That Anonymous Coward (profile), 8 Dec 2021 @ 4:18pm
" asked Twitter to clarify which specific policies were initially believed to have been violated, but says the company “repeatedly refused”. "
Because never explaining how the screw up came into being will make sure the bad guys can't learn from it...
Or they had no justification beyond well maybe this is bad & its better to nuke them from orbit & 'apologize' later.
One does wonder how many of these decisions could pass the 'teddy bear test'.
You make them explain the situation to a teddy bear like it was another person so they can hear what they are saying & thinking. Often they correct their issue on their own without need to involve others.
Instead wide swaths get screwed till someone makes the right noise that gets attention & suddenly it was an oppsie & we have nothing further to say on the subject
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 8 Dec 2021 @ 11:50am
"fewer than 1% of all Content ID claims were disputed"
Well its not like everyday people have 'Dancing Baby Money' to pay for the fight to actually exercise their alleged rights.
"Though mistaken copyright claims are a drop in the bucket on a larger scale,"
A FUCKING WILD BIRD SONG.
"ad revenue going back to the rights owner"
Or to someone willing to put the time into registering as a rights owner & collect cash for months and cashing out before we get around to figuring out we were hoodwinked.
'“exploring improvements in striking the right balance between copyright owners and creators.”'
Crazy idea, how about fair use be an acceptable response?
Maybe a study to show exactly how much money rights owners are losing when less than 3 seconds of their content is used by others?
Maybe not awarding ALL the ad revenue to someone who claims 10 seconds of a 20 min video?
Until the government stops believing the lies (and cashing the checks and accepting the 'perks' to hob nob with the famous) there can not be any serious discussion.
The copyright industry has gone insane and even with the evidence from the dancing baby case the government can't/won't admit perhaps its all gone horribly wrong.
If 3 seconds of content can destroy all of the possible value of some content... perhaps we should be asking why offer such massive protections & penalties for something do fragile. Of course if it can't destroy it, then perhaps saying 3 seconds is completely fair use & see what happens to the numbers.
In 30 years you might get them to expand it to less than 10 seconds of owned content can't get a complaint.
I lack the will to look at the report (the meds are not keeping up with what I need to function like I normally do) but did they happen to break down the alleged length of the claimed infringements?
We've seen stupid claims for seconds before, but how many of these matches are less than 10 seconds?
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 8 Dec 2021 @ 11:34am
If only there was some punishment for politicians lying & wasting state resources to score points in an imaginary culture war.
But his faithful will believe him over their own lying eyes every time, because being the 'winner' in the war matters more than the truth that there never was a war and you gave your money to a grifter who exploited you.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 8 Dec 2021 @ 6:33am
We pay for them, perhaps if we forced there to be a law requiring Congress to have this data collected for our review whenever we wanted maybe they would understand why it is important that we arre allowed our alleged privacy.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 7 Dec 2021 @ 7:43am
Well on the one hand they never investigate themselves so there is no way it doubled...
On the other hand this is how Rupert Murdoch is kicking their asses at every turn with bullshit headlines & misleading reporting.
Good to see they have decided to destroy their reputation rather that look for other ways to stay relevant.
Perhaps they can hire BatBoy from the World Weekly News to be their new reporter.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 6 Dec 2021 @ 6:26pm
Or will he prove himself to be a hypocrite
Well DUH.
How long will it take Nunes to recognize this simple fact?
About 4 days before the heat death of the universe.
And will it happen before or after Trump fires him and stabs him in the back?
He is a bootlicker, he will thank him for stabbing him in the back and ask for another. He knows that Trump commands the Q and no one wants Q focused on them, so he will just slide away with a whimper to avoid that fate. (I mean Meadows is now claiming that his book has lies in it to save himself).
Devin thinks he is the smartest person in the room, STOP LAUGHING ITS SAD!!, and that unlike all of the others Trumps fucked over he will avoid that fate... perhaps Biss has already drafted the lolsuit.
OMG imagine the comedy Biss vs Trumps legal team... comedy gold.
One also wonders if the Jan 6 committee is gonna ask Lev what he knows about what Devin was doing in the lead up to trying to overthrow the government.
