#throttling

Oct. 16, 2023

“In September, The Markup reported that Twitter, now officially named X, was slowing down links to Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and Substack, also by an average of 2.5 seconds, which can feel extremely slow for users. We simultaneously launched a tool that lets readers test any link posted on X (which the platform automatically shortens using the t.co domain), and measured the time it took for X to redirect the link to its original destination. The Markup also built a bot that would let us know if any links readers were testing appeared to be throttled.”

“Shortly after publication, readers began using our tool, and we received alerts that Patreon, WhatsApp, and Messenger links appeared to be throttled. To confirm these findings, we created new links and measured over several days the performance of redirects to the 25 top-earning Patreon campaigns, as measured by tracking site Graphtreon on September 30.”

“[…] The platforms The Markup found X throttling all compete at least partially with the platform’s growing list of features. Elon Musk has said he plans to evolve X into an “everything app,” to be used not only for sharing posts but also sending money, livestreaming, and paying creators to share their content on the platform.”

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, GOOGLE?

I know for a FACT that this video wasn’t a scam. Talented black artists contributed to it, approved of it, made it possible. The funds in the fundraiser went (and still go to) the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). 

Is this post even going to show up on anyone’s dashboards? Am I going to get censored for speaking up about this? How many people have already seen what is going on and said something about it, only for their post to be taken down? 

This is the world we live in. This is the current internet climate. Net neutrality is gone, Trump is American’s president, and Jeff Bezos rules the market. 

Black people can’t even post their own art on Youtube as a fundraiser now. Silenced for attempting to provide a way to save the lives of their families, their friends, their communities. 

IS ANYONE SEEING THIS? 

BLACK PEOPLE ARE BEING DENIED THE RIGHT TO SPEAK.

BLACK PEOPLE ARE BEING DENIED THE RIGHT TO LIVE.

GUYS WE NEED TO SIGNAL BOOST THIS.

The government might be trying to sweep damaging information about the impeachment trial under the rug by preventing John Bolton from putting certain information in his book. People need to know about this. We need to support this guy and get the government to explain themselves.

The more people who see this video, the better. Please, for the love of God, reblog and get this out into circulation in tumblr.

Also, if the man in the video ends up dead, it was murder. Just putting that out there. I hate admit this but i would not put it past the government to try and do that. I don’t trust our government at the moment, which is sad in my humble opinion.

Edit: also the government is trying to stop the book from being published: https://youtu.be/D8a2SDw5PYo

Verizon Wireless' throttling of a fire department that uses its data services has been submitted as evidence in a lawsuit that seeks to reinstate federal net neutrality rules.

"County Fire has experienced throttling by its ISP, Verizon," Santa Clara County Fire Chief Anthony Bowden wrote in a declaration. "This throttling has had a significant impact on our ability to provide emergency services. Verizon imposed these limitations despite being informed that throttling was actively impeding County Fire's ability to provide crisis-response and essential emergency services."

Bowden's declaration was submitted in an addendum to a brief filed by 22 state attorneys general, the District of Columbia, Santa Clara County, Santa Clara County Central Fire Protection District, and the California Public Utilities Commission. The government agencies are seeking to overturn the recent repeal of net neutrality rules in a lawsuit they filed against the Federal Communications Commission in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...

Your carrier could throttle your streaming Netflix and YouTube videos. Here's how you test using the Wehe app

 If you've ever noticed a YouTube or Netflix video slowing down on your phone, even when you have excellent network coverage, your data might be throttled. A recent study by Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst found that AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon have all artificially slowed down online videos. If you're unsure of how to tell whether your phone carrier is slowing down your data, you can test it with the Wehe app.

 Wehe's tests to show you the speed of certain apps, like Netflix and YouTube, compared to the other apps running on your phone. A difference between the two typically indicates that your Internet service provider has slowed down the app in question.

 This app is developed by researchers from Northeastern University and The University of Massachusetts Amherst. By running these tests, you will also help create a public database of carrier behavior worldwide. This can help you decide which carrier to use in the future, based on the performance they give to your favorite apps.

 I ran it in South Africa on Afrihost fibre and Vodacom LTE and it reported no differentiation for Afrihost but with Vodacom it reported differentiation on Spotify (5.9Mbps throttled to 2.2Mbps).

 See https://www.cnet.com/how-to/your-carrier-could-throttle-your-streaming-netflix-and-youtube-videos-heres-how-you-test/

 #netneutrality #throttling #diagnostics

with young Shiro now. XD!!!!!!! I love this chapter more than I should, I think.