BeeDemocracy

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Twitter disinformation is getting substantially more dangerous in c/whitepeopletwitter
[–] BeeDemocracy -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It feels like the more speech we produced on the internet the more of it turned out to be bullshit. We need to turn to quality over quantity.

That's a really interesting point. The question to me becomes: what facilitates quality over quantity? What encourages earnest dialectic dialogue over raging and trolling? I don't see the twitter format as the answer. Lemmy I feel is somewhat better at facilitating such a culture.

We need non-profit news outlets that are publicly and internationally founded with transparent decision-making.

~~Non-profit, public, transparent, those are all things any government body should be. What it seems you're describing is a centralised government body for determining truth/falsehood. To the exclusion of all others?~~

~~If you want to know what's going on in the world, read from at least 4 news sources from different parts of the world with different slants and ideologies. Note: they will contradict each other.~~

woops sorry, I misread outlets, thought it read outlet...

Twitter disinformation is getting substantially more dangerous in c/whitepeopletwitter
Twitter disinformation is getting substantially more dangerous in c/whitepeopletwitter
Twitter disinformation is getting substantially more dangerous in c/whitepeopletwitter
Anon misses a hint in c/greentext
[–] BeeDemocracy 5 points 2 months ago

Depends, how stiff is his neck?

We must fix the #PIDact. Government whistleblowers like David McBride, Richard Boyle are not protected in c/[email protected]
Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X. in c/[email protected]
[–] BeeDemocracy 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it's the opposite. On Mastadon you can make a new account on a better server ie mods more aligned with you. On bluesky if you make a new account and say a similar bannable thing again you'll be banned again.

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We must fix the #PIDact. Government whistleblowers like David McBride, Richard Boyle are not protected (sh.itjust.works)
 

We must fix the #PIDact. Government whistleblowers like David McBride, Richard Boyle are not protected by the current legislation and are gaoled instead.

"As an ADF lawyer, McBride was a respected expert on the rules of engagement, and he also taught the PID Act to soldiers."

Paul Gregoire explains the David McBride case in the below article, extensively quoting McBride's lawyer Eddie Lloyd https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/mcbrides-appeal-is-in-jeopardy-as-the-respected-lawyer-needs-finances-to-fund-it/

How to access WikiLeaks data in c/[email protected]
[–] BeeDemocracy 1 points 3 months ago

Go to https://wikileaks.org and enter a keyword into the search bar.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/[email protected]
[–] BeeDemocracy 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Conversations for android is an example of a good XMPP client.

Assange's first speech since 2018 streaming live tomorrow! - PACE hearing on Julian Assange's detention and conviction and their chilling effects on human rights in c/[email protected]
[–] BeeDemocracy -1 points 3 months ago

Yea, nah...

Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong in c/[email protected]
[–] BeeDemocracy 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The protocol is worse for privacy

'Trust me bro'

The problem is, you're comparing apples with orchards. Analogous would be: 'email is worse for privacy than yahoomail'. Plus in this scenario yahoomail only lets you send emails to yahoomail addresses.

Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong in c/[email protected]
[–] BeeDemocracy 2 points 4 months ago

Phone numbers are no longer required iirc

Phone numbers are still required to register and maintain an account. Only difference now is you can choose to hide it from other users and give people a 'username' to look you up with instead.

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100 days too long! Free McBride. (sh.itjust.works)
 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/24046152

Today, the 22nd of August 2024, marks 100 days since army lawyer David McBride was imprisoned in Canberra for exposing war crimes committed by Australian forces in Afghanistan.

David stood up for truth and integrity, yet now he endures death threats and solitary confinement, while those responsible remain free.

This is not how we should treat our whistleblowers in Australia! ⚖️

Demand justice! 📢 Take Action:

  • Contact Mark Dreyfus or your local MP today to express your support for David.

  • Create and share a social media post or a short video using the hashtag #SpeakUp4McBride to spread the word.

  • Donate to support David’s legal appeal to help get him out of jail: https://chuffed.org/project/davidmcbride

  • Hang the provided poster in a high-visibility location, take a photo, and share it online to encourage others to join the movement.

  • 👍 Like, 💬 comment, and ↪️ share this message!

#FreeMcBride. #Justice4Afghanistan.

