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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rich80105 Newsgroups: comp.misc,nz.general Subject: Re: Netsafe Not So Independent After All Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:59:06 +1300 Organization: None Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:05:30 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="66c6b95d841f6be52199150ddd6c695b"; logging-data="2899141"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/LJNT4pMuwbf2PoJIcWK1AOY1da8HbJgg=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:iXraiZ1OQON7pCbD2fEDxY07Dx0= Bytes: 2298 On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:00 +1300, BR wrote: >On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:50:58 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro > wrote: > >>I was surprised to learn a few days ago that Netsafe was taking legal >>action against the Human Rights Commission over the latter’s claims >>that insufficient action was taken by the social media companies over >>threats and abuse against former ?? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern >>. >>You’d think that different independent groups all looking out for >>people’s welfare, both online and in the real world, would be broadly >>on the same page, right? >> >>No, because Netsafe is not exactly an independent group. It gets a lot >>of funding from those very social media companies that are often at >>the root of the problem >>. >>And many members of the public (like myself) don’t realize this. > >Why do you read such tabloid trash? > >Bill. What would you regard as less tabloid trash on this subject, Bill?