• Mass Media

    From John Dovey@4:920/69 to All on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 08:24:43
    Don't underestimate How Badly The Powerful Need Control Of Online Speech https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/dont-underestimate-how-badly-the-powerful-nee d-control-of-online-speech-a9378cf036b4

    Seems like almost every day now the mass media are blaring about the need for speech on the internet to be controlled or restricted in some way. Today they're running stories about Joe Rogan and Covid misinformation; tomorrow it will be something else.
    The reasons for the need to control online speech change from day to day, but the demand for that control remains a constant. Some days it's a need to protect the citizenry from online disinformation campaigns by foreign governments. Sometimes it's the need to guarantee election security. Sometimes it's the need to eliminate domestic extremism and conspiracy theories. Sometimes it's Covid misinformation. The problems change, but the solution is always the same: increased regulation of speech by monopolistic online platforms in steadily increasing coordination with the US government.
    It's actually pretty comical at this point, once you notice it. It's like if you had an expensive Prada bag that your friend really coveted and she was always making up excuses to try and take it home with her. "Gosh I'm carrying all these small objects and I have nothing to carry them in!"

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  • From John Dovey@2:460/256 to John Dovey on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 16:28:39
    Glad to see you, John!

    Don't underestimate How Badly The Powerful Need Control Of Online Speech https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/dont-underestimate-how-badly-the-powerful-nee d-control-of-online-speech-a9378cf036b4
    Seems like almost every day now the mass media are blaring about the need for speech on the internet to be controlled or restricted in some way. Today they're running stories about Joe Rogan and Covid misinformation; tomorrow it will be something else.
    The reasons for the need to control online speech change from day to day, but the demand for that control remains a constant. Some days it's a need to protect the citizenry from online disinformation campaigns by foreign governments. Sometimes it's the need to guarantee election security. Sometimes it's the need to eliminate domestic extremism and conspiracy theories. Sometimes it's Covid misinformation. The problems change, but the solution is always the same: increased regulation of speech by monopolistic online platforms in steadily increasing coordination with the US government.
    It's actually pretty comical at this point, once you notice it. It's like if you had an expensive Prada bag that your friend really coveted and she was always making up excuses to try and take it home with her. "Gosh I'm carrying all these small objects and I have nothing to carry them in!"
    ...
    ===
    * El Gato de Fuego (The Fire Cat) 4:920/69 * Pedasi, Panama
    ... California is a fine place to live -- if you happen to be an orange.

    https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/dont-underestimate-how-badly-the-powerful-need-control-of-online-speech-a9378cf036b4

    I have no idea why URL's get grunged so often...

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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to John Dovey on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 08:32:00
    Hello John Dovey!

    ** On Tuesday 18.01.22 - 08:24, John Dovey wrote to All:

    [...]increased regulation of speech by monopolistic online
    platforms in steadily increasing coordination with the US
    government. It's actually pretty comical at this point,
    once you notice it. It's like if you had an expensive
    Prada bag that your friend really coveted and she was
    always making up excuses to try and take it home with her.
    "Gosh I'm carrying all these small objects and I have
    nothing to carry them in!"

    You lost me on the Prada example. :/
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  • From John Dovey@4:920/69 to August Abolins on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 09:18:04
    Re: Mass Media
    By: August Abolins to John Dovey on Tue Jan 18 2022 08:32:00

    You lost me on the Prada example. :/

    LOL. You need to read the whole example on the link.. .otherwise it doesn't really make sense..
    JD
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  • From August Abolins@2:460/256 to John Dovey on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 19:54:41
    Hi John...

    https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/dont-underestimate-how-badly-the-powerful-need-control-of-online-speech-a9378cf036b4
    I have no idea why URL's get grunged so often...

    How did you manage to keep it from breaking in the 2nd attempt? The first broke at position 79/80.

    Ciao!
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  • From Adam Clark@1:153/141 to John Dovey on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 10:07:34
    Re: Mass Media
    By: John Dovey to All on Tue Jan 18 2022 08:24 am

    The reasons for the need to control online speech change from day to day, but the demand for that control remains a

    Could have something to do with private corps profiting from outrage, leading to people dying.

    There's a big difference between speech online (which is pretty damn free) and private companies finding their best investment is manipulation of their massive audience, causing real-life problems along the way.
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  • From August Abolins@2:460/256 to John Dovey on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 21:10:30
    Hi John...

