Matty A

[Matthew Prince 🌥 @eastdakota]

Yesterday a quasi-judicial body in Italy fined @Cloudflare $17 million for failing to go along with their scheme to censor the Internet. The scheme, which even the EU has called concerning, required us within a mere 30 minutes of notification to fully censor from the Internet any sites a shadowy cabal of European media elites deemed against their interests. No judicial oversight. No due process. No appeal. No transparency. It required us to not just remove customers, but also censor our 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver meaning it risked blacking out any site on the Internet. And it required us not just to censor the content in Italy but globally. In other words, Italy insists a shadowy, European media cabal should be able to dictate what is and is not allowed online.

That, of course, is DISGUSTING and even before yesterday’s fine we had multiple legal challenges pending against the underlying scheme. We, of course, will now fight the unjust fine. Not just because it’s wrong for us but because it is wrong for democratic values.

In addition, we are considering the following actions: 1) discontinuing the millions of dollars in pro bono cyber security services we are providing the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics; 2) discontinuing Cloudflare’s Free cyber security services for any Italy-based users; 3) removing all servers from Italian cities; and 4) terminating all plans to build an Italian Cloudflare office or make any investments in the country.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. While there are things I would handle differently than the current U.S. administration, I appreciate @JDVance taking a leadership role in recognizing this type of regulation is a fundamental unfair trade issue that also threatens democratic values. And in this case @ElonMusk is right: #FreeSpeech is critical and under attack from an out-of-touch cabal of very disturbed European policy makers.

I will be in DC first thing next week to discuss this with U.S. administration officials and I’ll be meeting with the IOC in Lausanne shortly after to outline the risk to the Olympic Games if @Cloudflare withdraws our cyber security protection.

In the meantime, we remain happy to discuss this with Italian government officials who, so far, have been unwilling to engage beyond issuing fines. We believe Italy, like all countries, has a right to regulate the content on networks inside its borders. But they must do so following the Rule of Law and principles of Due Process. And Italy certainly has no right to regulate what is and is not allowed on the Internet in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Brazil, India or anywhere outside its borders.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIGHT AND WE WILL WIN!!!

[Craig Kelly:🇦🇺Foundation for Economic Education @craigkellyAFEE]

This has to be the final straw for Anika Wells.

Imagine, there are at least 10 dead Australians and others fighting for life with gunshot wounds due to Islamic Extremism, in the worst terrorist attack in our nation’s history, on our sacred Bondi Beach, and the first thing Anika Wells can think of to post is a call for censorship.

When every Australian needed to see the true evil of Islamic Terrorism, Anika Wells was calling for people to "report graphic material to the platform to help get it removed quickly"

F*#* you Anika Wells.

What’s distressing is that people of your ilk are in government.

That’s it - she has to GO

[Alex Vacca @itsalexvacca]

The solution isn't to ban AI. It's to use it strategically.

The choice is yours:
Build cognitive debt and become an AI dependent.
Or build cognitive strength and become an AI multiplier.

The first brain scan study of AI users just showed us the stakes.

Choose wisely.

[Matty A @hawsktf]

@cyberpunkdingo 🎯

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

I was there and I can verify that this scene with Donald Trump and Macaulay Culkin was indeed staged…

[Neil Oliver @thecoastguy]

Behold the son.

[Mike Williams (Oz) @theoztrucker]

I’m fairly sure I’m not the only one.

[Kulvinder Kaur MD @dockaurG]

First, do no harm.

No border/airport closures.
No mass asymptomatic testing.
No mandatory masking of healthy.
No vaccine passports.
No lockdowns.
No coercions or restrictions.

Instead, ethical evidence-based focused protection of people at high-risk with full informed consent.

[Matty A @hawsktf]

@TheKouk Ouch big numbers!? Are you please able to normalize per capita or GDP and benchmark for some context whether this is good or bad? TIA

[Martin Kulldorff @MartinKulldorff]

"Did someone die with COVID19, of COVID19 – or did it have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with COVID19? Who knows? I certainly don’t, and I wrote some of the death certificates myself." - @malcolmken https://t.co/nvSWyH0qSi

[George Gammon @GeorgeGammon]

💥 Like I said on my last LIVE STREAM...

Now we’ve allowed power hungry GOV’s to control our lives, lock us in our homes & shut down our businesses, never expect to have same liberties again.

IMO, every 2-3 years they’ll have another reason to “lockdown” & usurp more power.👇

[Matty A @hawsktf]

I Voted For Sniffy the #Beagle!!

#DogsofTwittter #doglovers #puppy #puppylove #BeaglesofTwitter #snoopy https://t.co/QiaMudjubZ

[Matty A @hawsktf]

@9NewsPerth In @cityofcanning we have been tricked with a unit rate increase offset by lower rental value! Do they not realise it is time for austerity and to reprioritise expenditure? 😕

[Matty A @hawsktf]

@10NewsFirstPER State police and dept of transport should assign criteria for speed limits based on safety and the councils apply them. Councils and residents should not be deciding (or accepting the risk)

[Matty A @hawsktf]

@LizaHarveyMLA Should be a free market - if someone wants to connect to the grid for reliability or join the energy market, the fair cost of connection should be recovered from all participants. Sorry having solar is not a free ride and the little guy should have to subsidise!

[Matty A @hawsktf]

@commnewsgroup Not quite, today is unusually constant aircraft noise since 5am...

[Matty A @hawsktf]

@theprojecttv Spoiler alert :/

[Matty A @hawsktf]

@TangerineTravls @KangoAnywhere you can meet Laska

[Matty A @hawsktf]

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