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  • I like this idea.

    Twitter was supposed to be the “online town hall”. And online public spaces are not publicly owned, they’re run by private companies that can ban you at their own whims.

    With each country having their own federated platforms, they can truly act as online public spaces where the usual laws apply as they would do offline.

    You’d need to employ thousands of moderators though if everyone was online but honestly I think it’s worth it.

    But don’t be handing out prison sentences for posting stupid shit. Online harassment and calls for violence can still be legally handled the same way they are offline, but jailing people for offensive jokes and stupid hot takes is just idiotic.

    Best way is temporary bans increasing exponentially in length, then small percentage of income fines again increasing exponentially.

    Also, and I’d argue we already need this, a court system for online crimes. This means the regular court system doesn’t get more workload added on to it and specialist judges and lawyers can be appointed.





  • ThePyroPython@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzFrog's Gift
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    Elon Musk: now singlehandedly responsible for the US falling further behind China in innovation and research (for the record, fuck the CCP).

    I seriously hope the UK takes advantage and offers visas and funding for the research. We’ve already got a good research sector though it took a hit from Brexit. Taking in these US scientists, even if it’s only for four years, would accelerate the UK’s growth, suck it Yanks!

    p.s. also the EU would love to have them as well.




  • ThePyroPython@lemmy.worldtome irl@lemmy.worldmeirl
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    This here ^ is the full context.

    Before doing bar-back work getting a hit on by a woman who I didn’t find attractive was still a nice confidence boost because it only happened rarely.

    But doing bar-back work clearing away glasses from tables and wiping them down I got hit on so much by drunken women in bachelorette party after bachelorette party that it became really uncomfortable. Then came the inappropriate touching. That was not fun.

    Before that job I had heard what women experience on a night out and had only seen it from a 3rd person perspective. But after that job I understand better what women are having to put up with regularly.