A subreddit with 1.5M members, r/PoliticalHumor, challenges Texas' content moderation law by mandating that comments include "Greg Abbott is a little piss baby" Techmeme · 2 days ago
The 5th Circuit federal court's ruling to uphold the Texas social media content moderation law is based on a misrepresentation of how Section 230 actually works Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
CA Design Code Law AB-2273: You’ll Scan Your Face for Every Website You Visit Hacker News · 4 weeks ago
Twitter Whistleblowing Report Actually Seems To Confirm Twitter’s Legal Argument, While Pretending To Support Musk’s | Techdirt Pinboard · 1 month ago
Latest AICO Act revisions are carveouts for telcos and financial companies and do not fix real problems with the bill, like a disguised content moderation ban Techmeme · 4 months ago
Author Of Texas’ Social Media Law Admits That He Meant The Law To Exempt Any Moderation Decisions Protected By Section 230 (That’s Everything) Reddit · 4 months ago
Twitch's takedown of the May 14 mass murder livestream seems to violate Texas' social media law, given that an amendment for terrorism content exceptions failed Techmeme · 4 months ago
Texas' content moderation law is clearly unconstitutional and forces social media services to allow a torrent of spam or face a deluge of frivolous litigation Techmeme · 5 months ago
Twitter has aggressively defended users' privacy and free speech rights, pushing back on unmasking subpoenas; it's unclear if this will continue under Musk Techmeme · 5 months ago
A new study that specifically looked at political speech suggests that Twitter's content moderation is biased against misinformation, not conservatives Techmeme · 5 months ago
Musk's definition of free speech is utter nonsense and his suggested Twitter fixes totally ignore the content moderation lessons that platforms already learned Techmeme · 6 months ago
A deep look at the benefits of content moderation in open forums, and how it can support free speech by creating spaces where more people feel free to talk Techmeme · 6 months ago
EU Buried $400k Study Showing Piracy Have Almost No Effect on Sales (2017) Hacker News · 7 months ago
Senator Blumenthal admits the EARN IT Act won't "offer a blanket exemption to using encryption as evidence", after denying for two years it targets encryption Techmeme · 8 months ago
Court Orders Twitter Reveal Anonymous Tweeter Over Sketchy Copyright Claim, Because That Tweeter Won’t Show Up In Court Reddit · 9 months ago
NY Senator Proposes Ridiculously Unconstitutional Social Media Law That Is The Mirror Opposite Of Equally Unconstitutional Laws In Florida & Texas Reddit · 9 months ago
Investigation Shows Egyptian Government Hacked A Dissident’s Phone Twice, Using Two Different Companies’ Malware Reddit · 9 months ago
Malibu Media Ordered To Pay Wrongfully Accused ‘Pirate’ Even More Money After Failing To Abide By Court’s Decision Reddit · 10 months ago
Missouri Admits It Fucked Up In Exposing Teacher Data, Offers Apology To Teachers — But Not To Journalists It Falsely Accused Of Hacking Reddit · 11 months ago
An overview of possible Section 230 reforms and why each proposed change might as well be an outright repeal, given each one's practical effect Techmeme · 12 months ago
Sheriff's Office Told Officer to Play Copyrighted Music to Shut Down Recordings Hacker News · 1 year ago
Computer Repair Shop Owner Has To Pay Twitter’s Legal Fees Over Bogus SLAPP Suit Regarding Hunter Biden’s Laptop Reddit · 1 year ago
‘Blue Line’ Apparently Doesn’t Apply To Bad Cops Abusing Copyright Law To Prevent Citizens From Uploading Recordings Reddit · 1 year ago
Released from a gag order regarding a federal investigation into a silly comment Hacker News · 1 year ago
A look at some issues with the latest antitrust lawsuit targeting Google over the Play Store, including the fact Google allows sideloading, unlike Apple Techmeme · 1 year ago
Google, Facebook And Chaos Computer Club Join To Fight New German Law Allowing Government Spies And Police To Use Trojans Against Innocent Citizens Reddit · 1 year ago
EFF Sues California Law Enforcement Training Entity Over Its BS Use Of Copyright Law To Deny Public Records Requests Reddit · 1 year ago
Florida Man Signs Blatantly Corrupt And Unconstitutional Social Media Bill, Cementing Florida As Tech Laughing Stock Reddit · 1 year ago
European Commission’s Attempt To Backtrack On Its Promise To Defend Fundamental Rights In Upload Filter Implementations May Backfire Badly Reddit · 1 year ago
Patent Loving Judge Keeps Pissing Off Patent Appeals Court, Doesn't Seem to Care Hacker News · 1 year ago
NSA Director Says More Domestic Surveillance Might Stop Foreign Hacking; Fails To Explain Why NSA Isn’t Stopping Much Foreign Hacking Reddit · 1 year ago
The Internet Is Not Just Facebook, Google & Twitter: Creating A ‘Test Suite’ For Your Great Idea To Regulate The Internet Reddit · 2 years ago
A new version of the PACT Act, a bipartisan Section 230 reform bill, remains convoluted and bloated with destructive ideas that will spawn entirely new problems Techmeme · 2 years ago
SEC Sues AT&T For Leaking Info To Analysts To Cover Up Dropping Smartphone Sales Reddit · 2 years ago
The New York Times (Falsely) Informs Its 7 Million Readers Net Neutrality Is ‘Pointless’ Reddit · 2 years ago
Oracle, Which Promised To Protect TikTok User Data From China, Helps Chinese Law Enforcement Snarf Through Lots Of Private Data Reddit · 2 years ago
‘Net Neutrality Hurt Internet Infrastructure Investment’ Is The Bad Faith Lie That Simply Won’t Die Reddit · 2 years ago
Facebook's refusal to pay a misguided media tax, pushed by Rupert Murdoch, is a defense of the open web and criticizing it for rejecting a link tax is bizarre Techmeme · 2 years ago
State Laws Restricting Community Broadband Are Hurting US Communities During The Pandemic Reddit · 2 years ago
Michigan State Police Officials Are Dodging Public Records Obligations By Using Encrypted Messaging Apps Reddit · 2 years ago
Ajit Pai Tried To Strangle A Broadband Aid Program For Low Income Americans. Then A Pandemic Hit. Reddit · 2 years ago