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Senate Approves Section 702 Reauthorization, Keeps Only the Bad Stuff
Legal Issues The government had a few years to sort this out, but as usual, the...
Once Again, ExTwitter Makes Links Dangerous
(Mis)Uses of Technology Just a few weeks ago, we pointed out that the purpose of a...
Let Me Rewrite That For You: NY Times Misinforms Readers About RFK & Biden
Link URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/04/let-me-rewrite-that-for-you-ny-times-misinforms-readers-about-rfk-biden/ Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~news/1fe9/let_me_rewrite_that_for_you_ny_times_misinforms_us_readers_about_robert_f_kennedy_jr_and_joe_biden Votes: 19 Comments: 0
Charter Lobbyists Sneak Language into NY Bill to Hamstring Community Broadband
Broadband Lobbyists for Charter Communications (Spectrum) have snuck some sneaky language into New York State’s latest...
CA Senator Pushes Bill to Remove Anonymity from Anyone Who Is Influential Online
Free Speech What the fuck is wrong with state lawmakers? It seems that across the country,...
Why Bluesky Remains the Most Interesting Experiment in Social Media, by Far
(Mis)Uses of Technology These days, everyone hates big tech, and that’s often for very good reasons....
Grandmother Awarded Nearly $4M over Faulty 'Find My Phone' Ping Based Swat Raid
Legal Issues In January 2022, 77-year-old Ruby Johnson’s house was raided by the Denver Police Department....
Auto, Tech Industries Falsely Claim 'Right to Repair' National Security Threat
Overhype “Right to repair” reform (making it easier and more affordable to repair things you buy)...
Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz Disbarred
Remember Richard Liebowitz? The lawyer who was not very good at his job but really dove...
Italy's Piracy Shield Blocks Innocent Web Sites and Makes It Hard to Appeal
Copyright Italy’s newly-installed Piracy Shield system, put in place by the country’s national telecoms regulator, Autorità...
The Disinformation Campaign Has Destroyed the Ability to Combat Disinformation
Rumors, Conspiracies, etc. We already covered the oral arguments in the Murthy v. Missouri case earlier...
GM, LexisNexis Sued for Sale of Driver Behavior Data to Insurers
Privacy Last week the New York Times published a story confirming what everybody assumed was already...
As We Debate TikTok, We See CIA Was Using Chinese Social Media Against Their Gov
Failures You know that line, “every accusation is a confession?” For no reason at all, that’s...
Once More With Feeling: Banning TikTok Is Unconstitutional & Won’t Do Shit To Deal With Any Actual Threats
Link URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/14/once-more-with-feeling-banning-tiktok-is-unconstitutional-wont-do-shit-to-deal-with-any-actual-threats/ Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~tech/1ezl/once_more_with_feeling_banning_tiktok_is_unconstitutional_and_wont_do_shit_to_deal_with_any_actual Votes: 14 Comments: 9
Oregon Passes Right to Repair Law Apple Lobbied to Kill
Policy Oregon has officially become the seventh state (behind New York, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Maine, and...
Warner Bros. Discovery Disappears Games People Already Purchased
Failures And here we go again. It’s time for another abject lesson in how you don’t...
Auto Makers Are Selling Data on Your Driving Habits to Your Insurer
Privacy Last September, Mozilla came out with a privacy study indicating that the auto industry was...
5th Circuit Declares Age Verification Perfectly Fine Under the First Amendment
Free Speech Can the 5th Circuit ever do anything not crazy? You may recall that Texas,...
TikTok Ban Doesn't Do Much If We Don't Regulate Data Brokers, Pass a Privacy Law
Overhype While it seemed like our national policy hysteria over TikTok had waned slightly in 2024,...
HP Tries Desperately to Make 'Printer as a Subscription' a Thing
(Mis)Uses of Technology When last we checked in with Hewlett Packard (HP), the company had just...
Apple EU Antitrust Protest a Weird Thing to Do Just as the DMA Is Taking Effect
Policy It’s no secret that I’m often skeptical of antitrust actions, many of which feel like...
Meta Has Had Enough of Australia's Link Tax Shakedown; Will Not Renew Any Deals
Journalism It appears that Meta is serious about no longer bribing news orgs to keep corrupt...