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Viele kennen Mastodon – aber das Fediverse ist viel mehr 🌐✨
In meinem neuen Video erkläre ich, wie Mastodon, Peertube & Co. zusammenhängen, was Dezentralität bedeutet und wie du deine Instanz findest. 🚀
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Ich muss @padeluun ⁂ schon recht geben.
Hier im Fediverse auf YT verlinken ist sinnfrei. Nein sogar kontraproduktiv.
Jeder Aufruf der Timeline, der das Vorschaubild lädt, verschafft Google Daten...
Im Fediverse reicht der Peertubelink vollkommen aus.
Wenn User hier das an Freunde weitergeben, sollen diese gleich auf Peertube schauen.
Das Video auf YT ist wirklich nur für jede Leute sinnvoll, die dort zufällig darüberstolpern...
Gib Google keine Chance Daten zu sammeln!
Ich bin in riner Zeit groß geworden, da hat man Zeugs erstellt und freute sich, dass andere sich das im Internet ansehen.
Und man freute sich, dass andere ihr Zeugs azch so veröffentlichten.
Und dann kam Google und machte das Internet kaputt.
@padeluun das ist eines meiner Hauptanliegen. Dazu auch mehr im Podcast gnulinux.ch/ciw135-podcast oder hier gnulinux.ch/spenden-spenden-sp…
Eine Möglichkeit wäre die Videos nach dem Erreichen eines Spendenziels zu befreien und auf Peertube zu stellen. Damit bin ich aber auch noch nicht ganz grün.
Captain it's Wednesday - Folge 135 - YouTube Dominanz
Folge 135 des CIW Podcasts. YouTube Dominanz und mögliche Wege aus der PlattformfalleGNU/Linux.ch
Wenn ich mir div. Pidcasts so anhöre, dann stelke ich fest, die haben Verträge mit Sponsiren und sprechen selbst die Werbung als integralen Bestandteil ded Pidcasts ein.
Das find ich sogar witzig.
Warum nicht auch srlbst Sponsoren für Videos suchen... als Google zu finanzieren?
Ja die Reichweite und deren Messung...
@Franky_Tegeler :friendica: @Lioh
Nun... ich meckere schon, wenn Unis auf X und FB bleiben... denn die dahinterstehenden Unternehmen gehören Menschen die von Demokratie und Wissenschaft gar nicht viel halten und diese aktiv zerstören oder die Zerstörer finanzieren und unterstützen.
What rodent thumbnails tell us about their (evolutionary) world domination
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What with my Fairphone 4 just receiving it's last #CalyxOS update for a while and when they do start again it has to be a full reinstall, So I'm wondering has any UK folk successfully got UK banking apps running in #Waydroid using a #PostMarketOS device ?? If so which apps work ??
I'm absolutely not bothered about phone calls just data and I'm considering a Fairphone 5 as most things apart from audio seem to work already. I do have a OnePlus 6T too but haven't used it for a year or two.
Boosts appreciated and thank you ❤️
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⚠️ È in corso una campagna #smishing ( #phishing veicolato tramite #SMS) a tema #INPS.
🗣️ Ricorda: INPS non manda mai SMS con link cliccabili e non chiede, tramite canali telefonici, credenziali o documenti.
🙅♀️ Non cadere nella trappola!
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Torna lo smishing a tema INPS: così rubano documenti e identità digitali - Cyber Security 360
Nuove campagne di smishing a tema INPS tornano a colpire l’Italia: grazie a tecniche sempre più raffinate, i cyber criminali riescono a convincere le vittime a fornire dati anagrafici e credenziali, ma anche copie digitali dei documenti d’identità e …Salvatore Lombardo (Cybersecurity 360)
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una cosa che non sopporto della sanità italiana, oltre a tutte le indagini radiografiche superflue prescritte, sono l'ostico ciddì che ti danno. lenti nel partire nei lentissimi catorci windows mediamente in dotazione nelle strutture sanitarie, hanno al loro interno poi spesso programmi non intuitivi, diversi per regione. quando dal dentista mi hanno dato una tac cervicale in chiavetta usb con i file dcm sfusi mi sono arrangiato a trovarmi un programma su linux per leggerle.
