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    A proposal for mass surveillance of all Internet users named the “KIDS ACT” huh. What a clever name for such a thing. Did the Americans write it, or did the same people who write bills for the Americans write it?

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      KIDS ACT = Kill Internet Dissent and Speech And Criminalize Thought. These bills should be seen as they are: Free Speech and Free Expression Destruction bills.

    • CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world
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      That’s why political dissident has to happen in the real world with people we know in real life, protests are great places to meet people like that, so are all sorts of activist things like volunteer work or community organizing

  • Cris_Citrus (he/him <3)@piefed.zip
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    I’m really tired of fighting with our governments to do any of the important helpful things they need to, and then also having to fight with them to not do shitty things that destroy good or worthwhile stuff

    It gets fuckin old man

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    The irony of linking to an article about forced identification that requires you to login and pay to read it without trackers or a giant banner that covers the article.

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      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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        also allows them to silence criticism, and censor material that they dont like, current hot topic anti-zionism.

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          ¡Exactly!

          Now, what are good options, I dunno. But I’ve always considered that it’s important for platforms with strong presence of social resistance to have adjacent hosting in something like extrajudicial waters, or at least in countries that can safely ignore things like the DMCA.

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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    It is unclear which servers are covered. The draft adopts the definition of a social network from the Digital Markets Act. Its Recital 11 clarifies that it concerns “information society services,” which EU law defines as services generally provided for remuneration. Whether a private, non-commercial hobby server falls under this depends on the legal classification of the specific offering. The statement that every instance without exception is covered is therefore an overstatement.