@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org
techcrunch.com
Jack Dorsey's Bitchat disappears from app stores in India after government order | TechCrunch
Bitchat has become largely unavailable in India as a result of the restrictions.
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@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org
#Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/congress-has-another-site-blocking-bill-and-one-targets-vpns
eff.org
Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs
Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection Act (ACPA), H.R. 10364, a bill that would give copyright owners a new legal tool to block Americans...
@GalacticGoddess@ieji.de
Europeans/EU Citizens!
Update on the EU Kids Act:
The EU Commission has opened up the submission form for feedback on the bill. Let them know how much you don't want this! Let them know how much harm this bill will do to civil rights and economic stability! It's better to try and fail then to roll over and take it!
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/19418
P.S. And as always, mail/call your MEPs and other relevant government officials!
#Privacy #Censorship #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #EUKidsAct #EU #EuropeanUnion #AgeVerification
@GalacticGoddess@ieji.de
Europeans/EU Citizens!
Update on the EU Kids Act:
The EU Commission has opened up the submission form for feedback on the bill. Let them know how much you don't want this! Let them know how much harm this bill will do to civil rights and economic stability! It's better to try and fail then to roll over and take it!
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/19418
P.S. And as always, mail/call your MEPs and other relevant government officials!
#Privacy #Censorship #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #EUKidsAct #EU #EuropeanUnion #AgeVerification
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@nils@hollo.weisensee.me
"The Instagram removal underscores the extraordinary power of the company: Meta can both promote products and censor criticism when it suits them. When a privacy-respecting satirical video shows that even Meta employees find these glasses objectionable, Meta censors their message."
bitsoffreedom.nl
Meta removes critical, widely viewed video about Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” – Bits of Freedom
@ilumium@eupolicy.social
The suppression of #Palestinian and pro #Palestine voices is systemic across #BigTech. When will the @EUCommission use its #DSA powers and protect people's right to #FreeExpression and Access to Information?
Report by @7amleh: https://7amleh.org/post/eu-censorship-en
7amleh.org
Hamleh - New 7amleh Report Examines the Online Suppression of Pro-Palestine Solidarity Across Europe
New 7amleh Report Examines the Online Suppression of Pro-Palestine Solidarity Across Europe
@ilumium@eupolicy.social
French public television #France5 has censored an invited speaker, #AdèleHaenel, who called out #Israel's #genocide against Palestinians and #France's complicity in it on live TV.
The broadcaster has removed the entire episode from its online platforms, claiming the speaker's arguments would have required to be "counterbalanced." The TV format is literally called #CarteBlanche.
What a disaster for the free press in #France.
huffingtonpost.fr
Adèle Haenel dénonce la suppression de ce replay de « La Grande Librairie » après sa carte blanche sur Israël
France Télévisions assume avoir retiré l’émission dans laquelle l’autrice avait livré une carte blanche sur la libération de la parole autour du viol et de la situation à Gaza.
@glynmoody@mastodon.social
Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they cover ‘social topics’ - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/21/meta-ban-virginia-woolf-a-room-of-ones-own-barcelona-teatre-raval "Facebook and Instagram ads mentioning ‘civil rights or feminism’ are filtered out" #meta's #infantilising #censorship
theguardian.com
Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
@glynmoody@mastodon.social
Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they cover ‘social topics’ - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/21/meta-ban-virginia-woolf-a-room-of-ones-own-barcelona-teatre-raval "Facebook and Instagram ads mentioning ‘civil rights or feminism’ are filtered out" #meta's #infantilising #censorship
theguardian.com
Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org
#Meta’s Copyright System Is Being Weaponized Against Albanian Protesters
https://www.wired.com/story/metas-copyright-system-is-being-weaponized-against-albanian-protesters/
#Albania #protest #activism #privacy #FreeSpeech #censorship #politics
wired.com
Meta’s Copyright System Is Being Weaponized Against Albanian Protesters
After three months of daily anti-government protests—dubbed the Flamingo Revolution—the sudden mass suspension of Instagram accounts has led to fears of brigading against demonstrators.
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org
arstechnica.com
Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites
Bill would help rightsholders obtain court orders to block foreign piracy sites.
@Nonilex@masto.ai
#Trump says he is banning #media outlets #CNN, #MSNOW, #Politico from #WhiteHouse
He wrote that he was banning the outlets for allegedly "reporting FAKE NEWS" in a move that undoubtedly will be challenged as conflicting with the #US #Constitution's #FirstAmendment guarantees of #FreeSpeech & a #FreePress.
#law #journalism #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-bans-media-outlets-cnn-msnow-politico-white-house-2026-09-18/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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Nazis burning books, papers & magazines not approved of by the Fuhrer
@Nonilex@masto.ai
#Trump says he is banning #media outlets #CNN, #MSNOW, #Politico from #WhiteHouse
He wrote that he was banning the outlets for allegedly "reporting FAKE NEWS" in a move that undoubtedly will be challenged as conflicting with the #US #Constitution's #FirstAmendment guarantees of #FreeSpeech & a #FreePress.
#law #journalism #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-bans-media-outlets-cnn-msnow-politico-white-house-2026-09-18/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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Nazis burning books, papers & magazines not approved of by the Fuhrer
@petersuber@fediscience.org
"As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the #Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. #climate #data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in #Germany."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/germany-us-climate-data
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Preservation #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
e360.yale.edu
Why Germany Is Building an Ark for U.S. Climate Data
As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. climate data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Germany.
@petersuber@fediscience.org
"As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the #Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. #climate #data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in #Germany."
https://e360.yale.edu/features/germany-us-climate-data
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Preservation #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
e360.yale.edu
Why Germany Is Building an Ark for U.S. Climate Data
As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. climate data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Germany.
@ilumium@eupolicy.social
The suppression of #Palestinian and pro #Palestine voices is systemic across #BigTech. When will the @EUCommission use its #DSA powers and protect people's right to #FreeExpression and Access to Information?