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DICOM Viewer - Apps - App Store - Nextcloud
The Nextcloud App Store - Upload your apps and install new apps onto your Nextcloudapps.nextcloud.com
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There is already a draft policy to create a category of "transgender domestic terrorism” which could potentially classify all trans people as domestic extremists and terrorists. It was reported that a DOJ official said “We're not playing semantics with words like dysphoria. We're talking about trannies, and we don't think they should have guns.”
This is about killing and further marginalizing enemies of the state and I’m sick of all the excuses justifying literal genocide fantasies
iOS 26 adds seven brand new iPhone ringtones, listen here
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iOS 26 adds seven brand new iPhone ringtones, listen here - 9to5Mac
iOS 26 adds a redesigned Phone app and seven brand new iPhone ringtones, most of which are fun remixes of the default option.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
Cibercriminosos acham brecha para esconder sites fraudulentos no Grok, a IA do X
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Cibercriminosos acham brecha para esconder sites fraudulentos no Grok, a IA do X
Esquema envolve perguntar para o chatbot na rede social qual é o link em um anúncio que direciona vítimas para golpes como phishing ou instalação de malwaresNilton Cesar Monastier Kleina (TecMundo)
Judge orders Trump administration to release billions in foreign aid approved by Congress
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you should send them this one lol 😊
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Or if your feeling a little fruity...
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Ho appena ordinato un libro, che è la tesi di laurea in teologia di un cardinale cattolico beninese sul Vodun. Onestamente sembra pazzesco:
"Il Vodun non è animismo né 'sacro violento', ma l'espressione di una corporeità in cerca di equilibrio etico"
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Trump's anti-press rhetoric is "not bluster; it is not a personality trait. It is deliberate," U.S. Press Tracker Senior Reporter Stephanie Sugars told Editor and Publisher.
"It is very much at the cost of the strength of our social fabric and our shared reality."
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Inside Trump’s decade-long war on the press: 75,000 posts, 3,500 direct attacks
Over the past decade, Donald Trump has waged a relentless campaign against the press — not just in rallies or interviews, but in the 75,000 social media posts he’s fired off since 2015.Diane Sylvester | for E&P Magazine (Editor and Publisher)
My "ugly" foster dog went viral on TikTok. It was the worst thing that could have happened.
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Foster Dogs Are Always Going Viral on Social Media. I Know the Truth Behind Those Sad Posts.
You can't "skip to the good part" with a high-needs dog.Julie Zeilinger (Slate)
家庭連合解散決定は「恣意的」 国連勧告無視に警鐘 前ＥＵ信教の自由特使 ヤン・フィゲル氏（上） – 世界日報DIGITAL
Jan Figel 1960年に旧チェコスロバキアで生まれる。2004～09年に欧州委員会、スロバキアで09～16年までキリスト教民主運動の党首、10～12年には同国の副首相を務めた。16年に欧州連合（ＥＵ）域外担当の初代ＥＵ信教の自由特使に就任。現在は、欧州信教の自由フォーラム会長。WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
New on ASTROCOHORS CLUB: "Nothing keeps me awake, everything keeps me going, with Peter Hawkins | UNICEF Yemen |Awake at Night"
Nothing keeps me awake, everything keeps me going, with Peter Hawkins | UNICEF Yemen |Awake at […]
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"Click this video to Help Gaza families get Food ! 🇵🇸❤️🩹"
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‼️🇺🇦Putin’s visit to China was not the win Western press made it out to be | Ukraine: The Latest (The Telegraph VIDEO) #Ukraine #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Sweden #Norway #Poland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #UN #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #SouthKorea #CoE #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Barroso diz que julgamento de Bolsonaro pode ser marco para a democracia no Brasil - Gazeta Brasil- Notícias
