Tag Archives: censorship

Free speech

Posted on Jul 15, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

This article by Greg Lukianoff over at Areo is a very good list of answers to common arguments against free speech: “Answers to 12 Bad Anti-Free Speech Arguments: Featuring That XKCD Cartoon Everyone Likes to Quote!” Assertion: Free speech rests … Continue reading →

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Preposterous

Posted on Jun 11, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

It should be no surprise that I subscribe to / “follow” people who might be blocked by current social media policies. This comment about a temporary ban on Facebook was interesting: Exactly those two points are interesting. Did she get … Continue reading →

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Just like Obama

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

The modern surveillance regime in USA, which most likely and routinely intercepts most European digital communication, was started with George W. Bush as President, but heavily expanded during Barack Obama’s presidency. For 4 years it has been running along basically … Continue reading →

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WordPress, ClassicPress or?

Posted on Apr 2, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

I know I keep going on about it, but I am one of those people who really do not like to the current and future editor in WordPress, the Gutenberg editor. And I know how hard it is to make … Continue reading →

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A cure for Fake News?

Posted on Mar 6, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

After combating disinformation/”fake news” online for years, are we actually winning? It feels like we are losing. I personally know a couple of people who deny the existence of COVID-19. I know some who believe many of the more outlandish … Continue reading →

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So, is NetzDG good?

Posted on Mar 4, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Following the endless saga of governments trying to restrict free speech, it is worth considering the German NetzDG law. NetzDG, Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (I am not kidding), subtitled “Gesetz zur Verbesserung der Rechtsdurchsetzung in sozialen Netzwerken”, or the “Network Enforcement Act” for … Continue reading →

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It’s impossible, so it must be done quickly

Posted on Mar 3, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Content moderation at scale is impossible, unless you want it to be random to a certain degree. This is not a surprise and yet politicians demand that tech companies do it anyway – like the German NetzDG law. NetzDG demands … Continue reading →

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Why moderation at scale doesn’t work

Posted on Feb 27, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Writing about PayPal reminded me of that time Archie McPhee “We Make Weird” – currently selling a plastic “Squirrel In Underpants Nodder” – was unable to sell “Tardigrade Ornaments” online. Tardigrade as in Waterbears, those adorable microscopic creatures that live … Continue reading →

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Censorship

Posted on Jan 30, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

How is it possible not to realize that when you empower huge corporations & the state to regulate speech and censor the internet, they’re going to use this power to advance their interests, not yours?? Even if your interests sometimes … Continue reading →

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Time for a Christmas movie

Posted on Nov 26, 2019 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Only, this one exists in two versions. The original and the … censored? The posters seem to be similar So what could be censored in a Canadian Christmas movie? Wait…

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