So what, you ask? I will tell you.

The elite of well-intentioned family politicians of the Parliamentary Assembly of the european council short PACE was making good use of their right of making and distributing dim ideas.

Recommendation 1882(2009)

The promotion of Internet and online media services appropriate for minors

In essence I paper about what PACE thinks should be done to protect minors within the realm of the net. And doing technology impact assessment is really what we need more of. But what really pisses me of are two things. First what our minors need to be protected from. And second what measures are regarded to be appropriate. Let’s start with the “What”.

Social interaction online should not, however, substitute real life with so-called virtual reality, the psychological and social impact of which is yet unknown.

We start of very strong with a stereotype people that make regular use of social media do that because they have now real life friends. Except of the of the intense relationship to their mom and the pizza delivery boy. This is as every stereotype wrong than it is plainly oversimplifying the matter. And on top of that we find the best political meme ever. We don’t know what it might cause so we have to counteract it. Now!

Certain content on the internet can have negative effects on children and adolescents. For example, content depicting women and girls as objects, or limiting their depiction to nefarious gender stereotypes, can lead in certain cases to gender-based violence both in the virtual and the real world, including (cyber-)bullying, harassment, rape, and even school massacres.

“Certain content” Can you not just say porn? We all know that porn is the cause of rape, to a society that is generating a few Icons and then feeding on the rest that is trying to become one of them. Janus would be proud of you.

Minors often have access to Internet and mobile telephone services without supervision by parents or teachers.

True, but the problem is not access, the problem is guidance. Kids need paragons and role models not that they can trust in, then boundaries don’t need to be guarded.

Parts of their private life are shared publicly on the Internet by a rapidly growing number of minors, while many firms offer information on, and profiling of, individuals based on such private information.

Agreed and this is not just true for minors. But again we have to understand what our kids are doing. This understanding will lead to the appreciation of the advices given. But the normal reaction of parents on stuff their kids are hyped about is make by complete disinterest or even ignorance.

The continuing increase in advertising and business on the Internet and online media leads to more aggressive commercial practices which also target minors. With the global dimension of the Internet, ethics and legal norms may differ drastically. It would be most useful, therefore, to elaborate standards which are recognised Europe-wide and possibly beyond.

Well. what shall I say. “This is not my opinion. So can we please make my standards to yours, now!” If it is not illegal stay out of it.

Traditional media regulation prohibits or restricts media content which is likely to impair the physical, mental or moral development of children and adolescents.

“Due to explicit content, this website cannot be accessed before 10pm.” Really?

The state has the responsibility to raise awareness, provide guidance ��� also against gender stereotypes, and set up minimum standards.

Does it? I thought that is the moral responsibility of the parents. Yes, I know that that not always works, but do we really need everything legislated. He-man is not such a big thing in our days.

The Assembly therefore believes that it will be helpful, especially with regard to minors, to develop secure and restricted computer networks often referred to as Intranets, walled gardens or gated communities, which are accessible to an identifiable group of users only, typically require adherence to a code of conduct, fall under a clear set of legal rules and the jurisdiction of a given country and filter content harmful to minors.

Well, this is just not going to work. You can see that when you switch on xbox live’s voice chat at a time every normal adult is working. And then you listen to the conversations of twelve year olds. The vocabulary used make me pale. And this is how it is going to be in your “walled gardens”. Don’t be naive.

The Assembly emphasises that anyone who produces or makes available illegal content or services should be held liable by law.

That’s right. What’s your point? Ahh, there is more…

Illegal content and behaviour online have unfortunately grown over the past years and thus increased the risks for minors.

Could you be more vague, please? Oh sorry here is the explanation:

This development is aggravated by the steady growth in Internet use, the growing amount of content produced by individual users instead of institutional content providers, the rapid expansion of social online networks often referred to as Web 2.0, and the technological progress in transmitting and accessing audiovisual content. In contrast, traditional media such as newspapers, radio and television have a declining audience among children and adolescents, hence reducing the effectiveness of traditional media policies for the protection of minors.

I am stunned. You are saying the fact that kids move from traditional media to online media makes them more endangered. Bold statement Mr Murdoch. That seems to be the same argument then the 17+ age rating for apps on the iPhone that allow free web access.

So but “How” can we combat now this heap of rotten stereotypes, pornography and exhibitionistic behaviour? The Answer is so simple. Lockdown.

15.1.assess the technological possibilities of increasing the safety of minors using the Internet and online media services including mobile audiovisual telecommunications, in particular filtering devices and access restriction technologies;

Nokia-Siemens can help you with that. Call Ahmadinejad for a reference.We Germans are just doing the test run in more western environment.

