Censorship in LA School District Could Become National Norm, Educators Warn
#Education #Censorship #SchoolDistrict #TeacherRights
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Educators in the country’s second-largest school district are facing repression in the wake of a new California law.Anton Woronczuk (Truthout)
Woah
Take a look at this freaking library
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'The #ManifestoLibrary will be located in #LivrariaLello’s new cultural auditorium, designed by #PritzkerPrize-winning architect #ÁlvaroSiza. The #library has also been conceived “as a living cultural space for reading, debate and public reflection,” per a press release.'
#Books #Portugal #DuaLipa #censorship #Porto
Judge orders #Trump admin to restore #NationalPark changes at sites that 'disparaged' #US
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump admin to restore sites changed under an executive order calling for the nation’s #museums, #parks & #landmarks to not display elements that “inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.”
#law #censorship #RevisionistHistory #whitewashing #UShistory
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Reminder that Mark Zuckerberg really really really wants you not to read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams.
So, obviously, whatever you do, don't read it or little Mark will get upset.
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Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak on stage on her lawyer’s advice amid tech firm’s sanctionEmma Loffhagen (the Guardian)
After 88 days of near-total blackout, first reactions to the return of partial connectivity were not celebratoryDeepa Parent (the Guardian)
With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelvesLucy Campbell (the Guardian)
This, in a nutshell, is why it is dangerous that all liberal media is now setting up shop on Bluesky.
We have a critical midterm coming up and these important voices are willfully submitting to a censorship regime run by crypto VC tech bros.
The #WikimediaFoundation is signing a disturbing agreement with #Indonesia in order to allow Indonesian access to #Wikipedia.
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A provision in the agreement lets the govt "take down content deemed as 'causing public unrest and disturbing public order'."
Indonesia assured WF that the agreement was merely "administrative" and that "there would be no unlawful content takedown orders." But of course the agreement makes harmful takedowns lawful.
"Last October, Indonesia briefly suspended #TikTok's local operating licence after the social media platform refused to share information sought by Jakarta about violent anti-government protests earlier in the year."
The Wikimedia Foundation said Saturday it has found a compromise with the Indonesian government, which had threatened to block Wikipedia over domestic registration rules the foundation feared were overly…France 24
This is a very Accelerando-like issue we're up against. I remember when the music copyright mafia busted in and attacked Manfred and how he had a near constant influx of patents and lawsuits coming and going, so much so he required external brain augmentations to process/handle everuthing, and most lawsuits were not even from humans. It's sounding more and more familiar every day. Manfrer was really on to something refusing to deal in money. The future really is a foreign country... 🤷
#accelerando #sciencefiction #solarpunk #futurism #ArtificialIntelligence #technology #copyright #censorship #decentralized #bookstodon
What are more accurate and emotionally resonant names for the propagandically misnamed proposed laws which would compel all operating systems to force users to present their ID to attain permission from the US government and its designated corporations to use any computer (including a cellphone)? It is not #ageVerification, despite the Orwellian misnomer. #idVerification gets closer, but still doesn’t communicate the fact that it would let the the worst people in the world decide which individual is allowed to use a personal computer (including a smartphone), and to tie everything you do or say on any computer to your legal identity.
“Please, #PeterThiel, may I use my phone?”
What would be more honest and effective branding? (Any ideas, @pluralistic?)
Anyone with better ideas, please reply here, and if you’re willing, in the comments of Louis’ video too.
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#privacy #surveillance #censorship #authoritarianism #totalitarianism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFlyCLXdwT0Louis Rossmann (YouTube)
Most-banned book was Sold, a 2006 novel by Patricia McCormick about sex trafficking in IndiaEmma Loffhagen (the Guardian)
Campaigners say banks and web platforms are being told to collect data on customers visiting blocked sitesAisha Down (the Guardian)
Exclusive: Victoria and Albert Museum has deleted maps and images deemed sensitive by Beijing censors from exhibition publicationsMatthew Weaver (the Guardian)
Apple pulls Jack Dorsey's Bitchat from China at Beijing’s request.
Cointelegraph reports: "Bitchat launched in July last year and has been used during protests in Madagascar, Uganda, Nepal, Indonesia and Iran as authorities attempted to restrict usage of the internet."
#Apple #China #JackDorsey #Censorship #Technology
Apple has removed Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat from the App Store in China at the request of the Cyberspace Administration of China, which argued the messaging app violated internet service regulations.Stephen Katte (Cointelegraph)
Luanne James said as a librarian she had an obligation to protect the public’s right to access informationMaya Yang (the Guardian)
Exclusive: Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Slovakia actively pursue regressive policies, watchdog findsJon Henley (the Guardian)