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100 days too long! Free McBride. (sh.itjust.works)
 

Today, the 22nd of August 2024, marks 100 days since army lawyer David McBride was imprisoned in Canberra for exposing war crimes committed by Australian forces in Afghanistan.

David stood up for truth and integrity, yet now he endures death threats and solitary confinement, while those responsible remain free.

This is not how we should treat our whistleblowers in Australia! ⚖️

Demand justice! 📢 Take Action:

  • Contact Mark Dreyfus or your local MP today to express your support for David.

  • Create and share a social media post or a short video using the hashtag #SpeakUp4McBride to spread the word.

  • Donate to support David’s legal appeal to help get him out of jail: https://chuffed.org/project/davidmcbride

  • Hang the provided poster in a high-visibility location, take a photo, and share it online to encourage others to join the movement.

  • 👍 Like, 💬 comment, and ↪️ share this message!

#FreeMcBride. #Justice4Afghanistan.

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Assange: guilty of journalism (self.politics)
 

Distinguished journalist and publisher Julian Assange is free and finally home, but he spent 13 years in detention, of which over 5 years in a high security prison before being sentenced to time served. The empire's clutches reach far and wide. Australia and the United Kingdom accept the US' jurisdictional overreach. The precedent set by his decade and a half of persecution and torture will have lasting consequences for our right to speak and hear of US government crimes. Julian was coerced to plead guilty to the crime of journalism as criminalised by the Espionage Act (1917) even as he believes it is in contradiction with the First Amendment of the US constitution. Today we celebrate Julian's return home to us. Tomorrow we declare our independence.

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Assange: guilty of journalism (self.australianpolitics)
 

Distinguished journalist and publisher Julian Assange is free and finally home, but he spent 13 years in detention, of which over 5 years in a high security prison before being sentenced to time served. The empire's clutches reach far and wide. Australia and the United Kingdom accept the US' jurisdictional overreach. The precedent set by his decade and a half of persecution and torture will have lasting consequences for our right to speak and hear of US government crimes. Julian was coerced to plead guilty to the crime of journalism as criminalised by the Espionage Act (1917) even as he believes it is in contradiction with the First Amendment of the US constitution. Today we celebrate Julian's return home to us. Tomorrow we declare our independence.

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Assange: guilty of journalism (self.australia)
 

Distinguished journalist and publisher Julian Assange is free and finally home, but he spent 13 years in detention, of which over 5 years in a high security prison before being sentenced to time served. The empire's clutches reach far and wide. Australia and the United Kingdom accept the US' jurisdictional overreach. The precedent set by his decade and a half of persecution and torture will have lasting consequences for our right to speak and hear of US government crimes. Julian was coerced to plead guilty to the crime of journalism as criminalised by the Espionage Act (1917) even as he believes it is in contradiction with the First Amendment of the US constitution. Today we celebrate Julian's return home to us. Tomorrow we declare our independence.

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Our friend is going to jail. (www.youtube.com)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by BeeDemocracy to c/[email protected]
7 comments fedilink
 

Video by Boy Boy, features David McBride, Afghanistan war crimes whistleblower.

update: David was sentented and put in prison on Tue 14 May. 5 years and 8 months prison, of which a non-parole period until mid-August 2026.

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David McBride vs Goliath: chapter infinity minus 5000: sentencing. Come to Canberra Supreme Court May 14, 8am rally. #operation500 (sh.itjust.works)
 

-> ALT: a Poster incl a picture of David with a x drawn over his mouth.

MISSING

THE LONELY WARRIOR

WANTED

FOR HUNTING GENERALS

WHISTLEBLOWERS SHOULD GET REWARDS NOT JAIL

WHERE'S HURLEY?

14TH MAY 2024 SUPREME COURT ACT

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David McBride vs Goliath in a nutshell (sh.itjust.works)
 

-> Alt text:

David vs Goliath in a nutshell:

Government: 'he stole [newspeak for copied] information but we can't tell you what it is, so we took it off his lawyers and put it in a safe. We'll all refer to it as the docs in the safe.'

Judiciary: 'oh, ok, np!'

Defence Department Whistleblower: 'Those docs showed what I believed to be leadership misconduct. I have no defence now; I plead guilty.'

6 months later...

Government: 'Please jail him with non-parole period'

Judiciary: 'lemme think about this for another week 🤔'

-> end alt-text

-> https://twitter.com/BeeDemocracy/status/1787773353438413019

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