Report by @7amleh: https://7amleh.org/post/eu-censorship-en
7amleh.org
Hamleh - New 7amleh Report Examines the Online Suppression of Pro-Palestine Solidarity Across Europe
New 7amleh Report Examines the Online Suppression of Pro-Palestine Solidarity Across Europe
@ilumium@eupolicy.social
French public television #France5 has censored an invited speaker, #AdèleHaenel, who called out #Israel's #genocide against Palestinians and #France's complicity in it on live TV.
The broadcaster has removed the entire episode from its online platforms, claiming the speaker's arguments would have required to be "counterbalanced." The TV format is literally called #CarteBlanche.
What a disaster for the free press in #France.
huffingtonpost.fr
Adèle Haenel dénonce la suppression de ce replay de « La Grande Librairie » après sa carte blanche sur Israël
France Télévisions assume avoir retiré l’émission dans laquelle l’autrice avait livré une carte blanche sur la libération de la parole autour du viol et de la situation à Gaza.
@petersuber@fediscience.org
"The Justice Department last year queried a dozen scientific publications, including Science, Nature Medicine, and Pediatrics, on their 'partisan' positions in scientific debates, newly released records show."
https://www.aip.org/fyi/doj-official-queried-a-dozen-journals-on-partisan-views-in-2025
#Censorship #DefendResearch #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
aip.org
DOJ Official Queried a Dozen Journals on 'Partisan' Views in 2025
The Justice Department fulfilled the public records request for the letters just as their author departed the agency.
@petersuber@fediscience.org
"The Justice Department last year queried a dozen scientific publications, including Science, Nature Medicine, and Pediatrics, on their 'partisan' positions in scientific debates, newly released records show."
https://www.aip.org/fyi/doj-official-queried-a-dozen-journals-on-partisan-views-in-2025
#Censorship #DefendResearch #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
aip.org
DOJ Official Queried a Dozen Journals on 'Partisan' Views in 2025
The Justice Department fulfilled the public records request for the letters just as their author departed the agency.
@derPUPE@chaos.social
If you haven't heard, #NVDA bought #HuggingFace, so the #censorship of open, #uncensored Al will likely accelerate.
So voila: here's #HuggingBay, the #PirateBay for open #LLM's, model weights downloadable with #torrents as backup:
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A cartoonish pirate emoji wearing an eyepatch and a pirate hat, smiling with open arms, is set against a background featuring a pirate ship and black flags with smiley skull designs. The text reads "The Hugging Bay."
@derPUPE@chaos.social
If you haven't heard, #NVDA bought #HuggingFace, so the #censorship of open, #uncensored Al will likely accelerate.
So voila: here's #HuggingBay, the #PirateBay for open #LLM's, model weights downloadable with #torrents as backup:
ALT text
A cartoonish pirate emoji wearing an eyepatch and a pirate hat, smiling with open arms, is set against a background featuring a pirate ship and black flags with smiley skull designs. The text reads "The Hugging Bay."
@derPUPE@chaos.social
If you haven't heard, #NVDA bought #HuggingFace, so the #censorship of open, #uncensored Al will likely accelerate.
So voila: here's #HuggingBay, the #PirateBay for open #LLM's, model weights downloadable with #torrents as backup:
ALT text
A cartoonish pirate emoji wearing an eyepatch and a pirate hat, smiling with open arms, is set against a background featuring a pirate ship and black flags with smiley skull designs. The text reads "The Hugging Bay."
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org
#TorVPN Beta: What we've learned building our own #VPN for #Android from scratch
blog.torproject.org
Tor VPN Beta: What we've learned building our own VPN for Android from scratch | Tor Project
Last fall, we soft-launched Tor VPN Beta as a way to extend Tor's privacy protections beyond the browser to an entire Android device. Since then, we've been able to learn from how people are actually using it in real-world scenarios. This post walks through what makes our per-app circuit isolation different from commercial VPNs, the surprising UX lesson when trying to bypass blocks, and the mobile foundation we're building for what's next.
@ilumium@eupolicy.social
French public television #France5 has censored an invited speaker, #AdèleHaenel, who called out #Israel's #genocide against Palestinians and #France's complicity in it on live TV.
The broadcaster has removed the entire episode from its online platforms, claiming the speaker's arguments would have required to be "counterbalanced." The TV format is literally called #CarteBlanche.
What a disaster for the free press in #France.
huffingtonpost.fr
Adèle Haenel dénonce la suppression de ce replay de « La Grande Librairie » après sa carte blanche sur Israël
France Télévisions assume avoir retiré l’émission dans laquelle l’autrice avait livré une carte blanche sur la libération de la parole autour du viol et de la situation à Gaza.
@tomgag@infosec.exchange
Italian collective A/I shuts down after 25 years, after being added to the US sanctions list of foreign terrorist organizations, mainly due to the termination of their operating account with Italian bank "Banca Etica". An EU provider shuts down without having been formally accused of anything in any EU country, because the Trump administration decided they provide services to too many antifa movements.
Time for a reflection, for those who care.
https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/
A/I is shutting down. The Autistici/Inventati collective is shutting down and will soon discontinue all of the services we provide.
#AutisticiInventati #bancaetica #usa #trump #politics #antifa #dictatorship #censorship #fascism #eu #europe #europa #digitalsovereignty
keepitfree.ai
A/I Shuts Down Stay Human · Keep the Internet free
@tomgag@infosec.exchange
Italian collective A/I shuts down after 25 years, after being added to the US sanctions list of foreign terrorist organizations, mainly due to the termination of their operating account with Italian bank "Banca Etica". An EU provider shuts down without having been formally accused of anything in any EU country, because the Trump administration decided they provide services to too many antifa movements.
Time for a reflection, for those who care.
https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/
A/I is shutting down. The Autistici/Inventati collective is shutting down and will soon discontinue all of the services we provide.
