Streisand Effect, who are the internet, True be thy name.
From Techdirt come, Thy reputation done, on Twitter as it is on Youtube.
Give us our daily facepalms, and forgive us our chuckles, as we silently laugh at those who litigate unfaithfully, And lead us not down their path but deliver us our wisdom and knowledge. Amen.
1) I would think that a state law cannot supersede the First Amendment. Which in this case limits the free expression and freedom of speech cannot be constitutional.
2) I don't this the Texas law will survive on accords of the Establishment Clause. To say nothing if a govt body delegates governmental powers to entities outside of the government is a terrible idea (something I asked Popehat earlier this week), There DOES seem to be precedent regarding the Texas abortion law in the SOCUS.
Allow me to explain this one. If a government delegates a governmental power, say veto power of a state liquor license, to a non-governmental agency, say, a church, well that runs afoul of the Establishment clause, Enter: Larkin vs Grendel's Den. FROM 1982! 39 YEARS AGO.
now the core problem is that for DECADES, the Republican Party, by large, has courted Evangelical Christians (and Christians at large for the most part), by enjoining anti-abortion in their campaigns and overall strategy. Now that this has become law, and "ANYONE (like, say, a Church) can sue anyone for aiding and abetting abortions, there is little doubt that this law was meant as a law establishing religion.
you may recall a few years ago that EVE online had a massive in-game riot due to this. It got so bad that CCP Games had to physically fly the CSM (a group of players voted by other players to talk to the devs) to ICELAND for a weekend to talk about this very issue.
Also didn't the UK/EU game industry self impose these restrictions in face of legislation, kind of like what RIAA/MPAA did in the 80's?
I do support loot boxes and microtransactions, as long as they stay cosmetic, once they become an in-game advantage... not so much. This is what is facing New World right now, and it hasn't even launched yet.
What Republicans claim, isn't what it is. let's take a look at the underlying issue.
Birth Control, Voting Rights, Mask mandates, Unemployment benefits, Social Media Censorship, Back the Blue/Law Enforcement protections/Anti-Antifa/Anti-BLM.
It all boils down to one thing, and one thing alone.
Power.
Pure and simple, they are facing a shift in the balance of power, and they don't like it, because they are losing it, and they are doing everything they can to stop it, including demonizing it.
As a side note, it should be noted that a lot of these anti-Social Media people, use said social media.
I wonder if Dominion will call participants to Lindell's recent PCAP conference... I want to say within the last 2 or 3 weeks, I remember reading a twitter thread about how Lindell had PCAPs from the election, but the guy that had them "suddenly had a stroke and could not provide them". Maybe Ken can help me out here.
Isn't Rockstar remaking/remastering several older GTA games?
also it seems kind of .. counterproductive... or just being a plain asshole when modders makes older games popular again, you remake those older games, and ban the reason those older games became popular again.
Before even reading the article, I am going to guess
Anti-piracy group was monitoring IP addresses and caught themselves pirating something and asked google to ban their (and by extension EVERYONE) from the internet?
On the post: Trump Announces His Own Social Network, 'Truth Social,' Which Says It Can Kick Off Users For Any Reason (And Already Is)
Why am I not surprised that it's a shit show even before it's launched?
This is going to end up like all his other failed businesses... INCLUDING HIS OTHER FAILED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.
On the post: Journalists In St. Louis Discover State Agency Is Revealing Teacher Social Security Numbers; Governors Vows To Prosecute Journalists As Hackers
First Amendment lawsuit in 3..2..1..
On the post: Blumenthal's Finsta Debacle: It Remains Unacceptable That Our Politicians Are So Clueless About The Internet
Finsta = Fake Insta(gram)
Do these senators even have a working brain cell?
I swear to everything these guys (and women) are dumber than a 5 year old eating paint.
On the post: Russian Government Abuses IP Law, Regular Law To Shut Down Alexey Navalny's 'Smart Voting' App
Coming soon to a Republican state near you!
On the post: Officer Claims Sheriff's Office Told Him To Play Copyrighted Music To Shut Down Citizens' Recordings
Re:
let me clarify before "but it IS working as intended"
yes, it is working as intended procedurally, but this isn't the reason DMCA was typically used for.
On the post: Officer Claims Sheriff's Office Told Him To Play Copyrighted Music To Shut Down Citizens' Recordings
you know the DMCA process is broken as hell when Law Enforcement is using said law not as intended to avoid accountability.
On the post: Connecticut Court Orders Blogger To Turn Over Electronic Devices To Cop Suing Over Alleged Defamation By Blog's Commenters
The Internet's Prayer, for Lt Benvenuto
Streisand Effect, who are the internet, True be thy name.
From Techdirt come, Thy reputation done, on Twitter as it is on Youtube.
Give us our daily facepalms, and forgive us our chuckles, as we silently laugh at those who litigate unfaithfully, And lead us not down their path but deliver us our wisdom and knowledge. Amen.
On the post: New Texas Abortion Law Likely To Unleash A Torrent Of Lawsuits Against Online Education, Advocacy And Other Speech
1) I would think that a state law cannot supersede the First Amendment. Which in this case limits the free expression and freedom of speech cannot be constitutional.
2) I don't this the Texas law will survive on accords of the Establishment Clause. To say nothing if a govt body delegates governmental powers to entities outside of the government is a terrible idea (something I asked Popehat earlier this week), There DOES seem to be precedent regarding the Texas abortion law in the SOCUS.
Allow me to explain this one. If a government delegates a governmental power, say veto power of a state liquor license, to a non-governmental agency, say, a church, well that runs afoul of the Establishment clause, Enter: Larkin vs Grendel's Den. FROM 1982! 39 YEARS AGO.
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/14/us/court-overturns-law-permitting-churches-to-veto-liquor-licens es.html
now the core problem is that for DECADES, the Republican Party, by large, has courted Evangelical Christians (and Christians at large for the most part), by enjoining anti-abortion in their campaigns and overall strategy. Now that this has become law, and "ANYONE (like, say, a Church) can sue anyone for aiding and abetting abortions, there is little doubt that this law was meant as a law establishing religion.
On the post: GoDaddy Reignites Debate Over Infrastructure Layer Moderation By Banning Texas Anti-Abortion Snitch Site
Re: Re:
I said that yesterday when the story broke: https://twitter.com/SpaceRyunosuke/status/1434728833991729155
On the post: FTC Decides Maybe It's Time To Start Asking Why McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Broken All The Damn Time
There's a simpler solution...
Just go find a local Ice Cream shop/stand and get your ice cream, generally they have more flavors and is just better service.
On the post: California Regulators Say T-Mobile Lied To Gain Sprint Merger Approval
shockedpicachu.gif
An ISP LIED to get a merger?!?!
On the post: 4 Dems Pushing Game Companies To Drop Loot Boxes Pointing At UK Law That Doesn't Mention Loot Boxes
Re: Re: Re: 'Hmm, no.'
you may recall a few years ago that EVE online had a massive in-game riot due to this. It got so bad that CCP Games had to physically fly the CSM (a group of players voted by other players to talk to the devs) to ICELAND for a weekend to talk about this very issue.
Also didn't the UK/EU game industry self impose these restrictions in face of legislation, kind of like what RIAA/MPAA did in the 80's?
I do support loot boxes and microtransactions, as long as they stay cosmetic, once they become an in-game advantage... not so much. This is what is facing New World right now, and it hasn't even launched yet.
On the post: Why Is The Republican Party Obsessed With Social Media?
as with most.. all things..
What Republicans claim, isn't what it is. let's take a look at the underlying issue.
Birth Control, Voting Rights, Mask mandates, Unemployment benefits, Social Media Censorship, Back the Blue/Law Enforcement protections/Anti-Antifa/Anti-BLM.
It all boils down to one thing, and one thing alone.
Power.
Pure and simple, they are facing a shift in the balance of power, and they don't like it, because they are losing it, and they are doing everything they can to stop it, including demonizing it.
As a side note, it should be noted that a lot of these anti-Social Media people, use said social media.
On the post: Dominion Sues Newsmax, OAN, And The Head Of Overstock.Com For Election-Related Defamation
I wonder if Dominion will call participants to Lindell's recent PCAP conference... I want to say within the last 2 or 3 weeks, I remember reading a twitter thread about how Lindell had PCAPs from the election, but the guy that had them "suddenly had a stroke and could not provide them". Maybe Ken can help me out here.
On the post: Rockstar Begins A War On Modders For 'GTA' Games For Totally Unclear Reasons
Isn't Rockstar remaking/remastering several older GTA games?
also it seems kind of .. counterproductive... or just being a plain asshole when modders makes older games popular again, you remake those older games, and ban the reason those older games became popular again.
On the post: It Happened Again: Antipiracy Outfit Asks Google To Delist 127.0.0.1 On Behalf Of Ukrainian TV Station
Re: Before even reading the article, I am going to guess
after reading edit: I was close.
On the post: It Happened Again: Antipiracy Outfit Asks Google To Delist 127.0.0.1 On Behalf Of Ukrainian TV Station
Before even reading the article, I am going to guess
Anti-piracy group was monitoring IP addresses and caught themselves pirating something and asked google to ban their (and by extension EVERYONE) from the internet?
On the post: Florida Tells Court: Actually, It's Section 230 That's Unconstitutional (Not Our Social Media Law)
I'm more surprised they haven't gotten to the "Ya, it's unconstitutional, so fucking what, what are you going to do about it?" phase yet.
On the post: Texas Legislature Sees Florida's Social Media Bill Go Down In Unconstitutional Flames; Decides 'We Can Do That Too!'
When Utah is the voice of reason here, you might be fucking things up.
On the post: It Can Always Get Dumber: Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter & YouTube, Claiming His Own Government Violated The Constitution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKjxFJfcrcA -- My response
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