#Trump admin to fire worker for TV interview about #SNAP

The employee warned that the #shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the #FederalGovernment to put #food on the table.

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Rob Boston: A #Wyoming county just learned an expensive lesson about banning books

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A Wyoming county just learned an expensive lesson about banning books - Americans United

Public libraries are exactly that – public. That means they will contain a range of materials designed to meet the needs of people from all walks of life.

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Ofcom (UK) wants to scan and scrub ‘illegal’ content from social media.

It’ll be for platforms to decide how this will be automated, leaving us clueless about what will get removed.

As algorithms are dumb to context or nuance, legal speech will get swept up in the auto-purge.

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Activists will feel the brunt of censorship.

The ban on Palestine Action has been used to justify the arrests of people protesting the war in Gaza or the ban itself.

Similarly, posts relating to Palestine could be censored as 'terrorist' content under Ofcom's (UK) proposals.

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Ofcom risks installing a production line of political censorship under the UK Online Safety Act.

One that will knock dissent off our feeds in real time under a vague and unpredictable system.

Tell Ofcom to defend online protest! Reply by 20 October ⏰

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Online Safety Act consultation : Threat to protest and political content

The Online Safety Act The Online Safety Act (OSA) has given Ofcom powers over what we say, see and do online. Services have to comply with a large set of complicated rules and regulations.

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