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   SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 00:27:58 JST SuperDicq

   • Kevin Beaumont

   @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social It's only good if the Americans do it!

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 00:28:28 JST Paul Sutton

     • Kevin Beaumont

     @GossiTheDog

     Indeed, but Twitter is owned by a WHITE American. A WHITE American who endorses the far right, and wants the far right AfD to win the German elections.

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 01:16:45 JST Paul Sutton

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     • Misuse Case

     @MisuseCase @GossiTheDog

     Ok sorry, I stand corrected then

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     Misuse Case (misusecase@twit.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 01:16:46 JST Misuse Case

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     @zleap @GossiTheDog It’s owned by a white *South African*

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 02:19:27 JST Rich Felker

     • Kevin Beaumont

     @GossiTheDog Yeah I'm confused why Chinese ownership is more problematic than Saudi+Russian ownership...

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 02:29:12 JST Miakoda

     • Kevin Beaumont

     @GossiTheDog
     That's cause nobody is learning about how fucked up our country is on X

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 04:47:10 JST Paul Sutton

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     @stellarsarah @MisuseCase @GossiTheDog

     There was an interview with someone the other day about Musk on BBC news, one of the things that was pointed out, is tht Musk owns SpaceX which has done some good things with rockets, and Tesla.

     A response to that could be that Jimmy Saville raised millions for charity, he did, BUT after he died and people found out he was a paedophile, all that fundraising became irelavent

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     JK Rowling wrote the Huge popular Harry Potter books, sure true statement, but she has also been outspoken on Trans people, result is that even the actors from the films have distanced themselves from JK Rowling.

     So, now that Musk has donated to Trump, and tried to interfere in British Politics, is trying to help the AfD win in Germany, and is trying to perhaps help reform win in the Uk, how long before people wake up and just decide Musk is no longer needed, regardless of what Space X and Tesla achieve. Once trumps policies kick in and people start to suffer they will put 1+1 together.

     To some extent the same goes for Mark Zukerberg allowing trans hate on his platform under the guise of 'free speech' there has to be a point where people say enough is enough.

     There HAS to be a point were people snap.

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     ~* Sarah (stellarsarah@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 04:47:11 JST ~* Sarah

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     • Misuse Case

     @MisuseCase @zleap @GossiTheDog I thought he also naturalized to the USA, so he's also American.

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:19:19 JST Paul Sutton

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     @kneoghau @GossiTheDog

     I think in China they value education, parents value education and teach their kids to do the same, they also teach their kids respect.

     Perhaps one of the reasons China brought in controls to limit how long kids can do gaming or social media for, to the west this is because china is seen as oppressive, but maybe the Chinese government also recognise how gaming and social media impact heath and education etc.

     This is just an idea, so needs some sort of citations etc.

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     kNeo gHau (kneoghau@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:19:20 JST kNeo gHau

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     @GossiTheDog Anyone know why the Chinese version of tiktok encourages kids to learn to play an instrument while the American version encourages them to destroy school bathrooms?

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     Misuse Case (misusecase@twit.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:19:22 JST Misuse Case

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     @zleap @GossiTheDog There are plenty of evil white American oligarchs. But Musk and Peter Thiel being white South Africans who long for apartheid…it explains a lot.

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:29:27 JST Paul Sutton

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     • kNeo gHau

     @MisuseCase @kneoghau @GossiTheDog

     Good poimt, I think it will be interesting to see what happens with this too.

     All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July

     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye3qw7gv7o

     We perhaps need to go back to some basics of teaching respect for self and also others.

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     Misuse Case (misusecase@twit.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:29:28 JST Misuse Case

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     • kNeo gHau

     @zleap @kneoghau @GossiTheDog >> I think in China they value education, parents value education and teach their kids to do the same, they also teach their kids respect.

     They have social media age restriction laws in China that compel Douyin to limit its content for younger users.

     Have you ever set parental controls on your child’s devices? It’s basically the same thing.

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:38:54 JST Paul Sutton

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     • kNeo gHau

     @MisuseCase @kneoghau @GossiTheDog

     hmm, it will be interesting how this will be enforced by OfCOM.

