public anyway to prove they lied. Pai is the one who will have to "produce" documents proving public knowledge wrong. And that's pretty much impossible.
If I may suggest, you (Techdirt or at least Mike) should join the party and at the very least fill an amicus brief calling attention to your own name being used fraudulently and the total lack of will to fix it displayed by the FCC.
And if it's proven the FCC lied then sue Pai himself for his actions.
If Pai wants to ignore the people and screw them at the very least lets make his life legally miserable.
I say get all the bigoted VIPs willing to get separated from the peasants (don't forget surveillance happy politicians pelase!) and people afraid of everything and terrorism and take them to a fully surveilled, terror free planet. Seriously. It'll make this world better overall.
Next time a politician wants to put something in place that could be abused with the "you can trust us" bs we just have to point at Obama and then Trump. One laid the path to abuse and started the abuse, the other kept abusing and intensified it.
"I don't know about you, but I'm beginning to think this might not be just one or two "bad apples."
It is systemic and it is happening all around the world. It's just that this time defendants were lucky enough to have footage of them planting evidence leaked thus saving them of years in jail even if they are innocent.
Make no mistake, there are judges involved. While I can't provide evidence I've heard from people working to judges saying they are also working with law enforcement to plant evidence to secure a conviction. Sure there are cases where the person is a slippery criminal but if you can't get the person without planting evidence then you don't get him/her, though luck/change your tactics. I suspect this is also happening in the US. The footage leaked just scratches the surface.
Like a true authoritarian asshole, der Führer Trump thinks he can control what the people feel and think via his godly executive powers. So yeah, it'll probably be as you said. And the result will be even less trust in law enforcement.
According to these people planes should be raining from the skies and bombs going off like fireworks in crowded western locales. And yet I'm failing to see this terrorpocalypse for at least 15 years now (if you consider 9/11 the starting point to this "ZOMG TERRORISM!" craze). On the other hand, we have given less and less funding and opportunities for mental health for instance, which will eventually produce people going on a rampage with vehicles in bridges or young adults going on shooting sprees in schools and colleges with very real consequences.
Anybody with at least 1 functioning neuron can see there's no evidence that the terrorism issue is as big as you'd think from govt surveillance creeps speeches. However, when you put it under the control and censorship light it makes a whole lot of sense.
Automated censorship can only go up to an extent. At some point people will start using common terms that in context will refer to censored stuff. Then what? Censor everything? Turn off the Internet?
We should learn that Martian language, we might need in the West sooner or later.
Nothing we didn't expect from Trump. When he opens his mouth you simply expect a load of crap to come out.
As noted above the more disturbing part is law enforcement people laughing and applauding the giant turds that came out of his mouth. Justice and law enforcement in the US need an urgent reboot to bring them back in line with what the Constitution says.
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Re: Re: You've been told that those comments are in no degree or way binding on the FCC: you are NOT voting, the numbers aren't actually important.
There are many places in the internet that I could criticize like the trolls here but I simply don't bother because it won't be constructive commentary. I still read them because it's good to be in touch with different points of view even when you know they are flawed. But seriously, if I ever bother to write my critic it will have plenty of evidence and explaining in it, not factless rants like this one.
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Re: You've been told that those comments are in no degree or way binding on the FCC: you are NOT voting, the numbers aren't actually important.
So a bot posting automated fraudulent comments is the same as Oliver airing a very informative piece leading to his viewers actively commenting not even using boilerplate text. Right.
Your comment is full of defeatism. I feel sad for you. Sure a ton of comments may pale in terms of 'power' compared to the fat paychecks he was promised or is already receiving but at the very least they show there is plenty of opposition and this can be used in other channels. It's a good thing that most people still fight instead of declaring defeat like you do. That's wht helped repeal SOPA for instance. And there are plenty of examples of where even the smallest activism being effective when reaching critical mass.
And it has its regular dose of bullshit. The definition of NN is pretty clear. You just don't like it. Among others I won't bother to address.
"** Commenting at FCC is EXACTLY like my comments here, just a way to have feeling of input. But at least I know better! Enjoy your rant for itself, kids, but don't expect any results! It's just a mild vice, wasting time!"
Then please employ your defeatism to this as well and go away, you are annoying.
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There is plenty of evidence that they lied and you don't need any documentation that's not already public anyway to prove they lied. Pai is the one who will have to "produce" documents proving public knowledge wrong. And that's pretty much impossible.
If I may suggest, you (Techdirt or at least Mike) should join the party and at the very least fill an amicus brief calling attention to your own name being used fraudulently and the total lack of will to fix it displayed by the FCC.
And if it's proven the FCC lied then sue Pai himself for his actions.
If Pai wants to ignore the people and screw them at the very least lets make his life legally miserable.
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When did people become so thin-skinned?
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It is systemic and it is happening all around the world. It's just that this time defendants were lucky enough to have footage of them planting evidence leaked thus saving them of years in jail even if they are innocent.
Make no mistake, there are judges involved. While I can't provide evidence I've heard from people working to judges saying they are also working with law enforcement to plant evidence to secure a conviction. Sure there are cases where the person is a slippery criminal but if you can't get the person without planting evidence then you don't get him/her, though luck/change your tactics. I suspect this is also happening in the US. The footage leaked just scratches the surface.
The question is, how can this be stopped?
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Let me add myself to the Doe's list: EAT SHIT BOB [Murray]!
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I'm sure hell will freeze over and the Sahara will become a rich forest before it happens to filthy rich people.
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Anybody with at least 1 functioning neuron can see there's no evidence that the terrorism issue is as big as you'd think from govt surveillance creeps speeches. However, when you put it under the control and censorship light it makes a whole lot of sense.
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We should learn that Martian language, we might need in the West sooner or later.
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As noted above the more disturbing part is law enforcement people laughing and applauding the giant turds that came out of his mouth. Justice and law enforcement in the US need an urgent reboot to bring them back in line with what the Constitution says.
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