soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
RE: https://ieji.de/@GalacticGoddess/116805746344900569
Update: It also looks like members of the Senate are trying to put together their own packages as well:
-One package would bundle Senate KOSA, the NO FAKES Act, and the App Store Accountability Act together in a compromise with big tech regarding GenAI regulation
-Another is Hawley and Durbin trying to slip the DEFIANCE Act and STOP CSAM Act into a must pass bill (NDAA). They've tried this several times before but failed. Still it has a possibility of succeeding.
Call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #Censorship #AgeVerification #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #ClientSideScanning #Encryption #UnitedStates #USA
RED ALERT! The KIDS Act (H.R.7757) is being teed up for a vote in the House next week! This bill is an omnibus style package which includes horrible bills like the Kids Online Safety Act and the SCREEN Act! Call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
Reading the latest version of the bill and it seems like House is sticking with their version of KOSA. This will set up a showdown between the House and the Senate as both chambers have dug in their heels regarding their version of KOSA. I doubt either chamber will fully get their way.
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #Censorship #AgeVerification #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #Internet #SocialMedia #UnitedStates #USA #US
RED ALERT! The KIDS Act (H.R.7757) is being teed up for a vote in the House next week! This bill is an omnibus style package which includes horrible bills like the Kids Online Safety Act and the SCREEN Act! Call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
Reading the latest version of the bill and it seems like House is sticking with their version of KOSA. This will set up a showdown between the House and the Senate as both chambers have dug in their heels regarding their version of KOSA. I doubt either chamber will fully get their way.
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #Censorship #AgeVerification #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #Internet #SocialMedia #UnitedStates #USA #US
We have more important problems than the #reflectingPool swamp in #WashingtonDC
But it's a lightning rod of attention because it's an #analogy, a reflection if you will, of the shitty state of the #USA
Orange narcissist pedophile god emperor claims people are vandalizing it. An immature lie to deflect from his shitty incompetence. So now, in the Land of the Free (tm), merely touching the pool gets you arrested
It hurts #Trump's fee fees. Aww. Can't be anything more important than that! (/s)
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116802846369611450
30 years for moving a box of #books and #zines
This. Is. Fascism.
It's not coming. It's here. So act accordingly
#ThisIsFascism #Fascism #History #USA #TTJ
A former U.S. Marine reservist and seven others were sentenced Tuesday to decades in prison over a shooting last year that wounded a police officer during a demonstration at a Texas immigration detention center.
Prosecutors called the crime an act of terrorism and said the eight were linked to a leftist militant group, antifa.
The defendants’ attorneys denied any antifa ties and family members expressed shock and anger over the stiff sentences.
Benjamin Song, the Marine reservist who was convicted of opening fire during the July 4 demonstration outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas,
was sentenced to 100 years in prison, the maximum punishment.
The seven others sentenced in Fort Worth courtrooms received prison terms ranging from 30 to 70 years.
“I am livid,” said Lydia Koza, whose wife, Autumn Hill, was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
“The government wants to take her entire life away because she attended a protest. Nobody died.”
U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor,
one of two judges overseeing the proceedings, said what happened wasn’t a protest but “an assault on democracy.”
All but one of the eight defendants sentenced Tuesday were convicted on terrorism charges.
#prairieland
https://apnews.com/article/prairieland-detention-center-shooting-sentencing-1eb7a8ac32dbb637e027709ae010f374
"Madison Square Garden compiled a list of activists who have publicly criticized the venue’s use of facial recognition technology, putting their tweets and comments into a document that was then accessible to other people inside the company, 404 Media has found.
The news shows that MSG, operated by Jim Dolan who has garnered a reputation for being pernicious against his perceived enemies, is not only deploying controversial facial recognition technology but keeping track of specific people who take issue with it. The document was included in a 45GB cache of data hackers stole from MSG and posted online this month, which 404 Media then downloaded and reviewed.
“The wake of a data breach would be a good time for Madison Square Garden to stop subjecting its patrons to biometric surveillance,” Adam Schwartz, privacy litigation director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and one of the people included in the document, told 404 Media."
#USA #NYC #Surveillance #MadisonSquareGarden #FacialRecognition #Privacy #DigitalRights #Biometrics
“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-state-department-africa-uganda-aid-medical-data-privacy
> The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the information could be misused or exploited.
#USA #Africa #aid #data #privacy #digitalColonialism
What could go wrong with forcing a data hungry #AI company like #Anthropic to force it's users to do ID #verification?