    Re: Mass Media
    By: August Abolins to John Dovey on Tue Jan 18 2022 08:32:00
    You lost me on the Prada example. :/
    LOL. You need to read the whole example on the link.. .otherwise it doesn't really make sense..
    JD
    ===
    * El Gato de Fuego (The Fire Cat) 4:920/69 * Pedasi, Panama
    ... Government corruption seems always to be reported in the past tense.

    Ok.. I read the article. Yes.. I see. It's more like someone else high-jacking one's technology and adapting it for another purpose - telling you how you're supposed to apply it. But sadly, when gov't is involved those new purposes can delve into the realm of new policy and law.

    Ciao!
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  • From John Dovey@2:460/256 to August Abolins on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 23:24:04
    Glad to see you, August!

    How did you manage to keep it from breaking in the 2nd attempt? The first broke at position 79/80.

    It didn't break because it was posted on Telegram.

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  • From August Abolins@2:460/256 to John Dovey on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 23:51:40
    Hi John...

    It didn't break because it was posted on Telegram.

    Isn't there a setting in Synchronet to avoid hard returns unless specifically entered? ..something to allow free-flow paragraphs?

    Ciao!
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  • From August Abolins@2:460/256 to John Dovey on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 00:34:56
    Hi John...

    Don't underestimate How Badly The Powerful Need Control Of Online Speech https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/dont-underestimate-how-badly-the-powerful-nee d-control-of-online-speech-a9378cf036b4
    Seems like almost every day now the mass media are blaring about the need for speech on the internet to be controlled or restricted in some way. Today they're running stories about Joe Rogan and Covid misinformation; tomorrow it will be something else.
    The reasons for the need to control online speech change from day to day, but the demand for that control remains a constant. Some days it's a need to protect the citizenry from online disinformation campaigns by foreign governments. Sometimes it's the need to guarantee election security. Sometimes it's the need to eliminate domestic extremism and conspiracy theories. Sometimes it's Covid misinformation. The problems change, but the solution is always the same: increased regulation of speech by monopolistic online platforms in steadily increasing coordination with the US government.
    It's actually pretty comical at this point, once you notice it. It's like if you had an expensive Prada bag that your friend really coveted and she was always making up excuses to try and take it home with her. "Gosh I'm carrying all these small objects and I have nothing to carry them in!"
    ...
    ===
    * El Gato de Fuego (The Fire Cat) 4:920/69 * Pedasi, Panama
    ... California is a fine place to live -- if you happen to be an orange.

    Not only the need to control speech, this just in (unconfirmed).. that there is need of who is using what:

    *US govt orders WhatsApp to track unidentified users for unknown reasons*

    'The Meta-owned messaging app was ordered by the DEA to spy on several foreign nationals, even though the agency had no evidence the users had committed a crime or even knew their names, according to an unsealed warrant.

    ' "The warrant reveals the DEA didn?t know the identities of any of the targets, but told WhatsApp to monitor the IP addresses and numbers with which the targeted users were communicating, as well as when and how they were using the app," a security and privacy reporter found.

    'The surveillance was reportedly part of an operation investigating the importation of opioids from China.

    Ciao!
    /|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

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  • From John Dovey@2:460/256 to August Abolins on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 00:47:38
    Glad to see you, August!

    Not only the need to control speech, this just in (unconfirmed).. that there is need of who is using what:
    US govt orders WhatsApp to track unidentified users for unknown reasons 'The Meta-owned messaging app was ordered by the DEA to spy on several foreign nationals, even though the agency had no evidence the users had committed a crime or even knew their names, according to an unsealed warrant.
    ' "The warrant reveals the DEA didn?t know the identities of any of the targets, but told WhatsApp to monitor the IP addresses and numbers with which the targeted users were communicating, as well as when and how they were using the app," a security and privacy reporter found.
    'The surveillance was reportedly part of an operation investigating the importation of opioids from China.

    Yeah.. That's why Telegram

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  • From Rob Swindell to August Abolins on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 01:07:42
    Re: Isn't there a setting in Synchronet to avoid hard returns unless
    By: August Abolins to John Dovey on Tue Jan 18 2022 11:51 pm

    Hi John...

    It didn't break because it was posted on Telegram.

    Isn't there a setting in Synchronet to avoid hard returns unless specifically entered? ..something to allow free-flow paragraphs?

    It's up to the message editor in use. Using fseditor.js, as I am now, this line should just be one long line and not wrapped just because I happen to be using an eighty-column terminal. :-)
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