Freedom Of Speech - Blog Posts
God bless you! Free the books!
The sign of high quality is the fact the book was banned by the government. Trash literature NEVER EVER had any troubles with the law.
holy shit y’all should watch this one, what an admirable person
I don't think too many people realize with the tiktok ban now in place, SO MUCH STUFF IS LOST MEDIA! Like what, a billion or so videos now turned into a fragmented memory of uncertainty?
It's truly sad with how utterly pathetic the American government is, claiming that a little short-form video app is a threat to the country, when in truth it's only a threat to the government's brainwashing.
They don't want us to know truth, they want us to be mindless husks of flesh and bone to control like a marionette, on strings of demands and broad twisted words of tragedies and self-proclaimed victories.
Find the truth, gain the knowledge. Spite them, make them angry.
We're all angry here.
nicolas maduro is blocking social media, btw
he's blocking twitter from being able to be used in venezuela, and he wants to block whatsapp and signal as well
he's painting the apps as "dirty tools of the imperialist to corrupt venezuelans", and wants them off the country -a few days after he claimed people who criticised him are part of a satanic cult btw
he doesnt like the way people are talking about venezuela between each other in those apps, so he wants them off of the country entirely
this is the guy first world commies love and rave about
FYI, On Dec 14,2022, Sen Mike Lee Utah Rep introduced a bill Interstate Obscenity Definition Act. Proposal would redefine virtually all pornography as Obscenity under federal law and therefore render it illegal for Interstate or foreign transmission. This would affect your site. I hope you will fight this and tell lawmakers not to support this bill. Your First Admendment rights must be protected. Also tell your viewers to tell lawmakers not to support this. 1969 US Supreme Court ruled Stanley vs Georgia that possession of obscene material is not a crime. Pass this on to your supporters on tumbler.
For all my followers in the US! Please take a note. Share if it's relevant to you!
Well, this blog might not get very far.
According to recent news, Net Neutrality, the set of rules that protect our Internet rights and freedoms, is on the line. The principle that enables online freedom to publish, access, and receive any content you wish might be impacted on December 14th, 2017. If Congress votes to change the bill, millions of Americans’ safety, First Amendment rights, and access to information would be affected.
Almost since President Trump took office, his FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has been pushing for Net Neutrality to be reconsidered on Capital Hill. Millions of Americans have spoken up, on social media and directly to our government officials, requesting that the bill stay the same. Pay has ignored these messages and insists that Net Neutrality limits innovation and economic growth. But what he’d really be doing, if he manages to get the bill off the board, would be clearing away regulations that prevent telecom giants, like Verizon or Comcast, from controlling what content users obtain. Right now, companies can’t pick what websites and services get to us faster, for censorship or economic reasons. They aren’t allowed to slow down or speed up their own content or sites to stifle a competitor. The general fear, and the reason for Net Neutrality, is that if they could, they would. Booming businesses could profit off of the violation of our constitutional rights, if Ajit Pai’s mission succeeds.
You can say and view and do whatever you want online. All the information and opportunity on the planet is at your fingertips, because of Net Neutrality. Heck, while writing this I had to research the details of what’s actually been going down lately. How? Net Neutrality. Social media, websites, applications, databases - so much would be effected, and not for the better. A lot of people who use the Internet to make a change, marginalized communities standing up for their rights, all these people could be silenced. For money.
We owe it to Net Neutrality, the result of millions of activists in 2015, that America is as safe, informed, and free as it is now. Hey, it’s the reason I’m able to run this blog - using my voice to talk about what I believe in, which not everyone out there can do.
There’s still time. In just days, on December 14, the bill will be voted on. Send this to friends, contact government officials and politicians, take action now. While it isn’t too late.
With Net Neutrality On The Chopping Block, Communities Are Taking Matters Into their Own Hands—And Scaring The Hell Out Of Comcast
By the time I finish this post, it will be illegal in my country
Hello again friends.