#AutisticiInventati #bancaetica #usa #trump #politics #antifa #dictatorship #censorship #fascism #eu #europe #europa #digitalsovereignty
keepitfree.ai
A/I Shuts Down Stay Human · Keep the Internet free
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org
#SnowflakeVolunteer, an #Android app to help people bypass #censorship
https://blog.torproject.org/snowflake-volunteer-standalone-app-to-help-people-bypass-censorship/
blog.torproject.org
Snowflake Volunteer, an Android app to help people bypass censorship | Tor Project
There are many ways to help people bypass censorship with Snowflake–a browser extension, using Orbot or Tor Browser, website embedding etc. We set out to experiment with a new mechanism and test an Android app called Snowflake Volunteer for those willing to help people reach the Tor network and circumvent censorship from their mobile devices. It was built open-source by Bloco, an Android app studio from Portugal.
@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas
A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.
https://bookriot.com/arkansas-act-372/
bookriot.com
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas
A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.
@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas
A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.
https://bookriot.com/arkansas-act-372/
bookriot.com
Librarians and Booksellers Will Be Arrested For Doing Their Jobs in Arkansas
A Federal Judge has allowed an Arkansas law to go into effect that will lead to widespread book bans and jail time for librarians.
@ooni@mastodon.social
🔴 Italy Blocks Reproductive Health Websites Women on Web (WoW) and Women Help Women (WHW)
https://ooni.org/post/2026-italy-blocks-wow-and-whw/
In collaboration with Women on Web, we co-published a new report documenting the blocking of the Women on Web and Women Help Women websites in #Italy based on OONI data.
These blocked websites facilitate access to reproductive healthcare and provide abortion information.
🧵 Learn more 👇
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@ooni@mastodon.social
🔴 Italy Blocks Reproductive Health Websites Women on Web (WoW) and Women Help Women (WHW)
https://ooni.org/post/2026-italy-blocks-wow-and-whw/
In collaboration with Women on Web, we co-published a new report documenting the blocking of the Women on Web and Women Help Women websites in #Italy based on OONI data.
These blocked websites facilitate access to reproductive healthcare and provide abortion information.
🧵 Learn more 👇
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Cover image for report on the blocking of reproductive health websites in Italy
@ooni@mastodon.social
🔴 Italy Blocks Reproductive Health Websites Women on Web (WoW) and Women Help Women (WHW)
https://ooni.org/post/2026-italy-blocks-wow-and-whw/
In collaboration with Women on Web, we co-published a new report documenting the blocking of the Women on Web and Women Help Women websites in #Italy based on OONI data.
These blocked websites facilitate access to reproductive healthcare and provide abortion information.
🧵 Learn more 👇
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Cover image for report on the blocking of reproductive health websites in Italy
@ambiguous_yelp@veganism.social · Reply to F-Droid
@fdroidorg Please include the onion link in your post
http://fdroidorg6cooksyluodepej4erfctzk7rrjpjbbr6wx24jh3lqyfwyd.onion/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html.en
If this is the official f-droid floss.social account then I know you care about tor onion servers because the official fdroid website has an onion link
Tor onion links provide greater anonymity to tor users than simply accessing the clearweb site through tor
And the more people use tor and tor onion addresses for uncontroversial browsing the easier it becomes for people to hide in the traffic when it can be a matter of life or death what websites you are accessing
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
Social media bans don't work. They just make things worse.
In Australia, for those teens who haven't bypassed the restrictions, their access to news has been curtailed.
How does this square with giving votes to 16 year olds in the UK? Children have rights to free expression too.
ORG's @JamesBaker explains.
https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/crfbePPnNhcKMPQZts5urk
#socialmediaban #socialmedia #censorship #freeexpression #humanrights #ukpolitics #ukpol
peertube.openrightsgroup.org
Social media bans restrict access to news
Social media bans don't work. They just make things worse. In Australia, for those teens who haven't bypassed the restrictions, their access to news has been curtailed. How does this square with gi...
@benroyce@mastodon.social · Reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
Woah
Take a look at this freaking library
😲😍
'The #ManifestoLibrary will be located in #LivrariaLello’s new cultural auditorium, designed by #PritzkerPrize-winning architect #ÁlvaroSiza. The #library has also been conceived “as a living cultural space for reading, debate and public reflection,” per a press release.'
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A gorgeous set of stairs in a library, organic in shape and deep red
@ooni@mastodon.social
🎉 We're excited to announce the new OONI Probe Desktop App for Windows and macOS!
https://ooni.org/post/2026-new-ooni-probe-desktop-app/
✨ What's new:
• New dashboard with stats about your measurement results
• New “OONI News” section with the latest censorship reports and announcements
• Support for OONI Run links
...and more!
Download OONI Probe Desktop today and help detect internet censorship: https://ooni.org/install/ 🐙
@ooni@mastodon.social
🎉 We're excited to announce the new OONI Probe Desktop App for Windows and macOS!
https://ooni.org/post/2026-new-ooni-probe-desktop-app/
✨ What's new:
• New dashboard with stats about your measurement results
• New “OONI News” section with the latest censorship reports and announcements
• Support for OONI Run links
...and more!
Download OONI Probe Desktop today and help detect internet censorship: https://ooni.org/install/ 🐙
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
Social media bans don't work. They just make things worse.
In Australia, for those teens who haven't bypassed the restrictions, their access to news has been curtailed.
How does this square with giving votes to 16 year olds in the UK? Children have rights to free expression too.
ORG's @JamesBaker explains.
https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/crfbePPnNhcKMPQZts5urk
#socialmediaban #socialmedia #censorship #freeexpression #humanrights #ukpolitics #ukpol
peertube.openrightsgroup.org
Social media bans restrict access to news
Social media bans don't work. They just make things worse. In Australia, for those teens who haven't bypassed the restrictions, their access to news has been curtailed. How does this square with gi...
@deborahh@cosocial.ca · Reply to mhoye
@mhoye 😰 whoa. #censorship
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online
Please come back...
There are two stellar accounts that hurt a lot when they departed Mastodon for Bluesky in 2023, @Popehat and @emptywheel.