16.4. instruct its competent steering committee to analyse the potential psychological risks for children and adolescents using Internet and online media excessively, in particular social online networks suggesting virtual reality such as Second Life, sites containing nefarious gender stereotypes, as well as violent online games and networks such as World of Warcraft, and to propose appropriate action by the Council of Europe and member states;

HAHA! Second life, sorry I have difficulties to read what I am writing with all that tears in my eyes. You should watch less TV. Before you finalise anything related to this document, the only ones left in second life are the print&TV journalists that told you about it in the first place. And Is World of Warcraft not regulated by video game age rating system anyway.

16.6.initiate work towards ensuring greater legal responsibility of Internet service providers for illegal content, whether or not this originates from third parties or users; this work may require the drafting of a new additional protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime;

And this is the best: “ensuring greater legal responsibility of Internet service providers for illegal content”. That would mean the same as the Royal Mail being responsible for any illegal activities that involved its service. Hello, this is absurd.

Same old, same old a bunch of people that have no understanding of the net, hyped up by conservative media trying to do the right thing and eliminate the potential threads. But bonkers is one of the nicest expressions I can come up with for the course of action recommended here. Legislation is the worse way of fighting sexism and a moral decline. We need good parents, that give more than a shit about their children. That are interested in their kids and in the ways time is spend. This allows much better approach of flagging up threats and counteract them.

The “big nanny” is a foul compromise made by a society that abandoned their kids.

Yeah,
This is exactly what we need, another ISP co-operating with the content mafia. This is the problem that they are looking in our traffic. Why are we still taking this, we would not let the royal mail look in our letters, would we? Stand up and sue this people in Luxembourg City.

Jens

Virgin Media in talks to trial three strikes regime against P2P | The Register: “”

(Via .)

Beispiel: Vorratsdatenspeicherung.

Dies ist ganz offensichtlich eine Ma?ünahme die eingef?ºhrt wurde um dem Staat die M??glichkeit zu geben einer Entwicklung Herr zu werden die bisher komplett verschlafen wurden. Das hier nun mit einem besonders gro?üen Holzhammer gearbeitet wird, ist auf die komplette Unkenntnis der Entscheider zur?ºckzuf?ºhren. Es zeigt sich, dass eine Angst basierent auf der nicht m??gliche Folgenabsch?§tzung in den zust?§ndigen Gremien herrscht, die in einem diffusen Gef?ºhl der Hilflosigkeit resultiert und dann offen ist f?ºr scheinbar gute L??sungen von ‚Äúerprobten‚Äù Lobbyisten and Interessenverb?§nden (Wirtschaft, Polizei, Nachrichtendiensten)

Und dass ist unsere Schuld

Dass diese Spieler ihre eigenen Bed?ºrfnisse, Vorstellungen und Bed?ºrfnisse haben ist intrinsiche. Und dass hat nichts mit Verschw??rungen zutun oder ?§nlichem so werden Gesetze gemacht Politiker wenden sich an vertrauensw?ºrdige Berater. Und genau da liegt der Knackpunkt,

die Technik community ist nicht vertrauensw?ºrdig.

Hier m??chte ich auf die Ignoranz zur?ºck kommen. Wir k?ºmmern uns als community nur da um Politik wenn wir uns auf den Schlips getreten f?ºhlen. Und trauen wir irgend jemandem, nein weil eigentlich trauen wir keinem. Ich will nat?ºrlich nicht die Arbeit die ?ºber die letzten Jahre vom Chaos Computer Club geleistet wurde nicht schm?§lern allerdings ist das nicht genug. Wir alle m?ºssen was tun und da reicht es auch nicht hin und wieder auf www.abgeordnetenwatch.de reizuklicken und dann mal den allen zu zeigen dass wir es besser wissen.

Ich finde wir sollten dass tun was wir auser hacken noch sehr gut k??nnen, Networking, unser Wissen so breit wie m??glich bereitstellen so von der Wurzel an den politischen Entscheidungsprozess beinflu?üt und es unsere Entscheidungstr?§gen bem?§chtigt Aussagen und Einsch?§tzungen von Interessensgruppen und Lobbyisten zu gewichten, sowie Seiteneffekte und das Ausma?ü solcher Entscheidungen zu sehn.

Ich pers??nlich habe mich sehr ?ºber den CRE066 ( http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cre066.html ) gefreut den Tim Pritlove mit Falk Luke gemacht hat. Der Podcast gibt noch mal ne sch??ne ?úbersicht ?ºber die Hebelpunkte die man hat. Also keine Ausreden mehr. Zeig deinem Abgeordneten wie er sich sein Internet selbst ausducken kann.