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/anthropic-says-claude-may-want-to-see-your-id
Meanwhile asylum-seekers are a great source for biometric data for the #UK government: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/the-uk-will-scan-asylum-seekers-faces-for-age-checks-despite-knowing-the-tech-is-flawed
As the #West is trying to imitate totalitarian states as of late, they might be better advised to imitate their #exports instead.
#Privacy #Asylum #UnitedKingdom #Britain #GreatBritain #Artificialintelligence #Tech #Technology #News #US #USA
“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-state-department-africa-uganda-aid-medical-data-privacy
> The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the information could be misused or exploited.
boostedTexas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver's licenses and passports
> A data breach involving government-issued ID documents affects over 3 million people in Texas.
FCC proposal would require telecoms to collect government ID, name, and address for all mobile customers under “Know-Your-Customer” rules. 📵
Privacy advocates warn it could effectively end anonymous “burner phones,” increasing risks for journalists, survivors, and marginalized users. 🔐
🔗 https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/if-the-fcc-bans-burner-phones-it-could-be-a-privacy-nightmare/
#TechNews #FCC #Privacy #Surveillance #Telecom #DigitalRights #CyberSecurity #DataPrivacy #CivilLiberties #Encryption #Policy #MobileSecurity #Mobile #USA #US #Trump
FISA Section 702 expires tonight, but US surveillance authorities continue under existing FISC certifications until 2027. 🛰️
Certifications under the FISA Court remain active until March 2027, enabling continued collection that includes incidental US communications. 🔐
#TechNews #FISA #Section702 #Surveillance #Privacy #Security #CivilLiberties #CyberSecurity #Government #Surveillance #Encryption #DataPrivacy #US #USA #Trump
”The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become a metaphor for the Trump presidency. …Tim Walz commented: “Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went. The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.” … The pattern Walz identified with regard to the pool applies also to Trump’s debacle in Iran.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, June 20, 2026
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-20-2026
#trump #usa #iran
In the Soviet union the citizens are monitored constantly. USA is headed or already this is being done we do not know the whole extent. Flock cameras monitoring vehicles movements. Credit card’s tracking your purchases & locations. New automobile’s computers keeping track. Even the city’s are getting CCTV coverage. Facial recognition software is everywhere. Privacy is a joke on the internet. How does this feel America? The new USA is scary. #USA #surveillance #fascism #America #american #privacy
boostedFrom New York to Seattle to DC, more cities are picking democratic socialist leaders
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/20/politics/democratic-socialist-mayors-washington-dc-seattle-new-york
#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Last call Miami: the Dolce & Gabbana exhibition
https://lucire.com/insider/20260620/last-call-miami-the-dolce-gabbana-exhibition/ #fashion #mode #moda #history #DolceeGabbana #designer #exhibition #Miami #Florida #USA
I wonder how much the opinion the USA has of Australia changes by seeing an enormous 15x30ft union jack
#USAvAus #USAvAustralia #worldcup #usacanmex #fifaworldcup #fifaworldcup2026 #usa #unitedstates #australia #socceroos
boosted“The United States has capitulated to Iran. There is a “deal,” which has been signed, on terms that can only be described as those of complete Iranian victory.“
Timothy Snyder lays it out clearly.
https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/capitulation-day?r=2m1hl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
The Five Eyes just issued a rare joint warning about Chinese spies using LinkedIn.
Hi Xi, How's it going? I see you are up to your old tricks. We see your entire CCP and MSS spy cabal operations.
A Proton survey of 3,000 people in the UK, France, and Germany found 45% may avoid businesses using US tech for data storage over privacy concerns 🇪🇺
The survey also found 65% believe European businesses should prioritize local technology providers, highlighting interest in digital sovereignty 🔐
🔗 https://proton.me/business/blog/european-digital-independence-survey-2026
#TechNews #Proton #Europe #DigitalSovereignty #Privacy #DataProtection #US #Cybersecurity #Business #OpenSource #Security #Technology #USA #Infrastructure #EU
"I do believe," she said to herself, "that this is the best, and grandest, and most satisfying way to begin the day.
"If I could, I would start every morning with a walk on the beach."
By the Silver Sea canvas print -- https://www.pictorem.com/2694782/by-the-silver-sea/
Free shipping in the U.S. and Canada.
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #beach #ocean #seaside #nature #oregon #pacific #travel #USA #vacation #canvas #homedecor #fedigiftshop #joy #summer
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be purchasing records related to immigrants’ tax identifiers from a data broker, potentially skirting a court order that banned ICE from sourcing such information, according to Senator Ron Wyden and government procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.
The contract, worth nearly $10 million, is related to ITINs, or Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers, which is the identifier many undocumented people use to file their taxes rather than a Social Security number (SSN).