O presidente do STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal), ministro Luís Roberto Barroso, afirmou nesta segunda-feira (1º) que o julgamento sobre a suposta tentativa deGazeta Brasil
Hundreds of bodies pulled from Darfur landslides as many remain trapped
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Hundreds of bodies pulled from Darfur landslides as many remain trapped
Bodies of 370 people recovered after a landslide struck in the remote Sudanese village of Tarasin after heavy rain.Al Jazeera
rilanciamo la mobilitazione con una nuova due giorni di raccolta firme
Sabato 6 e domenica 7 torniamo nelle piazze per cancellare i poteri speciali grazie ai quali Gualtieri gioca la partita con un mazzo di carte truccato. Contro l'abuso di potere legalizzato puoi metterci la firma. Nella locandina trovi dove e quando firmare. Massima diffusione 💪🏼
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Solar-Powered Logitech Keyboard Appears on Amazon Mexico - Slashdot
Tom's Hardware: According to an early Amazon Mexico listing, Logitech is preparing to launch the Signature Slim Solar+, a wireless keyboard in every sense of the word.it.slashdot.org
—> Deadline—White House ⦁ #MSNBC <—
‘A lot of these #Survivors are #Republicans’
#Trump faces mounting backlash trying quash #Epstein story
#EpsteinFiles
#Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews #News
#AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol
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Ab Mitternacht gibt es 25 % Rabatt auf Streetstyles!
Auch Neuzugänge sind mit dabei! Es lohnt sich, auch wenn man noch etwas Schönes und Individuelles für Geburtstage oder Weihnachten sucht!
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Sumud Flotilla, Albanese (Onu): “Meloni dice che proteggerà gli italiani? Parole incoerenti, gli Stati…
La posizione della relatrice Onu sulle dichiarazioni della presidente del ConsiglioManolo Lanaro (Il Fatto Quotidiano)
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Griechenland will mit Bargeldreserven die Kredite aus den Rettungspaketen früher abbezahlen
15 Jahre nach Kreditaufnahmen infolge der Schuldenkrise besitzt Griechenland knapp 40 Milliarden Euro an Barreserven. Dennoch will das Land wie gewohnt Anleihen aufnehmen.n-tv NACHRICHTEN
L’avvertimento di #Gerasimov | Gianandrea Gaiani
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How I fell in love with calendar.txt
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How I fell in love with calendar.txt par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.ploum.net
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ザランド、ＥＵ規制巡る裁判で敗訴 有害コンテンツ対策に弾み | ロイター
９月４日 欧州連合（ＥＵ）のオンラインコンテンツ規制を巡る裁判で３日、独ファッション小売りのザランドが敗訴した。写真はザランドのロゴ。２０２０年８月、アイルランド西部ゴールウェイで撮影（２０２５年 ロイター／Clodagh Kilcoyne）WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
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TIL you can just buy a fuckin EMP generator, it's a category on Ali
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a gadget with no legal* use cases but you can buy one
* the moral use case is of course when someone advocates you the *wrong* linux
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🏭 Smarter, faster, crash-free factories youtu.be/uqw7hTlk_BQ?si=19hh5H… #press #robotics
RoboBallet: Planning for Multi-Robot Reaching with GNNs and RL (Movie 1)
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Threat actors have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in legacy Sitecore deployments to deploy WeepSteel reconnaissance malware.
Interview: The "Epstein Files Transparency Act"...
is a bipartisan bill that could compel the US Justice Department to release the entire Epstein files.
The victim-survivors of Epstein & Maxwell want the files released, & the bill already has 216 of the required 218 congressional signatures.
Just 2 more Republicans are needed, & "at least 10 are strongly considering it."