Jens Kaufmann

Ich reime mir die ganze Sache so zusammen:

Lord Sch?§uble dachte sich Terroristen m?ºssen bestraft werden. Das ist allerdings ein Problem wen sie sich vorher in die Luft sprengen. Es reicht nicht aus wenn man sie wie hier in UK zummindestens auf Videoband hat (dass wird nur auf einer Insel mit Sicherheit verwechselt). Also muss man Eingreifen bevor er sich in die Luft gesprengt hat. Was meistens vor der eigentlichen Tat ist.

Problem: Eine geplanter aber nicht durchgef?ºhrte Straftat steht nicht unter Strafe, haben wir hier ein Paradoxon.

Wie k??nnen wir dem ganzen nun begegnen: Wir machen aus seiner Strafttat einen milit?§rischen Akt. Somit umgehen wir das komplette Paradoxon das sich durch die rechtliche Verfolgung von Terroristen ergibt.

( Dass ist auch der Grund warum ich die ganze Sache mit dem Polizeirecht der L?§nder f?ºr eine total unn??tige Diskussion halte, die Polizei schiesst immer nur in Nothilfe oder Notwehr. W?§re sich daran beteiligt hat nichts verstanden.)

Also wir schaffen den Verteidigungfall in einem asymmetrisches Kriegsszenario, hmm, also aus einem potentiellen Straft?§ter wird ein feindlicher Soldat, oder Verr?§ter da kann man sich noch streiten (Wenn wir den ersten Homegrown Terrorim in Deutschland haben).

Jetzt macht nat?ºrlich auch der m??gliche Einsatz der Bundeswehr im Inneren viel mehr Sinn. Von wegen die Bundeswehr k?ºmmert sich um Holigans oder Globalisierungsgegner.

Ja mal sehen was da noch kommt.

1984 war gestern

Jensemann

Auf zum Kampf gegen das Ende der Privatsph?§re

Jens Kaufmann

Wolfgang Sch?§uble antwortete in seinem Interview vom 29.12.06 mit der SZ auf die Frage:
“Die Wahlbeteiligung sinkt. Die Leute steigen aus dem demokratischen System aus, weil sie das Gef?ºhl haben, die Politik macht Politik an ihnen vorbei.”

mit:

“…Viele Leute werden alsbald wieder einsehen, dass es nicht klug ist, wenn sie den anderen die Entscheidung ?ºberlassen. Dann gehen sie wieder w?§hlen.”

Hoffen wir mal dass der da recht behaellt. Allerdings erklaert es auch warum er solche teilweise haarstreubenden Positionen vertritt. Er will die Leute zurueck an die Urnen locken.

Jens

Thank you for your e-mail, any footage that is taken from the bus is only stored if an incident has occurred. Only certain members have access and it is the same with our smart cards. Due to data protection information stored on our database is not used in any way to check on passengers and would only be if as stated above an incident had happened whilst travelling on our service. I hope this eases your concerns and assure you that details are only taken for information and that the images which you see on our cameras are for the safety of passengers.

Yours sincerely
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Customer Services
Sorry dass es etwas dauert, aber die Mail ging in meinem Spamfilter unter.

Ich uebersetae es bei gelegenheit aber sein wir ehrlich es ist die Muehe eigentlich nich wert.

Cheers

Jens

Dear Ladies and Gentleman,
I’m using your service now for a year and I am very pleased in general. However I scruple slightly about the amout of personal data that accure in your Company. I’m in particular intrestet in how long CCTV recordings are stored, as well as if and to what extent statistical data collection and analysis of the ridacard daten take place in your company. I hope you can help me to resolve all doubt I have.

Sincerely yours

Jens Kaufmann

zu Deutsch:

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
Ich benutze Ihren Service nun seit einem Jahr und bin im gro?üen und ganzen sehr zufrieden. Allerdings habe ich etwas Bedenken was die Menge an personenbezogenen Daten, dass in Ihrem Unternehmen anf?§llt. Ich bin Besonders an daran interressiert wie lange die CCTV Aufzeichnungen gespeichert werden, sowie ob und inwiefern statistische Erhebungen und Auswertungs der duch die Ridacard (: RFID basierte Dauerfahrkarte) gewonnen Daten in Ihrem Unternehmen stattfindet. Ich hoffe, dass Sie mir bei der zersteuung meiner Zweifel behilflich sein k??nnen.

Mit freudlichen Gr?º?üen

Jens Kaufmann

- Na dann sehen wir mal was dabei herrauskommt.

Euer
Jensemann