“It looks for all the world like Trump is trying to skirt the law and a court order to fuel his mass-deportation campaign,” Senator Wyden told 404 Media in an emailed statement after reviewing the procurement records. “A court has already struck down an agreement between the IRS and Homeland Security to illegally share ITINs and other personal information.
A contract to buy that same information from private data brokers is a clear end-around both taxpayer privacy laws and a court order.”"
https://www.404media.co/ice-appears-to-be-buying-immigrants-tax-identifiers-from-a-data-broker/
boosted#Trump #DonaldTrump #Iran #US #USA #American #War #IranWar #Deal #Failure #MAGA #News #SkyNews #Republican #USPol #Sky #America #Republicans #Politics The “deal” made by the worst president in American history has achieved absolutely nothing. I’ll leave the final word to Sky News…
https://news.sky.com/story/trumps-iran-war-is-one-of-the-greatest-strategic-blunders-in-us-history-13554425
NYT will occasionally write something pro-democracy to hide their century-long support of fascism.
The NYT is uncharacteristically accurate and bold, in addition to a piece about Vance, Miller, and attempts to suspend habeus corpus/invoke the Insurrection Act, they said Todd Blanche "already damaged the Justice Department ... misled #Congress," and "the #Senate should reject his nomination."
They may have an inside source that is telling them the nomination is DOA in the #Senate. The NYT has studiously avoided angering the orange felon such that they won't go out on a limb unless they're confident that Blanche doesn't have the votes. Reporters confirmed that Blanche was at the white house #Epstein situation room cover-up meetings.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@OpenMediaOrg/116760366128760193
remember what i toldya about #TMobile #Samsung phones in #USA and #Canada? n̶o̶w̶ t̶h̶e̶y̶ c̶a̶n̶ d̶o̶ i̶t̶ #BillC22 would give them the power to do it, LEGALLY, with any phone. Canadians need to protest this bill.
UPDATE: am not Canadian (a loss for y’all tbh) and i havent studied Canadian law. y’all need to ask your fellow canadians about the nitty gritty details of BillC22.
who are #cdnpoli Canada’s analog to @eff Electronic Frontier Foundation or #ACLU?
BREAKING: 🇨🇦 decides there will be NO debate of amendments to #BillC22's controversial part 2 - the part that lets gov install surveillance devices in any digital tech in Canada.
Gov amendments will pass without reading; House vote will happen this week. #cdnpoli
https://www.ourcommons.ca/documentviewer/en/45-1/house/sitting-137/order-notice/page-11
An Israeli firm has interfered in elections in Scotland, New York, France, Angola and Togo, using large numbers of fake social media accounts to target politicians who have criticised Israel’s genocide in Gaza, French authorities have found.
#us #usa #uspol #israel #uk #ukpol #france #scotland #mossad #genocide #Palestine #Gaza
Paraiso Miami Swim Week highlights: colour and pop
https://lucire.com/insider/20260616/paraiso-miami-swim-week-highlights-colour-and-pop/ #fashion #mode #moda #Miami #Florida #USA #swimwear #MeganTheeStallion #SS2027 #trend #tendances
How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE
‚ICE has been invading U.S. cities, targeting, surveilling, harassing, assaulting, detaining, and torturing people who are undocumented immigrants. They also have targeted people with work permits, asylum seekers, permanent residents (people holding “green cards”), naturalized citizens, and even citizens by birth. ICE has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on surveillance technology to spy on anyone—and potentially everyone—in the United States. It can be hard to imagine how to defend oneself against such an overwhelming force.
But a few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology….‘
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' #ICE leak to unmask agents
‚A whistleblower has released the identities of approximately 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol agents, marking what may be the largest data breach in the Department of Homeland Security's history. The leak, published on ICE List, was triggered by national outrage following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent….‘
https://wiki.icelist.is/index.php?title=Main_Page
"The ICE List Wiki is designed for public use. Journalists, researchers, and advocacy groups use the data to track enforcement patterns, identify repeat agencies or jurisdictions, and contextualise individual incidents. Pages may be cited with attribution."
Spread the Message!
Healthcare Workers Freed a Patient From #ICE 🖤
"When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents brought a detainee to a #California hospital in 2025, they didn’t know they would leave empty-handed. Using capacity they built over months of organizing, Healthcare workers intervened quickly to protect and ultimately free their patient from the clutches of federal secret police...."
https://www.blackrosefed.org/hospital-organizing-against-ice/
#USA #Refugees #Healthcare #Resistance #HealthcareWorkers #Solidarity