Re: Rights Expression Language (REL) for Activity/Streams/Pub?

Hi Marcus,

Tastes may differ, but this is not about our personal preferences.  The 
cases I mention are some of the most direct examples of the power of 
speech in the context of Web publishing, and certainly not "fantasy of a 
naïve dictator. Totalitarian and encroaching."

In the past two decades, use cases such as these have been vitally 
important in assisting oppressed populations, providing necessary and 
humane medical care, disclosing government scandals to the public, 
supporting democratic uprisings, and so on.

We can consider these edge cases and ignore them.  Or, we can consider 
the turning off of replies to a message as a valid choice by the author. 
That doesn't seem like a heavy lift but it's quite possible I'm missing 
something.

Cheers,
- Sean


Sean O'Brien
Visiting Lecturer (Cybersecurity), Yale Law School
Fellow, Information Society Project at Yale Law School
Founder, Privacy Lab at Yale ISP,https://privacylab.yale.edu

On 3/9/23 12:55, Sean O'Brien wrote:
> fantasy of a naïve dictator. Totalitarian and encroaching