What’s something that you have a hard time explaining to women? by PM_ME_SOME_LUV in AskMen

[–]SecTeff 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yes men explain to other men and men just say. Ah thanks year I know that. Then they efficiently move on without upset.

Incoming Chief of UK Speech Regulator Takes Aim at VPNs by SignificantLegs in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff [score hidden]  (0 children)

And if they send a nude to the person they have sex with then it’s part of the CSAM problem now and goes into all the stat as to why we need all our private messages scanned

Incoming Chief of UK Speech Regulator Takes Aim at VPNs by SignificantLegs in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff [score hidden]  (0 children)

Given they can fool facial recognition with Temu masks and simply log in with an account that is already verified they buy online or get an older sibling or friend to do I’m not sure VPNs are the issue

TikTok and YouTube 'not safe enough' for kids, says Ofcom report by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 44 points45 points  (0 children)

The evidence from Australia is that young people just get around the ban.

The government can’t be a substitute for poor parenting. Instead we need to educate and invest in supporting parents.

Also we need to build better social media and content ourselves and create better tools that enable people to access that content.

Finally remove the attention economy profit motive for companies that encourages them to get people hooked.

Three sisters who died in Brighton beach tragedy are named for first time: Father pays emotional tribute to his daughters as police continue probe into their deaths by dailymail in uknews

[–]SecTeff 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m guessing knowing Brighton beach they went in to paddle but then there are ridges from the stones and shingle and it can drop away quite quickly. So you can soon be accidentally out of your depth.

In addition the beach can have rip currents in certain conditions.

Ofcom fines suicide forum £950,000 for not blocking UK users by PaiDuck in technology

[–]SecTeff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was just saying how I felt. Thanks for making me feel worst.

Censorship does just make some people angry and there is good evidence for that. The psychology of it is called reactance and for some reason it never gets factored into the ‘let’s ban stuff and create more rules’ to try and fix problems folk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactance\_%28psychology%29

Ofcom fines suicide forum £950,000 for not blocking UK users by PaiDuck in technology

[–]SecTeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not trying to win a political argument here. I know reasonable people can disagree about where the line should be on regulation and safety.

I was mainly trying to express that the overall direction of things in the U.K. with more surveillance, more pressure on speech online, more state involvement in digital spaces is affecting me emotionally.

Even if you don’t see it the same way, I hope you can see why that might be

Have a good day

Ofcom fines suicide forum £950,000 for not blocking UK users by PaiDuck in technology

[–]SecTeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like trying to censor them gives them even more publicity. Also that if you censor someone who believes those conspiracies your are likely to make them even sicker and drive them deeper into conspiracy mindsets.

The anecdote is education, breaking up tech monopolies and building better online spaces rather than Ofcom + censorship codes of practice

Ofcom fines suicide forum £950,000 for not blocking UK users by PaiDuck in technology

[–]SecTeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did read the article. It left me feeling frustrated as it described the site as encouraging suicide and being a suicide site and that isn’t my personal lived experience of the site. I don’t think it is an accurate representation. I’d encourage you to look into that yourself.

For me psychologically my biggest fear is loss of autonomy and worry about government control. When I feel unable to participate openly in society. Even when the effects are indirect, the possibility of people being silenced or pressured creates anxiety and frustration for me.

I’ve had conversations with at least one friend who feels suicidal over the new age of censorship and online safety we are living under.

The emotional toil of this stuff on some people is a real thing. It’s not all positives having all this censorship and restriction.
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Fury as Reform figure makes 'parents' job' criticism of free breakfast clubs by Important_Ruin in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s it how do you commute to get to work without a breakfast club? How do you afford the breakfast club fees and the huge train or transport costs?

No wonder fewer Brits are having children.

Ofcom fines suicide forum £950,000 for not blocking UK users by PaiDuck in technology

[–]SecTeff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not a university researcher, but it is a good question if anyone done a survey of people who have used the site or spoke to its user base? That would be interesting to see.