Both left due to frustration with what we now call HOA behavior, and in particular people demanding CWs for politics related posts.
Now, apparently Popehat has been banned on Bluesky. Don't know the details, but even if the ban is lifted, the key take away is that the ban hammer is being used on #Bluesky to censor users free expression.
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@petersuber@fediscience.org
Excellent statement by Yale epidemiologist @gregggonsalves on why scientists should speak up about the defunding, censorship, deterioration, and ideological distortion of US science -- or at least take notes:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/americas-compact-between-science-and-politics-is-broken/
Scientists now have the responsibility of "bearing witness and putting evidence on the table. It may not be persuasive to Russell Vought or Marco Rubio, but it is for the dossier, for the truth and reconciliation commission, for the Nuremberg trials that come after. Keep the receipts. Write down what you see. Tell them what they did. We’re very good at documenting how X leads to Y."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
scientificamerican.com
America’s compact between science and politics is broken, and we’re all going to pay
How did we get here?
@petersuber@fediscience.org
Excellent statement by Yale epidemiologist @gregggonsalves on why scientists should speak up about the defunding, censorship, deterioration, and ideological distortion of US science -- or at least take notes:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/americas-compact-between-science-and-politics-is-broken/
Scientists now have the responsibility of "bearing witness and putting evidence on the table. It may not be persuasive to Russell Vought or Marco Rubio, but it is for the dossier, for the truth and reconciliation commission, for the Nuremberg trials that come after. Keep the receipts. Write down what you see. Tell them what they did. We’re very good at documenting how X leads to Y."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
scientificamerican.com
America’s compact between science and politics is broken, and we’re all going to pay
How did we get here?
@freezenet@noc.social
Government Rolling Age Verification and Online Harms into One Giant Mess
Reports suggest that the Canadian government is introducing a bill that would combine online harms and age verification legislation.
https://www.freezenet.ca/government-rolling-age-verification-and-online-harms-into-one-giant-mess/
#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #Canada #FreeSpeech #legislation #OnlineHarms
freezenet.ca
Government Rolling Age Verification and Online Harms into One Giant Mess
Reports suggest that the Canadian government is introducing a bill that would combine online harms and age verification legislation.
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought
Tom Zoellner on the Antebellum Precedent of Trump-Era Censorship
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A group of escaped slaves who have sought refuge at Fort Monroe during the American Civil War. There are seven them in various dress. They are standing in front of a low building and barn.
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought
Tom Zoellner on the Antebellum Precedent of Trump-Era Censorship
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A group of escaped slaves who have sought refuge at Fort Monroe during the American Civil War. There are seven them in various dress. They are standing in front of a low building and barn.
@freezenet@noc.social
Government Rolling Age Verification and Online Harms into One Giant Mess
Reports suggest that the Canadian government is introducing a bill that would combine online harms and age verification legislation.
https://www.freezenet.ca/government-rolling-age-verification-and-online-harms-into-one-giant-mess/
#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #Canada #FreeSpeech #legislation #OnlineHarms
freezenet.ca
Government Rolling Age Verification and Online Harms into One Giant Mess
Reports suggest that the Canadian government is introducing a bill that would combine online harms and age verification legislation.
@freezenet@noc.social
Government Rolling Age Verification and Online Harms into One Giant Mess
Reports suggest that the Canadian government is introducing a bill that would combine online harms and age verification legislation.
https://www.freezenet.ca/government-rolling-age-verification-and-online-harms-into-one-giant-mess/
#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #Canada #FreeSpeech #legislation #OnlineHarms
freezenet.ca
Government Rolling Age Verification and Online Harms into One Giant Mess
Reports suggest that the Canadian government is introducing a bill that would combine online harms and age verification legislation.
@dbattistella@mstdn.ca
"It really has come to this in America. Censorship is real. America needs to stand up. Scientists, stand up. Physicians, stand up." - Aaron Kelly, PhD
Members of the American Diabetes Association, one of them a past president of the organization, were shoved, harassed and escorted by police out of a New Orleans convention centre, during the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (#ADA2026), on Friday, as they were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to US biomedical research.
The group were threatened to be arrested for handing out the editorial.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/121619
@dbattistella@mstdn.ca
"It really has come to this in America. Censorship is real. America needs to stand up. Scientists, stand up. Physicians, stand up." - Aaron Kelly, PhD
Members of the American Diabetes Association, one of them a past president of the organization, were shoved, harassed and escorted by police out of a New Orleans convention centre, during the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (#ADA2026), on Friday, as they were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to US biomedical research.
The group were threatened to be arrested for handing out the editorial.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/121619
@luciedigitalni@aus.social
Reminder that Mark Zuckerberg really really really wants you not to read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams.
So, obviously, whatever you do, don't read it or little Mark will get upset.
theguardian.com
Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival
Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm
@luciedigitalni@aus.social
Reminder that Mark Zuckerberg really really really wants you not to read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams.
So, obviously, whatever you do, don't read it or little Mark will get upset.
theguardian.com
Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival
Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm
@evacide A hypothesis I haven't tested but think we can assume unless someone wants to do the necessary web archive scraping:
Every porn site that would ever follow "age verification" laws—every site subject to any of the applicable jurisdictions—already had meta tags for adult content before those laws were ever bills. Minimum adequate parenting of "digital native" children—thus minimally adequate implementation of device administrative access and parental controls—would already block every site that would ever comply with the laws.
Therefore (as @404mediaco have also predicted), relative to porn access, the only real effect of such online panopticon laws is to direct people away from sites subject to democratic jurisdictions, which at least attempt to lawfully moderate content, and towards sites outside such jurisdictions, which deliberately distribute CSAM and other sex trafficking and SA content.
Legislatively outsourcing parenting onto the porn sites thus increases harm to everyone such laws claim to seek to protect.
#uspol #surveillance #censorship #privacy #idVerification #ageVerification
@ilumium@eupolicy.social · Reply to Jan Penfrat
#AccessNow has now publicly confirmed that they also believe the Chinese government pressured #Zambia into censoring #RightsCon 2026 because of participants from #Taiwan.
