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Software company dedicated to canceling dissent
« on: August 05, 2021, 10:02:33 AM »
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Cancel Culture and Big Tech are a match made in hell, as cybersecurity experts call to target the livelihood of internet users who get too edgy online. “The initiative, called Respect in Security, was launched on Tuesday by two cybersecurity experts. According to the founders, several companies have already signed up,” Reclaim The Net reported. “For a lot of people, it’s a no man’s land,” founder Lisa Forte and Red Goat Cyber Security employee told the BBC. “It can feel like the platforms do nothing, the police don’t do a lot, lawyers are expensive and the publicity legal action generates can be negative.”

The BBC reported that co-founder and Trend Micro Vice President Rik Ferguson said “many companies had anti-bullying policies but they tended to focus on internal behaviour.” In what may be a reference to his Respect in Security program, he wrote a few weeks ago: “Inside my ‘Projects’ email folder resides a subfolder called ‘Kill Trolls’ and it is now only a couple of weeks away from becoming a real thing (sadly not with that name).”

Free speech advocates concerned about Ferguson and Forte’s work may have good reason to be. Forte explained her clear fix for people saying offensive statements via the internet: “The best solution we have, if the culprit is identifiable, is to approach their employer.”

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/alexander-hall/2021/07/26/nightmare-scenario-experts-suggest-contacting-employers

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Re: Software company dedicated to canceling dissent
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2021, 01:52:30 PM »
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Re: Software company dedicated to canceling dissent
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2021, 04:40:17 PM »
'Several companies have already signed-up'... 

What's several?  And how many people are they getting rid of per week?  The incentive looks like they have to frame people to meet a quota.  That's a bad business-model if you want me, running a good business-model, to get my money's worth out of the contract.

My people are bringing-in cash.  Your people are messaging my staff that someone said the word '*****'.
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