~ Ro Khanna, Democratic Congressmember, California
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“Morally Right”: Ro Khanna on Epstein Files Transparency Act, Arms Embargo on Israel
As Congress returned to Washington Tuesday, the controversy over files related to convicted serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has picked back up, with bipartisan pressure to make files related to the federal investigation into Epstein public.Democracy Now!
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Putin, Xi discuss immortality in hot-mic moment
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Putin, Xi discuss immortality in hot-mic moment
The Chinese leader told his Russian and North Korean counterparts that people could soon live to 150.Tom Chivers (www.semafor.com)
Progresses: Royal Courts on the Move in Tudor and Stuart England via Gresham College
[Shared] Most summers Tudor and Stuart monarchs took their court on an extended progress round the home counties staying at their own palaces and the houses of their courtiers. The cost and impact of hundreds of people, their horses and servants, was considerable; for the aristocratic hosts a royal visit was a momentous event.
This lecture draws on new research to reveal who they benefited, their impact on the economy, the landscape and on architectural ambition.
A lecture by Professor Simon Thurley CBE
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The image features a grand, classical building with a symmetrical facade, large windows, and a central entrance, set against a backdrop of lush green trees and a fountain. The building is likely a historical royal residence, reflecting the architectural style of Tudor and Stuart England. In the foreground, a fountain sprays water into a reflective pool, surrounded by neatly trimmed hedges and trees. The sky is partly cloudy, adding to the serene atmosphere. Overlaid on the image is text in bold white letters on a black background, reading "PROGRESSES: ROYAL COURTS ON THE MOVE IN TUDOR AND STUART ENGLAND" and "SIMON THURLEY," indicating the subject matter and author of the content. The text is framed by an orange border, with the logo "AVR G" in the top right corner, suggesting the image is part of a presentation or publication related to historical royal courts in England.
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404 Media first revealed ICE’s new app, called Mobile Fortify, in June. Now members of a congressional committee are pressing DHS for more information, including ICE's legal basis for using the app inside the U.S.
404 Media first revealed ICE’s new app, called Mobile Fortify, in June. Now members of a congressional committee are pressing DHS for more information, including ICEx27;s legal basis for using the app inside the U.S.#Impact
Congress Pushes DHS for Details on ICE’s New Facial Recognition App
Members of a congressional committee have demanded Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem for more information about Mobile Fortify, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) new facial recognition app, which taps into an unprecedented array of government databases and uses a system ordinarily reserved for when people enter or exit the U.S. 404 Media first revealed the app in June.The Democratic lawmakers, Bennie G. Thompson, J. Luis Correa, and Shri Thanedar, are asking Noem a host of questions about the app, including what databases Mobile Fortify searches, the tool’s accuracy, and ICE’s legal basis for using the app to identify people outside of ports of entry, including U.S. citizens.
“Congress has long had concerns with the Federal government’s use of facial recognition technology and has regularly conducted oversight of how DHS utilizes this technology. The Mobile Fortify application has been deployed to the field while still in beta testing, which raises concerns about its accuracy,” the letter from the Committee on Homeland Security and addressed to Noem reads.
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In the footnotes of the letter, the lawmakers indicate they have a copy of a similar email, and the letter specifically cites 404 Media’s reporting.
In July 404 Media published a second report based on a Mobile Fortify user manual which explained the app’s capabilities and data sources in more detail. It said that Mobile Fortify uses a bank of 200 million images, and can pull up a subject’s name, nationality, date of birth, “alien” number, and whether a judge has marked them for deportation. It also showed that Mobile Fortify links databases from the State Department, CBP, the FBI, and states into a single tool. A “super query” feature lets ICE officers query multiple databases at once regarding “individuals, vehicles, airplanes, vessels, addresses, phone numbers and firearms.”
“Face recognition technology is notoriously unreliable, frequently generating false matches and resulting in a number of known wrongful arrests across the country. Immigration agents relying on this technology to try to identify people on the street is a recipe for disaster. Congress has never authorized DHS to use face recognition technology in this way, and the agency should shut this dangerous experiment down,” Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, previously told 404 Media.
