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Terrorists No Longer Welcome On OneDrive, Outlook, Xbox Live (betanews.com)
Microsoft has updated its anti-terrorism policies. In a blog post, the Redmond, Washington-based company said that it would remove "terrorist content" from a fleet of its services including OneDrive, Outlook and Xbox Live, reports BetaNews. For its search engine Bing, however, Microsoft says that it would only remove links when it is required by local law, citing free expression for all. The company adds that it would fund research for a tool that could help it better scan such content and flag image, audio and video. From company's blog post: There is no universally accepted definition of terrorist content. For purposes of our services, we will consider terrorist content to be material posted by or in support of organizations included on the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List that depicts graphic violence, encourages violent action, endorses a terrorist organization or its acts, or encourages people to join such groups. The UN Sanctions List includes a list of groups that the UN Security Council considers to be terrorist organizations.
"remove "terrorist content" from a fleet of its services including OneDrive, Outlook and Xbox Live,"
It starts with Cheese Pizza, copyright infringement and terrorism. Then it's... awe hell, we're going to learn the hard way aren’t we?
Does that mean I can get a refund?
It seems to include some organizations that are not terrorist per se. OK, maybe we consider every ministry of Iran a terrorist organization but it is abit selfserving. Same with North Korean Atomic autorithy. Sure, they are "bad" but not terrorist organizations. Central Bank of Iraq is in there because it somehow financed terrorism... I bet that some American banks are involved with CIA operations too and they are not listed as terrorism organizations. I guess "Terrorism" is on the eyes of the beholder...
Wouldn't Microsoft itself be in trouble for "terrorist content" under its own definition?
>> depicts graphic violence, encourages violent action
Dead Space, Mortal Kombat, Medal of Honor...
>> endorses a terrorist organization or its acts
Star Wars Battlefront?
Or are you just banned from storing recordings of the game where the terrorists win?
So this means all the content you store on MS's services is there completely unencrypted, fully readable to MS themselves and in extension everyone asking nicely enough?
Anyone using their services should really reconsider and look for cloud services that encrypt by default, or encrypt their stuff before uploading it to the cloud storage.
This just gives Microsoft license to do whatever the fuck they want at any time with no recourse. Pretty much like before except now it can be done under the auspices of "fighting terrorism".
Plus it gives them a wide-open excuse to paw through your files and content because, you know, they're just lookin' for terroristic content, who could possibly have a problem with that?
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
a tool that could help it better scan such content and flag image, audio and video.
Let's be clear about this: That tool does not scan only "such content". It necessarily scans all content uploaded to their storage servers. How long before Windows 10 starts scanning your hard disk looking for "such content"?
I'm not sure why but I have a problem with using services from any company that says its going to delete my files if it it thinks they might be dangerous. I think it goes all the way back to the first time a virus scanner deleted buttons.exe for my safety.
Minimum threshold fixed. Thanks!
Way to go, Sat! But if a Paki wanted to spout off about his homeland, that's a no go. I prefer thrown chairs.
How is this going to be enforced? Is Microsoft going to openly surveill users now to determine if they meet certain criteria? What are those criteria? This seems more like lip service vice actual action.
"Terrorism" is defined by its target, not its content. Right now Al Qaeda is our "friend" in the kabuki against ISIS.
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
It's their servers, they can do what they like with them. That's the way the free market works. If you don't like it you can take your business elsewhere.
Osama McTerroristface not welcome?
So does microsoft look through all your files stored on one drive or no?
For purposes of our services, we will consider terrorist content to be material posted by or in support of organizations included on the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List that depicts graphic violence, encourages violent action, endorses a terrorist organization or its acts, or encourages people to join such groups.
Ah, you mean like the Google Doodle of Yuri Kochiyama who praised Osama Bin Laden in 2003 and encouraged people to join "revolutionary movements"?
Protip: Socialist "revolutionary moments" are started by terrorists and usually involve bombing and calls to violence.
It's just a lot of noise, "look we're doing something!"
Anything of actual value will be encrypted, coded (my "mom" is coming on the 25th and she's bringing an "apple pie") and/or one of several copies. By the time they know about it it's done its job. Even deleting accounts of recruiters just ends up as "they deleted Bob's account, those evil oppressors! He told us they would."
They always had this power with the generic "you broke the terms of service". Nothing has changed. This is just advertising.
And they can and will do the same to Bing search results and you'll have no idea.
I have little sympathy for potential terrorists, beyond believing that they should be treated morally and lawfully, but removing content that "encourages violent action" isn't an entirely fair rule. Content that rises to the level of a threat should clearly be removed, but removing something more general like "x should fight back against this" while not removing "there needs to be a military intervention in x" is far too much censorship for me. As a matter of principle, people should be allowed to express terrible viewpoints, just as they are legally allowed to by the First Amendment.
The NY Times, mouthpiece of NY Finance, has been openly discussing the asassination of Donald Trump:
http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/new-york-times-writer-jokes-of-trumps-assassination/
Can MSFT now please embargo the NY Times ?
If you do not encrypt your files on this service, you are a 1% vicitim anyway.
