Noteworthy News

[Rev. Rye]

The proper word for their negative definition is "Wokescold," not "Woke." Then again, if Fox News ever decided to latch onto that term, they'd probably apply it to anyone who says things like "maybe Nazi Germany and the American South prior to 1965 aren't good models for society to follow."

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Administrator Notice
After intense, soul-searching Staff discussion, the Serious tag has been removed from this thread. Tip o’ the hat to ‘Boda for having the stones to suggest it.

Carry on, fuckers .

Boru

[The Valkyrie]

Needed doing.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Needed doing.

It did. And I vow, by Grabthar’s Hammer, to do a better job of enforcing the Serious tag going forward.

Boru

[Foxaèr]

Needed doing.

It did. And I vow, by Grabthar’s Hammer, to do a better job of enforcing the Serious tag going forward.

Boru

When I created the thread, I don't think I included the serious tag. Must have been added later.

[arewethereyet]

It did. And I vow, by Grabthar’s Hammer, to do a better job of enforcing the Serious tag going forward.

Boru

When I created the thread, I don't think I included the serious tag. Must have been added later.

Oh come on, it's your fault.  It's always your fault.  

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The Wall Street Journal is blaming the SVB collapse on non-white males, saying that the board may have been ‘distracted by diversity concerns’.

Seriously? The bankers lobbied for deregulation, the politicians deregulated banking, the bank collapsed due to deregulation, and the right points the finger at black and gay board members.

Boru

[Jackalope]

The unofficial mouthpiece of the plutocracy is placing blame away from the plutocrats?

Shocked I am.

[Angrboda]

Trudeau Is Crushing Free Speech in Canada. Let It Be a Warning to the US

Americans must have breathed a huge sigh of relief last year when the Biden administration announced they were pausing plans for a "disinformation governance board." As a Canadian, I'm here to warn you against getting too comfortable.

Canadians made the mistake of taking free speech for granted. Now, President Biden's friend, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is close to having new laws in place that would expand government regulation of online speech in Canada. In fact, Biden will be traveling to Canada later this month on an official state visit. For the sake of the United States, here's hoping that Biden doesn't get any ideas from Trudeau.

The Canadian legislation in question is known as Bill C-11, or the Online Streaming Act. Ostensibly a way to prioritize the "needs and interests" of Canadians, the Trudeau administration claims the act will ensure online algorithms promote Canadian content on social media and streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and Spotify. Yet when a multi-partisan group of Canadian Senators proposed an amendment to the legislation to protect what individual citizens say on social media from government oversight and regulation, the Trudeau administration rejected the amendment.

Under the current iteration of the bill, user-generated content is included in the scope of government oversight. The bill also makes clear that the purpose of these new government powers is to "support countering disinformation." It also specifically mentions serving the interests of "Canadians from racialized communities and Canadians of diverse ethnocultural backgrounds, socio-economic statuses, abilities and disabilities, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and ages."

[GUBU]

Trudeau Is Crushing Free Speech in Canada. Let It Be a Warning to the US

Americans must have breathed a huge sigh of relief last year when the Biden administration announced they were pausing plans for a "disinformation governance board." As a Canadian, I'm here to warn you against getting too comfortable.

Canadians made the mistake of taking free speech for granted. Now, President Biden's friend, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is close to having new laws in place that would expand government regulation of online speech in Canada. In fact, Biden will be traveling to Canada later this month on an official state visit. For the sake of the United States, here's hoping that Biden doesn't get any ideas from Trudeau.

The Canadian legislation in question is known as Bill C-11, or the Online Streaming Act. Ostensibly a way to prioritize the "needs and interests" of Canadians, the Trudeau administration claims the act will ensure online algorithms promote Canadian content on social media and streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and Spotify. Yet when a multi-partisan group of Canadian Senators proposed an amendment to the legislation to protect what individual citizens say on social media from government oversight and regulation, the Trudeau administration rejected the amendment.

Under the current iteration of the bill, user-generated content is included in the scope of government oversight. The bill also makes clear that the purpose of these new government powers is to "support countering disinformation." It also specifically mentions serving the interests of "Canadians from racialized communities and Canadians of diverse ethnocultural backgrounds, socio-economic statuses, abilities and disabilities, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and ages."

It's newsweek, the last time they managed to publish an opinion piece that wasn't right wing nonsense, I was still to young to drink in bars.