The statement of what happened is a testament of how strong the influence of authoritarians has become and how the global #DigitalRights community is a target.
rightscon.org
A statement to our community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
@scottwilson@infosec.exchange
#ICYMI, here's a detailed article from @eff entitled, "10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification".
Review this to understand better why age verification on the Internet is a horrible freedom-suppressing idea.
#ageverification #censorship #privacy #internet
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/10-not-so-hidden-dangers-age-verification
eff.org
10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification
It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various requirements to verify your age before you can create a social media account.Age-verification laws may sound...
@scottwilson@infosec.exchange
#ICYMI, here's a detailed article from @eff entitled, "10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification".
Review this to understand better why age verification on the Internet is a horrible freedom-suppressing idea.
#ageverification #censorship #privacy #internet
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/10-not-so-hidden-dangers-age-verification
eff.org
10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification
It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various requirements to verify your age before you can create a social media account.Age-verification laws may sound...
@ooni@mastodon.social
Year in Review: OONI in 2025 🐙✨
https://ooni.org/post/2025-year-in-review/
In our annual report, we share:
• New OONI tools, research & community highlights
• Real-world impact: how OONI tools & data supported internet freedom efforts worldwide ✊
Warm thanks to everyone who supported our work in 2025! We're grateful for your continued support in 2026 🙏❤️
https://ooni.org/donate
@petersuber@fediscience.org
The #WikimediaFoundation is signing a disturbing agreement with #Indonesia in order to allow Indonesian access to #Wikipedia.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260425-under-blackout-threat-wikimedia-reaches-compromise-with-indonesia
A provision in the agreement lets the govt "take down content deemed as 'causing public unrest and disturbing public order'."
Indonesia assured WF that the agreement was merely "administrative" and that "there would be no unlawful content takedown orders." But of course the agreement makes harmful takedowns lawful.
"Last October, Indonesia briefly suspended #TikTok's local operating licence after the social media platform refused to share information sought by Jakarta about violent anti-government protests earlier in the year."
france24.com
Under blackout threat, Wikimedia reaches compromise with Indonesia
The Wikimedia Foundation said Saturday it has found a compromise with the Indonesian government, which had threatened to block Wikipedia over domestic registration rules the foundation feared were overly…
@petersuber@fediscience.org
The #WikimediaFoundation is signing a disturbing agreement with #Indonesia in order to allow Indonesian access to #Wikipedia.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260425-under-blackout-threat-wikimedia-reaches-compromise-with-indonesia
A provision in the agreement lets the govt "take down content deemed as 'causing public unrest and disturbing public order'."
Indonesia assured WF that the agreement was merely "administrative" and that "there would be no unlawful content takedown orders." But of course the agreement makes harmful takedowns lawful.
"Last October, Indonesia briefly suspended #TikTok's local operating licence after the social media platform refused to share information sought by Jakarta about violent anti-government protests earlier in the year."
france24.com
Under blackout threat, Wikimedia reaches compromise with Indonesia
The Wikimedia Foundation said Saturday it has found a compromise with the Indonesian government, which had threatened to block Wikipedia over domestic registration rules the foundation feared were overly…
🐦🔥nemo™🐦⬛ 🇺🇦🍉@nemo@mas.to · Reply to Adam
@adamsaidsomething I think one of the main forces of age restriction is exactly that: sublime #censorship for information that rattles the #EpsteinClass's narratives…
@Freenet@floss.social
#Freenet / #Hyphanet 0.7.5 build 1506 is now available:
- fix vulnerability,
- update plugins,
- optimize routing, and
- upkeep
Many thanks to all the contributors and testers who made this release possible!
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Description from the Website: Reclaim Your Privacy! Hyphanet makes it easy to publish and follow what others publish with strong privacy protections. Plugins built on its decentralized data store make it very easy to host your own website and provide microblogging and forums, media sharing from files to video-on-demand and decentralized version tracking, blogging and spam resistance without central authority. For an easy start you can join the global Opennet. For maximum privacy, connect to your friends and build a friend-to-friend network independent of and invisible to any centralized server. To access the global network, you either need some friends who also connect to opennet, or use the Shoeshop plugin to build a sneakernet that can even bridge separate friend-to-friend networks when your regional internet itself gets severed from the global information network. Lots of additional information about Hyphanet and its history is available on Wikipedia. Code Signing Policy
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A jumping white rabbit with blue background, below it the name Hyphanet.
@adamsaidsomething@mastodon.social
"Content about Gaza is also being restricted by age verification. Reddit users in the UK have to verify their age, using... Persona, in order to access... r/israelexposed ... Posts about Palestine on X have also been age gated"
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/stop-state-censorship-of-online-speech
So to view content about Palestine, you first need to hand your biometric data to #PeterThiel who supplies the Israeli military with data and A.I. tools thru #Palantir
openrightsgroup.org
Fix the Online Safety Act
The Online Safety Act is restricting freedom of expression in the UK.
@clock@f.cz · Reply to Adam
@adamsaidsomething @eff Oh! Here we go: I feel
e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards the Spanish🇪🇸 regime when I am seeing this. I feel
e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards the UK🇬🇧 regime when I am seeing this. I feel
e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards the Danish🇩🇰 regime when I am seeing this. I feel
e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards the Australian🇦🇺 regime when I am seeing this. I feel
e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards the French🇫🇷 regime when I am seeing this. I feel
e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards the Malaysian🇲🇾 regime when I am seeing this.
#censorship #authoritarian #orwell #orwellian #privacy #surveillance #concentrationcamp #dictatorship #totalitarianism #totalitarian #authoritarianism #kafkaesque #denmark #spain #uk #france #australia #ageverification #socialmedia #contempt #teenagers #identitytheft #teen #teens #teenager #youth #herewego #hereyougo
@adamsaidsomething@mastodon.social
If you live in Spain, tell Pedro Sanchez what you think about his government's push to age gate the internet. Very disappointing to see this authoritarian push from the Sanchez government
#spain #socialmedia #privacy #pedrosanchez #censorship #eupol #ageverification #agegating
gizmodo.com
Spain to Ban Under-16s on Social Media as the World Goes All in on Age Verification
Spain, Australia, and other countries are pushing social media age crackdowns to protect kids from the internet.