The big deal here is "OneDrive". The other stuff is expected. If you search up OneDrive, you find this description from Microsoft themselves:
"Get to your files and photos from anywhere, on any device. Share and work together with anyone in your work and life."
It is clear that as cloud becomes ubiquitous, it will also become very restrictive. While decentralized computing is pretty resistant to censorship, centralized computing is not. While there are workarounds (such as only transferring and storing encrypted data, as Apple has mused about doing), not only are none of the big players doing this yet, but there's also plenty of envelope information laying around in these sorts of transactions.
Certainly, this policy is unsurprising and common sense- obviously, you shouldn't contribute to those who are doing harmful and illegal things. The slippery slope comes into play rapidly: we've already seen almost every anti-terrorism measure put in place this century rapidly be used at every level of government to justify expansion of powers. Drug dealers are now "terrorists" if it lets a prosecutor have an easier job, etc.
How will Microsoft judge if something is terrorism related? Not immediately, but long term? Certainly, the OneDrive means that in fact you'll need a real drive on your machine, in case something gets accidentally flagged. Certainly for it to be flagged for manual review, it will be able to be searched- that's probably not their policy yet, but there's no reason not to run some daemon on a server to snoop through your stuff at night and flag things, should that be perceived as desirable.
We end up with a situation where if you provide a service, and you could POSSIBLY figure out that the service can be used contrary to the public interest, there is HUGE interest in you doing that. Computers are seen as a panacea here. Giant data centers to real time process as much communication as possible. Computer locks on firearms, which will be made mandatory the moment they exist (one state already has this as a law, but it is conditional on the development of the technology). Regional internet and cellular kill switches which can be accessed easily by law enforcement. It is understood that once you have a self driving car, the police will be able to override it for any purpose remotely. Each of these has a noble purpose, but the underlying message is the same: in the future, no item you own will actually serve your desires and needs should they override the perceived needs of the community, at any time.
Of course the first places to attack will be ones where there is broad consensus over the needs of the community- terrorists are despicable. But from laws to policies of governments and companies, this seems to be a growing area where discussion is simply not happening, and most of the expansion is happening behind the scenes.
While the Saudi-financed ISIS folks kills Christians in Syria, Charles of Britain and the Clintons are busy to encourage more of that.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2014/feb/19/prince-charles-sword-dance-saudi-arabia-video
http://www.amazon.com/House-Bush-Saud-Relationship-Dynasties/dp/B000CC491W
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/419178/clinton-foundation-took-money-saudi-propagandists-joel-gehrke
These kinds of traitors are running the Anglo world. When Trump blasted the Wahabists, they discussed assassinate Trump.
http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/new-york-times-writer-jokes-of-trumps-assassination/
This is a deeply rotten civilization.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
Put it behind the DSL modem, get a DNS name from afraid.org.
Show the middle finger to Zuckerbug, the Googlers and the Indian who now runs MSFT.
Own your data and despise of the Sweet Collection Services.
Just don't use the $hit from Satya Nutella.
Use Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBDS. Hell, write your own OS to run on an RPI. Build an RPI based laptop.
We can do it.
Vote Trump, not the 1% candidate Klinton.
We can throw off the shackles of the 1% if we stop to worship their contraptions.
We stopped the banksters in their quest to re-run 1929.
Go to the NY Times website and blast their sweet lies.
They know our power and already fear it. Proof: All the "Penguin" movies. Notice how we are the ninjas who fix the sharks, walrusses and other evildoers ?
Proof 2: The "minions". They acknowledge that the common people are standing up to their evil plans and they fume. Good.
I say GO !
That means that "The Division" is going to be pulled? as that is jam packed full of terrorist content.
Hell the dark zone is where assholes go to act like terrorists in game.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
So, they're going to have to pay business rates for hosting "terrorist" content now.
After all, money and power are all that matters to microsoft.
They'll leave most of the actual terrorists alone, but manage to use this to silence right-wing opinion.
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.
for it to be added as an update for Windows 10. The current EULA already allows them to scan, flag, and remove content from your system. What happens when they start flagging your local files for politically unsympathetic views and helpfully remove it for you?
I doubt it. Stop the censorship. I don't think *any* content online should ever be censored. When you have censorship of any communications you don't have a democratic society. We already don't have a real democracy in the United States because prisoners aren't allowed to vote. You can't deny some of your citizens the right to vote because they committed a crime. How are they suppose to fix it so that that crime doesn't exist if they can't vote? You also can't censor them. That would also cause a problem.
John Oliver might say that nothing screams a two-digit IQ quite like beginning a headline with "terrorists no longer welcome"—unless you've actually located a Motel 6 manager who just painted over his "terrorists welcome" pool-side wall mural, and not just to test "wife beaters welcome" to see if it generates more patronage.
Way back before http://slashdot.org/?nobeta=1 slashdot readers agreed Microsoft stances were categorically dickheaded.
How much wa$ it?
Microsoft everything is Global Mother Fucking Spyware. On top of that you have spies on all the gaming networks.... spies suck at video games. Just sayin.
Pwned.