Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 16 Jan 2020 @ 10:34am
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More likely it's the 'Something Must Be Done, This Is Something, Because Think Of The Children Act' or 'SMBDTISBTOTCA' which is a tongue twister to pronounce. However, it doesn't seem to do anything except put a few legislators names on bills, and protects no one.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 15 Jan 2020 @ 5:05pm
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The FTC has a terrible record in dealing with anti-trust issues, just look at the telecom situation. Though, for Google, they might make an exception, especially after some well funded (aka bribed) congresscritters put some pressure on.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 15 Jan 2020 @ 10:05am
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Well, objectively, to the Nazis' it was probably 'fake news'.
While propaganda isn't necessarily false, it does often stretch some things to emphasis a point. While I would not call Prelude to War fake news, it was executed as propaganda.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 15 Jan 2020 @ 9:58am
So many uses that no one knows about, or is allowed to
And we are definitely certain that none of these will be used by by anyone other than law enforcement, with a properly applied for warrant, for legitimate purposes, and that no device would ever be sold to some nefarious person or group. Right?
And when these 'undetectable' surveillance products are inevitably discovered by the surveilled, and then destroyed, no one will be upset. Right?
Our trade secrets are so much more important than your constitutional rights, therefore by reading our brochure you have violated the NDA you haven't signed but was implied, and enforceable.
Special Services Group makes some cute stuff, but never the less have their heads squarely up their asses.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 15 Jan 2020 @ 9:45am
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It isn't just size, it is also about removing bias, bias that is inherent to all beings. Your flavor of bias is different than my flavor of bias, and both are different from that person over there. So, even if you break YouTube up into many, many, many different organizations (which would defeat much of its value to users) they would all still be big, and subject to bias. The number of needed moderators would not change, they would just be working for different organizations, who may or may not be able to quash the individual moderators bias to some degree.
Then there are the ways that governments impose themselves, each with their own view on what is or isn't acceptable, so what works here, doesn't work over there and both want their way to be the only way. And now they have many, many, many different organizations to monitor, and under the presumption that the number of uploads does not go down after breaking up YouTube, the scale of the task does not change.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 15 Jan 2020 @ 7:49am
How big is a 'community'?
Articles like this tend to make me wonder what moderators consider a 'community'? Is it a 'community' of one? Two? Do they take things out of context and make assumptions about the whole (which goes both ways, the content and 'community' desires)?
There is probably some explanation in this case, even with the appeal, watching an entire 52 minute long video would be beyond the scope of a mere moderator (or maybe even a appeal reviewer) who has to review and rule on many (1000's) of content objections in their meager 8 hour shift.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 14 Jan 2020 @ 4:24pm
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I have the uBlock Origin/uMatrix, but until a few minutes ago I also had AdBlockPlus. Thank you Techdirt (and I guess Senator Ron Wyden) for letting us know about this debacle.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 14 Jan 2020 @ 1:26pm
Re: An honest question...
If one is trying to crack a dam you don't chisel a little here and chisel a little there. You keep chiseling at the same place, and if the dam isn't too thick, eventually a hole is created out of which all the water flows.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 14 Jan 2020 @ 10:21am
Barr's motivations
The shooter is dead, they have reviewed his social media accounts, they have questioned his compatriots. Unless he is trying to uncover some conspiracy that he has no actual evidence of so far, what more does he want in terms of evidence, and to what end? Since he has no current evidence of a conspiracy, how did he get a warrant when he could not specify what he was looking for on the phones?
The short answer to the above questions is that he is not concerned with evidence, this is just another excuse to get backdoors into encrypted devices which in turn would give the surveillance state more power over its minions. MAGA redefined as Make Authoritarianism Great Again.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 14 Jan 2020 @ 7:49am
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Dipshit. All DNA has a similar origination. That you think yours is significantly different must mean that your from another planet. Just think, in the future we may find that the DNA found here on Terra was also distributed to other worlds by some post Big Bang interaction. What will you claim then?
