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If this is what "civilization" looks like, you can keep it. "The use of dogs in sexualized torture, the Center said, is “one of the most extreme forms of prohibited abuse.”

Malaysia: Passage of Online Safety Bill a grave blow to free expression - ARTICLE 19 The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) and the undersigned civil society organisations strongly condemn the passage of the Online Safety Bill (OSB). The bill was passed after a division was called, w...

And Malaysia www.article19.org/resources/ma...

What's in Bill C-63, and why we are alarmed - BC Civil Liberties Association Legislation to develop online protections for privacy, and against harmful online activity has been long-awaited. However, the legislation tabled by the federal government on February 26, 2024 – Bill ...

And Canada bccla.org/2024/09/what...

Brazil’s Supreme Court Rewrites the Rules to Censor Online Speech Rather than follow Brazil down its dangerous and increasingly authoritarian path, US policymakers should embrace and protect free expression online through robust intermediary liability protection.

And Brazil www.cato.org/blog/brazils...

India expands censorship powers, lets lower officials demand takedowns A new censorship mechanism allows even district-level officers to demand social media firms pull down posts.

And India www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Switzerland Digital Privacy—Surveillance Law Changes | NEXTO For decades Switzerland has been seen as a refuge for digital privacy, thanks to strict data-protection rules — but that reputation is under threat as the country proposes changes to its surveillance ...

And Switzerland nexto.club/blogs/4948/S...

Singapore Tighten Censorship Screws With Proposed New Online Safety Bill Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party introduced a fresh Parliamentary bill on October 15, officially titled the “Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Bill”. Otherwise known as OSRA, the bill ...

And Singapore www.linkedin.com/pulse/singap...

Free speech vs. surveillance in the digital age | The Spectator Australia Australia is quietly abandoning one of its most sacred inheritances: the right to speak freely. In its place, we are…

And Australia www.spectator.com.au/2025/07/free...

The UK’s Online "Safety" Act Is Here — And Free Speech Is on Notice A law meant to protect users now arms platforms with broad powers to erase lawful speech.

USA has been trying to enact KOSA for years and we're not alone. This push for online surveillance and censorship is a trend across western and west-allied governments. See for example the UK reclaimthenet.org/the-uks-onli...

House Committee on Energy and Commerce The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing com...

Here is the full 18-bill package under consideration in the House Energy and Commerce Committee energycommerce.house.gov/events/cmt-s...

Stop KOSA KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA!

If you haven't heard, this week lawmakers in the US continue efforts to pass legislation to censor internet content they don't like and surveil everyone's online activity under the guise of protecting children. Call your Reps and Mike Johnson to let them know you don't support this www.stopkosa.com.

If you don't know about any of these things, you STFU about Somali immigrants and refugees in America or anywhere else.

Or how the debt Somalia incurred as a result of US/UN interference, plus austerity measures, plus post-9/11 counter-terrorism finance laws/"de-risking" have collectively crippled Somalia's economy and block it from global finance...

how the US-backed Ethiopian invasion further degraded conditions, how the UN-created "transitional" (puppet) government further fueled anti-western sentiment and Islamist movement support, how this led to the rise of Al-Shabaab (an Al-Qaeda affiliate)...,

how the warlords used aid to increase oppression, how that triggered backlash against foreign interference, how this galvanized public support for the Islamist movement, how the USA supported Ethiopia's invasion of Somalia (to oust the Islamist movement which briefly held power)...,

how after the US/UN abandoned state-building in Somalia they continued to give aid by using warlords as distribution, how the warlords used that aid to entrench power, how after 9/11 the CIA established a coalition of those warlords to act as mercenaries for US interests and fight Al-Qaeda...,

how the US pulled support for Somalia after the cold war ended, how that led to Barre's downfall and a power vacuum, how that led to a still-ongoing civil war with warlords, how US/UN political meddling (e.g. 'Blackhawk down' was meant to be a political hit job)...,

the debt caused by that invasion and subsequent forced-acceptance of IMF/World Bank loans conditioned on "structural adjustment" (aka economic austerity measures that gutted social spending), how this led to worse economic conditions and disparities...,

the artificial colonial borders [Britain/France/Italy] that divided Somalis into 5 territories & set the stage for later conflicts, the US's support for Barre's authoritarian regime in the 80s, the US's support of Barre's disastrous invasion of Ethiopia (a US/USSR proxy fight)...,

[Thread] Nobody in the western world should open their mouth about Somali immigrants or refugees if they do not know how western interference (especially by USA) has created the conditions they have been forced to flee from. If you don't know about:

Stephen Miller says that migrants bring their societies. I wonder if this includes the the western armies who "imported" their "culture" into all of the nations they colonized and people were then forced to flee.

People use drugs for reasons and real progress can only come from addressing those reasons. Not progress = putting people out of work, in jail, or in courts, sanctioning or invading (resource-rich) "producer nations," or illegally (war criminally) attacking random foreign boats.

Americans Much More Positive About Progress on Drugs Two years after expressing record pessimism about the U.S. illegal drug problem, Americans are the most optimistic they have been in a quarter century.

Don't let the headline fool you: it's bad news when "progress" means "more cop shit." Falling for the propaganda that more enforcement = progress is exactly why they want us uneducated. news.gallup.com/poll/697445/...

Democrat AG challenger Alke calls on Knudsen to disgorge funds, cooperate with COPP • Daily Montanan Democratic Attorney General Candidate Ben Alke said that Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen should disgorge campaign funds and fully cooperate with any investigation.

And one guess as to why Knudsen doesn't want campaign finance reform dailymontanan.com/2024/05/20/d...

The Daily Roundup: Transparent Election Initiative’s Plan to End Citizens’ United Hits Snag - Flathead Beacon “Do you think there’s too much money in politics?” That’s the question Jeff Mangan, founder of the Transparent Election Initiative, asked a room of about 40 Flathead residents to consider in a present...

If you live in Montana or know anyone who lives there: this is important. If you're tired of waiting for Congress/SCOTUS to address how the rich have purchased our political systems, you need to get in your Attorney General's face about this ballot measure now. flatheadbeacon.com/2025/11/06/a...

Florida’s new teaching standards rehabilitate the anti-communist Red Scare THE daughter of a Hollywood screenwriter who was imprisoned and blacklisted during the anti-communist Red Scare has decried Florida’s new social studies teaching standards that other critics have warn...

Florida’s new teaching standards rehabilitate the anti-communist Red Scare morningstaronline.co.uk/article/flor... #morningstaronline

It’s Election Day in TN 7th District. Already, 84,356 people have cast their ballots early. If you haven’t voted yet, please make a plan to do so today!

Amazon Ring plans to use facial recognition scans The new “familiar faces” feature is raising privacy concerns

Why are people still paying for their own surveillance? Like, have some self-respect and get all of this BS tech out of your home. Don't be *that family* in the neighborhood who doesn't care to understand the danger their actions pose to their community. mashable.com/article/amaz...

Full bill text here magaziner.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

I don't care which side introduces the bill: a congressional stock trading ban is maybe one of the only bans I can get behind. thehill.com/homenews/hou...