Worth reading about the use of #solitary #confinement in the #us https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle.. There is no doubt in my mind that it is a form of torture and should *not* be done for prolonged periods of time. That said, I reserve some sympathy as the #blackpanthers were a #terrorist group - something very much still alive in the modern day #blm movement. In any case, this man clearly is #reformed and likely should never have been #accused .
#canadian man #michaelspavor is #accused by #china 's #ccp of being a #spy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpaZ7oZ2.. Here's the thing: China normally kills #foreign #spies - so why have they #sentenced him to four years? It's because they know he's innocent and this is a #political move against #canada for arresting the #chinese #phone #manufacturer #managers on behalf of the #us ... How can anybody even #travel through China (once borders open) without risk of such an #accusation against them?
@barray on Fri Aug 06 01:21:24 UTC 2021 said: &eThis is a great account from somebody who has dealt with a similar system to the one #apple plans to implement to detect #illegal #content on their devices: https://areoform.wordpress.com/2021/08/0.. Essentially you'll end up in a #newspaper, #accused of something awful, get #fired and lose access to your #bank ... All because some #algorithm nobody really cares so much about says so. Fuck.#apple is going much further: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/0806.s.. Apparently they now #scan user devices for #illegal #content and report to the #police . I can already imagine an attack where somebody sends/serves an illegal image for example, an #iphone #downloads it and then the scan #flags it. #aardvark points at this being a type of #fascism - but in modern times we see this actively being used in #communist Countries like #china ! It's clearly #authoritarian ...