"You know how right now, while the government is shut down and food stamps for millions of Americans are set to expire one week from now, Trump is tearing down the East Wing of the White House to build himself a privately funded ballroom? Some of the companies who are funding Trump’s ballroom include: Amazon, Apple, Coinbase, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.

This talk mostly isn’t about reactionary tech billionaires and their complicit companies. Instead, it’s about attacks that we should be prepared for during this Age of Technofascism, and ways we can defend against them.

In this talk, I’m going to try to give some specific, actionable advise about three three topics: mercenary spyware, device searches, and app censorship.

But don’t think of this as a checklist that all you have to do is finish and then you’re good. Ultimately, what we all need to do, is build an intentional and forgiving security culture. These are things to talk over with your friends, colleagues, and family members as shared practices.

Fascists are targeting everyone outside their in-group. If we want to keep our communities safe, our defenses need to be collective, not individual."

https://micahflee.com/practical-defenses-against-technofascism/

#Technofascism #CyberSecurity #Spyware #USA #Trump #PoliceState #Surveillance #Censorship

"You know how right now, while the government is shut down and food stamps for millions of Americans are set to expire one week from now, Trump is tearing down the East Wing of the White House to build himself a privately funded ballroom? Some of the companies who are funding Trump’s ballroom include: Amazon, Apple, Coinbase, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.

This talk mostly isn’t about reactionary tech billionaires and their complicit companies. Instead, it’s about attacks that we should be prepared for during this Age of Technofascism, and ways we can defend against them.

In this talk, I’m going to try to give some specific, actionable advise about three three topics: mercenary spyware, device searches, and app censorship.

But don’t think of this as a checklist that all you have to do is finish and then you’re good. Ultimately, what we all need to do, is build an intentional and forgiving security culture. These are things to talk over with your friends, colleagues, and family members as shared practices.

Fascists are targeting everyone outside their in-group. If we want to keep our communities safe, our defenses need to be collective, not individual."

https://micahflee.com/practical-defenses-against-technofascism/

#Technofascism #CyberSecurity #Spyware #USA #Trump #PoliceState #Surveillance #Censorship

I...agree...with #tedcruz what sort of fucking 4th dimensional hellscape is this when I agree...with...Ted Cruz. I think I'm going to puke #news #censorship https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/politics/ted-cruz-fcc-abc-mob

"If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of copyright infringement. This would threaten innocent users who rely on broadband for essential aspects of daily life. EFF—along with the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and Re:Create—filed an amicus brief urging the Court to reverse the decision.

The Stakes: Turning ISPs into Copyright Police
Among other things, the Supreme Court approving the appeals court’s findings will radically change the amount of risk your ISP takes on if a customer infringes on copyright, forcing the ISP to terminate access to the internet for those users accused of copyright infringement—and everyone else who uses that internet connection."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/eff-court-supreme-court-must-rein-expansive-secondary-copyright-liability

#USA#Copyright #Censorship#Broadband#IP

"If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of copyright infringement. This would threaten innocent users who rely on broadband for essential aspects of daily life. EFF—along with the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and Re:Create—filed an amicus brief urging the Court to reverse the decision.

The Stakes: Turning ISPs into Copyright Police
Among other things, the Supreme Court approving the appeals court’s findings will radically change the amount of risk your ISP takes on if a customer infringes on copyright, forcing the ISP to terminate access to the internet for those users accused of copyright infringement—and everyone else who uses that internet connection."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/eff-court-supreme-court-must-rein-expansive-secondary-copyright-liability

#USA#Copyright #Censorship#Broadband#IP

"From Firings to the Threat of Deportation: Commenters Deemed Offensive After Charlie Kirk’s Death Face Consequences"

"People across the U.S. are facing disciplinary consequences for expressing views deemed offensive after the killing of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk, who has been described by supporters as a model proponent of free speech."

#USpol#Uspolitics #Censorship

https://time.com/7316628/charlie-kirk-death-celebrations-social-media-consequences-fired-immigrants-deport/

"From Firings to the Threat of Deportation: Commenters Deemed Offensive After Charlie Kirk’s Death Face Consequences"

"People across the U.S. are facing disciplinary consequences for expressing views deemed offensive after the killing of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk, who has been described by supporters as a model proponent of free speech."

#USpol#Uspolitics #Censorship

https://time.com/7316628/charlie-kirk-death-celebrations-social-media-consequences-fired-immigrants-deport/

no more music for U-18s in UK 🙃

#OnlineSafetyAct#OSA#AgeVerification #Spotify #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Censorship #Surveillance

no more music for U-18s in UK 🙃

#OnlineSafetyAct#OSA#AgeVerification #Spotify #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Censorship #Surveillance

#Freespeech #Censorship#nonprofit
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki_talk:RationalMedia_Foundation

#Freespeech #Censorship#nonprofit
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki_talk:RationalMedia_Foundation