@Armonia53@mastodon.social · Reply to CascaCasca95
@belladonnalily Also, in the month of July of this year, Ireland takes turn of the zpresidency in the European Council, and their priority is to force ID verified social media accounts. My question is: How can we stop this bullshit from happening?? #ageverification #europeanunion #ireland #masssurveillance #internetcensorship #censorship
@clock@f.cz · Reply to Frank Heijkamp
@alterelefant @mattsheffield Indeed. I made a new flag for America Rouge (my sarcastic name for the US regime) based on the style of the actual Khmer Rouge flag.
For the thought police of the Czech🇵🇭*) regime, EU🇪🇺 : this is meant as a criticism of Khmer Rouge and US regime, not their promotion.
I feel
e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards the US regime when it behaves as authoritarian as it does.
I feel
e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards the Khmer Rouge regime when it murdered and killed so many people.
I feel
e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards the Czech🇵🇭*) regime when it IMO behaves like a thought police and makes it a crime to express certain ideas to the point that I am afraid when criticizing authoritarian regimes to the point that I add a disclaimer that this is meant as a criticism . (Maybe the Czech🇵🇭*) regime aims to make criticism of authoritarian regimes illegal by indirect means of chilling effect?)
*) It's actually Philippine flag and not Czech🇵🇭 flag. I use it because the Czech regime has another thoughtcrime regarding the Czech🇵🇭 flag so I use a similar looking flag which is provably not the Czech🇵🇭 flag, so that the Czech🇵🇭 regime cannot retaliate for criticism or dissent via lawfare. I also feel
e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards the Czech🇵🇭 regime for this.
Image © CC0 by Karel 'Clock' K., unedited AI output.
#censorship #thoughtcrime #thoughtpolice #authoritarianism #freedomofspeech #freespeech #dissent #criticism #czech #czechia #czechrepublic #eu #usa #trump #contempt #urza
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@JimmyWalnuts@noauthority.social
We have to limit the 1st amendment in order to protect it.
To all the fake America First dummies out there who keep swallowing pro-Israel propaganda, compromising everything you claim to be defending, this is where Zionists want to take things next.
@Indyposterboy@mastodon.scot
Labelling someone who disagrees with your opinion as ‘phobic’ is a kind of bullying*, not dissimilar to the strategy of labelling opponents of genocide in Gaza as ‘anti-semitic’. It’s an aggressive attempt to try to silence different opinions through intimidation.
[* and a very lazy interpretation of the word. People can disagree with you yet neither fear nor hate the object under discussion.]
#bullying #intimidation #censorship
@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes@treehouse.systems · Reply to AnarchoNinaAnalyzes
After dinner last night, I had some extended thoughts on Columbia Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies Rashid Khalidi's decision to cancel his scheduled course this fall at Columbia (anti) University, so I wrote up a journal/opinion piece.
Needless to say, I agreed with his decision and think more professors at compromised collaborator universities around the country should be joining him. But this episode also says a lot about the way Swine Emperor Trump is conducting his war to seize control of American cultural institutions in both the public and private sectors, and repurpose them as organs of fascist propaganda devoted to the cult of Trump/cracker ethnonationalism.
https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/08/03/journal-courage-cowardice-and-collaboration/
Journal: Courage, Cowardice, and Collaboration
"Still, if educators in America had either half a brain, or half a heart, a great many more university professors would be refusing to teach at institutions collaborating with a fascist regime to subvert truth, journalism, and scientific reality this fall. Professor Khalidi isn’t wrong when he points out that the suits running Columbia have allowed their university to be transformed into a militarized security zone, and a fascist propaganda machine that fundamentally inverts the role of educators in our society – an “anti-university” as the professor noted. Not only is it impossible for a genuine educator to function under those conditions, but even attempting to do so will likely result in open fascist collaboration with an increasingly Third Reich-esque Trump regime. Society has a term for people who only collaborated with the Third Reich to spread racist, eliminationist, antidemocratic propaganda for a paycheck; that term is “Nazi propagandists” and history doesn’t speak of them kindly."
#Fascism #Trump #Education #Columbia #Censorship #Propaganda #RashidKhalidi #Collaboration #Antifascism
ninaillingworth.com
Journal: Courage, Cowardice, and Collaboration | on NIDC
Rashid Khalidi's recent stand against Columbia University's collaboration with Trump's fascist cultural agenda is important; more US educators should join him.
GTA III was temporarily removed from sale in Australia for re-rating due to the player's ability to collect a prostitute, who would sit in the car's passenger seat.
If the car then came to rest in a secluded area, it would begin to rock violently, implying sex, although both characters remain unmoving in their respective seats. 👩❤️👨
A censored version for Australia, removing this ability was thus released. 💔
🧵 3/x
#RetroTrivia #retrogaming #gaming #games #videogames #GTA #censorship #Australia
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GTA III gameplay on PS2. Player picks up a prostitute in a van and drives to a green area in Shoreside Vale. The car starts to rock while the players HP increase. The prostitute then leaves the car.
@klymilark@social.lol
uspol; steam/itch.io censorship
Are you a US citizen who likes NSFW and/or queer content? Do you want to see that content be made well into the future? Do you not want banks deciding how you can spend your own money?
There's a bill that's going through the process right now that would stop MasterCard, Visa, and American Express from censoring things via financial strong-arming.
Even if you're not into this type of content, a set of banks having the power to control what you can or cannot purchase should be worrying, especially since all they need to do is threaten to take away the ways that platforms can make money.
Please call your elected representatives and let them know that you want to see this behavior stopped.
#steam #itchio #itch #censorship
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/987/text
@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes@treehouse.systems · Reply to AnarchoNinaAnalyzes
The fascist Trump Regime went prime time this week to manipulate the media and spread fascist propaganda while bringing in an unlikely ringer: Judge Jeanine. The Pork Reich can lie to us, threaten us, and try to gaslight the entire world, but they can't stop The Skinny.
https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/05/15/the-skinny-media-manipulation-regime-propaganda/
The Skinny: Media Manipulation & Regime Propaganda
"One of the hallmarks of the second Trump era is the way the Pork Reich consistently finds a way to make bad things, infinitely worse. For example, I don’t think anyone reading this would be surprised to hear me describe Fox News as an objectively fascist media organization, that is closely aligned with and prepared to lie to promote, Republican political objectives and GOP politicians. “Fox News lies for Republicans” was a pretty heady message in 1999, but it’s essentially a “well, duh” moment here in 2025. When you combine the power of the Fox Media apparatus with a Trump regime that approaches governance like a type of reality television show and actively sees control of media messaging as foundation to the success of their fascist project however, this unholy union creates something that roughly approximates “state news” in a dictatorship."
#Fascism #Trump #TheSkinny #News #Blog #Media #DNI #TulsiGabbard #JeaninePirro #FoxNews #Propaganda #Censorship #USPol #GavinNewsome #Courts #USConstitution #WhiteNationalism #SouthAfrica #ElonMusk #Nazis #ConspiracyTheories
ninaillingworth.com
The Skinny: Media Manipulation & Regime Propaganda | on NI
The fascist Trump Regime went prime time this week to manipulate the media and spread fascist propaganda while bringing in an unlikely ringer: Judge Jeanine.
@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes@treehouse.systems · Reply to AnarchoNinaAnalyzes
Cratering in the polls, and losing left right and center in court, the Trump regime spent this week scrambling to install a permanent fascist order before the peasants show up on the National Mall with pitchforks; and we wrote about it all in this week's The Skinny.
https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/05/07/the-skinny-may-1st-7th/2/
The Skinny: Building A Patchwork Enabling Act
"I confess that on some level it’s probably amusing to picture Trump sitting in front of a TV and getting big mad when it tells him Black and trans people exist, he shouldn’t bully overweight people, and the abortion bans he facilitated are hurting American women. The reality here however is that in signaling what the president doesn’t want to see in publicly-funded media, he’s effectively articulating a Christian Nationalist agenda. As we’ve discussed numerous times on this blog, the regime is not just fighting a material war to install a fascist dictatorship in our society; they’re also fighting an authoritarian cultural war on our discourse, our history, and who is allowed to matter in our media entertainment complex. The ideological headcage Trump is trying to use state power to enforce here, is just as important to the Trumpenrich project to create a white ethnostate dictatorship under the Kelpto Kaiser, as its material expansion of the American fascist police state is."
#Fascism #Trump #KariLake #LindaMcMahon #TransRights #USPol #StephenMiller #NPR #OAN #WhiteNationalism #BigTech #PBS #TheMindset #Media #Harvard #IdeologicalPolicing #Censorship #VOA #TinaPeters #TheBigLie #Nazis
ninaillingworth.com
The Skinny: Building A Patchwork Enabling Act | on NIDC - Part 2
Despite cratering in the polls, this week saw the Trump regime is claw its way towards a one party state and the elimination of trans people from American life. - Part 2
@freedomtux@linuxrocks.online · Reply to Joshua M 🇦🇺 (Mature content)
@esrtweet continues
“On the meta-level, having that as a positively asserted community value would have made it far more difficult for the Marxists/wokies to do their entryism thing. They would have been recognized as a fundamentally toxic phenomenon sooner. Failure of leadership on my part. …on this I screwed up, and I feel bad about it.” — @esrtweet ( https://x.com/esrtweet/status/1886894357451866309 )
#freesoftware #freeculture #foss #floss #opensource #OSI #freesoftwarefoundation #freelibre #freespeech #censorship #anticensorship #freethought #antiwoke
@freedomtux@linuxrocks.online
https://x.com/esrtweet/status/1886894357451866309
“One of my regrets about my years of being Mr. Famous Guy, when I had maximum leadership leverage, is that I didn't foresee the political threat to open source.
I thought it was enough to be apolitical, invite everybody to be part of our development community, and that everybody would continue to keep politics out of the coding. Including even my own libertarian politics.
If I had known what was coming, I would have made a big deal about insisting that the open source community had to have one positive political value: free speech and opposition to censorship. That would have been justified on the object level, because we can't function when those political conditions are violated.” — @esrtweet (x.com) @esrtweet
#freesoftware #freeculture #foss #floss #opensource #OSI #freesoftwarefoundation #freelibre #freespeech #censorship #anticensorship #freethought #antiwoke
@wanderingmagus@ioc.exchange
Just so everyone knows, in addition to @internetarchive 's hard work, @charlesgaba has created a full #archive of the #CDC #data and webpages pre #censorship . Grab it and share it wherever you can.
https://acasignups.net/25/02/02/llinks-archived-versions-every-cdcgov-page-available-pre-purge-part-1-15
acasignups.net
Links to archived versions of every CDC.gov page available pre-purge (Part 1 of 15)
UPDATE: I've converted the entire CDC.Gov website archive index into a new page with an alphabetical drop-down menu for easier navigation here: CDC Website As horrific as it is that the Trump/Musk Administration is purging data from federal websites, it's good to know that the Internet Archive has been archiving much of it. However, in addition to the Archive not being able to mirror everything, there's also the problem of not always knowing what pages have been purged in the first place. With that in mind, I present a full list of and links to the archived versions of all ~7,200 individual HTML pages which were available at CDC.gov as of January 27, 2025. Since the full list is so unwieldy, I've broken it into 15 pages. The links are in alphabetical order by URL hierarchy. Working on the other pages today.