This sad little cowpoke is being put out to pasture, can't wait to see the lawsuit after he ruins his shoes by not looking where hes stepping.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 6 Dec 2021 @ 11:17am
Gee I guess that policy about not taking complaints from random people not involved in the tweet in anyway/shape/form went out the window again, which is sort of sad because ending the whole get all of your followers to mass report someone was a shitty tactic & when it ended it improved things.
And some sort of logical application that things that are like over a yr old shouldn't be up for reporting under a rule under a week old.
“enforcement teams made several errors”
So SSDD?
The enforcement teams make LOTS of mistakes & despite PR we've reviewed it and addressed it somehow they keep making the same fscking mistakes over and over depending on the players involved.
Does someone want to sent a card to Trust & Safety to remind them that their heads are up their arses?
No one would EVER abuse one of our systems... system gets abused... lather rinse repeat with every new system.
How many times can Lucy pull the football away before you decide maybe you shouldn't play Lucy's game anymore?
"at the very least it should be a warning to policymakers"
You'd think that but they live in a world of absolutes where is they say it can happen of course it can happen even if everyone else knows if the sun suddenly rose in the west & set in the east we're fscked.
Sometimes it pays to have someone paid specifically to not be a yes man & raise concerns about the plans. Making them actually address those issues rather than hand waving that the system will take care of it. They assume their system allowed for judgement calls but when all of the calls are strikes against people no matter what perhaps the system is flawed.
But then I still hate Twitter and hope it burns when they pee.
That Anonymous Coward (profile), 4 Dec 2021 @ 9:24pm
I've been pondering...
What if Twitters ability to screw up the simplest rules change is just the other side of the coin where pundits scream Tech Harder.
Hear me out... you have the galaxy brain types who get an idea of how things SHOULD be, but no idea how to make them happen, they just demand it be done.
Upper levels of Twitter decide that they need a clear policy about revealing PII & invent it. They don't actually spend much time on how it is supposed to work, just do it.
First tier of underlings cobble together some guidelines, those are passed down the org tree until we reach the people who daily are flagging all of the other thought crimes that have been declared before who basically get a postit saying no personal information allowed!!!!!
They suddenly apply this policy since the very first tweet went out, that coupled with the secret strikes (read the policies its a thing) you now have committed a new hearsay making the gods of the failwhale sad & their minions striking you down in retribution for a sinful tweet thats 4 years old.
You now have an even greater pile of appeals to try and sift through where logic is not allowed to be applied, you posted a picture of where someone lived, until you delete the tweet you are locked out. I don't care that its 1600 Penn ave in DC, its someones home and thats personal!!!!!
Given the amount of time it can take to even get the 'no its you users that are wrong for thinking logically' denial its now just faster to give into being edited with less skill than Stalin and wondering what great purge will take you out next as collateral damage as unfully considered dictates are issued without any guidelines saying use logic.
Or you can just call Jack a dick and lose your account & your data.
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" asked Twitter to clarify which specific policies were initially believed to have been violated, but says the company “repeatedly refused”. "
Because never explaining how the screw up came into being will make sure the bad guys can't learn from it...
Or they had no justification beyond well maybe this is bad & its better to nuke them from orbit & 'apologize' later.
One does wonder how many of these decisions could pass the 'teddy bear test'.
You make them explain the situation to a teddy bear like it was another person so they can hear what they are saying & thinking. Often they correct their issue on their own without need to involve others.
Instead wide swaths get screwed till someone makes the right noise that gets attention & suddenly it was an oppsie & we have nothing further to say on the subject
On the post: YouTube Copyright Transparency Report Shows The Absurd Volume Of Copyright Claims It Gets
"fewer than 1% of all Content ID claims were disputed"
Well its not like everyday people have 'Dancing Baby Money' to pay for the fight to actually exercise their alleged rights.
"Though mistaken copyright claims are a drop in the bucket on a larger scale,"
A FUCKING WILD BIRD SONG.
"ad revenue going back to the rights owner"
Or to someone willing to put the time into registering as a rights owner & collect cash for months and cashing out before we get around to figuring out we were hoodwinked.
'“exploring improvements in striking the right balance between copyright owners and creators.”'
Crazy idea, how about fair use be an acceptable response?
Maybe a study to show exactly how much money rights owners are losing when less than 3 seconds of their content is used by others?
