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5d ago

Meta blocks dozens of Queer and pro-abortion accounts on Instagram for second time in six months
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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 5d ago
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5d ago

Meta blocks dozens of Queer and pro-abortion accounts on Instagram for second time in six months

nltimes.nl /2026/04/23/meta-suspends-dozens-dutch-lgbtqia-accounts-second-time-six-months

2w ago

Tennessee’s Charlie Kirk Act bans student walkouts, protects conservative speakers

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 2w ago

I would organize a walkout just to F with them

4w ago

Brussels urges Europeans to reduce travel to mitigate potential energy shortages

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 4w ago

Changed it to 24 brussels... Didn't know they weren't a reliable source thx!

Europe @feddit.org

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4w ago

Brussels urges Europeans to reduce travel to mitigate potential energy shortages

24brussels.online /world/europe/brussels-urges-europeans-to-reduce-travel-to-mitigate-potential-energy-shortages/

4w ago

U.S. Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 4w ago

And then they wonder why the rest of the world looks at the US like a bizarre mix of Enlightenment ideals and medieval dogma. I mean, Locke, Voltaire, and Kant are spinning in their graves right now watching how their ‘right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ has been hijacked by a movement that actively denies science, women’s rights, and LGBTQ+ existence in the name of a god nobody can even agree on.

It’s the ultimate paradox: the same country that gave the world the First Amendment (thanks, Voltaire!) now has a Supreme Court majority that thinks genuinely held religious beliefs can override basic human rights like letting a child die because a doctor’s ‘deeply held belief’ says so.

And let’s not forget the irony of a nation built on the idea that government should not impose religion (see: Locke’s Letter Concerning Toleration) now trying to turn it into a Christian nationalist state where ‘freedom of religion’ somehow means ‘freedom to discriminate against anyone who doesn’t pray in your direction.’ So yes, the US isn’t an official theocracy... yet? But it’s doing its damndest to feel like one, all while claiming to be the ‘beacon of democracy.’ Meanwhile, Charlie Kirk and his ilk are out here acting like the Ayatollah of some sort of Christian Taliban. If this isn’t a lesson in how fragile democratic values are, I don’t know what is. Europe’s secularism and Enlightenment values might just be the only thing keeping the US from fully regressing into a theocratic dystopia.

4w ago

U.S. Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 4w ago

Because the USA is a theocracy where the morals of a religion are held higher than the morals and laws of democratic values such as equality and tolerance, just like Iran and Ruzzia :D Enlightment anyone? No?

Some religious schools like reformatory and Islamic schools carry out duplicate messages: they teach children democratic values such as equality and tolerance, but place religious views next to it that are at odds with these values. This leads to confusion and can reinforce discriminatory ideas, particularly about homosexuality, gender roles and Jewish people.

Schools are required to teach children about democratic values and to comply with them in practice. But on the basis of Article 23 of the Constitution (in the Netherlands at least), schools also have the freedom to place religious messages next to it. According to experts, this leads to "double messages" that are difficult to follow for children, and in some cases are at odds with democratic values.

For example, children now learn that you can decide for yourself how to live your life, but also that they have to obey God. And they learn about the theory of evolution, but also that according to religion it is not correct, and that the world is actually only 6000 years old.

Reformatory schools teach about equality, but in addition, the view that the man is "the head" and the woman is "submissive" to him. It should be cautious about leadership roles.

The Dutch Ministry of Education says that it is "inevitable" that fundamental rights are chafing with each other here, and that democracy also means that children learn to deal with this. Experts call this "naive."

Renowned theologian Abdullahi An-Na'im says a religious message will always dominate. According to him, there is no level playing field between a religious message and democratic values. "Religion has a psychological and emotional lead in children's upbringing," says An-Na'im. "With deep roots in communities, where the state has no reach whatsoever."

Do we want a multicultural model in which we think very differently about freedoms? Or do we want to work towards a model in which not only equality, but really equality, for example between men and women, is seen as a fundamental starting point? In the latter case, it means that we need to make more work of that. CLEARLY

Dutch News anchor Nieuwsuur has investigated this in the netherlands: The clashing messages in religious educationhttps://nos.nl/collectie/14003

1mo ago

Trump Gets Daily Video War Briefings of ‘Stuff Blowing Up’ — Say Trump Insiders to NBC

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politics @lemmy.world

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1mo ago

Trump Gets Daily Video War Briefings of ‘Stuff Blowing Up’ — Say Trump Insiders to NBC

www.mediaite.com /media/news/trump-gets-daily-video-war-briefings-of-stuff-blowing-up-say-trump-insiders-to-nbc/

1mo ago

Meta found liable in child exploitation case

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 1mo ago

truth lmao

European Politics @feddit.org

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 1mo ago

It says Google will already fight the lawsuit and zuckerberg wants to as well, lmao and he says he wants to protect children but he won't even admit fault with victims? Asshole. There's literally a docu about it: Molly vs the machines.

The two companies probably have to pay more than 3 million dollars. In the next phase of the trial, the jury examines the so-called punitive damages. These are additional damages, intended as an additional penalty.

And because of this instagram will also remove end-to-end encryption and add age-verification

The New Mexico case also raised concerns that allowing teens to use end-to-end encryption on Instagram chats — a privacy measure that blocks anyone other than sender and receiver from viewing a conversation — could make it harder for law enforcement to catch predators. Midway through trial, Meta said it would stop supporting end-to-end-encrypted messaging on Instagram later this year.
Regarding the encryption decision, a Meta spokesperson told CNN that, “very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we’re removing this option from Instagram in the coming months. Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp.”