@KarunaX@paktodon.asia
@Left_Indy As an aside, I have now been booted off 2 Mastodon instances for questioning the genesis of the conflict in #Donbas. The last suspension was quite odd, as my posts with links to evidence indicating the war could have been avoided (were it not for NATO ambitions) were used to claim my account was posting "AI misinformation" - the ostensible reason for my account being suspended. #mastodon #censorship #NATO #russia
@Bernard@friends.ravergram.club
The most effective form of #censorship is self adopted. The formula to get them to adopt it is simple:
1. Scare people about right wing extremists, conspiracy theorists, and disinformation.
2. Label any person or voice who speaks against the establishment as right wing, disinformation, conspiracy theorist etc.
Now you have people in self imposed information bubbles hearing only the establishment narrative.
@iampytest1@infosec.exchange
@toplesstopics@eldritch.cafe
Just a lil reminder that my feminism-and-other-progressive-activism video series Topless Topics is "constantly banned from every platform you've heard of and some you haven't,"
so if you'd like to help me try to convince new people (and someday far in the future, the platforms themselves) that enforcing different levels of censorship based on "what gender you look like" is absurd and blatantly sexist,
please consider widely sharing, reblogging, and posting your own reply content (or just shouting out my channel) to my own posts, to help me get out of the shadowban-void I'm constantly fighting against (when my content isn't banned outright, as happens almost daily)
I have to change social media accounts fairly often as they get banned (always and only for the heinous unforgiveable sin of "female nipples") but here they are as of me writing this post:
(see the most up-to-date contact list at toplesstopics.org/contact )
Best Ways to Contact Cleo in Order of Preference:
Discord DM: @CeridwenRoth (previously Ceridwen#6967)
join our Topless Topics chatroom here: www.toplesstopics.org/chat
Mastodon: @toplesstopics
In the future I'm hoping to set up my own mastodon instance focused on progressive activists and creators, and their supporters, called the "Outcast Creator Collective." You can read up more about that here: https://www.toplesstopics.org/outcast/
Uncensored videos without descriptions: https://videos.trom.tf/c/toplesstopics
DELETED: the Topless Topics Twitter account, because fk Elon Musk!!!
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ToplessTopics
Artistic nude digital photography: https://toplesstopics.gumroad.com
Patriarchy-friendly versions of my videos: @toplesstopics https://www.youtube.com/c/ToplessTopicsTV
Instagram: @toplesstopics https://www.instagram.com/toplesstopics/
Alternate slightly-less-shadowbanned Instagram: @toplessTopicsOfficial instagram.com/toplesstopicsofficial/
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And for receipts of just a few hundred or so times I've had my content banned, here are some screenshots:
hhttps://www.toplesstopics.org/banned
#censorship #tumblr #banned #shadowbanned #patriarchy #feminism #equalRights #toplessEquality #freeTheNipple #genderEquality #doubleStandards #communityGuidelines #bannedVideos
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Topless Topics (@toplesstopics) on Tumblr
De-stigmatizing female toplessness, one video at a time.
@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social
Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism
[Unattributed, but based on the writings of #UmbertoEco]
"#Historian #LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.
1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.
3. Identification of #Enemies / #Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…
4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.
6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.
7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.
9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14. #FraudulentElections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."
https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/
#History #Histodon #RabidRight #Antifa #Antifascism #FarRight #Trump #Putin #Russia #MAGA #Project2025 #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DetentionCenters #VoterDisenfranchisement #VoterIDLaws #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent
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The 14 Defining Characteristics of Fascism 1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism 2. Disdain for Human Rights 3. Identification of Enemies As A Unifying Cause 4. Supremacy of the Military 5. Rampant Sexism 6. Controlled Mass Media 7. Obsession With National Security 8. Religion and Government Intertwined 9. Corporate Power Protected 10. Labor Power Suppressed 11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts 12. Obsession With Crime and Punishment 13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption 14. Fraudulent Elections
@Wuzzy@cyberplace.social
My core value is personal #freedom. I’m for #FreeSoftware and dream of a world in which free software is the default basically everywhere. I’m for a free and open #Internet, against #censorship and intellectual monopolies. #Decentralization is better than centralization. I hate #hierarchies of #power. ✊
I have a low tolerance for #bullshit and zero tolerance for anti-intellectualism. Critical thinking is important to get things done. If you find bullshit in my posts, tell me. 💩
@atomic@universeodon.com
Everyone contact your #representatives and tell them to #vote no on the #restrictact. This bill is not just about #banning #tiktok, it allows the government to #ban any service they wish. #government #censorship of the #internet is not what #america is all about.
What is worse is the act allows the government to #spy on Americans through their #electronic #devices without a warrant.
If you use a #vpn to access a #banned service, you can go to jail for 20 years and face a 1 million dollar fine.
This bill is pure #fascism and must be stopped. Tell your representatives that if they vote in favor of this bill, we won't reellect them to office.
@ParanoidFactoid@mastodon.social
Here's an ancient video I made about #Reddit in the r/politics forum announcing a publisher blacklist back in 2013.
Back then, they blocked almost two hundred news sites because of what they called "bad journalism". Whereupon they banned sites that had just won the Polk Award. And another that had just won a Pulitzer.
But of course, untrained mods know better than professionals working the field. (assholes)
makertube.net
Reddit Announes Publisher Blacklist
A home for makers, musicians, artists and DIY folks
@ThomasKnight@mastodon.world
#introduction
I ran a poll asking if I should keep 1 account with both nerdy & politicsy bits, or split it into 2 different accounts. The results showed that 39% wanted it split. Thinking on it, I decided to make a 2nd account. People who want to see everything, follow both accounts.
If you want to see stuff about the following, then follow this account.
#politics
#USPolitics
#NZPolitics
#activism
#racism
#WhiteSupremacy
#censorship
Otherwise go to my nerdier business account @CheekyKokako
@TeddyTheBest@framapiaf.org
Welcome @dctrjack in the #fediverse . A decentralised universe of #freedom. Just be sure to express yourself freely without #censorship of unfair #gafam #algorithm.