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 13 Jan 2020 @ 1:04pm
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Did you forget about all the work that took place to start your businesses, and what value your time and effort might be worth, along with premises and employees, etc. (it could be a very long list, and expensive) that are above and beyond the $50 license?
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 13 Jan 2020 @ 12:40pm
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Politicians don't listen to their constituents anymore. They listen to those with money, who are willing to spend it on their campaigns. I this case, possibly unions.
Now a freelance union sounds like an idea, but they would probably lack the leverage to negotiate with management, especially if AB5 remains intact or with insufficient adjustment.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 13 Jan 2020 @ 12:35pm
How not to look before you leap
Ah, a prime example of a politician with their head squarely up their own ass.
Could someone more talented at graphics than I create a meme for this (not that there aren't more than a few out of work freelancers already working on this)?
On the post: Rep. Devin Nunes Now Threatening To Sue Fellow Congressional Reps
Re: Re: Take that back, or else.
I was thinking C-Span, and free streaming, public domain from the get go. As a loss leader (aka for free) or a marketing tool of course.
On the post: Rep. Devin Nunes Now Threatening To Sue Fellow Congressional Reps
Re: Re: Re: So using logical fallacy to attack Nunes again.
One should be careful trying to analyze Zof's mind. It is more like a broken Pachinko machine than anything that might resemble reason of any kind.
On the post: Rep. Devin Nunes Now Threatening To Sue Fellow Congressional Reps
Take that back, or else.
Well, there's always dueling.
On the post: Bad Ideas: Raising The Arbitrary Age Of Internet Service 'Consent' To 16
Re:
More likely it's the 'Something Must Be Done, This Is Something, Because Think Of The Children Act' or 'SMBDTISBTOTCA' which is a tongue twister to pronounce. However, it doesn't seem to do anything except put a few legislators names on bills, and protects no one.
On the post: Bad Ideas: Raising The Arbitrary Age Of Internet Service 'Consent' To 16
Re:
I always tell them I was born in 1900, on varying dates. Thing is, they always believe me.
On the post: Chrome's Move To Stomp Out Third Party Cookies? Good For Privacy, Good For Google's Ad Business... Or Both?
Re: Re: Re:
Of course, one is the employer, and the other is the employee, past, possibly the future, and seemingly current.
On the post: Chrome's Move To Stomp Out Third Party Cookies? Good For Privacy, Good For Google's Ad Business... Or Both?
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Verizon has as much credibility as Agit Pai.
On the post: Chrome's Move To Stomp Out Third Party Cookies? Good For Privacy, Good For Google's Ad Business... Or Both?
Re:
The FTC has a terrible record in dealing with anti-trust issues, just look at the telecom situation. Though, for Google, they might make an exception, especially after some well funded (aka bribed) congresscritters put some pressure on.
On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: YouTube Says That Frank Capra's US Government WWII Propaganda Violates Community Guidelines
Re:
Well, objectively, to the Nazis' it was probably 'fake news'.
While propaganda isn't necessarily false, it does often stretch some things to emphasis a point. While I would not call Prelude to War fake news, it was executed as propaganda.
On the post: Company Sells Surveillance Cameras Hidden In Tombstones, Threatens Websites For Talking About Its Tombstone Cameras
So many uses that no one knows about, or is allowed to
And we are definitely certain that none of these will be used by by anyone other than law enforcement, with a properly applied for warrant, for legitimate purposes, and that no device would ever be sold to some nefarious person or group. Right?
And when these 'undetectable' surveillance products are inevitably discovered by the surveilled, and then destroyed, no one will be upset. Right?
Our trade secrets are so much more important than your constitutional rights, therefore by reading our brochure you have violated the NDA you haven't signed but was implied, and enforceable.
Special Services Group makes some cute stuff, but never the less have their heads squarely up their asses.
