Massive expansion of Italy’s Piracy Shield underway despite growing criticism of its flaws

Walled Culture has been following closely Italy’s poorly-designed Piracy Shield system. Back in December we reported how copyright companies used their access to the Piracy Shield system to order Italian Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to all of Google Drive for the entire country, and how malicious actors could similarly use that unchecked power to shut down critical […]

#agcom #audiovisual #blocking #ccia #computer #copyright #costs #critical #deIndex #dns #DNSs #domains #DSA #elisaGiomi #eu #film #football #google #IP #ISPs #italy #linear #network #piracyShield #reporters #serietv #singleMarket #tris #tv #vpns #wipo

https://walledculture.org/massive-expansion-of-italys-piracy-shield-underway-despite-growing-criticism-of-its-flaws/

Why the Fediverse Needs a Connection Between Mainstreaming and Grassroots

https://hamishcampbell.com/why-the-fediverse-needs-a-connection-between-mainstreaming-and-grassroots/

Keeping Conversation’s Open – the Fluffy-Spiky Debate

https://hamishcampbell.com/keeping-conversations-open-the-fluffy-spiky-debate/

Dogmatic #fluffy is fine, it's kinda normal, but it becomes not fine when it flips into being dogmatic nasty with a fluffy dress.

This is a sad repeating prat move on this blinded #blocking path. The #fluffy spiky debate needs to be kept open, not forced closed. This is basic #KISS

Oh, look, yet another #browser claiming to care about your data. Can't wait to use Falkon, the browser that no one asked for, with its groundbreaking ability to, wait for it... block ads! #Open #source and open to the sound of crickets.
https://www.falkon.org #privacy #ad #blocking #tech #news #HackerNews #ngated

The #fashernistas poisoned the well of alt-media

https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fashernistas-poisoned-the-well-of-alt-media/

Explainer about #blocking

(a) Blocking a digital social account is not an anti-social behavior, it's a personal choice of mental protection (personal defence)

(b) Blocking media information to the public is not a choice, it's against the freedom of education, and against most existing constitutional laws

(c) Blocking food, water and aid is a crime

I hope, the difference is clear for every human mind now.

#ScientificAmerican

#Trump Administration Is #Blocking Disaster #Aid to States

Court documents indicate the administration has begun a campaign to block states from receiving funds for projects that would reduce #climate-related #damage

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-administration-is-blocking-disaster-aid-to-states/

Today i learned that #BlueSky does have a mute function based on keywords.

Adding all the BS words from US about American sport, #celebrities, American #MSM, orange #Hitler, apartheid child and #genocide apologist #DNC have made my stream so much cleaner and less infuriating.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: do banking transactions count as “user to user” communication services & social media under the UK & AU Online Safety Acts?
https://alecmuffett.com/article/112391
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #blocking #censorship #surveillance

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: do banking transactions count as “user to user” communication services & social media under the UK & AU Online Safety Acts?

This thread by Leanne O’Donnell is deeply thought provoking and fun: “What’s another way to contact a girl if she’s blocked you on EVERYTHING?” – well, maybe there’s an issue there?

https://bsky.app/profile/mslods.bsky.social/post/3li6ti6byuk2n

https://bsky.app/profile/mslods.bsky.social/post/3li6ti6byuk2n

@Valent

I have a bucketload of #Kindle books, so not closing my account. That said, I haven't actually purchased anything from an #Amazon-connected anything for several years.

#Unsubscribe from their #emails, or send them directly to your #spam bucket. Delete any #browser #bookmarks.

(BTW, I highly recommend the #VivaldiWebBrowser, which I've been using for awhile.

Aside from #blocking #trackers and #ads, my favorite #feature is a toggle to force #darkMode on every page.

#VPN Providers Consider Exiting #France Over 'Dangerous' Blocking Demands * TorrentFreak

In France, rightsholders have taken legal action to compel large VPN providers to support their pirate site #blocking program. The aim is to reinforce existing blocking measures, but VPN providers see this as a dangerous move, leading to potential #security issues and overblocking. As a result, some are considering leaving France altogether if push comes to shove.

https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-providers-consider-exiting-france-over-dangerous-blocking-demands-240224/

“Compost tending” the fabric of #openweb

https://hamishcampbell.com/compost-tending-the-fabric-of-openweb/

Why are #fashernistas so poisoning?

https://hamishcampbell.com/why-are-fashernistas-so-poisoning/

just seems kinda off that most people don't consider ideology to be a factor in defederation from kolektiva (or other instances)

like how long would you suppose an anarchist, anti-colonial instance would get along with liberal instances? authoritarian left ones? "apolitical" instances?

not discounting that folks have negative interactions with specific accounts, etc.

look at how many liberals react to calm, polite replies that accurately point to liberal policies and politicians helping to bring us to the current moment.. rage, insta-blocks, tirades against whole instances and ideologies based off a single encounter..

If you don't want to see me naked don't look in my window.