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cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/194015

Ripple putting XRP on exchanges for trading (and funding their operation with those sales) is NOT an investment contract, and therefore not a security.

Ripple paying people in XRP is NOT an investment contract and therefore not a security.

XRP is NOT a security in and of itself even when offered through a securities transaction.

Ripple selling XRP directly pursuant to contracts was an investment contract, and thus a security. Ripple had fair notice that doing this without registration was illegal. And a jury will be needed to decide whether Ripple execs aided and abetted this unregistered issuance.

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This is big

"the overall sentiment across the crypto community appears to be one of jubilation."

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Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, has been quick to dismiss reports of declining Twitter traffic, one reason to block links to a rival, asserting that the site’s usage has been on the rise. “Don’t want to leave you hanging by a thread…but Twitter, you really outdid yourselves! Last week we had our largest usage day since February,” Yaccarino tweeted. “There’s only ONE Twitter. You know it. I know it.” The censorship comes despite Elon Musk’s self-proclaimed status as a “free speech absolutist.”

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A proposed law in Massachusetts promises to put a dent in the data brokerage industry by banning the sale of cellular location data. Suffice it to say, it would be really awesome if the bill passes.

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The Meta platforms are examples of how your data is abused and stolen even if you have no account with these platforms. Though Meta is not the only one doing this, we will show in Zuck's own words, what they really do to create massive identify databases of people in the world, including those without an account. Fortunately, for their legal protection, Zuck states clearly what they do with your data when you're on their platforms.

So knowing this, some of you still flock to Meta platforms including the new Threads (Twitter clone)? Once you enter Zuck's domain, there will be no escape.

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100% agree. Let FISA expire as a small step towards returning our digital freedom

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A series of illegal banking practices that include double-charging insufficient funds fees, withholding promised credit card rewards, and unauthorized opening of accounts using sensitive customer data.

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cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/190694

Judge Delivers Major Blow to Biden Admin in Social Media Censorship Case

A federal judge has made a historic ruling by partially granting an injunction that blocks various Biden administration ...

https://www.theepochtimes.com/judge-delivers-major-blow-to-biden-admin-in-social-media-censorship-case_5373891.html

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cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/190564

Meta attempting to cultivate a ‘positive Twitter’ by spamming your feed with inane celebrity and influencer content and stolen Twitter memes, twisting your feed with its algorithm so you don’t see anything that could possibly be construed as unpleasant,”

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cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/190149

According to the 2022 Federal Human Trafficking Report, Facebook was the top platform used in recruitment of human trafficking victims from 2019-2022. Facebook and Instagram combined to make up 60% of the top ten platforms included in the study.

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cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/190051

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/random/t/172404

If you enter a domain, you will find which instances block this domain.

If you enter a reason, you will find all instances that blocked for this reason and who they blocked.

If you reverse search, you will find all instances the domain you entered blocks.

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The Defenders of Censorship Now Admit Everything

Commentary They no longer deny censoring. They've shifted tactics. Now, they defend censorship as a policy in the ... https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-defenders-of-censorship-now-admit-everything_5378096.html

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Dr. Amanda Calhoun, 28, argued in an op-ed for the Boston Globe that body cameras should be worn by health care professionals in order to hold responsible doctors and nurses for racist behavior allegedly displayed towards black patients. Calhoun, who serves as co-Vice Chair of the Diversity Council of the Yale Resident Fellow Senate, “works to alleviate the impact of racism on her patients and society at large,” her website states.

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Reforms will not prevent abuse.

FISA Section 702 should never be renewed.

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This ruling paves the way for Germany’s leading antitrust enforcer, the Bundeskartellamt, to restrict Meta from combining user data collected across its various platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, as well as from external websites and apps, without explicit user consent.

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cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/165563

Why won't the Liftoff mobile app allow me to add exploding-heads.com as an instance? It will allow me to add other instances, e.g. infosec.pub.

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New community, Nostr blog (exploding-heads.com)

I would like to keep some notes on research I do in my free time on nostr. So i've made a new community.

The side bar has the main problems I think nostr can solve in regards to the lemmy software.

I'll post about what I do and learn along the way of retro fitting nostr to fit the community oriented social media format.

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And no one was even home. It was amazon's own automated response.

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