Mastodon Isn’t Complying With Age Verification Because It Can’t

While other services are bending at the knee over age verification, Mastodon has no actual means to comply.

https://www.freezenet.ca/mastodon-isnt-complying-with-age-verification-because-it-cant/

#Censorship#FileSharing#News#Technology#ActivityPub#AgeVerification#BitTorrent#eDonkey2000#FreeSpeech #government#Mastodon#SocialMedia

Mastodon Isn’t Complying With Age Verification Because It Can’t

While other services are bending at the knee over age verification, Mastodon has no actual means to comply.

https://www.freezenet.ca/mastodon-isnt-complying-with-age-verification-because-it-cant/

#Censorship#FileSharing#News#Technology#ActivityPub#AgeVerification#BitTorrent#eDonkey2000#FreeSpeech #government#Mastodon#SocialMedia

⛔ Sci-Hub: Sci-Hub has been blocked in India

｢ Previous week, the court in New Delhi fulfilled their request, ordering Indian Telecom companines to block websites within 3 days. From now on, an ordinary student or researcher in India will be able to access original websites only by using censorship-circumvention tools ｣

https://sci-hub.se/sci-hub-blocked-india

#science #academia #censorship #scihub

⛔ Sci-Hub: Sci-Hub has been blocked in India

｢ Previous week, the court in New Delhi fulfilled their request, ordering Indian Telecom companines to block websites within 3 days. From now on, an ordinary student or researcher in India will be able to access original websites only by using censorship-circumvention tools ｣

https://sci-hub.se/sci-hub-blocked-india

#science #academia #censorship #scihub

The UK Online Safety Act is a badly designed, overblown piece of legislation that's laying waste to content online.

Ofcom must take stock of these threats to freedom of expression in their guidance and Parliament must reform the Act.

Write to your MP ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working

#OnlineSafetyAct#OnlineSafety #osa #censorship #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #privacy

The UK Online Safety Act is an unworkable mess 💩

Can it be changed? And if so, is there the political will to do it?

Instead of doubling down on more censorship, Ofcom and the government must take steps to protect freedom of expression.

ORG's Sara Chitseko and @JamesBaker discuss.

Watch now ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/qi2DNB98c1C2Ny7Kg1Zg4v

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #ukpol #ukpolitics #freespeech #freeexpression #freedomofexpression #censorship #ofcom #privacy

The UK Online Safety Act is a badly designed, overblown piece of legislation that's laying waste to content online.

Ofcom must take stock of these threats to freedom of expression in their guidance and Parliament must reform the Act.

Write to your MP ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working

#OnlineSafetyAct#OnlineSafety #osa #censorship #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #privacy

How do you solve a problem like the UK Online Safety Act? 😵‍💫

ORG is calling for a rights-based approach.

One that limits the scope of the OSA to minimise threats to free expression and regulates the age verification industry to protect privacy.

Here’s how ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/how-to-fix-the-online-safety-act-a-rights-first-approach/

#OnlineSafetyAct#OnlineSafety #osa #freespeech #privacy #freeexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol #ofcom #censorship #ageverification

The UK Online Safety Act is an unworkable mess 💩

Can it be changed? And if so, is there the political will to do it?

Instead of doubling down on more censorship, Ofcom and the government must take steps to protect freedom of expression.

ORG's Sara Chitseko and @JamesBaker discuss.

Watch now ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/qi2DNB98c1C2Ny7Kg1Zg4v

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #ukpol #ukpolitics #freespeech #freeexpression #freedomofexpression #censorship #ofcom #privacy

Trump says ABC and NBC "give me 97% BAD STORIES," urges #FCC to revoke licenses.

Jon Brodkin – Aug 25, 2025

"Fresh off his thorough victory over CBS News, President Trump is taking aim at ABC and NBC.

" 'Why is it that ABC and NBC FAKE NEWS, two of the absolute worst and most biased networks anywhere in the World, aren't paying Millions of Dollars a year in LICENSE FEES,' Trump wrote on Truth Social last night. "They should lose their Licenses for their unfair coverage of Republicans and/or Conservatives, but at a minimum, they should pay up BIG for having the privilege of using the most valuable airwaves anywhere at anytime!!! Crooked ' #journalism' should not be rewarded, it should be terminated!!!'

"While Trump's many threats to revoke broadcaster licenses have never led to any actual license revocations, the CBS developments show how he can use the government to influence operations at news organizations. CBS owner #Paramount recently inked a $16 million settlement with Trump and then agreed to install a '#BiasMonitor' in order to gain Federal Communications Commission [#FCC] approval of an $8 billion merger with #Skydance. Now Trump is turning his attention to ABC and NBC."

