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Online Safety Act consultation : Threat to protest and political content

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Reposted by William Elisabeth Cuthbert

Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 23h

Don't let activism blink out of sight!

Ofcom wants all social posts to be scanned for 'illegal' content before they appear in our feeds.

And the AI doing it will go OTT. Posts about protest could get removed or suppressed.

Say no to more censorship ⬇️

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The Online Safety Act The Online Safety Act (OSA) has given Ofcom powers over what we say, see and do online. Services have to comply with a large set of complicated rules and regulations. They risk…

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William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

I'd love it if you read my article for @wearequeeraf.com and @transhistoryweek.com, because it was inspired by my only learning about her life and work after she died.

Let's honour Ada Lovelace Day. Learn, imagine, then begin to build.

We're stronger together, as Trans computing pioneer Lynn Conway shows with the Succesful Trans Man Archive

It became what is now an archived insight into trans masc stories from the 00s, with insights into the pivotal early work of many FTM rights and activism.

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William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

I think of how our progress towards equal rights is an inevitability – how human thought and imagination will always evolve towards us becoming more together, more closely connected.

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

And now I think of the fight for Trans+ human rights. Something else Lynn Conway worked, wrote, and campaigned for through her career as an out trans woman in STEM.

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

We don’t need to be scientists to imagine, then begin to build, unprecedented things that alter reality, despite any form of scepticism.

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

Invention undeniably creates advancement, but there’s an another, equally important engine behind it – thinking that imagines evolution others might see as impossible. That might even *be* impossible, in the moment.

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

Conway embodied this example a century later, echoing some of Ada’s sentiments in her own words:

“Part of my spirit is a childlike openness that has always allowed me to see things other people don't notice."

She “never stopped playing, creating, messing around, being in awe of everybody”.

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

Lovelace imagined, in the 19th century, the first dreamy ideas resembling modern computing and programming, long before this technology could possibly have been built.

She said “Imagination…is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us.”

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

I think Conway and Lovelace were of a similar spirit. And not just as women who influenced computing and STEM innovation.

They were audacious, imaginative, open to exploration and experimentation with bold, unusual ideas. Unafraid to be unconventional.

We're stronger together, as Trans computing pioneer Lynn Conway shows with the Succesful Trans Man Archive

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

Though today is Ada Lovelace Day, my thoughts also turn to another incredible woman and scientist.

Her name is Lynn Conway - a trans woman who first designed the microchip allowing me to find Trans+ community online, and from there, do the work I do as a journalist.

#ALD25

It became what is now an archived insight into trans masc stories from the 00s, with insights into the pivotal early work of many FTM rights and activism.

We're stronger together, as Trans computing pioneer Lynn Conway shows with the Succesful Trans Man Archive

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William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

I'd love it if you read my article at QueerAF, because it was inspired by my only learning about her life and work after she died.

Let's honour Ada Lovelace Day. Learn, imagine, then begin to build.

It became what is now an archived insight into trans masc stories from the 00s, with insights into the pivotal early work of many FTM rights and activism.

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William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

I think of how our progress towards equal rights is an inevitability – how human thought and imagination will always evolve towards us becoming more together, more closely connected.

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

And now I think of the fight for Trans+ human rights. Something else Lynn Conway worked, wrote, and campaigned for through her career as an out trans woman in STEM.

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

We don’t need to be scientists to imagine, then begin to build, unprecedented things that alter reality, despite any form of scepticism.

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

Invention undeniably creates advancement, but there’s an another, equally important engine behind it – thinking that imagines evolution others might see as impossible. That might even *be* impossible, in the moment.

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

Conway embodied this example a century later, echoing some of Ada’s sentiments in her own words:

“Part of my spirit is a childlike openness that has always allowed me to see things other people don't notice."

She “never stopped playing, creating, messing around, being in awe of everybody”.

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

Lovelace imagined, in the 19th century, the first dreamy ideas resembling modern computing and programming, long before this technology could possibly have been built.

She said “Imagination…is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us.”

William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 1d

I think Conway and Lovelace were of a similar spirit. And not just as women who influenced computing and STEM innovation.

They were audacious, imaginative, open to exploration and experimentation with bold, unusual ideas. Unafraid to be unconventional.