> the original definition of “user,” which read, “a child that is the primary user of a device,” and technically classified every device owner in California as a child.
which technically makes California a "Nanny state"
Many so called dumb phones are just Android phones with buttons, real dumb low powered devices are being phased out because you don't get support for VoLTE Emergency
If it can't call 911 you're not allowed to sell it as a phone. Phone calls use VoLTE which is newish technology. Therefore it's illegal to sell older technology as a phone.
Allowed or not, if you bought your phone before the regulations were in place you'd still have no connection on some models, even 4G phones
> https://www.whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones/Guides/Check-if-p...
"But it's not just 3G phones that won't work on Australian mobile networks; certain 4G phones won't work either if they don't support Voice over Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE) Emergency Calling."
> Binance was under no obligation to provide the data, having quit Russia
They're Chinese company and it doesn't even matter that they "operate from Cayman and Seychelle Islands. What matters is that China is the biggest ally of Russia.
The hubris for surveillance in UK is staggering, what will they do next - roll out the social score system so you'll be banned from taking the tube if you express too much non sanctioned thoughts online?
I'm waiting for them to turn every wifi router in 3D tracking nodes that monitor the exact location and body position of everyone nearby in buildings. Its too juicy of target once they get the tech fully figured out.
I've seen too many that didn't post targeted death threats.
Also of people who posted stuff that could be interpreted as vague calls to action when riots were happening.
It becomes notewhorty tho that those people of note making a facebook posts got punished harder than the average rioter and reprisal seems to disproportionately target action that establishment might feel threathened by.
From my experience it's easy to find plenty similar or even more direct or more hatefull messages or calls to action regarding other places, events or more minor movements. But those come from minorities or involve movements with less momentum or movements abroad.
On the one hand, I hate the expansion of authoritarian power by the state.
On the other, I do think that we should put people in prison for posting on facebook. That way I won't have to keep seeing my crazy uncle at family gatherings!
I can't help but think you'll get a lot more crazy uncles as more people subconsciously (and consciously) feel the social contract has been broken and democratic deficits persist.
There will just be more social cooling with all the dog whistles that follow.
I wonder when the catch all "death threats" ever became a commonly accepted excuse for locking people up. That should be reserved for cases where people are a threat to others, which is only tangentially related to the direct statements they have made.
Lucy Connolly is the archetypal case. Tell me in your own words what Lucy did and whether she should have been punished. Make sure to quote the entire tweet.
Going by the imaged tweet in https://x.com/piersmorgan/status/1925826687679279491 she expressed dissatisfaction with government immigration policies and advocated for vigilante action to compensate for perceived failures of the government including the destruction of housing facilities. The framing also makes it clear that the statement was an emotional response to very real crimes that have been committed and which to this day have not been adequately addressed by the government. Meanwhile she made only a vague call to action without any concrete plan that could lead anyone without an agenda to believe that she would be following through with it. Essentially, she committed barely more than a thought crime. If you think that this is the kind of person that people who have demonstrated their willingness and ability to commit violent crimes should be released to make prison space for then you are absolutely bonkers.
I guarantee you that exactly the same statement made about other groups would not even lead to an investigation.
- Larry Ellison (Oracle Corporation)