     Given that, with water and sewage
     Government has broken the law on sewage, says watchdog

     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g38drwmrlo

     Unless Ofcom enforce the rules properly and robustly then there won't be the same level of fear as there is in the US.

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     Misuse Case (misusecase@twit.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:38:56 JST Misuse Case

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     • kNeo gHau

     @zleap @kneoghau @GossiTheDog In the U.S. laws about age verification for porn sites have prompted big porn sites (like Pornhub) to shut down in states where those laws were passed.

     The potential liability exposure of violating the law, even if they are doing their best to follow it, is just too much.

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:41:36 JST Paul Sutton

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     • kNeo gHau

     @MisuseCase @kneoghau @GossiTheDog

     Kids have had access to porn for decades, not like we didn't have top shelf mags at school or some floating around usually, we still had page 3 of the sun.

     I have read before that naturist magazines such as health and efficiency did the rounds at school.

     I still think it is about education, perhaps if we had more and not less naturism, our attitude towards sex and nudity would be different.

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     Misuse Case (misusecase@twit.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:41:38 JST Misuse Case

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     • kNeo gHau

     @zleap @kneoghau @GossiTheDog Also any age verification law means not just tracking children but tracking everyone else, too.

     Then you have a “papers, please” internet which means people can be surveilled/blackmailed with their browsing history much more easily.

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     Misuse Case (misusecase@twit.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:41:43 JST Misuse Case

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     • kNeo gHau

     @zleap @kneoghau @GossiTheDog Ofcom (and the UK government in general) doesn’t really care about the feasibility or trade-offs. They want to score political points or want tech companies and content providers to wave a magic wand and make it work.

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:44:09 JST Paul Sutton

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     • kNeo gHau

     @MisuseCase @kneoghau @GossiTheDog

     Indeed, in fact I think back in 2023, there was a company who sued the government as they spent a lot of money developing a solution that was no longer needed, due to the way the government handles things (as in badly).

     'Porn block' companies seek £3m in damages
     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51235675

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:48:23 JST Paul Sutton

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     • kNeo gHau

     @MisuseCase @kneoghau @GossiTheDog

     Or in the case of Grooming gangs, hold endless inquiries that will conclude with the bleeding obvions that most normal people could tell them in a few minutes.

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:53:42 JST Paul Sutton

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     • kNeo gHau

     @MisuseCase @kneoghau @GossiTheDog

     The GDPR should protect people against misuse of data, as for lack of security and data breaches, the GDPR covers that, but it is too late if there is a data breach.

     I can see it being a recipe for disaster given how lax security is or can be.

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     Misuse Case (misusecase@twit.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:53:43 JST Misuse Case

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     @zleap @kneoghau @GossiTheDog Of course the “someone” may be lax when it comes to securing the sensitive personal information they collect.

     And/or they may be using it for other things they’re not telling users about, because everyone does that these days.

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     Misuse Case (misusecase@twit.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:53:44 JST Misuse Case

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     @zleap @kneoghau @GossiTheDog There is another dimension to this which is: creating the need for age verification/collecting and storing sensitive information on users and what sites they visit is the entire point.

     It’s a new business opportunity! Someone will make money helping sites comply with this law.

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     Paul Sutton (zleap@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:53:59 JST Paul Sutton

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     • kNeo gHau

     @MisuseCase @kneoghau @GossiTheDog

     We know who was invovled, it was the fact that social services, the police didn't want take action as they were scared of being called racist. They blamed victims, which statutory guidence says NOT to do. It was a total screw up from top to bottom and noone was held accountable.

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     Misuse Case (misusecase@twit.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:54:01 JST Misuse Case

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     @zleap @kneoghau @GossiTheDog Yeah the “grooming gangs” business seems both prurient and like a “crimes of the [ethnic group]” propaganda circus.

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     Alexandre Oliva (moving to @lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br) (lxo@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 18:22:35 JST Alexandre Oliva (moving to @lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br)

     • Kevin Beaumont
     all countries should follow suit and stop spreading USian imperialistic propaganda by blocking their means of production of false beliefs