December 2020 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

FreeSpeech: Parler CEO re BigSoc Censors - It's Not Against The Law To Have Those Opinions
by grarpamp 19 Dec '20

19 Dec '20

https://www.theepochtimes.com/parler-ceo-defends-free-speech-its-not-agains… https://video.foxnews.com/v/6210514362001 The CEO of Parler, which has been described as an alternative to Twitter, defended free speech in an interview on Tuesday in the midst of mainstream media-led criticism of the social media platform. “People say crazy things all the time,” and “it’s not against the law to have those opinions,” Parler CEO John Matze told Fox News. He was responding to a question about why establishment media outlets have taken an increasingly critical tone against the platform. “I always ask them, ‘What do you think of the First Amendment? Do you believe that we should have somebody in New York, let’s say in the middle of Times Square, telling you what you can and cannot say?’” Matze said. “Because that’s what these companies are doing.” “I don’t know why they’re so afraid. Maybe it’s because they don’t like that people are getting power again,” he continued. “But it’s not against the law to have those opinions,” Matze added. “It’s not against the law to express yourself. And if you like one political candidate or another, or you believe or don’t believe in climate change,” he continued, “you shouldn’t be taken offline because of it.” After the Nov. 3 elections, Parler has seen a boost in users and traffic, coming after some conservative pundits and officials moved to the platform from Twitter. The firm in late September posted a message about Election Day, saying it will be “a hub for unfettered, curation-free information before, during, and after the November 3 election.” The firm then took a shot at Facebook, Google, and Twitter for attempting to control the flow of information. “Google, Facebook, and Twitter, by contrast, have announced plans to control the dissemination of ‘misinformation,’ which means, in effect: to take it upon themselves to tell their users what information they should trust and, ultimately, what they should think,” it said. The three firms have posted disclaimers, fact checks, and have limited the reach on posts that allegedly run afoul of narratives they seek to promote. Matze’s comments come as Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg came under fire from Senate Republicans in a Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday. “That to me seems like you’re the ultimate editor,” committee chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said during his opening statement to the two CEOs. “The editorial decision by the New York Post to run the story was overridden by Twitter and Facebook in different fashions to prevent its dissemination. Now if that’s not making an editorial decision I don’t know what would be.” Some media pundits as well as researchers have complained that Parler allows for the spread of so-called conspiracy theories or disinformation. Bret Schafer, a fellow focusing on disinformation at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, told The Hill: “Anytime you take a laissez-faire approach to moderation —you say ‘anything goes’ right up until actual threats of real world violence—that creates a huge space for some really problematic things to happen.” He didn’t provide any evidence that showed whether views expressed on Parler have led to violence.

2 1

How to destroy a hard-drive at the UK Guardian
by professor rat 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/31/footage-released-guardian-e… On the instructions of GCHQ, the trio bought angle-grinders, dremels – a drill with a revolving bit – and masks. The spy agency provided one piece of hi-tech equipment, a "degausser", which destroys magnetic fields, and erases data. It took three hours to smash up the computers. The journalists then fed the pieces into the degausser.

1 0

FOOLS Russian
by professor rat 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

White mans Ghost Dance https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/unraveling-donald-trump-gathers-the-p… Trumpofascist shambles also spells death for Gramps and the Darkness. ENJOY!

1 0

Marxists assault on marine-life
by professor rat 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

Red fascist China hauls in 15.2 million tonnes of marine life annually, or 20 per cent of the world's catch. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-19/how-china-is-plundering-the-worlds-o… Commissar James A. Donald needs killing ( My 20c )

1 0

Karl Semich a one-man-Winklevi
by professor rat 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

I take it when Karl agrees with me that is his sane, rational, lucid and pro-cypherpunk self speaking. And when he sides with any of the Nazi-Fag-Moron-Loser circle-of-eunuchs here he is suffering the sad effects of brainwashing by fascist police. Fascist pigs like Jacob Appelbaum and his Jew-Loving BFF, Batshit Crazy. I trust that by " Cypherpunk 2027 ", all that built-up scum will be purged and Karl restored to good health. Such is the anarchist way.

1 0

Fishy cypherpunk freezerino's foul the air
by professor rat 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

Halfin to be squared away encased in Dorsey Twatter? - he got the Jack! https://decrypt.co/51944/twitter-may-memorialize-bitcoin-pioneer-hal-finney… Hands off our hero's you Trumpofashist scumbag.

1 0

More evidence for Hercules than any " Jesus ".
by professor rat 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

If there was a God, or ' Christ', it would be necessary to destroy it. http://www.skeptically.org/newtestament/id28.html

1 0

How to destroy a hard drive and all of its contents - Business Insider
by jim bell 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-destroy-a-hard-drive

1 0

IBM launches experimental homomorphic data encryption environment for the enterprise | ZDNet
by jim bell 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/ibm-launches-experimental-homomorp…

1 0

Russian punk, Michael Flynn talks up martial-law [ PEACE! ENJOY! ]
by professor rat 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

How did a cop-loving cunt like Zenaan Harkness get on this list? Jesus Fucking Christ. The Trumpofash here have all earned killing. Mongo would puke.

2 2