In their letter the lawmakers ask Noem questions about the app’s legality, including ICE’s legal basis to use the app to conduct biometric searches on people outside ports of entry; the databases Mobile Fortify has access to; any agreements between CBP and ICE about the app; information about the usage of the app, such as the frequency of ICE searches using the tool and what procedures ICE officials follow with the app; the app’s accuracy; and any policies or training to ICE agents on how to use the app.
“To ensure ICE is equipped with technology that is accurate and in compliance with constitutional and legal requirements, the Committee on Homeland Security is conducting oversight of ICE’s deployment of the Mobile Fortify application,” the letter says.
CBP acknowledged a request for comment but did not provide a response in time for publication. ICE did not respond to a request for comment.
You can find a copy of the letter here.
Inside ICE’s Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images
404 Media has seen user manuals for Mobile Fortify, ICE’s new facial recognition app which allows officers to instantly look up DHS, State Department, and state law enforcement databases by just pointing a phone at someone’s face.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Ahead of Sentencing, GirlsDoPorn Ringleader Michael Pratt Attempts to Seem Reformed
Days away from finding out his sentence for sex trafficking as the ringleader of Girls Do Porn, Michael James Pratt and his attorney are attempting to paint a picture of a man reformed behind bars, through personal letters and certificates from classes he has passed inside prison.
GirlsDoPorn was a sex trafficking operation posing as a porn studio that Pratt ran from 2009 to 2020. By lying to the women they recruited, telling them that they were being hired for “modeling” gigs and adult video shoots that would never be distributed outside offline private collections, GirlsDoPorn’s operators coerced young, inexperienced women into shooting rough, hours-long sex scenes in San Diego hotel rooms. The videos were distributed on massive porn sites including Pornhub, where GirlsDoPorn was a content partner for years. Women who have come forward for the civil and federal trials against GirlsDoPorn have said their lives were upended by Pratt’s criminal enterprise.
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Pratt has been in custody since he was arrested in Spain on December 21, 2022 and extradited to the US. Prior to that, he’d been in hiding since fleeing the US in the middle of a massive civil trial in 2019, where 22 victims sued him and his co-conspirators for $22 million (a case they won). Right after his disappearance, Pratt was charged with federal counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, and was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List for years. He initially pleaded not guilty to these charges in 2024, but changed his plea to guilty in June.
Exhibits filed by Pratt’s lawyer Brian White on Sept. 1 include letters, mostly anonymous, from people who knew him when he was younger asking the judge for leniency, including his sister and mother. “Mike's father, Steve Pratt, was not a good role model. He was a drinker and had a controlling personality. I caught Steve smacking Michael uncontrollably on a couple of occasions. I stopped it immediately,” his mother wrote.
“Three years of prison has given me enough time to think about this entire situation,” Pratt wrote in a letter to the court submitted on Monday. “Trying to understand things from other points of view has given me insight into how some victims were really affected by these videos. I put myself in the shoes of the women who participated, trying to see what they have gone through. I myself have been a victim of bullying and know how rough that is on the psyche. I cannot imagine the trauma experienced by a video being published where friends and family could come across it.”
We know, in fact, from years of testimonies and interviews—many while it was still unsafe for them to come forward, when the consequences of speaking up about this abuse risked compounding trauma and continued, violent harassment—how Pratt’s victims were impacted by his actions.
Several of the women who’ve testified in the civil and federal trials, and came forward to speak on the record to journalists, reported violent assault to the point of bleeding or injury, being trapped inside the hotel rooms with no clothing, and being lied to by Pratt and his co-conspirators about who would be able to see the videos. As one of the women targeted by GirlsDoPorn told me in 2021: “There were a few points where I was just like please, I need to stop, I need to stop, because it was just so much pain. I said, I can’t go on anymore… At that point I could have said nothing. I could have been mute. My voice was just not heard at all.” Another woman said while testifying during the civil trial: “They put furniture in front of the door, so what was I going to do—jump over the balcony?” GirlsDoPorn’s attorney at the time, Aaron Sadock, asked that woman on the stand if she had fun. “No, I did not have fun!” she said, crying.
