Discussion: Online Piracy, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

[DarthSkywalker]

"Big Tech is silencing the right!" (and left wing watchdogs when nobody is looking).

Fair and balanced.

 

[Lily Adler]

Fair and balanced.

Kinda surprised there isn't a Thanos meme parodying this?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Kinda surprised there isn't a Thanos meme parodying this?

There probably is. This happens a lot. They always find some left leaning content creator or forum to ban to make it look "fair". Sometimes they even deserve it too!

 

[Lily Adler]

There probably is. This happens a lot. They always find some left leaning content creator or forum to ban to make it look "fair". Sometimes they even deserve it too!

Purple Bill O'Reilly?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Purple Bill O'Reilly?

More like those that fashion themselves super lefties, but come off way more libertarian on certain subjects. Have you ever heard of Destiny?

 

[Lily Adler]

More like those that fashion themselves super lefties, but come off way more libertarian on certain subjects. Have you ever heard of Destiny?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

You are so lucky.

 

[Lily Adler]

You are so lucky.

I see he has intriguing views.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I see he has intriguing views.

Wait until you get to his thoughts on "self defense" with firearms.

 

[Lily Adler]

Wait until you get to his thoughts on "self defense" with firearms.

Scintillating, but part of me wants to say pass.

 

[Teelie]

In other words, YouTube's automated take down system with absolutely no human intervention got caught improperly banning someone (again) and there was enough bad publicity from it they had to actually get a human to intervene and fix it.

 

[Lily Adler]

In other words, YouTube's automated take down system with absolutely no human intervention got caught improperly banning someone (again) and there was enough bad publicity from it they had to actually get a human to intervene and fix it.

Google Assistant will fix it.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Advertisers Are Selling Americans' Data to Hundreds of Shady Foreign Businesses
A new report shows advertisers don't seem to have qualms with selling intimate consumer data to foreign companies, including those based in Russia and China.

News Tucker won't tell you about while he's spinning tall tales about being a victimized protagonist in one of his many made up stories.

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Gizmodo - The Worst Site on the Web Gets DDoS'd After Being Connected to Prominent Developer’s Suicide
This is the third suicide that Kiwi Farms has been tied to in recent years.

A prominent emulation software creator (for old video games) and video game translator reportedly killed himself recently after being a target of the web site/hate group.

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[Sithborg]

In other words, YouTube's automated take down system with absolutely no human intervention got caught improperly banning someone (again) and there was enough bad publicity from it they had to actually get a human to intervene and fix it.

A good chance they were victims of a mass reporting campaign. Its a problem that the abusers take advantage of to quiet dissent.

Well, fools and their payment info, I guess.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Teelie]

That tracks.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Russian Military Hackers Have Been On a Password Guessing Spree
According to U.S. and U.K. government officials, the Russian cyber spies of Unit 26165 have been using brute force attacks to target hundreds of organizations.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Zuck[erberg] Wishes America a Happy Birthday in the Most Cursed Way Possible

'No taxes and no regulations...America **** yeah!' said the social media robot.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

How-To Geek - Kaseya Ransomware Affected 1,500 Businesses, Asked for $70 Million

Kaseya, an enterprise tech firm, is the latest victim of malicious ransomware. The company has confirmed that approximately 1,500 businesses have been impacted by the attack over the Fourth of July weekend, though the attackers are saying they’ve already impacted over one million computers.

The attackers apparently carried out a supply chain ransomware attack by (naturally) exploiting a previously-unknown vulnerability in the company’s VSA software against their customers as well as several managed service providers. VSA is the company’s remote monitoring and management software used for managing and updating endpoints (like PCs or cash registers).

Gizmodo - Google Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Brought By 36 States and Washington, D.C.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

SPL Center - ‘We Make Mistakes': Twitter's Embrace of the Extreme Far Right

Mozilla Investigation: YouTube Algorithm Recommends Videos that Violate the Platform’s Very Own Policies

Gizmodo - TikTok Blocked Creators From Using 'Black Lives Matter' In Their Bios

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

While the U.S. has taken some steps regarding right-to-repair and has some other freedoms, Japan took steps years ago in the opposite direction into big corporate dystopia.

Japan Makes It Illegal To Mod Consoles (2019)

Japan has made game save editors and console modding services illegal. The punishment for breaking this law is pretty severe too, as perpetrators are liable up to a 5 million yen fine (approximately $46,000 USD or £36,000 GBP), five years of prison time, or both.

Zelda hacker arrested by police in Japan for selling modified Breath of the Wild save data

 

[Teelie]

That is the dream of US corporations who want to control everything we own to become something we license from them that can be revoked at any time or illegal for you to modify in any way they deem unacceptable.

 

[Lily Adler]

Google faces new antitrust lawsuit over Google Play Store fees

Twitter to ‘Fully Comply’ With India Internet Rules

Biden urges FCC to undo Pai’s legacy—but it can’t until he picks a third Democrat

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Politico - Russian gang blamed for global ransomware attack vanishes from web

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Business Insider - A Facebook engineer abused access to user data to track down a woman who had left their hotel room after they fought on vacation, new book says

A Facebook engineer abused employee access to user data to track down a woman who had left him after they fought, a new book said.

Between January 2014 and August 2015, the company fired 52 employees over exploiting user data for personal means, said an advance copy of "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination" that Insider obtained.

The engineer, who is unnamed, tapped into the data to "confront" a woman with whom he had been vacationing in Europe after she left the hotel room they had been sharing, the book said. He was able to figure out her location at a different hotel.

Business Insider - "Embarrassing And Damaging" Zuckerberg IMs Confirmed By Zuckerberg, The New Yorker (2010)

ZUCK: yea so if you ever need info about anyone at harvard
ZUCK: just ask
ZUCK: i have over 4000 emails, pictures, addresses, sns
FRIEND: what!? how’d you manage that one?
ZUCK: people just submitted it
ZUCK: i don’t know why
ZUCK: they “trust me”
ZUCK: dumb forks

Gizmodo - Facebook Knifes Its Own Analytics Tool to Hide Its Ben Shapiro Problem
Facebook reportedly reassigned dozens of employees at its data tool CrowdTangle after it showed right-wing content thrives on the News Feed.