As I wrote in the title, this post will be illegal in Spain in less than an hour. Why? Because in 1 July of 2015 will come into effect the new “Ley de Seguridad Ciudadana”, the “Law of Citizen Security” or how the people of Spain call it LEY MORDAZA, in english GAG LAW.
This law was approved by the government with the oposition of the rest of political parties, the population of Spain and even the EU, the UN and the Greenpeace between many others because is the most agressive attack to the human rights, particularly to the right of freedom of speech.
In less than an hour doing something of the next list will be illegal among many other things:
Manifestations around the Congress and the Senate
Take photos or videos of the police, even if they are using force against the people.
Stop an eviction
The pacific resistance
Tweet or spread information about a manifestation in Internet
Criticize the spanish monarchy
Spread information of the crimes of an accused party (like those participants of the government and politicians who now are being accused of corruption)
But the worst part is that, if you do any of those 44 new guidelines, you will be found guilty no by a proper judge but the government itself under the accusation of administrative offence, with a fine till 600.000 €
In short: this new law search the most agressive way to silence an entire population against one of the worst governments we ever had since the dictatorship of 1939.
NO A LA LEY MORDAZA #NOSOMOSDELITO
“Apple goes pretty far by saying its software has a viewpoint,” said Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law. “That’s pretty novel here. But this case is unprecedented, so we shouldn’t be surprised by novel defenses.”
No cuz banning a whole fucking social media platform is crazy as hell and literally violates our freedom of speech. It goes beyond just "Oh, no more edits" it's "We cannot speak freely unless the government wants to ban us." Everyone is migrating to RedNote.... I can promise you that they'll find a way to ban it too. Anything that pertains to our right to speak, they will ban it. Especially if you talk about 🇵🇸. A teacher at my school was literally fired for being accused of "antisemitism" because she didn't agree with 🇮🇱.
Hey babes just wanted to come out here and say some stuff. Yes this is political and if you don’t have the same views as me you can unfollow me I don’t care.
Tik tok is officially banned. You can check rn and it will give you the pop up.
This needs to be taken very seriously so I’m gonna break this down.
1. This is dystopian as hell
2. If Trump brings it back he’s gonna get brownie points from the population who didn’t vote for him and get more from those who did. LISTEN. If this happens do NOT let this sway you into thinking he’s a good guy because he’s not. He’s not. Okay?
3. This is more than the loss of funny videos and hot edits, okay? This is a direct violation of the right to free speech and freedom of the press. The precedent that this case sets will be detrimental to the U.S. This opens the door to other non U.S owned apps being banned. This is a dictatorship.
I know this has all been said but this is so important you need to understand that. This is the time to speak out, make posts, go to protests or walkouts. Speak. Just speak.
DEMAND THE RELEASE OF MAHMOUD KHALIL!
#Repost @nationalsjp
🚨SEND THE LETTER L!NKED !N B1O🚨 A Palestinian student activist at Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil, has been abducted and detained by the Department of Homeland Security for over 12 hours after months of targeted harassment by the university. Demand his immediate release through the letter at https://shorturl.at/Lm86S
This injustice cannot stand for Mahmoud or for anyone else! Demand Columbia keep its students safe and refuse ICE on campus!
Oohhh one more reblog, I’ll treat myself
HEY PLEASE READ !!
if you guys AT ALL enjoy using the internet whether it's for news, entertainment, or communication purposes there is a bill floating around right now that has a good possibility of being passed that will influence the way we ALL use the internet. this bill is called KOSA and it presents itself as "kids online safety act" but in reality it is and will try to sensor SO much important information out there about LGBTQ+, POC communities, feminism and women's rights, and so much more. the bill targets mainly people under 17 but this bill will affect adults too. your favorite social media and websites will become highly cleansed from anything the government deems as "dangerous" to children online. one of the ways they are trying to ensure kids aren't accessing content that is "dangerous" enforces EVERYONE to upload private information or a photo of your ID to access social media apps and websites. IF YOU CARE AT ALL ABOUT PROTECTING FREE SPEACH ON THE INTERNET AND THE WAY WE USE IT TO COMMUNICATE PLEASE HELP ENSURE THAT THIS BILL DOES NOT PASS.
CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS TO SHOE THAT YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THE KOSA BILL.
PLEASE REBLOG AND SHARE !!!!
HERE IS A FREE PETITION YOU CAN SIGN TO HELP:
This is a summary of the bill:
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
This bill prohibits distributing, maintaining, or providing internet hosting services for a foreign adversary controlled application (e.g., TikTok). However, the prohibition does not apply to a covered application that executes a qualified divestiture as determined by the President.
Under the bill, a foreign adversary controlled application is directly or indirectly operated by (1) ByteDance, Ltd. or TikTok (including subsidiaries or successors that are controlled by a foreign adversary); or (2) a social media company that is controlled by a foreign adversary and has been determined by the President to present a significant threat to national security. The prohibition does not apply to an application that is primarily used to post product reviews, business reviews, or travel information and reviews.
The bill authorizes the Department of Justice to investigate violations of the bill and enforce the bill's provisions. Entities that violate the bill are subject to civil penalties based on the number of users.
The bill requires a covered application to provide a user with all available account data (including posts, photos, and videos) at the user's request before the prohibition takes effect.
The bill gives the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction over any challenge to the bill. Further, a challenge to the bill must be brought within 165 days after the bill's enactment date. A challenge to any action, finding, or determination under the bill must be brought with 90 days of the action, finding, or determination
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Please for the love of everything, SPREAD THIS VIDEO. I'm not one to get into these situations where I'm like 'spread this! reblog! reshare! show your friends!' for mental health reasons but this is very very important. Tag your friends and spread this video as much as you can, read the bill for yourself, TAKE ACTION. @in-a-mello-mood @scraptumblers @amfloofer Read the bill 'HR 7521' here:
I'm like this every time someone censors something: grrrr
"I don't want to read this" is totally valid.
"This is disgusting to me" is totally valid.
"I don't want to read this because it is disgusting to me" is totally valid.
"I don't think anyone should be allowed to read or write this because it is disgusting to me" is authoritarian.
If you don't Sin,
then Jesus died for nothing.
pins collected by dr. hilda a. hidalgo during her years of lesbian activism, c. 1970s.
Freedom of the press.
Members of the press are being detained in Texas.
#Saveyourinternet
The European Commission and the European Parliament really disappointed me and I'm sure that I'm not alone. Because they are saying that they are trying to protect smaller authors and creators in the Europe, but in fact their current version of the article 13 could destroy thousands of them. Yes, I know the article 13 should protect film studios, musicians, writers and others artists from the illegal distribution of their works. So for an example there shouldn't be web sides where is a possibility to download movies, songs, books or another artistic works for free, because that's illegal. There should be only web sides, which have a contract with the company or directly an artist who own mentioned product and I agree with this. But what about our youtubers a lot of them could be destroyed and why? Just because of the current version of the article 13 doesn't think about exceptions. Thousands of people across the Europe could lose their jobs, because of this. The article 13 says that people can't work with things, which they didn't create. But what about "let's players", because they didn't create games, which they are playing. But when we think about that they aren't doing anything wrong or illegal, because they bought games or got them from developers. When we're watching "Let's plays or gaming video" from "gamer" we can hear him/her to talk about the game quality. In fact by playing and talking about games they make an advertising to the developers and gaming industry. So I think that there should be a better definition for them. Another category are reaction videos or reviews, because there could be some troubles too so there are another missing definitions. The same problem is with tutorials, educational videos or various types of compilations, because there we need some definitions as well. And finaly special categories like parodies, covers or karaoke which should have some special rules. Right now the Article 13 is so poorly defined that it's in conflict with freedom of an expression and human rights. So I hope that together with EU we will find a solution that will be good for everyone.