I cheered when a jury slapped down Gawker for invading Hulk Hogan's privacy, and I hope prosecutors will drag this jerk back into court. Maybe Peter Thiel's lawyer could sue him as well, except there probably is little to collect. Better to label him pornographer and sex offender, to be excluded from this country for a long time.
Re: Re: OCR cards combine speedy reporting with solid recount
The danger in giving an identifiable receipt to the voter is that it makes vote-buying enforceable. He could be required to show proof that he voted "correctly" to his employer (whether private or public)to keep his job, or to housing officials to keep his subsidized apartment, or to his preacher to avoid getting excommunicated, etc. ...
OCR cards combine speedy reporting with solid recount
I like the system we have in Massachusetts: OCR cards filled out by the voter. OCR technology provides the instant result, but the cards remain for a hand recount that anyone can follow.
The drawback to mail-in ballots is giving up secrecy. Oregon has a high degree of public trust, but there are other societies where nursing home patients would all be induced to vote the way management prefers, and similarly with employees both public and private who want to keep their jobs.
Hugo S Cunningham (profile), 16 Jul 2016 @ 10:23am
Re: And the backlash is in
The firing of the judges is rather convenient. The more I think about it, the more I believe the coup was intentionally sparked by people secretly working for Erdogan. He knew what was coming and had countermeasures ready, both in the Army and in mass mobilization. The Gulenist military officers fell into a trap, and now they are guilty by the standards of most societies.
Re: Re: Secretive coup plotters overlooked potential of civilian allies
The best coup is a bloodless coup, eg when the target leader is away on a foreign visit. I am doubtful whether decapitation of the leadership would have worked in this case. Erdogan has had many years to remake the Army's officer corps, and he was acutely alert to the risk of a coup.
Secretive coup plotters overlooked potential of civilian allies
Given years of discontent by Turkey's Westernizing urban classes with Erdogan's Islamizing and increasingly authoritarian ways, I was surprised that all of the street activism was in support of Erdogan. But the coup plotters apparently made no effort to recruit allies on the Internet, instead trying to smother it as an unpredictable element. They were a conspiratorial faction in the security services (the Gulenists) who did not understand how society and the Army had changed. Erdogan has had twelve years to purge the Army of secularist Kemalist generals who might have supported a coup.
After he regains control, Erdogan will tighten the screws on Internet media even more. Sort of like how Russian revolutionaries, veterans of Tsarist prisons, used their experience as former prisoners after coming to power to close any loopholes in their own prison regime.
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Not every prospective employer reads down to the bottom of the comments page. In clearly meritorious cases, the TD editor might allow retractions and explanations to be flagged near the top of of a relevant entry.
Right of Reply would be better than Right to Be Forgotten
I have suggested that Google, instead of honoring demands to be forgotten, offer the aggrieved party a Right of Reply page that would come up first in any search against him. He could use his page to point out which charges are false, which ones are trivial or dated, and which ones are made by kooks or dirtbags (with evidence to prove such characterizations).
Similarly, Techdirt could allow this guy to post updates and apologies (with Techdirt's editorial endorsement) to Techdirt pages where this guy is mentioned.
Hugo S Cunningham (profile), 10 Jun 2016 @ 11:20pm
Remember when Google paid $billions for the Motorola patents?
At the time, Google sounded like good guys, keeping the Motorola patents out of the hands of trolls, and perhaps keeping them as MAD to fend off dubious claims by trolling competitors. But since then, someone of influence has recognized the money to be made and competition to be stifled if Google itself becomes a troll.
Only Congress has strength to protect US free speech.
European politicians would like nothing better than for Google to withdraw from their markets, leaving the field to local, politically connected players. If they start working in concert with non-European powers, there will come a point where Google, as a profit-making company, will feel an irresistible economic motivation to bring foreign censorship to America.
(#2) Only Congress has the power to stop this, by proclaiming that domestic free speech is a non-negotiable core value of our country, and giving the requisite six month notice that none our foreign trade agreements can prevent us from applying economic sanctions to uphold domestic free speech.
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Same issue as Hulk Hogan v. Gawker
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The Call of Kthulhu?
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Conan's model
If you want to see where Robert E Howard got that quote, google: "Genghis Khan joy is in victory".
On the post: After Cracking Down On Tens Of Thousands Of Enemies, Erdogan Says He's Dropping His 2000 Lawsuits Over Insults
An example others should follow?
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On the post: Bruce Schneier Sounds The Alarm: If You're Worried About Russians Hacking, Maybe Help Fix Voting Machine Security
OCR cards combine speedy reporting with solid recount
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Re: MailInIsTheOnlyWayToGo
On the post: As Erdogan Faces Turkish Coup, The Guy Who Once Banned Social Media Sites, Forced To Address Nation Via Facetime & Twitter
Re: And the backlash is in
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On the post: As Erdogan Faces Turkish Coup, The Guy Who Once Banned Social Media Sites, Forced To Address Nation Via Facetime & Twitter
Re: Re: Secretive coup plotters overlooked potential of civilian allies
On the post: As Erdogan Faces Turkish Coup, The Guy Who Once Banned Social Media Sites, Forced To Address Nation Via Facetime & Twitter
Re: Re: Secretive coup plotters overlooked potential of civilian allies
I am doubtful whether decapitation of the leadership would have worked in this case. Erdogan has had many years to remake the Army's officer corps, and he was acutely alert to the risk of a coup.
On the post: As Erdogan Faces Turkish Coup, The Guy Who Once Banned Social Media Sites, Forced To Address Nation Via Facetime & Twitter
Secretive coup plotters overlooked potential of civilian allies
On the post: As Erdogan Faces Turkish Coup, The Guy Who Once Banned Social Media Sites, Forced To Address Nation Via Facetime & Twitter
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Re: Re: Right of Reply would be better than Right to Be Forgotten
On the post: Should A Court Allow A Case To Disappear Entirely Because The Person Regrets Filing It?
Right of Reply would be better than Right to Be Forgotten
Similarly, Techdirt could allow this guy to post updates and apologies (with Techdirt's editorial endorsement) to Techdirt pages where this guy is mentioned.
On the post: Google Comes Down On The Wrong Side Of The TPP
Remember when Google paid $billions for the Motorola patents?
On the post: Putin's Internet Trolls Mercilessly Smear Finnish Reporter Simply For Pointing Them Out
Can I get on the gravy train too?
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Re: Again, what about the other search sites
On the post: Google To France: No You Don't Get To Censor The Global Internet
Only Congress has strength to protect US free speech.
(#2) Only Congress has the power to stop this, by proclaiming that domestic free speech is a non-negotiable core value of our country, and giving the requisite six month notice that none our foreign trade agreements can prevent us from applying economic sanctions to uphold domestic free speech.
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