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davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Senator Michael Bennet Invokes EU's Censorship Demands, Calls For Big Tech to Censor "Misinformation"

• First they came for the lemmygrads, and I did not speak out because I was not a Marxist-Leninist
• Then they came for the Hexbears, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist
• Then they came for the lemmy.mls, and I did not speak out because I was not a security nerd
• Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Senator Michael Bennet Invokes EU's Censorship Demands, Calls For Big Tech to Censor "Misinformation"

Which is some bullshit, because Russiagate was long-ago debunked, as well as the actual efficacy of Cambridge Analytica (it largely wasn’t). But thanks to Rachel Maddow’s daily conspiracy theorizing over the span of years, most liberals still believe that foreign State propaganda is going to Manchurian Candidate the populace and steal their democracy. Which makes them rather accepting of the idea that the government should decide what is mis/dis/malinformation. In other words they’ve been primed to accept censorship.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in EU demands Meta and TikTok detail efforts to curb disinformation from Israel-Hamas war

The US government is already trying to pile on:

US Senator Michael Bennet Invokes EU’s Censorship Demands, Calls For Big Tech to Censor “Misinformation”

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Senator Michael Bennet Invokes EU's Censorship Demands, Calls For Big Tech to Censor "Misinformation"

They tried to set up a Ministry of Truth last year, and they’ll never give up.

The disinformation czar, all the way up her own ass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNcEVYq2qUg

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Senator Michael Bennet Invokes EU's Censorship Demands, Calls For Big Tech to Censor "Misinformation"

Not for long: the Global North countries have the fediverse on their radars now.

Atlantic Council » Collective Security in a Federated World (PDF)

Many discussions about social media governance and trust and safety are focused on a small number of centralized, corporate-owned platforms that currently dominate the social media landscape: Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, and a handful of others. The emergence and growth in popularity of federated social media services, like Mastodon and Bluesky, introduces new opportunities, but also significant new risks and complications. This annex offers an assessment of the trust and safety (T&S) capabilities of federated platforms—with a particular focus on their ability to address collective security risks like coordinated manipulation and disinformation.

davel , 9 months ago to technology in Peter Thiel was reportedly an FBI informant

He’ll inform only when it suits his own ends, and never out of a sense of justice or patriotism, or a want of walking around money.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

It’s been argued that Churchill & Roosevelt wanted Germany and the USSR to grind each other down, saving the them the trouble, because, being capitalists, they had no love for the Soviet State.

davel , 9 months ago to memes in Landl*rd

24 is the highest number, fuggedaboutit [1] [2] [3]

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

That is the standard argument we’re given, yes: that it would ultimately save lives compared to a conventional war. You can find dissenting views from Noam Chomsky & Michael Parenti & Howard Zinn & others, including the US government’s own analysis, if you care to.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in White House asks Congress for $106 billion for Ukraine and Israel wars

And people who want to fund death, which is a shockingly large number of Democrats.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in Israel Closes Al Jazeera Facilities

The revolution ethnic cleansing will not be televised

davel , 9 months ago to memes in WELP.

One’s interpretation of this relationship might make for a good liberal/socialist Voight-Kampff test.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in White House asks Congress for $106 billion for Ukraine and Israel wars

Remember when we used to make fun of parliamentary governments when they became “without a government.”

Well joke’s on us right now with a Speakerless House.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in EU demands Meta and TikTok detail efforts to curb disinformation from Israel-Hamas war

I’m not going to do that, because my point is more general, about a larger issue.

Remember the Disinformation Governance Board, which lasted all of four months, because it was all too obvious that it was the formation of a formalized censorship regime?

Global North governments are trying to make themselves the arbiters of what is true, and then suppress what they decree to be untrue.

Take a look at this report on the fediverse from the Atlantic Council, the premier Global North foreign policy think tank. They’re going to come for us, just like they came for the corporate social media platforms. Collective Security in a Federated World (full PDF report)

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

Neither of you are wrong, but Americans should understand that the USSR suffered over twenty million deaths vs ~117,000 Americans on the Western Front. They had their own western cities & infrastructure invaded/destroyed. The undertaking & sacrifices are hard to compare.

Russians trying to rewrite history

Okay my bad: you actually are wrong.