Just the headline screams that this is a threat to intimidate people who post contrary opinions.
What will be the result? People will post their contrary opinions on other sites. In fact, everyone including people with agreeable opinions may flee BBC because of the chilling effect.
BBC: no thanks, I can post my opinions in other places without having to think about whether my opinions may or may not offend you.
What about all the comments from people against net neutrality? Should it matter that they all submitted exactly the same comment? Should it even matter that their comments were submitted in the exact alphabetical order of their names? Does it even matter that some of these people are dead? Dead people have opinions about telecommunications too. The ping times from the afterlife have a relatively high latency you know.
While there may be better formats that mp3, the one thing mp3 has going for it is that it is deeply entrenched. Universal support. Show me an audio player device, phone, tablet or software application that doesn't support mp3. Similarly mp3 audio support is near universal in software that supports video playback.
I would go back and re-rip everything in Flac now. If I cared enough. Disk space is a lot cheaper today than in the mp3 heyday.
I don't think the guy got in trouble for playing Pokemon. That was merely the excuse.
Just like the official reason, then backpedaling, then multiple reasons for firing Comey. The official reason(s) are a smokescreen because they can't publicly state the actual reason.
Letting him go on probation is merely an extortion tactic. They can monitor him and hope to catch any others he communicates with committing thoughtcrime.
Cisco makes sense, because it does make and sell tools for interfering with traffic, injecting content into traffic, manipulating traffic, measuring, throttling or expiditing traffic.
Oracle's motives are less clear. But the most likely explanation is simply that Oracle is evil.
When a government labels the news media as the enemy of the people; tries to discredit long time respectable media as "fake news" and "failing"; conducts a war like campaign against the media; and then begins to escalate that to physical violence . . .
. . . that government needs to be changed immediately if not sooner!
It is not just this minor incident. It is the entire pattern of how the administration regards the news media. The freedom of the press is something to be Trumpled under foot.
Assuming democracy survives, which is by no means guaranteed, this will get worse before it gets better. Optimists are full of it and assume everything can be fixed. Pessimists are usually right. When people move from freedom to dictatorship they wonder what went wrong and how it could have happened. We're seeing it before our eyes. Right here on TD. For years now. Creeping by inches. But moving inexorably. No matter which party is in power.
Especially in a democracy that is supposed to be answerable to the people those politicians are openly betraying? They don't even try to hide it any more. Just as an example, just an example, they are happy to destroy our health care by passing a highly controversial bill that they won't even bother to read or understand, without letting the other party even see it first. Does that sound like the behavior of crooks trying to hide something?
If the government official refusing a question of public interest belonged to the other major political party, would he have the opposite opinion about this exact same situation?
Can't certain questions rise to the level of a crime, "willful disrupting of government processes", or "felony embarrassment of a politician"?
What about a capital offense such as exposing government corruption by engaging in criminal activity known as "investigative journalism"?
Or an act of treason such as when a journalist exposes government official traitors engaging in common ordinary capitalism to sell out our country to foreign interests?
In a real dictatorship, journalists get approval from the government before publishing.
In the UK, information that the government doesn't like has the right to be forgotten. Information that rich or powerful people don't like also has the right to be forgotten.
Your site could be censored if you publish hate speech such as a political opinion that does not favor the right people, or facts contrary to the interests of politicians or their friends.
On the post: BBC Says It May Contact Your Boss If You Post Comments It Finds Problematic
Clearly an attempt at intimidation
What will be the result? People will post their contrary opinions on other sites. In fact, everyone including people with agreeable opinions may flee BBC because of the chilling effect.
BBC: no thanks, I can post my opinions in other places without having to think about whether my opinions may or may not offend you.
On the post: Magical Cop Detects Drugs Better Than Blood Tests; Continues To Lock Innocent People Up
Don't worry Sessions will fix this
Don't worry Sessions will fix this.
Civil rights groups alarmed at Justice Department's review of local police settlements
Sessions tells DOJ to revisit Obama-era agreements with local police departments
Don’t Let Jeff Sessions Undermine Police Reform
AG Sessions Orders Review of DOJ Police Conduct Investigations — Restore, Respect Local Control
Jeff Sessions ties increase in violent crime to ‘undermined’ respect for police
This one I'll comment on by asking: who exactly has undermined the respect for police? Perhaps an investigation should be started into that.
AG Sessions’ Strong Support of Local Police Misses Key Point
I could post more, but why.
We need more law and order! (especially by the people who are supposed to give us law and order!)
On the post: It's Time For The FCC To Actually Listen: The Vast Majority Of FCC Commenters Support Net Neutrality
Re:
You also forgot to mention low bandwidth and high latency to go with those fast rising prices.
