farmerjen55 on Nostr: Passive language: Some ideas are harmful and should be censored. Active language : ...
Passive language: Some ideas are harmful and should be censored.
Active language : Person A gets to censor person B.
It’s common for me to get chipped for using a passive voice and I can see that this directly influences my thought form. I’ve been trying really hard to think more in the active voice and it has deeply reinforced my ideas about censorship.
Who is person A? What powers do they have over person B? Who gets to decide what content should be managed by person A? Is there a democratic process to elect person A? Can person B speak out safely against person A?
Active language : Person A gets to censor person B.
It’s common for me to get chipped for using a passive voice and I can see that this directly influences my thought form. I’ve been trying really hard to think more in the active voice and it has deeply reinforced my ideas about censorship.
Who is person A? What powers do they have over person B? Who gets to decide what content should be managed by person A? Is there a democratic process to elect person A? Can person B speak out safely against person A?
quoting note186q…nemmIreland is about to implement its biggest attack on free speech in decades.
The country is pushing into new regulatory territory with its Online Safety Code, starting in November and in full swing by mid-2025. This Code, led by Ireland’s media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, will effectively let Ireland control what’s allowed across Europe’s major online platforms headquartered on its soil.
The rules ban a vast range of content deemed "harmful"—even if it’s not technically illegal. And yes, that includes a bold step into mandatory age verification/digital ID on some sites. Think Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and others. Comply or pay up: fines hit at $21.6 million or 10% of global revenue.
Ireland’s approach here sidesteps the usual democratic process—parliament approval isn’t required. Critics argue this is regulatory overreach without a democratic mandate. And it could get murkier: disinformation isn’t currently part of the "harmful content" umbrella, but regulators aren’t ruling out adding it.
Thanks to the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive, Ireland’s regulations have a ripple effect on online content across all 27 EU countries. If the precedent sticks, digital oversight in the EU could shift dramatically, with Ireland at the wheel.
