#free_speech — Public Fediverse posts

One day Nick got a visit from the FBI demanding he give them data on one of his customers. They asked for it in the form of a National Security Letter or NSL. Something wasn’t right about this letter. It seemed to violate the constitution. So he set out to change the law.

Today we're going to start with our usual financial fare, but then branch out into other important topics impacting society today, like the state of free speech, media bais and the role of government.

I'm taking the license to do so because of our good fortune to be joined today by Matt Taibbi, one of the few remaining truly great independent journalists -- a rare breed these days.

Many of you know Matt from his work at Rolling Stone where, among other great scoops, he chronicled the unfolding of the Great Financial Crisis, as well as the abuses that caused it, in a plain-language manner that the general public could finally understand.

Or you may know him from his pioneering work on the Twitter Files, exposing the government-driven censorship and narrative planting that had metastasized across the social media ecosystem during the COVID era.

Or you may know him from his ongoing work on Substack at his Racket News channel, or from the many books he has authored.

We are very lucky to have him join us today.

"FLOODING "THE ZONE" WITH SHITE" ~ Dr. Steven Pinker, Harvard #psychology #journalism #law #science #politics #errtlings #dictators #materialism #conscousness #psi #paranormal_things #bookcafe #cancel_culture #free_speech #government #art_of_review #social #media www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQAy...

Free Speech At Risk! The Hidde...

Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law
https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-goes-dark-in-mississippi-age-verification/
#ycombinator #social_media #tech_policy_and_law #u_s_supreme_court #privacy #free_speech #bluesky

Series on Securing Mobile Phones

3. https://fifthdimensionnews.substack.com/p/oniment-trixie
2. https://fifthdimensionnews.substack.com/p/the-trust-mobile-split
1. https://fifthdimensionnews.substack.com/p/upwardly-mobile

#Precursor #Liberux #Tor #Rust #Xous #Bunnie_Huang #Debian #Hexchat #Element #LiberaChat #IRC #Matrix #Mobile #Phone #Open_Source_Hardware #JTAG #Free_Speech #First_Amendment #1A

Action Alert from @eff : Tell Congress: Don't Outlaw Encrypted Applications
https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-don-t-outlaw-encrypted-applications
#action #security #encryption #privacy #free_speech #congress #petition #ElectronicFrontierFoundation

Judges from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee have amended the court’s local rules to remove a provision that prevented attorneys from discussing their cases with the media and the public.

The changes were sparked by a federal lawsuit, filed by the Institute for Justice on behalf of local civil rights attorney Daniel Horwitz in October 2024.

This is a huge win for the First Amendment in Middle Tennessee.

Attorneys have a right to discuss their cases, and the public has a right to know what the government and its contractors are doing wrong.

Policing the internet in Germany, where hate speech, insults are a crime [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bMzFDpfDwc
#ycombinator #60_Minutes #CBS_News #free_speech #hate_speech #germany #internet

The freedom to explore new ideas, especially when they don't conform to existing understanding, is critical for the advancement of science—just ask Galileo!

Dogma isn't exclusive to any particular school of thought.

Being able to challenge dogma, even when that challenge is upsetting or just incorrect, is how we advance our understanding of the universe around us.

“‘The law’s provision of civil damages means that private actors — including those with seemingly endless resources — can bog you down in costly and distracting litigation.…This means that Palestinians and those who support their rights become ‘high risk’ — and those who they rely on — charities, funders, banks or social media companies — are chilled from further engagement. The goal is to isolate Palestinians.’”
#ProPalestinianProtests #free_speech
https://theintercept.com/2024/05/10/october-7-survivors-lawsuit-palestine-hamas-sjp-protests/

X ordered by Australian government to censor content worldwide
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/esafety-commissioner-x-elon-musk-in-court-over-injunction/103760572
#ycombinator #politics #federal_government #elon_musk #mark_zuckerberg #free_speech #anthony_albanese #esafety #twitter

For all the talk about #free_speech and exchange of #ideas on :mastodon: , there sure are a lot of thin skinned people here who can't accept that others have thoughts and opinions that differ. Some are even running away to other countries than stand and fight for what they believe.

The Far Right's Favorite Web Host Has a Shadowy New Owner
https://www.wired.com/story/epik-domain-registrar-new-owner/
#ycombinator #free_speech #politics #websites #far_right

Appin Technology’s alleged hacking past
https://www.wired.com/story/appin-training-centers-lawsuits-censorship/
#ycombinator #hacking #india #lawsuits #censorship #free_speech

A Startup Allegedly 'Hacked the World.' Then Came the Censorship, and Backlash
https://www.wired.com/story/appin-training-centers-lawsuits-censorship/
#ycombinator #hacking #india #lawsuits #censorship #free_speech

Florida School District Bans Dictionaries Under DeSantis Law
https://www.commondreams.org/news/florida-bans-dictionaries
#ycombinator #escambia_county #florida #free_speech #pen_america #ron_desantis #book_bans

Rikki Schlott and Greg Lukianoff discuss their new book, "The Canceling of the American Mind"

"We've taught young people that any of their missteps or any of their heterodox opinions are grounds to tear them down. That's no way to grow up."

That was journalist Rikki Schlott speaking before a sold-out crowd on Monday night at a live taping of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast in New York City. Schlott, 23, teamed up with Greg Lukianoff to co-write The Canceling of the American Mind.

Lukianoff, 49, is the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and co-author with Jonathan Haidt of the bestselling  The Coddling of the American Mind (2018). Schlott is a fellow at FIRE, a New York Post columnist, and a co-host of the Lost Debate podcast.

Cancel culture, they argue, constitutes a serious threat to free speech and open inquiry in academia and the workplace, and is best understood as a battle for power, status, and dominance.

The UN Risks Normalizing Internet Censorship
https://www.wired.com/story/united-nations-igf-saudi-arabia-russia/
#ycombinator #censorship #disinformation #russia #saudi_arabia #free_speech

#Free_speech

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