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- Comment on Google Removes App That Helps People Boycott Pro-Israel Companies 11 months ago:
In addition to taking advantage of automated systems, yes many groups are engaging in pressure campaigns on specific companies and organizations to engage in censorship right now.
- Comment on Scores of US credit unions offline after ransomware infects backend cloud outfit 11 months ago:
Interesting. There was a social media campaign going around to exit bank recently. I don’t know and won’t assert connection, but it makes me curious.
- Comment on Google Removes App That Helps People Boycott Pro-Israel Companies 11 months ago:
It seems likely to me that there are campaigns of people mass reporting content and apps to get then taken down even if it’s just temporarily. Sure, in some cases, like TikTok, they are meeting with rich Zionists who are lobbying for censor anything anti-Zionist. That takes time to negotiate in some cases I would imagine.
Most people and most Zionists are not rich I think. It’d be faster to run a coordinated mass report campaign through some influencer to trigger the automated moderation.
So even if Google weren’t financially involved in Israel’s occupation, which it is, people could use the mechanisms of its automations to censor things on their own for everyone.
- Comment on Google Removes App That Helps People Boycott Pro-Israel Companies 11 months ago:
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- Comment on Google Removes App That Helps People Boycott Pro-Israel Companies 11 months ago:
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- Comment on Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says 11 months ago:
I think a lot of people will avoid it just because of what’s going on in the Congo unless that company can prove that they aren’t getting their cobalt from the Congo.
- Comment on 22 Democrats Sponsor a Bill That Could Censor Abortion Info From the Internet 1 year ago:
Happy to help 🙂
- Comment on 22 Democrats Sponsor a Bill That Could Censor Abortion Info From the Internet 1 year ago:
In a literal level, this person is not being unreasonable. Facebook moderators and the psychological conditions they face as a result of their work are a good indication of that.
- Comment on 22 Democrats Sponsor a Bill That Could Censor Abortion Info From the Internet 1 year ago:
In the meantime, you can use something like ProtonVPN to make sites think you’re not in the US. Google uses your IP address to determine your location and implement regulations based on that. You get better privacy options when it thinks you’re in Europe too.
- Comment on 22 Democrats Sponsor a Bill That Could Censor Abortion Info From the Internet 1 year ago:
It’s a long list, but the long lasting bit was his incompetence and failure to fully staff the government made it impossible to function properly. Note, federal government workers are located nationwide, not just the capitol. Plus with the top secret docs he stole, some of which had information on the nuclear capabilities and defenses of one of “our” (US) allies, that’s a whole other mess.
As for the consequences, that’s still panning out. Lots of fraud cases, for example. Some think Hamas was able to attack, because it was Israel’s defenses that were in the leaked secret documents, but that has not been confirmed and is just gossip.
That’s not even touching on the amount of debt he accrued, foreign policy dealings, or general behavior.
No shame in asking. Half of Americans pay no attention to voting at all, and many here would ask the same if not so emotionally intense a subject.
- Comment on 22 Democrats Sponsor a Bill That Could Censor Abortion Info From the Internet 1 year ago:
For me, I’m considering not voting for certain Dems if they make it because they were willing to throw marginalized people under the bus. I get negotiating is negotiating, but with Biden leaving train workers out to dry, flip flopping on immigrant rights, quietly making life harder for trans athletes, and now with his support of Israel’s and its treatment of Palestine… At some point I have to have my own boundaries about what I am willing to publicly support. I get not everyone has the same ethics as me, but I don’t know that many people who would actively go against their ethics intentionally.
- Comment on 22 Democrats Sponsor a Bill That Could Censor Abortion Info From the Internet 1 year ago:
American life expectancy is declining. Theory doesn’t mean anything if you never observe reality.
- Comment on Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech 1 year ago:
So is CEO greed though. And they could choose to use that money to balance their budget, not ruin my experience of being out and about.
- Comment on Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech 1 year ago:
Yeah I don’t think they get that countered their own point. All of em are corporate places that are cheap and pay shit.
- Comment on Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech 1 year ago:
I get this is was said playfully. However, you really should not. They always press charges and will advocate for jail time. In some states, that’s a month of jail over something as small as a candy bar.
- Comment on YouTube cracking on ad blockers. 1 year ago:
Most of their innovation has been for developers it seems.
- Comment on YouTube cracking on ad blockers. 1 year ago:
Been getting that lately after successfully avoiding it for a bit. Just not gonna use it directly anymore.
- Comment on I asked Microsoft's image creator to create "Godzilla in a 512k Mac game" and while this is not what I asked for, I can't help but be impressed. 1 year ago:
Not what I expect to see, but also not disappointed. 🤣
- Comment on Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible 1 year ago:
I’m normally nice but perceive you as insincere.
Did your second grade teacher not go over what context is with you?
- Comment on Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple 1 year ago:
That’s what lured me in and also why I left. I wanted devices that worked together for accessibility reasons, not because I wanted to be on some over engineered chat network that only works with itself.
- Comment on The FTC wants to ban hidden 'junk fees' that jack up the price of your purchases 1 year ago:
Fair, I admittedly don’t know how one would implement it, but the sales tax data is being used by their clients for something.
Looking into it further, some states, according to Shopify’s FAQ on the topic, have different rules with regards to destination-sourced vs origin-sourced sales. 🤷♂️
- Comment on Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible 1 year ago:
The thing is you’re equivocating something potentially dangerous that you could easily look up instead.
- Comment on The FTC wants to ban hidden 'junk fees' that jack up the price of your purchases 1 year ago:
Use your ip address to estimate your location and use a sales tax api product like: www.avalara.com/us/en/…/avalara-api.html
Not an endorsement, just an example that companies already consider this.
- Comment on Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible 1 year ago:
Because they’re a non-profit, their tax forms are publicly available. These forms are called 990s. This is why many people are responding as though they’re very annoyed with your perspective, because the evidence is free and public by law.
- Comment on Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible 1 year ago:
“Established by an act” doesn’t mean the same thing as “maintained by Congress.” If your argument were true, NPR wouldn’t be able to operate during government shutdowns, since they’d be federal employees.