15 Heshvan 5782 (October 2021) – Page 26

· 15 Heshvan 5782 (Thursday 21 October 2021) · 0 minutes to read

Why is Planned Parenthood tracking keystrokes? https://t.co/S80yW7Pqpq
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) October 21, 2021

· 15 Heshvan 5782 (Thursday 21 October 2021) · 1 minute to read

New: lot of people have noted the similarities between Trump's new social network 'Truth Social' and Mastodon, the free open-source social media platform. Spoke to Mastodon's founder. They agree, seems Trump is just using Mastodon without giving credit https://t.co/CCzLM8tSN2
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) October 21, 2021

Nothing wrong with Trump using Mastodon to power his social network. If I were him, that’s what I’d do because building a social network is hard. What’s not OK though is claiming that open source code is proprietary, (it’s not), and not complying with the license by failing to release the code. That’s black-and-white code theft, and I fucking hate code thieves. I hope someone in the open source world assists the founder of Mastodon with suing the living shit out ofTrump’s media and technology group, because fuck code thieves.

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Amanda CAARSON

· 15 Heshvan 5782 (Thursday 21 October 2021) · 0 minutes to read

The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism by Michael Hobbes

Scare stories on "left-wing illiberalism" display a familiar pattern.

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Amanda CAARSON

· 15 Heshvan 5782 (Thursday 21 October 2021) · 0 minutes to read

Disgusting.
Politicians in DC will yap all day long about oppression in China, like they're so brave for saying it, but won't lift a finger to help any actual victims. https://t.co/O6ayjMXDEZ
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) October 22, 2021

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Amanda CAARSON

· 15 Heshvan 5782 (Thursday 21 October 2021) · 0 minutes to read

Trump's New Social Network Says It Can Kick You Off For Any Reason At All

Last night, Donald Trump sent out a press release announcing (effectively) the launch of his new social network, "Truth Social." The press release shows that it's a bit more complicated than that. Trump is launching "Trump Media...