Maybe not awarding ALL the ad revenue to someone who claims 10 seconds of a 20 min video?
Until the government stops believing the lies (and cashing the checks and accepting the 'perks' to hob nob with the famous) there can not be any serious discussion.
The copyright industry has gone insane and even with the evidence from the dancing baby case the government can't/won't admit perhaps its all gone horribly wrong.
If 3 seconds of content can destroy all of the possible value of some content... perhaps we should be asking why offer such massive protections & penalties for something do fragile. Of course if it can't destroy it, then perhaps saying 3 seconds is completely fair use & see what happens to the numbers.
In 30 years you might get them to expand it to less than 10 seconds of owned content can't get a complaint.
I lack the will to look at the report (the meds are not keeping up with what I need to function like I normally do) but did they happen to break down the alleged length of the claimed infringements?
We've seen stupid claims for seconds before, but how many of these matches are less than 10 seconds?
On the post: Missouri Governor Still Lying About Reporters Who Uncovered Ridiculous Bad State Computer Security; Still Insists They Were Hackers
If only there was some punishment for politicians lying & wasting state resources to score points in an imaginary culture war.
But his faithful will believe him over their own lying eyes every time, because being the 'winner' in the war matters more than the truth that there never was a war and you gave your money to a grifter who exploited you.
On the post: Life360 Scandal Once Again Shows Nobody In The U.S. Actually Wants To Fix Our Rampant Privacy Problems
We pay for them, perhaps if we forced there to be a law requiring Congress to have this data collected for our review whenever we wanted maybe they would understand why it is important that we arre allowed our alleged privacy.
On the post: Space X Engine Production Woes Could Screw Up Musk's Starlink Broadband Play
cues up 'Because I got high' by Afroman just to send the fanbois over the edge
On the post: Space X Engine Production Woes Could Screw Up Musk's Starlink Broadband Play
If only we gave money to companies who actually met their promises.
On the post: New Jersey Cop Facing Charges After Hitting A Man With His Car And Driving His Body To His Mom's House
Yay the taxpayers get to foot the bill for the inevitable lawsuit.
On the post: Sidney Powell's Michigan Election Fraud LOLsuit Just Cost Her And Her Buddies $175,000 In Legal Fees
How many more of these fusterclucks are still waiting for sanctions to be assessed?
On the post: Rep. Thomas Massie Seems To Have Skipped Over The 1st Amendment In His Rush To 'Defend' The 2nd
Re:
Funny, she seems to have no comment about her faithful, fueled by her insane ramblings, threatening to kill other people.
Perhaps she should look into leaving public life & then she can block anyone she wants to.
But she probably isn't woman enough to do that.
On the post: New York Times Lies About City's Murder Rate, NYPD's Clearance Rate To Sell Fear To Its Readers
Well on the one hand they never investigate themselves so there is no way it doubled...
On the other hand this is how Rupert Murdoch is kicking their asses at every turn with bullshit headlines & misleading reporting.
Good to see they have decided to destroy their reputation rather that look for other ways to stay relevant.
Perhaps they can hire BatBoy from the World Weekly News to be their new reporter.
On the post: Devin Nunes Retires From Congress To Spend More Time Banning Satirical Cows From Trump's New Social Network
Or will he prove himself to be a hypocrite
Well DUH.
How long will it take Nunes to recognize this simple fact?
About 4 days before the heat death of the universe.
And will it happen before or after Trump fires him and stabs him in the back?
He is a bootlicker, he will thank him for stabbing him in the back and ask for another. He knows that Trump commands the Q and no one wants Q focused on them, so he will just slide away with a whimper to avoid that fate. (I mean Meadows is now claiming that his book has lies in it to save himself).
Devin thinks he is the smartest person in the room, STOP LAUGHING ITS SAD!!, and that unlike all of the others Trumps fucked over he will avoid that fate... perhaps Biss has already drafted the lolsuit.
OMG imagine the comedy Biss vs Trumps legal team... comedy gold.
One also wonders if the Jan 6 committee is gonna ask Lev what he knows about what Devin was doing in the lead up to trying to overthrow the government.
This sad little cowpoke is being put out to pasture, can't wait to see the lawsuit after he ruins his shoes by not looking where hes stepping.