On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: YouTube Says That Frank Capra's US Government WWII Propaganda Violates Community Guidelines
Re:
It isn't just size, it is also about removing bias, bias that is inherent to all beings. Your flavor of bias is different than my flavor of bias, and both are different from that person over there. So, even if you break YouTube up into many, many, many different organizations (which would defeat much of its value to users) they would all still be big, and subject to bias. The number of needed moderators would not change, they would just be working for different organizations, who may or may not be able to quash the individual moderators bias to some degree.
Then there are the ways that governments impose themselves, each with their own view on what is or isn't acceptable, so what works here, doesn't work over there and both want their way to be the only way. And now they have many, many, many different organizations to monitor, and under the presumption that the number of uploads does not go down after breaking up YouTube, the scale of the task does not change.
On the post: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: YouTube Says That Frank Capra's US Government WWII Propaganda Violates Community Guidelines
How big is a 'community'?
Articles like this tend to make me wonder what moderators consider a 'community'? Is it a 'community' of one? Two? Do they take things out of context and make assumptions about the whole (which goes both ways, the content and 'community' desires)?
There is probably some explanation in this case, even with the appeal, watching an entire 52 minute long video would be beyond the scope of a mere moderator (or maybe even a appeal reviewer) who has to review and rule on many (1000's) of content objections in their meager 8 hour shift.
On the post: Senator Wyden Wants Paid Ad Blocking Whitelists Investigated
Re:
I have the uBlock Origin/uMatrix, but until a few minutes ago I also had AdBlockPlus. Thank you Techdirt (and I guess Senator Ron Wyden) for letting us know about this debacle.
On the post: Attorney General William Barr Says Apple Isn't Doing Enough To Let The DOJ Check Out A Dead Man's Phones
Re: An honest question...
If one is trying to crack a dam you don't chisel a little here and chisel a little there. You keep chiseling at the same place, and if the dam isn't too thick, eventually a hole is created out of which all the water flows.
On the post: Attorney General William Barr Says Apple Isn't Doing Enough To Let The DOJ Check Out A Dead Man's Phones
Barr's motivations
The shooter is dead, they have reviewed his social media accounts, they have questioned his compatriots. Unless he is trying to uncover some conspiracy that he has no actual evidence of so far, what more does he want in terms of evidence, and to what end? Since he has no current evidence of a conspiracy, how did he get a warrant when he could not specify what he was looking for on the phones?
The short answer to the above questions is that he is not concerned with evidence, this is just another excuse to get backdoors into encrypted devices which in turn would give the surveillance state more power over its minions. MAGA redefined as Make Authoritarianism Great Again.
On the post: DHS Move Ahead With Plan To Harvest DNA Samples From Nearly Everyone Detained By ICE And CBP
Re: Re: Re:
Dipshit. All DNA has a similar origination. That you think yours is significantly different must mean that your from another planet. Just think, in the future we may find that the DNA found here on Terra was also distributed to other worlds by some post Big Bang interaction. What will you claim then?
On the post: California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Says She Simply Doesn't Believe All Of Those Who Have Been Harmed By Her AB5 Bill
Re: Re: Re:
Did you forget about all the work that took place to start your businesses, and what value your time and effort might be worth, along with premises and employees, etc. (it could be a very long list, and expensive) that are above and beyond the $50 license?
On the post: California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Says She Simply Doesn't Believe All Of Those Who Have Been Harmed By Her AB5 Bill
Re:
Politicians don't listen to their constituents anymore. They listen to those with money, who are willing to spend it on their campaigns. I this case, possibly unions.
Now a freelance union sounds like an idea, but they would probably lack the leverage to negotiate with management, especially if AB5 remains intact or with insufficient adjustment.
On the post: California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Says She Simply Doesn't Believe All Of Those Who Have Been Harmed By Her AB5 Bill
How not to look before you leap
Ah, a prime example of a politician with their head squarely up their own ass.
Could someone more talented at graphics than I create a meme for this (not that there aren't more than a few out of work freelancers already working on this)?
On the post: How Years Of Copyright Maximalism Is Now Killing Pop Music
Re: Re: The History of Music
Thank you, now where is that edit button?
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