Kristy Althaus, who sued Pornhub in 2023 for disseminating the videos, claimed that Pratt’s conspirators held her captive in a hotel room and filmed her being raped for nine to 10 hours, barricading the doors, ignoring her bleeding and cries, forcing her to consume alcohol, marijuana, and Xanax, and spiking her drink with oxycodone. According to that complaint, when she refused to return for another “shoot,” Pratt threatened her and her family, texting, “You have it coming for u,” “I will cut and kill you bitch,” and “You better be here by noon shoot 2tomorrow or your graveyard,” according to screenshots of texts from Althaus’s complaint.
For many of these women, the trauma and harassment didn’t stop once they left the hotel rooms. In some cases, they were disowned by their families and friends, harassed endlessly, struggled to find jobs in previously-prestigious careers and found it difficult to date or trust anyone intimately again.
In the defendant’s sentencing memorandum, White blames Pratt’s alcoholic, abusive father and his own ADHD; throws his co-conspirators under the bus; accuses the entire pornography industry of being “exploitative and dehumanizing;” and asserts again that the women lied in their testimonies.
The memo paints a picture of Pratt as a precocious child with a difficult upbringing in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he taught himself how to use computers and eventually learned about websites and affiliate marketing. “Mr. Pratt began looking for better ways to generate income, and through the associations he made in the affiliate marketing business, he learned that making videos to direct internet traffic to pornography sites could be financially successful,” the memo says. But when he tried to make a pornography business himself, he wasn’t very good at it, blaming the banning of Craigslist’s erotic ads in 2009 for his difficulties in finding models. He claims he posted ads seeking “models” as a way around the ban.
Pratt's lawyer asserts in the memorandum that his employee, Andre Reuben “Dre” Garcia, the main “actor” in most of the GirlsDoPorn videos, stopped when the women told him to stop. “She said, ‘stop, it’s not going to work.’ Garcia stopped,” the memo says. “The model offered to try a second time and again told Garcia to stop because it wasn’t going to work. Again, Garcia stopped. That was the end of it. Forcing a model to do something against her will was not Mr. Pratt’s intention.” He also claims that when Pratt heard complaints about Garcia from models, Pratt “instituted certain safety measures” like locking the hotel room refrigerators and putting more cameras in the room. Those “safety measures” didn’t include firing Garcia, however.
When he’s arguing that he should have a lower sentence than Garcia’s 20 years, Pratt acknowledges that Garcia sexually assaulted many of these women. “Garcia physically raped a number of the models before and after the video shoots, and multiple women were forced to continue having sex with him on video despite their pleas to stop due to pain or because the sex went beyond the scope of what they had agreed to do,” the memorandum states.
The exhibits filed as part of the memo also attempt to show how productive and busy Pratt has been in prison. His attorney submitted nearly 100 “certificates of completion” issued by the learning platform Edovo, which offers classes for incarcerated people. The classes Pratt passed include “Embracing Unexpected Change,” “Doing Time With Jesus,” several anger management courses, “Media Relations Foundations,” marketing classes for LinkedIn and Facebook, “Augmented Reality Marketing,” “Human Trafficking in the United States: The Truth and What You Can Do About It,” “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence,” and multiple cooking classes, including “Soups” and “Sauces.”
Federal prosecutors seek a 22-year prison sentence, while Pratt’s defense countered with around 17 years; Judge Janis L. Sammartino will hand Pratt his sentence on Monday in San Diego.
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Michael James Pratt pleaded guilty in June to charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking in the GirlsDoPorn case.City News Service (Times of San Diego)
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