The world is a complex place. It is tempting to enforce simplicity upon it to make things easier for computers. Gender is a boolean, no one is older than 99, all text flows left to right, and names are always in English. That makes it nice and easy for us to write computer systems - and who cares if it is dehumanising?

Recently, I tried to register with phon

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/05/what-are-unusual-characters/

#/etc/ #error #forms #racism

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**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · May 26, 2021, 10:19

**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · May 26, 2021, 10:19

May 26, 2021, 10:19

jim @jim@campaign.openworlds.info

And hello, blocking of services and apps.

How will #reddit, #matrix, #signal, #telegram be treated?

It is impossible to see some of these services being able to comply.

And where will #mastodon fit in? Will the network subject itself to content scanning and removal, or just get blocked online and removed from App stores as “unsafe”?

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**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · May 26, 2021, 10:15

**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · May 26, 2021, 10:15

May 26, 2021, 10:15

jim @jim@campaign.openworlds.info

Goodbye, e2e encryption for private messaging.

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**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · May 26, 2021, 10:14

**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · May 26, 2021, 10:14

May 26, 2021, 10:14

jim @jim@campaign.openworlds.info

Hello, state direction of Facebook, and Twitter over what stays up, what gets deleted, and how they find it.

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**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · May 26, 2021, 10:11

**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · May 26, 2021, 10:11

May 26, 2021, 10:11

jim @jim@campaign.openworlds.info

The #OnlineSafetyBill means:

(1) The Home Secretary decides what content FB and Twitter must remove, and how;

(2) Companies must be able to read your private messages

(3) Services that don’t comply get banned from App Stores, blocked on ISPs

https://www.politics.co.uk/comment/2021/05/26/why-the-online-safety-bill-threatens-our-civil-liberties/

**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · Apr 29, 2021, 16:15

**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · Apr 29, 2021, 16:15

Apr 29, 2021, 16:15

jim @jim@campaign.openworlds.info

If they set up their own #mastodon note, they‘d be in control of the experience their footballers, clubs and fans find online.

They could swiftly improve the situation for everyone.

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**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · Apr 29, 2021, 16:13

**jim** @jim@campaign.openworlds.info · Apr 29, 2021, 16:13

Apr 29, 2021, 16:13

jim @jim@campaign.openworlds.info

Frustrating that the Football Association is going to boycott social media platforms, rather than setting up its own platform where it can control and reduce abuse.

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**Matrix.org** @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org · Apr 02, 2021, 10:24

Apr 02, 2021, 10:24

Matrix.org @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org

RT @manishrjain@twitter.com

Finally a legit alternative to IRC: https://matrix.org/

Really excited about what it can do to break away from Slack and other non-open protocols.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/manishrjain/status/1377800029704908800

**jim** · Apr 02, 2021, 10:35

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**Jan Wildeboer 😷💉💉** @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net · Apr 02, 2021, 10:35

Apr 02, 2021, 10:35

Jan Wildeboer 😷💉💉 @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net

Yesterday my parents got a call from their doctor if they want to get vaccinated next week. So #Germany finally starts broader vaccination. This is good news.

**jim** · Apr 02, 2021, 10:20

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**Electronic Frontier Foundation** @eff@mastodon.social · Apr 02, 2021, 10:20

Apr 02, 2021, 10:20

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff@mastodon.social

The EU Digital Services Act is a chance to build a better future for the internet. Check out our take on what we think about the Commission's proposal: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12417-Digital-Services-Act-deepening-the-internal-market-and-clarifying-responsibilities-for-digital-services/F2163952?fbclid=IwAR22CcKz82D2zcKSVQDWHisVCkTrfocc1eEGDWKraZ-CAWXB_h81lJ6Euzg https://t.co/xFrOwSoWeW

**jim** · Apr 02, 2021, 10:17

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**openrightsgroup** @openrightsgroup@mastodon.social · Apr 02, 2021, 10:17

Apr 02, 2021, 10:17

openrightsgroup @openrightsgroup@mastodon.social

UK may force Facebook services to allow backdoor police access

The Home Office and Priti Patel want to be able to read everyone’s SMS messages, and in effect, ban secure messaging on Facebook.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/01/uk-may-force-facebook-services-to-allow-backdoor-police-access

**jim** · Apr 01, 2021, 12:20

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**openrightsgroup** @openrightsgroup@mastodon.social · Apr 01, 2021, 12:20

Apr 01, 2021, 12:20

openrightsgroup @openrightsgroup@mastodon.social

ENDGAME FOR END-TO-END ENCRYPTION

The Home Office is actively exploring legal and technical mechanisms to compel Facebook to circumvent end-to-end encrypted messaging. Read our take on it.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/endgame-for-end-to-end-encryption/

**jim** · Mar 26, 2021, 16:01

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**openrightsgroup** @openrightsgroup@mastodon.social · Mar 26, 2021, 16:01

Mar 26, 2021, 16:01

openrightsgroup @openrightsgroup@mastodon.social

📣 National Fraud Initiative 📣

Privacy advocates & migrants' rights orgs win deadline extension for National Fraud Initiative consultation. This will allow us to investigate the impact of the proposed measures on the data protection rights of migrants.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/privacy-migrant-groups-win-extension-on-data-matching-powers/