[ PFIR ] Lauren's Blog: State and Federal Internet ID Age Requirements Are Hell-Bent on Turning the Internet Into a Chinese-Style Internet Nightmare

Lauren's Blog: State and Federal Internet ID Age Requirements Are Hell-Bent on Turning the Internet Into a Chinese-Style Internet Nightmare https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/03/23/government-internet-id-nightmare - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com

[ PFIR ] State and federal Internet ID age requirements are hell-bent on turning the Internet into a Chinese-style Internet nightmare

State and federal Internet ID age requirements are hell-bent on turning the Internet into a Chinese-style Internet nightmare The new Utah Internet ID age laws signed today -- and what other states and the feds are moving toward in the same realm -- will destroy social media and much else of

[ PFIR ] Utah enacts laws requiring social media firms to verify age of all users, creating nightmarish Internet tracking dystopia and privacy/security hell

Utah enacts laws requiring social media firms to verify age of all users, creating nightmarish Internet tracking dystopia and privacy/security hell And there's no way they could restrict this to Utah, plus other states and the feds are moving in the same direction.

[ PFIR ] Trump calls NYC D.A. an "animal" -- posts photo of D.A. beside photo of Trump holding baseball bat

Trump calls NYC D.A. an "animal" -- posts photo of D.A. beside photo of Trump holding baseball bat L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Mastodon:

[ PFIR ] Twitter to offer "blue check buyers" option to hide their embarrassment

Twitter to offer "blue check buyers" option to hide their embarrassment Word is that Twitter will permit users who buy blue checks the ability to hide them from their profiles, so that other users won't see that they paid for priority status from Elon. By the way, legacy "notable" blue checks

[ PFIR ] For U.S. politicians wanting to control the Internet, hysteria over TikTok is only the beginning

For U.S. politicians wanting to control the Internet, hysteria over TikTok is only the beginning Let's be clear about this. Apparently the U.S. has no evidence that TikTok has been used for surveillance by China. Yeah, China does surveillance, the U.S. does surveillance. But China doesn't need

[ PFIR ] [Taliban Florida] Tallahassee principal kicked out after 3 parents complain about Michelangelo's "David" statue in art class

[Taliban Florida] Tallahassee principal kicked out after 3 parents complain about Michelangelo's "David" statue in art class https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11894493/Tallahassee-principal-fired-parents-complain-Michelangelo-statue-David-pornographic.html - - - --Lauren-- Lauren

[ PFIR ] Google and Microsoft's chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation sh*tshow

Google and Microsoft's chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation sh*tshow https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/22/23651564/google-microsoft-bard-bing-chatbots-misinformation - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: