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waynerad@diasp.org
Wayne Radinsky

"Food and chemical companies are permitted to approve the use of new potentially harmful additives and other substances in snacks, drinks and more without the Food and Drug Administration's review and approval -- all thanks to a regulatory loophole known as the GRAS rule."

"GRAS, or 'generally recognized as safe,' is a food category created by Congress in 1958. The GRAS designation was intended to apply to ingredients widely recognized to be safe, such as salt, water, yeast and chicken breast."

"The GRAS rule, finalized in 1997, created a voluntary notification system that lets manufacturers bypass federal regulators' review. Companies can identify and use new GRAS ingredients but are not required to share this information with the FDA."

"Since 2000, food and chemical companies have used the GRAS loophole to approve 99 percent of new food chemicals, according to a 2022 EWG analysis. It leaves both the public and the FDA in the dark about the substances in our food."

"Experts estimate more than 1,000 GRAS substances have entered the food supply without FDA or public knowledge."

I never heard of this. Wonder if there is any connection with cancer rates in the population.

What is GRAS? - EWG

#chemistry #nutrition #regulation #fda

What is GRAS?

Food and chemical companies are permitted to approve the use of new potentially harmful additives and other substances in snacks, drinks and more without the Food and Drug Administration’s review and approval – all thanks to a regulatory loophole...

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

#RISC-V #technology emerges as battleground in US-China tech #war

source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-china-tech-war-risc-v-chip-technology-emerges-new-battleground-2023-10-06/

Jack Kang, vice president of #business #development at #SiFive, a Santa Clara, #California - based startup using RISC-V, said potential U.S. #government #restrictions on American companies regarding RISC-V would be a "tremendous tragedy."

"It would be like banning us from working on the internet," Kang said. "It would be a huge mistake in terms of technology, leadership, innovation and companies and jobs that are being created."

#China #USA #fail #trade #chip #cpu #news #regulation #restriction #future #openHardware #Hardware #politics #problem #America #economy

US-China tech war: RISC-V chip technology emerges as new battleground

In a new front in the U.S.-China tech war, President Joe Biden's administration is facing pressure from some lawmakers to restrict American companies from working on a freely available chip technology widely used in China - a move that could upend...

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ramnath@nerdpol.ch
ramnath

https://www.bitchute.com/video/gyaJswSQn6JM

In this episode, #Whitney talks to Johnny Vedmore about the imminent appointment of former Wellcome Trust head Jeremy Farrar to be the #World #Health Organization’s Chief Scientist and how it relates to the WHO’s attempts to obtain new powers through a #secretive #regulation amendment process. -unlimitedhangout.com

Show Notes:
World Health Organization names Sir Jeremy Farrar as Chief Scientist
Wellcome Director Dr Jeremy Farrar to step down in February 2023 | Wellcome
Pandemic-proofing the planet | The Economist
#How #WHO is #funded
WHO | Programme Budget #Web Portal

Whitney Webb | Jeremy Farrar & the WHO with Johnny Vedmore | Jan. 17, 2023

Source: http://unlimitedhangout.com In this episode, Whitney talks to Johnny Vedmore about the imminent appointment of former Wellcome Trust head Jeremy Farrar to be the World Health Organization's Chief Scientist and how it relates to the WHO's att…

psych@diasp.org
Michael

Relevant to everyone 'here', and a hot topic especially in the U.S. given legislation ahead. End of the Internet as we know it?
Probably un-related, but this Wall St. Journal article appears to be un-paywalled.

Google Says Supreme Court Ruling Could Potentially Upend the Internet

Tech giant files brief in YouTube case brought by family of woman killed in Paris terrorist attacks

#socialmedia #media #accountability #regulation #Internet #Google #DoBeEvil #YouTube

Google Says Supreme Court Ruling Could Potentially Upend the Internet

A case challenging the liability shield protecting websites such as YouTube and Facebook could result in both widespread censorship and a proliferation of offensive content, Google said in a court filing.