Read more:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/cbs-caved-to-trump-now-hes-seeking-punishments-for-abc-and-nbc/

#PressFreedom#SilencingTheTruth#Censorship#FascismInTheUSA#TrumpIsABully#TrumpIsAMobster#TrumpIsAFascist#Authoritarianism#BigBrother#TrumpIsPutinsPuppet#CharacteristicsOfFascism#USPol

Trump says ABC and NBC "give me 97% BAD STORIES," urges #FCC to revoke licenses.

Jon Brodkin – Aug 25, 2025

"Fresh off his thorough victory over CBS News, President Trump is taking aim at ABC and NBC.

" 'Why is it that ABC and NBC FAKE NEWS, two of the absolute worst and most biased networks anywhere in the World, aren't paying Millions of Dollars a year in LICENSE FEES,' Trump wrote on Truth Social last night. "They should lose their Licenses for their unfair coverage of Republicans and/or Conservatives, but at a minimum, they should pay up BIG for having the privilege of using the most valuable airwaves anywhere at anytime!!! Crooked ' #journalism' should not be rewarded, it should be terminated!!!'

"While Trump's many threats to revoke broadcaster licenses have never led to any actual license revocations, the CBS developments show how he can use the government to influence operations at news organizations. CBS owner #Paramount recently inked a $16 million settlement with Trump and then agreed to install a '#BiasMonitor' in order to gain Federal Communications Commission [#FCC] approval of an $8 billion merger with #Skydance. Now Trump is turning his attention to ABC and NBC."

Read more:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/cbs-caved-to-trump-now-hes-seeking-punishments-for-abc-and-nbc/

#PressFreedom#SilencingTheTruth#Censorship#FascismInTheUSA#TrumpIsABully#TrumpIsAMobster#TrumpIsAFascist#Authoritarianism#BigBrother#TrumpIsPutinsPuppet#CharacteristicsOfFascism#USPol

Content takedowns under the UK Online Safety Act could go further ⚠️

Damaging free expression has knock-on effects. It limits what we get to know about in the public interest and how we can hold power to account.

ORG's Sara Chitseko and @JamesBaker discuss the impact on live-streaming.

Watch now ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/a34kKNvs3iyAUTSQSofwX7

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression #freespeech #freeexpression #censorship #ofcom

The UK regulator Ofcom is consulting on the use of proactive tech to scan, check and remove content before people even see it.

Combined with the weak protection for free expression in the Online Safety Act, the UK public risk facing widespread censorship online.

Tell your MP it has to change ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #ukpolitics #ukpol #ofcom #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freeexpression #censorship

Content takedowns under the UK Online Safety Act could go further ⚠️

Damaging free expression has knock-on effects. It limits what we get to know about in the public interest and how we can hold power to account.

ORG's Sara Chitseko and @JamesBaker discuss the impact on live-streaming.

Watch now ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/a34kKNvs3iyAUTSQSofwX7

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression #freespeech #freeexpression #censorship #ofcom

"The official White House newsletter has posted an article titled 'President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian.' It calls out some of the institution's artwork, exhibitions, programs and online articles that focus on race, slavery, immigration and sexuality."
https://share.google/lVZxeAZVc86iUlOWp

"It's decentralized! It's open!" they've said. But, despite all doubts from the very beginning, #Bluesky is no option for an open and decentralized web at all. There ARE reasons for protecting users under 18, but cutting a whole (well, #US!) state off the platform is simply a certain kind of #censorship.

There was hope for this service but the crypto-bro-background and the state of the #USA did a complete disservice to the platform, disqualifying it as an alternative for any federated, decentralized and free network like #Mastodon and Co.!

https://bsky.social/about/blog/08-22-2025-mississippi-hb1126

"It's decentralized! It's open!" they've said. But, despite all doubts from the very beginning, #Bluesky is no option for an open and decentralized web at all. There ARE reasons for protecting users under 18, but cutting a whole (well, #US!) state off the platform is simply a certain kind of #censorship.

There was hope for this service but the crypto-bro-background and the state of the #USA did a complete disservice to the platform, disqualifying it as an alternative for any federated, decentralized and free network like #Mastodon and Co.!

https://bsky.social/about/blog/08-22-2025-mississippi-hb1126

Another example of what happens in the #Trump admin if you dare report #facts

#Pentagon Fires the #Defense#Intelligence Agency Chief

The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting Trump’s contention that US strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in #Iran.

#military#MilitaryPreparedness#NationalSecurity #censorship #propaganda #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy#DearLeader
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Another example of what happens in the #Trump admin if you dare report #facts

#Pentagon Fires the #Defense#Intelligence Agency Chief

The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting Trump’s contention that US strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in #Iran.

#military#MilitaryPreparedness#NationalSecurity #censorship #propaganda #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy#DearLeader
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare