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If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Despite some of the most prominent digital rights groups warning against New York’s age verification law known as Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act – one of those singing its praises is Hillary Clinton. The former US secretary of state joined New York Governor Kathy Hochul on a panel during the Conference on Cyber Regulation, organized by Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, to single out SAFE, and also the Child Data Protection Act as positive developments, that both agreed need to be followed up with federal legislation along the same lines. Yet critics have been cautioning lawmakers not to “sneak in” sweeping surveillance and censorship in the same package with efforts to protect children on the internet, as well as that laws requiring age verification are “incompatible with privacy and free expression rights for everyone.” But Clinton commended Hochul during the conference held last week for the two “landmark” bills and wondered if more states could follow in New York’s footsteps since what would clearly be Clinton’s preferred route – the federal government and Congress – are not doing that. In an ideal world, Hochul responded, “These would all be national federal policies” – and went on to assert that tech companies running social platforms should have implemented those policies on their own. Under the SAFE Act, social media must determine their users’ age by deploying “commercially reasonable methods,” whereas the New York Child Data Protection Act is supposed to allow companies to collect data without consent only from those over 18 – and determine who is a minor and whether there is consent by using “device communications or signals.” Hochul was dismissive of the serious and consistent opposition by rights groups in the US to the attempts to introduce online age verification through proposed methods. They cite the unconstitutional nature of these efforts (including blocking adults’ access to lawful content.) However, the governor said she is “really proud” of the two bills, framing this criticism as coming mainly from the companies themselves, and saying they have used “every argument under the sun to say we can’t do this” – only to then, according to her, implement it. “But the rest of the country and other states should absolutely follow suit. I believe in this so strongly,” said Hochul. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Hillary Clinton, Kathy Hochul Back Controversial Internet Laws Promoting Digital ID appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Well-known British feminist writer Julie Bindel is among those who had the police knock on their door for what turned out to be one of the anonymous “hate crime” complaints denouncing social media posts. But in these cases, the supposed offender is not even informed which post is in question. All that Bindel was able to learn from the police officers who showed up at her home on a Sunday afternoon was that “a transgender man from the Netherlands” was the one behind the complaint. Given such circumstances, it’s not surprising the author chose to reveal her experience in an article scathingly, and succinctly titled, “My Orwellian ordeal at the hands of time-wasting police.” The testimony comes amid another controversy involving the UK police investigating similar “offenses” – namely, Allison Pearson for one of her posts on X. The Telegraph reporter said she was told it was a suspected “non-hate crime incident.” The behavior of the law enforcement in this case has been slammed as anti-free speech, particularly conspicuous since it affected a journalist. Now Bindel describes how the police who made the “house call” would not divulge what kind of hate crime she was suspected of committing, nor how the issue of legal jurisdiction works here – given that the complaint arrived from another country. Which court would deal with the case, Bindel was left wondering. Just as with Pearson, she was told she could voluntarily go to the police station to make a statement. “I said, ‘Absolutely not.’ Why should I do that, when I have no idea what I was being accused of? I had better things to do,” Bindel recounts the interaction, adding that she advised the “bewildered-looking” Scotland Yard officers to instead spend their time investigating violent crimes. The following day, she was informed over the phone that the police would not pursue the investigation. “I was disappointed,” Bindel writes – noting that had the case proceeded all the way to trial, it would have made for a teachable moment – her friends and colleagues protesting in front of the court would have been a way to “educate the public about this Orwellian state of affairs.” Bindel makes a point of the fact she was able to handle the situation calmly because she knew that the police “had no chance” of getting the prosecution to actually charge her for what she assumes is “transphobia.” But, she continues – “I thought about the women who have lost jobs, been hounded out of college courses, friendship groups, and university societies, as well as those who would have found it distressing to be threatened with a hate crime conviction for no good reason.” “Police coming after those of us who do nothing more than speak the truth about gender madness and refuse to bend the knee to the crazy cultists, are doing a massive public disservice,” Bindel concludes. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Knock Knock, It’s Orwell: British Feminist Slams Police Over “Hate Crime” Farce appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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Boston's Democratic mayor has worked hard to depreciate the value of citizenship and degrade the quality of living in her city. Michelle Wu, a soft-on-crime defender of race-segregated events who drafted a list of critics for police to check on, has funneled taxpayer funds to nonprofits that aid illegal aliens; advocated for closing the Boston Police gang database as well as for allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections; conditioned participation in city life on vaccination status; stood idly by while undocumented migrants overwhelm her city; and looked to noncitizens and children to make potential budgetary decisions. Given her track record and Boston's "sanctuary city" status, Wu's recent suggestions that Beantown might try to hinder the incoming Trump administration's efforts to deport criminal illegal aliens were altogether unsurprising. She may have, however, been surprised by the frankness of the response by President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar." 'They can't cross a clear line.' Wu, who is planning to run for re-election in 2025, reminded GBH News last week that Boston law prohibits police and city officials from helping federal authorities track down and deport illegal aliens. While the laws on the books only guarantee passivity from local law enforcement, she intimated that the city might take an active role in impeding deportation efforts, noting that she has been planning for a number of different scenarios. "We still have other mechanisms where we can identify spaces that might be most targeted and think about protections there," said Wu. When speaking to WCVB-TV on Sunday, Wu appeared to suggest that the city will exhaust its options when protecting illegal aliens from consequence. What we can do is make sure that we are doing our part to protect our residents in every possible way, that we are not cooperating with those efforts that actually threaten the safety of everyone by causing widespread fear and having large-scale economic impact. And then we are providing the spaces to reach out directly to our residents because the last thing we want is for people who are part of our economy, part of our school system, part of our community and the fabric of our city to feel that all of a sudden, they have to retreat in the shadows. In response to Wu, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas D. Homan told Newsmax TV's Greg Kelly, "She's not very smart." "President Trump is going to prioritize public safety threats. What mayor or governor doesn't want public safety threats out of their communities? That's our number one responsibility: to protect their communities, and that's exactly what we're going to do," said Homan. "So she helps us [or] she gets the hell out of the way because we're going to do it." Homan stressed that federal law is explicit and Wu would do best to follow it. "There's a clear line here. They can't cross a clear line. I would suggest that she read Title 8, United States Code 1324 iii that says you can't harbor, conceal an illegal alien from federal law enforcement officers," said Homan. "I hope she don't cross that line. They can not cooperate, but there are certain laws in place that they can't cross." The law that Homan referred to makes it a punishable offense if one "conceals, harbors or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor or shield from detection" illegal aliens. If violating the statute and placing someone's life in jeopardy, the offender could be fined and/or imprisoned for up to 20 years for each alien involved. If by violating the statute an individual gets someone killed, then the offender could be "punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life." Like Wu, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) has indicated that she would use "every tool in the toolbox" to shield "residents" from accountability. Blaze News previously reported that Homan intends to send more ICE officers to sanctuary jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials. "If they're not gonna help us, then we'll just double the manpower in those cities. They don't want ICE agents in their neighborhoods, but they don't let ICE agents in the jail. They don't understand, if you let us in the jail, that'd be less agents in your neighborhood," Homan told "Fox News Live." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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