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quetzop1@diasp.org
Fritz-Ferdinand von Pinguin

Internet

I'm really annoyed by the #Internet of today:

  • #Trackers and #data #collection everywhere
  • #JavaScript-heavy #Web #applications instead of document-oriented #websites
  • No #JavaScript most often translates to an empty page with a single sentence: "Please activate JavaScript"; the page content however is often nothing that actually requires JavaScript, the website creators just want to feel like actual #application #developers, so they re-build much of what the #browser already supplies with #inefficient and #bug heavy JavaScript code
  • Content almost always behind a #login wall
  • More often than not only very superficial #information
  • #Ads
  • Thousands of 3rd party JS files included, most of which have the only purpose of tracking you across websites
  • #Misinformation and #biased #information everywhere
  • Deliberately misleading advertisment, sich as "save 80% now", and artificial time pressure)
  • "Best viewed on #Google #Chrome"
  • "Login with Facebook"
  • Newsletter subscription and cookie pop-ups featuring #dark #patterns
  • #Search #engine #optimization ( #SEO ) acts in the worst interest of the user by skewing search results
  • Artificial restriction of web #app functionality to promote their native apps
  • Large parts of the Web are only accessible by #smartphone
  • You have to provide your #phone #number to login
  • If you didn't provide a phone number, your account is being blocked right after the initial login because we suspect you being malicious actor because why not (=> #Instagram, #Facebook)
  • #Proprietary #platforms are required to participate in public #online life (Amazon, Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube)
  • One-sentence-paragraphs and sloppy language (especially found in #Medium #articles)
  • "We care about your #privacy" actually means: "We were forced by law to do this shit, we just want to collect and store as much information on you as possible to make money off of you now or in an undescript future"
  • JavaScript code minimizer
  • Large font sizes, much whitespace, large illustrative, but useless images, HD screen required to browse most websites
  • Lack of #government #regulation and #law #enforcement, too many malicious actors (#spam, #phishing, etc.)
  • Emotional content to increase #interaction, #clickbait

Once being an open platform geared towards information exchange and bringing people into contact, most of the public Internet today is nothing but annoying useless #marketing, #advertising and #data #collection. Providing information, connecting people, and making life convenient is definitely NOT the primary goal of whoever is big on the Internet today. It's shocking to see how much of it is only to sell you stuff or to sell your information.

And the worst is: we are even paying them to do this shit. #Marketing spending will be reflected in product prices, and with much of marketing being done in 1st world countries, a substantial amount of the price goes into this destructive industry.

I could go on with this for hours. Really sick of it.

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prplcdclnw@diasp.eu
David

On the Dangers of Cryptocurrencies and the Uselessness of Blockchain

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/06/on-the-dangers-of-cryptocurrencies-and-the-uselessness-of-blockchain.html

This is my basic argument: blockchain does nothing to solve any existing problem with financial (or other) systems. Those problems are inherently economic and political, and have nothing to do with technology. And, more importantly, technology can’t solve economic and political problems. Which is good, because adding blockchain causes a whole slew of new problems and makes all of these systems much, much worse.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #blockchain #schneier #bruce-schneier #regulation #cryptocurrencies

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

#Bitcoin, even better than gold?

source: https://mondediplo.com/2022/02/08bitcoin

Bitcoin is particularly vulnerable to fraud and market manipulation. The absence of #regulation and supervision, inherent to its operation, allows the largest investors to use their full weight to directly influence prices with a very low risk of incurring sanction. Yet Bitcoin distribution is highly unequal: in November 2021 just over 2,000 accounts (0.01% of 20 million) held 42% of Bitcoin wealth (10). In crypto jargon, these big accounts are known as ‘whales’. Some belong to wealthy investors; others are owned by trading platforms which sometimes act on behalf of their clients and sometimes on their own account.

#fraud #scam #btc #bitcoins #crypto #crime #news #finance #money #trade

Bitcoin, even better than gold?

Open access // by Frédéric Lemaire (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, February 2022)

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