-- https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/24/tech/meta-new-mexico-trial-jury-deliberation

In May, Judge Bryan Biedscheid is slated to hold a trial without a jury on the state's claims that Meta created a public nuisance that harmed state residents' health and safety. The state will ask Biedscheid to direct Meta to make changes to its platforms, including adding effective age verification and removing predators, it said Tuesday.

-- https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/meta-ordered-to-pay-375-million-in-new-mexico-trial-over-child-exploitation-user-safety-claims/ar-AA1ZkHhq

1mo ago

New Mexico jury finds Meta violated consumer protection law at trial about child safety

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 1mo ago

And because of this instagram will remove end-to-end encryption and add age-verification

The New Mexico case also raised concerns that allowing teens to use end-to-end encryption on Instagram chats — a privacy measure that blocks anyone other than sender and receiver from viewing a conversation — could make it harder for law enforcement to catch predators. Midway through trial, Meta said it would stop supporting end-to-end-encrypted messaging on Instagram later this year.
Regarding the encryption decision, a Meta spokesperson told CNN that, “very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we’re removing this option from Instagram in the coming months. Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp.”

-- https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/24/tech/meta-new-mexico-trial-jury-deliberation

In May, Judge Bryan Biedscheid is slated to hold a trial without a jury on the state's claims that Meta created a public nuisance that harmed state residents' health and safety. The state will ask Biedscheid to direct Meta to make changes to its platforms, including adding effective age verification and removing predators, it said Tuesday.

-- https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/meta-ordered-to-pay-375-million-in-new-mexico-trial-over-child-exploitation-user-safety-claims/ar-AA1ZkHhq

1mo ago

Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claims

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 1mo ago

And because of this instagram will remove end-to-end encryption and add age-verification

The New Mexico case also raised concerns that allowing teens to use end-to-end encryption on Instagram chats — a privacy measure that blocks anyone other than sender and receiver from viewing a conversation — could make it harder for law enforcement to catch predators. Midway through trial, Meta said it would stop supporting end-to-end-encrypted messaging on Instagram later this year.
Regarding the encryption decision, a Meta spokesperson told CNN that, “very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we’re removing this option from Instagram in the coming months. Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp.”

-- https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/24/tech/meta-new-mexico-trial-jury-deliberation

In May, Judge Bryan Biedscheid is slated to hold a trial without a jury on the state's claims that Meta created a public nuisance that harmed state residents' health and safety. The state will ask Biedscheid to direct Meta to make changes to its platforms, including adding effective age verification and removing predators, it said Tuesday.

-- https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/meta-ordered-to-pay-375-million-in-new-mexico-trial-over-child-exploitation-user-safety-claims/ar-AA1ZkHhq

1mo ago

Instagram quietly drops end-to-end encrypted chats

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 1mo ago

Yeah cause of this trial thats been going on https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/24/tech/meta-new-mexico-trial-jury-deliberation

And because of this trial, instagram will remove end-to-end encryption and add age-verification

The New Mexico case also raised concerns that allowing teens to use end-to-end encryption on Instagram chats — a privacy measure that blocks anyone other than sender and receiver from viewing a conversation — could make it harder for law enforcement to catch predators. Midway through trial, Meta said it would stop supporting end-to-end-encrypted messaging on Instagram later this year.
Regarding the encryption decision, a Meta spokesperson told CNN that, “very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we’re removing this option from Instagram in the coming months. Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp.”

-- https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/24/tech/meta-new-mexico-trial-jury-deliberation

In May, Judge Bryan Biedscheid is slated to hold a trial without a jury on the state's claims that Meta created a public nuisance that harmed state residents' health and safety. The state will ask Biedscheid to direct Meta to make changes to its platforms, including adding effective age verification and removing predators, it said Tuesday.

-- https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/meta-ordered-to-pay-375-million-in-new-mexico-trial-over-child-exploitation-user-safety-claims/ar-AA1ZkHhq

1mo ago

Shithole country

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 1mo ago

Can they frickin tax their rich already? Jesus christ man

1mo ago

To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 1mo ago

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/21/hungarys-foreign-minister-briefed-lavrov-on-eu-meetings-in-real-time-european-security-official-says/

Magyar's reaction at one of his rallies:

It was also reported today in the international press—and confirmed by foreign intelligence services—that Péter Szijjártó was in constant contact with Moscow via a hotline during every session of the European Council in Brussels. At every moment, he briefed the Russian foreign minister—that is, Vladimir Putin—on what was being discussed behind closed doors by European government leaders and heads of state. Please, this is an open betrayal of European and Hungarian interests for the Hungarian foreign minister to brief the leaders of a country at war with a European nation. For Péter Szijjártó’s sake, I looked up the section of the Criminal Code regarding treason.
Any Hungarian citizen who establishes or maintains contact with a foreign government or foreign organization with the intent to violate Hungary’s independence, territorial integrity, or constitutional order shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five to fifteen years. The penalty is imprisonment for a term of ten to twenty years or life imprisonment if the act is committed by a state body using its position in public service or official capacity.
What Péter Szijjártó did is outright treason. From here in Sopron, I can send this message:
Russians go home, Russians go home! Russians go home!

And JD vance wants to visit Budapest, Hungary in support of Orban and this current government? Wtf?

1mo ago

Trump says he’ll have the ‘honor of taking Cuba’ and can do ‘anything I want with it’

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Puddinghelmet @lemmy.world 1mo ago

Hold him accountable or something, yall dont even have guard rails to protect american citizens and hold people in power accountable, america is literally a business trying to make the most profit possible. Citizens rights? Fuq that shit xd