Ingvar ☑️ @shadowstreik@octodon.social

Themes and re-blogs/sharing support have been started. Sharing will be a priority since its required for federation support. #darkThemePrototype

When it comes to the whole parents being separated from their kids thing and Trump... It would seem that everyone's forgetting that adults are deliberately crossing a border illegally.

If it only hurts when you laugh, stop laughing, right? So, if it only hurts when you cross the border, stop crossing the border, right? Right? No? Okay, tell me how this isn't a case of reaping what you sow?

I mean, I get it, it's terrible and all... But what happened to accountability?

Peertube, an ActivityPub based alternative to YouTube, is running a crowdfunding campaign https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform

Comes at an important time, with YouTube blocking legitimate videos on (incorrect) copyright grounds, such as MIT's OpenCourseWare videos and the Blender Foundation's videos https://torrentfreak.com/youtubes-piracy-filter-blocks-mit-courses-blender-videos-and-more-180618/

I love how Facebook thinks it can get you started posting again by sending you BUCKETLOADS of email. Kinda exactly the thing I was running away from guys :)

The further irony is that Blender Foundation's videos were all licensed under Creative Commons, so BF had already given permission for anyone to share their videos anywhere.

BF have no idea why YouTube decided to suddenly take the videos down, or why YT refuses to fix the problem even though they know about it.

We already know that automated content filters don't work. They put absolute power over content in the hands of a system that is opaque and broken.

A couple of days ago YouTube took down all of the Blender Foundation's videos from the Blender Foundation's channel due to a copyright claim by... the Blender Foundation.

The BF is an official YT partner, but days later they still cannot get a straight answer from YT about what is going on:

https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1007952844329189377

https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1008677459640881152

The #EuropeanParliament is voting on 20th June on changes to the #CopyrightDirective.

#Article13 would mean automated content filters (like YouTube uses) on all sites. Large corporations would be able to censor and spy on all internet content, because they would be running the filters on behalf of smaller sites:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/06/internet-luminaries-ring-alarm-eu-copyright-filtering-proposal

Call/email your MEP *today* to say no to Article 13, especially if they're on this list of committee members:

https://edri.org/files/Copyright_JURI_MEPs_undecided.pdf

#DeleteArticle13

Congrats to @marrkus on winning the logo contest! It will be added to the project soon. #pixelfed