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Mark

Tell your MP #Online #Safety Act is a disaster

#ToxicLabour

Rather than protect children, adults are facing widespread #censorship & teens have their freedom of expression restricted

Key problems

- Censorship
- Handing data to #unregulated age providers
- #Restricting #freedom of #expression
- Pushing young people to unregulated spaces

Govt's response: saying they are on side of predators. Totally unacceptable

#Labour treats concerns with #disdain

action.openrightsgroup.org/tel

Open Rights GroupTell your MP: The Online Safety Act isn’t workingWhat's the problem? The Online Safety Act has been a disaster. Rather than protect children, millions of adults are facing widespread censorship, and teenagers are having their freedom of expression restricted. Here are some of the key problems with the law: Wrongful Censorship: The law places huge liabilities and threats of jail on platforms if they don't censor the right content. It does little to protect freedom of expression. The results are in. Footage of protest censored on X. Subreddits about stopping smoking, sexual health, and the news age-gated and shadow-banned.
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“The cost-of-living crisis, energy and housing have dominated the 2025 #election campaign.

Much less airtime has been given to the arts, a $64 billion industry facing serious threats.

Diminishing #profits due to rising #production #costs, #unregulated use of #AI and a lack of Australian content on streaming platforms are among the most pressing issues for the #ArtsSector today.”

A reminder that LNP Senator #JamesPatterson would sell the #JacksonPollock, “Blue Poles” at the NG if given the chance because (paraphrased), The Australian Government shouldn’t keep and maintain expensive Art”.

#AusPol / #Arts / #ArtsAustralia / #Labor / #LNP / #Liberal / #Coalition / #Nationals / #greens <abc.net.au/news/2025-04-29/aus> / “Painting Blue Poles, worth $350m, should be sold to reduce national debt: Senator James Paterson” <abc.net.au/news/2016-10-07/gov>

ABC News · What Labor, the Coalition and the Greens are offering the arts in the 2025 federal election — and what the sector wantsBy Nicola Heath
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Nonilex

In the period of 48hrs, the #Trump family’s net worth surged by billions, based on holdings of its just-launched #DigitalAssets, underscoring the #unregulated nature of #cryptocurrencies & Trump’s ability to use his fame, power & partnership w/the industry to enrich himself, his family & his allies at the flip of a switch.

…#Crypto industry leaders & investors emerged as some of Trump’s biggest supporters in the campaign in an effort to #influence future #policies & to ease #regulations….

WINGS_radio

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Nov. 26, 2024
Federal #election #law governs campaign #contributions directly to Presidential candidates. But when an incoming administration refuses to follow the #Presidential #transition #rules those contributions become an #unregulated spigot of #special interest #darkmoney

🎧 90-Sec. Listen, 📖 Read, 🔗 Resources 📣 Groups in Action

americandemocracyminute.org/we

American Democracy Minute · American Democracy Minute | Radio Report & Podcast on Democracy Issues | UncategorizedFederal election law governs campaign contributions directly to Presidential candidates. But when an incoming administration refuses to follow the Presidential transition rules, those contributions become an unregulated spigot of special interest dark money.
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Nonilex

Our investigation found that this fine-grained #data is being sold in an #unregulated market. There’s little to no vetting over who gets access to it or how they use it. Paired w/people-search platforms, the ability to freely mine through data like it can pose serious #privacy concerns.

#Atlas used #LocateX to search for #phones at locations like #abortion clinics, courthouses & the homes of #law enforcement officers & prosecutors.

#technology#ReproductiveRights
Chuck Darwin

Industry acts to head off regulation on PFAS pollution from semiconductors

Producers of #PFAS chemicals and semiconductors, a key part of most electronics, have formed a group that develops
"industry-friendly science"
aimed at heading off regulation as the facilities release high levels of toxic waste, documents seen by the Guardian show.

The group, called the #PFAS #Consortium, was formed during a boom in domestic semiconductor production
spurred by the Chips and Science Act that has led to $825bn in investment aimed at shoring up the industry.

Left unchecked, however, the boom could also 🔥generate huge levels of toxic waste,🔥 experts fear.

The #semiconductor #industry is a prolific polluter and a major source of #unregulated and #unmonitored toxic PFAS, or “forever chemicals”, some of which also turn into potent greenhouse gas.

“Hardly anyone has been paying attention to the toxic waste from the industry as it grows at an enormous rate,” said Lenny Siegel, a member of
❇️"Chips Communities United", a group working with industry and administration officials to try to put in place environmental safeguards.

“Next time you do a Google search or chat, you’re using chips … that were produced in a way that released PFAS in an environment irreversibly.”
theguardian.com/environment/ar

The Guardian · Industry acts to head off regulation on PFAS pollution from semiconductorsBy Tom Perkins
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Chuck Darwin

Fifty years ago, Watergate sparked a national reckoning with the corrosive role of #unregulated #money in our political system.

Another round of significant reforms is long overdue.

So what can be done?

The next Congress can start by passing the
"Freedom to Vote Act"
– a broad
💥democracy reform package that includes a variety of strong provisions to
rein in Super Pacs,
curb dark money
and strengthen enforcement.

Congress came within a few votes of passing this package in 2022.

Congressional leaders have affirmed they will make it a top priority in 2025.

They should renew that commitment at the first opportunity.

Over the longer term, it is also critical that governments at all levels explore
💥alternative ways to fund campaigns
– including through reviving and building on the long-term goal of effective #public #financing.

The new system that went into effect this cycle in New York state, for instance,
uses public funds to match small private contributions from candidates’ constituents
– making it possible for them to rely less on wealthy donors outside of their districts and states.

New York could be an excellent model for a revitalized federal public financing system.

#transparency#BigMoney#SuperPacs
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#AI and the Evolution of #SocialMedia
There is a lot we can learn about social media’s #unregulated evolution over the past decade that directly applies to AI companies and technologies. These lessons can help us avoid making the same mistakes with AI that we did with social media.
1, #Advertising
2. #Surveillance
3. #Virality
4. #LockIn
5. #Monopoly
schneier.com/blog/archives/202

www.schneier.comAI and the Evolution of Social Media - Schneier on Security
Deniz Opal

I'm really enjoying the #CoffeeZilla #YouTube channel. The #noir #cyberpunk #Bladerunner esthetic, his dedication to his investigations, sense of humor, and particularly the insight into this new #crypto based #ponzi world, where systems have become #unregulated and #democratized to the point that complete bloody morons and charlatans build enormous sandcastles that get blown down with a single "rug".

"The #auditors address was in the #metaverse" and other hits.

youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4q

YouTubeThe FULL Story of FTX
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Manly Blog

"Unlicensed dams can 'severely compromise the environment
Advocates say the Moorabool River in Victoria's west is facing a deepening crisis, with a reported 218 new private dams appearing in the catchment since 2012. The government should be embarrassed it took a volunteer community group to expose such a vast problem."
abc.net.au/news/2023-06-02/unl
#Water #Rivers #Unregulated #FarmDams #Moorabool #River #Catchment #Law #Enforcement #Mapping

ABC NewsSuspected unlicensed dams multiplying across stressed river system reveal holes in Victoria's water complianceBy Rachel Clayton
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