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Judge allows FTC's latest suit against Facebook to move forward(npr.org)
2 points by owl_troupe 5y ago|0 comments
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
> start worrying about more serious problems I completely agree with your sentiment, but what societal problem isn't currently being made worse by political polarization and misinformation on Facebook? Take your pick: genocide[1], c
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
> For example, in Poland, "one party’s social media management team estimates that they have shifted the proportion of their posts from 50/50 positive/negative to 80% negative and 20% positive, explicitly as a function of
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
The distinction lies in whether the service provider has rendered themselves a "publisher" under 230. The protection has historically been broadly interpreted but, in theory, Facebook could lose the protection if it chose, selecti
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
By "work[ing] well", what is the metric you see as success? A broad society that has rendered itself completely nonthreatening to its ruling class? A place where certain forms free expression can result in imprisonment, torture, o
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
> Secondly, I'm not convinced that mass surveillance is entirely ineffective. Wholly I agree that it's illegal, unconstitutional, immoral, overwrought, wicked expensive, and overreaching. But in our reform efforts, I want an ac
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
OK I'll bite. From this article: >The public learned about the NSA’s “PRISM” and “Upstream” programs, which involve [...] warrantless surveillance of Americans’ international communications on a massive scale. The US executive branc
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
And the key question would be: is there any statistically significant report of safety or efficacy problems in any peer reviewed study or even reported through VARES?
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
Nothing was omitted from my statement. They have been authorized under an Emergency Use Authorization, not the full approval process because, if we waited for full approval, we would have no vaccines at all because full approval can take we
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
Healthcare workers in many U.S. states are required to have vaccines for a variety of infections, including hepatitis, influenza, MM&R, etc., as a condition of their presence (and employment) in healthcare facilities. [1] Social and fin
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
Correct -- In many jurisdictions, corporations cannot proceed pro se. They must retain counsel. As far as a company speaking for itself, a corporate representative is often designated to speak for and bind the company in any civil action. S
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
> a civil court can act against you without giving you representation, without allowing you to have representation, without you present, in secret from the public, and even without notifying you While there is no right to be afforded fr
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
It’s not just a presumption and it isn’t media just “pushing this.” https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/ > Nineteen of the warmest years have occurred since 2000, with the exception of 1998.
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
How, exactly, does this observation “invalidate” anything? What narrative is being sold here? Please support statements like this with objective facts or thoughtful analysis.
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
Do you see benefit corporations as being a natural fit for LTSE? If so, would LTSE ever require companies be organized as b-corps as a condition of listing on LTSE?
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
>We literally have to invent stories of "Russian hacking" and "Russian interference" to try and conjure up some parity. Which of these stores, specifically, were invented? State-sponsored "hacking" and &quot
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
This is an accurate description of limited liability. It does not blanketly shield corporations from liability, only shareholders (and there are exceptions to this as well). In fact, in Florida--as well as many other jurisdictions in the US
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
We could look at one of the cases cited there: >A National Labor Review Board (NLRB) investigation has now found that Amazon illegally interrogated and threatened Jonathan Bailey, a lead organizer of the Queens Amazon walkouts, and has i
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by owl_troupe 5y ago
Writing off legitimate complaints about working conditions at Amazon–which are, in fact, widespread–as "outrage of internet leftism" is dismissive and plain incorrect. [1] By what definition of "free market" is unionizat
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by owl_troupe 6y ago
Unfortunately, it seems increasingly apparent that it is. It is especially common in clinical research to gather troves of data "anonymize" it, and release it publicly. I'm very curious how patient data can really be meaningf
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Seattle startup to share health data on millions of hospital patients(seattletimes.com)
4 points by owl_troupe 6y ago|3 comments
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by owl_troupe 6y ago
>The health-care systems are financing the company, with each owning an equal share, Myerson said. He declined to say how much funding the company has received...Eventually, the company will sell access to the data. Pharmaceutical compan
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by owl_troupe 6y ago
Iranians who use Signal are Iranians. Your statement is premised on the Iranian government having absolute authority to surveil the communications of Iranian citizens. By that logic, any from of end-to-end encrypted communication is treason
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by owl_troupe 6y ago
A quick comparison of the WHOIS results for each and this verbatim copy of the article seems to suggest the "San Francisco Telegraph" is a thinly veiled extension of RT: https://www.rt.com/news/513966-spotify-
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by owl_troupe 6y ago
>In the years that followed, a surveillance society flourished in those rooms, a social vision born in the distinct but reciprocal needs of public intelligence agencies and private internet companies, both spellbound by a dream of total