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"People don't spy on people whose aims are allied with theirs."
Ms. Merkel would disagree.
On the post: Clearview's Facial Recognition AI One Of The Best In The Business, Says NIST
" In all cases, each person is enrolled with one image only."
That and I lack the will to keep trying to figure out the racial demographics for the participant images.
Hey when there is only 1 picture of the person in the study they can identify that person really well.
On the post: Twitter Admits It Messed Up In Suspending Accounts Under Its New Policy, But Policies Like This Will ALWAYS Lead To Overblocking
Gee I guess that policy about not taking complaints from random people not involved in the tweet in anyway/shape/form went out the window again, which is sort of sad because ending the whole get all of your followers to mass report someone was a shitty tactic & when it ended it improved things.
And some sort of logical application that things that are like over a yr old shouldn't be up for reporting under a rule under a week old.
“enforcement teams made several errors”
So SSDD?
The enforcement teams make LOTS of mistakes & despite PR we've reviewed it and addressed it somehow they keep making the same fscking mistakes over and over depending on the players involved.
Does someone want to sent a card to Trust & Safety to remind them that their heads are up their arses?
No one would EVER abuse one of our systems... system gets abused... lather rinse repeat with every new system.
How many times can Lucy pull the football away before you decide maybe you shouldn't play Lucy's game anymore?
"at the very least it should be a warning to policymakers"
You'd think that but they live in a world of absolutes where is they say it can happen of course it can happen even if everyone else knows if the sun suddenly rose in the west & set in the east we're fscked.
Sometimes it pays to have someone paid specifically to not be a yes man & raise concerns about the plans. Making them actually address those issues rather than hand waving that the system will take care of it. They assume their system allowed for judgement calls but when all of the calls are strikes against people no matter what perhaps the system is flawed.
But then I still hate Twitter and hope it burns when they pee.
On the post: GOP Claim That Biden FCC Nom Gigi Sohn Wants To 'Censor Conservatives' Is AT&T & Rupert Murdoch Backed Gibberish
Perhaps the Congresscritters have confused being censored with regular people just ignoring the bullshit pouring out of their mouths.
On the post: Twitter's New 'Private Information' Policy Takes Impossible Content Moderation Challenges To New, Ridiculous Levels
I've been pondering...
What if Twitters ability to screw up the simplest rules change is just the other side of the coin where pundits scream Tech Harder.
Hear me out... you have the galaxy brain types who get an idea of how things SHOULD be, but no idea how to make them happen, they just demand it be done.
Upper levels of Twitter decide that they need a clear policy about revealing PII & invent it. They don't actually spend much time on how it is supposed to work, just do it.
First tier of underlings cobble together some guidelines, those are passed down the org tree until we reach the people who daily are flagging all of the other thought crimes that have been declared before who basically get a postit saying no personal information allowed!!!!!
They suddenly apply this policy since the very first tweet went out, that coupled with the secret strikes (read the policies its a thing) you now have committed a new hearsay making the gods of the failwhale sad & their minions striking you down in retribution for a sinful tweet thats 4 years old.
You now have an even greater pile of appeals to try and sift through where logic is not allowed to be applied, you posted a picture of where someone lived, until you delete the tweet you are locked out. I don't care that its 1600 Penn ave in DC, its someones home and thats personal!!!!!
Given the amount of time it can take to even get the 'no its you users that are wrong for thinking logically' denial its now just faster to give into being edited with less skill than Stalin and wondering what great purge will take you out next as collateral damage as unfully considered dictates are issued without any guidelines saying use logic.
Or you can just call Jack a dick and lose your account & your data.
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How long until MLB claims copyright on the image?
On the post: Encrypted Phone Seller Facing Criminal Charges Fights Back, Says Sky Global Isn't Complicit In Customers' Illegal Acts
"the DOJ to push the narrative that encrypted communications are something only criminals want or need."
And exactly how many members of Congress & their staff use encrypted communications?
On the post: Newly Revealed Details Show That Missouri Government Totally Knew That Journalists Were Not At Fault For Teacher Data Vulnerability
Politicians never letting truth get in the way of the constant campaigning for reelection.
On the post: Twitter Is Just The Beginning Of Jack Dorsey's Speech Revolution
Momma always told me if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all...
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