On the post: It's Time For The FCC To Actually Listen: The Vast Majority Of FCC Commenters Support Net Neutrality
What about the people AGAINST net neutrality?
On the post: Judge Alsup Threatens To Block Malibu Media From Any More Copyright Trolling In Northern California
Typo?
Do you mean should not be barred? (from filing any more bogus lawsuits in the district?)
On the post: The MP3 Is About As 'Dead' As Pepe The Frog
MP3 is not dead, it's just resting
I would go back and re-rip everything in Flac now. If I cared enough. Disk space is a lot cheaper today than in the mp3 heyday.
On the post: Ruslan Sokolovsky Gets 3 And A Half Years Suspended Sentence And A Conviction For Playing Pokemon In A Church
Re:
Just like the official reason, then backpedaling, then multiple reasons for firing Comey. The official reason(s) are a smokescreen because they can't publicly state the actual reason.
Letting him go on probation is merely an extortion tactic. They can monitor him and hope to catch any others he communicates with committing thoughtcrime.
On the post: Cisco And Oracle Applaud The Looming Death Of Net Neutrality
Re:
Oracle's motives are less clear. But the most likely explanation is simply that Oracle is evil.
On the post: Bethesda Trademark Bullying Results In Indie Game Adding A Whole Letter To Its Name, But Not Its Logo
They should add that letter to their logo
On the post: Latest Attack On A Free Press: Reporter Arrested For Asking Questions To Trump Administration Officials
War On News
When a government labels the news media as the enemy of the people; tries to discredit long time respectable media as "fake news" and "failing"; conducts a war like campaign against the media; and then begins to escalate that to physical violence . . .
. . . that government needs to be changed immediately if not sooner!
It is not just this minor incident. It is the entire pattern of how the administration regards the news media. The freedom of the press is something to be Trumpled under foot.
Assuming democracy survives, which is by no means guaranteed, this will get worse before it gets better. Optimists are full of it and assume everything can be fixed. Pessimists are usually right. When people move from freedom to dictatorship they wonder what went wrong and how it could have happened. We're seeing it before our eyes. Right here on TD. For years now. Creeping by inches. But moving inexorably. No matter which party is in power.
On the post: Latest Attack On A Free Press: Reporter Arrested For Asking Questions To Trump Administration Officials
Re: What behavior by a politician is allowed?
Especially in a democracy that is supposed to be answerable to the people those politicians are openly betraying? They don't even try to hide it any more. Just as an example, just an example, they are happy to destroy our health care by passing a highly controversial bill that they won't even bother to read or understand, without letting the other party even see it first. Does that sound like the behavior of crooks trying to hide something?
On the post: Latest Attack On A Free Press: Reporter Arrested For Asking Questions To Trump Administration Officials
Re: Re: Re: NO FALSE NARRATIVE!
"I wouldn't believe no matter what the evidence!"
On the post: Latest Attack On A Free Press: Reporter Arrested For Asking Questions To Trump Administration Officials
Re: Re: NO FALSE NARRATIVE!
On the post: Latest Attack On A Free Press: Reporter Arrested For Asking Questions To Trump Administration Officials
Re:
Could that also simply be a form of protest?
In the distant future, say, a few days or a week from now, how will historians judge this?
On the post: Latest Attack On A Free Press: Reporter Arrested For Asking Questions To Trump Administration Officials
Fake News engaging in Criminal Journalism
Can't certain questions rise to the level of a crime, "willful disrupting of government processes", or "felony embarrassment of a politician"?
What about a capital offense such as exposing government corruption by engaging in criminal activity known as "investigative journalism"?
Or an act of treason such as when a journalist exposes government official traitors engaging in common ordinary capitalism to sell out our country to foreign interests?
In a real dictatorship, journalists get approval from the government before publishing.
On the post: The FCC 'Investigation' Into Stephen Colbert Is A Complete Non-Story
About what Steven Colbert said
On the post: UK Parliament Takes First Step Towards Making Google & Facebook Censor Everything
Re: Shifting the blame...
Poorly educated people might not articulate their ideas in a way that moves people to action.
On the post: UK Parliament Takes First Step Towards Making Google & Facebook Censor Everything
Re: Shifting the blame...
Poorly educated people might not articulate their ideas in a way that moves people to action.
On the post: UK Parliament Takes First Step Towards Making Google & Facebook Censor Everything
Re: Blame the tools.
Are you sure that information doesn't have the right to be forgotten in the UK?
On the post: UK Parliament Takes First Step Towards Making Google & Facebook Censor Everything
Re: A bit off topic but I have a question.
Your site could be censored if you publish hate speech such as a political opinion that does not favor the right people, or facts contrary to the interests of politicians or their friends.
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