MiscreantMouse

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Long-serving GOP legislator indicted on child sex charges in North Dakota (www.rawstory.com)
 

The longest-serving state senator in North Dakota history has been indicted on federal charges related to child pornography.

Ray Holmberg, a Republican who resigned last spring, was charged in an indictment unsealed Monday with travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual activity and receipt of child pornography after investigators showed he traded scores of text messages with a convicted sex offender, reported KFGO-TV.

#notadragqueen

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Inside ICE’s Database for Finding ‘Derogatory’ Online Speech (www.404media.co)
 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has used a system called Giant Oak Search Technology (GOST) to help the agency scrutinize social media posts, determine if they are “derogatory” to the U.S., and then use that information as part of immigration enforcement, according to a new cache of documents reviewed by 404 Media.

Israel announces 'total' blockade on Gaza in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] MiscreantMouse@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

If you're supporting the side indiscriminately starving millions, you need to take a very long look in the mirror. This fight is villains vs villains, and civilians are taking the brunt of the brutality from both sides.

Israeli strikes flatten buildings, mosques in Gaza in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
U.S. is sending a carrier strike group closer to Israel and will begin supplying munitions starting today in c/world@lemmy.world
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Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads (www.mediamatters.org)
I don't get people that are here in the fediverse and *want to bring over* the content that is on FB, IG, TikTok, etc. in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] MiscreantMouse@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gmail blocks a ton of smaller email services for generating spam / scams / malicious activity, just because a protocol is open doesn't mean it has to tolerate problematic content.

how to block meta from mastodon in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MiscreantMouse@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is exactly my concern, I don't want my online activity to become another revenue stream for meta. If they can put ads next to our posts then we're back to working for free for the billionaires.