Tag: Supreme Court

U.S. Press Starts To Figure Out College TikTok Bans Are A Dumb Performance

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

U.S. Press Starts To Figure Out College TikTok Bans Are A Dumb Performance

One, the bans are generally designed to agitate a xenophobic base and give the impression the GOP is “doing something about China.” But the party that couldn’t care less about rampant corruption or privacy violations isn’t doing much of anything meaningful to thwart China. In fact, letting adtech, telecom, and app companies run rampant with little oversight runs contrary to any such goal.

Two, the bans distract the public and press from our ongoing failure on consumer privacy and security issues. Banning TikTok, but doing nothing about the accountability optional free for all that is the adtech and data-hoovering space, doesn’t actually fix anything. China can just obtain the same data from a universe of other international companies facing little real oversight on data collection.

Three, the ban is really just about money. Trump gave the game away with his proposal that TikTok be chopped up and sold to Oracle and Walmart. That cronyistic deal fell through, but it’s pretty clear that this moral panic is designed to either help TikTok’s competitors (Facebook lobbyists are very active on this front), or force the sale of the most popular app in modern history to GOP-allies. At which point they’ll engage in all the surveillance and influence efforts they pretend to be mad about.

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The U.S. Regime Made Me A Non-Person

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

This is what happens to anyone who happens to report the types of things that America’s billionaires want to be hidden from the public.

The U.S. Regime Made Me A Non-Person

Honored that Eric Zeusse mentioned my ‘blog’ but upset by the censorship of all that are reporting the truth!

My thoughts when someone says censorship is okay because it’s a “private company”. Especially social media when I’ve been researching, for years, about how the government is embedded within their companies.

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Surprised that my entry shows up in Google but not Ecosia. Disappointed because I was referring Ecosia as a Google replacement due to Google’s algorithm censorship!

Congress Is About To Make This Post Telling You When To Celebrate SCOTUS Justice Birthdays Illegal

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The US Supreme Court has a big year ahead with lots of weighty matters to consider in 2023. But the seriousness of their job doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate each justice’s special day! If you would like to know when to fill your heart with warm birthday wishes for your favorite justice, here are all their birthdays in this handy convenient form.

Congress Is About To Make This Post Telling You When To Celebrate SCOTUS Justice Birthdays Illegal

EARN IT Act Will Make The Internet Worse For Everyone By Undermining Privacy And Security

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

To save the children, we must destroy everything. That’s the reality of the EARN IT Act. I mean, you can get some sort of sense of what you’re in store for just by reading the actual words behind the extremely labored acronym: Eliminating Abuse and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act. Whew. It’s a mouthful. And, given the name, it seems like this would be Congress putting funding towards supporting moderation efforts that target abusive content.

EARN IT Act Will Make The Internet Worse For Everyone By Undermining Privacy And Security

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Woman Calls 911 for Help, has Firearms Confiscated by Police

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The area around New York City is known for being anti-gun, but Nassau County’s latest move takes gun control to a whole new level. Nassau County had suspended a pistol permit and confiscated a citizen’s firearms for calling 911 when her life was threatened and not reporting the call to the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) Pistol License Section.

Woman Calls 911 for Help, has Firearms Confiscated by Police

H/T: John Crump News

New York State requires three years of social media posts, to be turned in to law enforcement, 18 hours of firearms safety training, character references, and drug tests in certain counties. I’d never be able to get a concealed carry permit just because I post memes criticizing the government! 😂