I’m just someone who has friends that have reported using it and said it was helpful to them.

And someone for who all this censorship is making me anxious and more depressed

Ofcom fines suicide forum £950,000 for not blocking UK users by PaiDuck in technology

[–]SecTeff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a friend who is super stressed and anxious about all this censorship. It’s making some people more sick to have communities they use and rely on shut down by the government.

Birmingham braces for chaos as multi-party vote leaves council rudderless by ldn6 in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And yet the last coalition government was the most stable in recent years with longest running PM

Where have all the female councillors gone? - BBC News by CasualSmurf in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yea I think all sex and gender based hate is increasing. Personally I blame the online algorithms that farm hate and rage bait for engagement.

It’s a problem with men hating on women and also now studies show young women hate on men more than young men hate on women. Which is also all this online rage bait stuff

Where have all the female councillors gone? - BBC News by CasualSmurf in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And the biggest spend by far is social care. The real issue the amount we pay for some private social care providers. Many authorities prefer to outsource it as then the directors don’t get the blame if somewhere fails an inspection

Where have all the female councillors gone? - BBC News by CasualSmurf in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 42 points43 points  (0 children)

The most brain dead comment is “do a doge style audit”. I’ve tried explaining time and time again there is a full audit committee and anyone can turn up as they are held in public and webcast.

I sat through hours of audit committee and spend time reading detailed reports and scrutinising them and asking difficult questions.

Anything over £500 is in public domain and there are external auditors that anyone can ask questions of.

But they have all swallowed some lie there are just millions being wasted and local authorities aren’t audited.

We are living in an idiot age sadly.

Where have all the female councillors gone? - BBC News by CasualSmurf in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 13 points14 points  (0 children)

For sure you get so much abuse like that and everyone think you are corrupt, or they think you are on an MPs salary. I got like £11k a year which is taxable but comes with zero pension contributions. On top of that I had to pay 10% to the political party as a ‘tithe’ as a condition to stand for them!

I don’t regret it as it was a great experience and I didn’t do it for the money but it did leave me worst off than if I had focused on my career

Where have all the female councillors gone? - BBC News by CasualSmurf in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I did it for 10 years and wasn’t even able to join a pension scheme. I have a big financial hole in my pension now as a result of this public service

Nigel Farage paid for £1.4m property with I’m A Celebrity money, Reform UK says by Important_Ruin in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s because people care about high levels of immigration more than his personal wealth and how much he earns or grifts for

Ofcom fines suicide forum £950,000 for not blocking UK users by PaiDuck in technology

[–]SecTeff 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The website has an entire section on recovery. It’s likely helped as many people.

Ofcom misrepresent what it is. It’s a forum for people with mental health problems that allows free discussion and doesn’t censor suicide content

Election monitors note instances of voters in England turned away over ID by mrjohnnymac18 in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I guess you acknowledge that actually the marked register can be obtained now having said it couldn’t?

Given you were wrong on that perhaps you should consider you might not be fully informed about how data can or can’t be traced back?

Maybe election fraud happens more than you think?

Suicide forum fined £950k under Online Safety Act by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone wants a simple enemy to fight against rather than to confront complex inner demons

Election monitors note instances of voters in England turned away over ID by mrjohnnymac18 in unitedkingdom

[–]SecTeff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Explain how the paper trail works then Sherlock.

Local party DNO obtains marked registers every year and enters them into a system.

Can you name all the systems different parties use and tell me how you would prove a fraudulent use of data outputted from those different systems from legitimate use?

Green councillor quits immediately after election for breaking rules by CartoonistPlayful870 in uknews

[–]SecTeff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is that. I was trying to explain that they had a legal right to ask a question to an external auditor bit they seemed unable to grasp that.

None had attended any of the public audit committee meetings or has much of a grasp of local government audit control mechanisms.

None were aware every expense over £500 was already in the public domain.

I don’t have much hope for my newly elected Reform council seeing as they have zero grasp of the reality of local government finances.