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 · 6 days 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 · 7 days 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 · 1 week 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 · 4 weeks ago
A new study that specifically looked at political speech suggests that Twitter's content moderation is biased against misinformation, not conservatives Techmeme · 1 month 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 · 1 month 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 · 2 months ago
EU Buried $400k Study Showing Piracy Have Almost No Effect on Sales (2017) Hacker News · 3 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 · 3 months ago
Court Orders Twitter Reveal Anonymous Tweeter Over Sketchy Copyright Claim, Because That Tweeter Won’t Show Up In Court Reddit · 5 months ago
NY Senator Proposes Ridiculously Unconstitutional Social Media Law That Is The Mirror Opposite Of Equally Unconstitutional Laws In Florida & Texas Reddit · 5 months ago
Investigation Shows Egyptian Government Hacked A Dissident’s Phone Twice, Using Two Different Companies’ Malware Reddit · 5 months ago
Malibu Media Ordered To Pay Wrongfully Accused ‘Pirate’ Even More Money After Failing To Abide By Court’s Decision Reddit · 5 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 · 6 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 · 7 months ago
Sheriff's Office Told Officer to Play Copyrighted Music to Shut Down Recordings Hacker News · 8 months ago
Computer Repair Shop Owner Has To Pay Twitter’s Legal Fees Over Bogus SLAPP Suit Regarding Hunter Biden’s Laptop Reddit · 9 months ago
‘Blue Line’ Apparently Doesn’t Apply To Bad Cops Abusing Copyright Law To Prevent Citizens From Uploading Recordings Reddit · 9 months ago
Released from a gag order regarding a federal investigation into a silly comment Hacker News · 10 months 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 · 10 months 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 · 12 months ago
EFF Sues California Law Enforcement Training Entity Over Its BS Use Of Copyright Law To Deny Public Records Requests Reddit · 12 months ago
Florida Man Signs Blatantly Corrupt And Unconstitutional Social Media Bill, Cementing Florida As Tech Laughing Stock Reddit · 12 months 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 · 1 year 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 · 1 year ago
The New York Times (Falsely) Informs Its 7 Million Readers Net Neutrality Is ‘Pointless’ Reddit · 1 year ago
Oracle, Which Promised To Protect TikTok User Data From China, Helps Chinese Law Enforcement Snarf Through Lots Of Private Data Reddit · 1 year ago
‘Net Neutrality Hurt Internet Infrastructure Investment’ Is The Bad Faith Lie That Simply Won’t Die Reddit · 1 year 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 · 1 year ago
State Laws Restricting Community Broadband Are Hurting US Communities During The Pandemic Reddit · 1 year ago
Michigan State Police Officials Are Dodging Public Records Obligations By Using Encrypted Messaging Apps Reddit · 1 year ago
Ajit Pai Tried To Strangle A Broadband Aid Program For Low Income Americans. Then A Pandemic Hit. Reddit · 1 year ago
Now It’s The Democrats Turn To Destroy The Open Internet: Mark Warner’s 230 Reform Bill Is A Dumpster Fire Of Cluelessness Reddit · 1 year ago
Comcast Wants A Cookie For Suspending Its Bullshit Broadband Caps For a Few Months Reddit · 1 year ago
After Years Of Litigation, AT&T Customers Get A Measly $22 For Being Lied To Over ‘Throttling’ Reddit · 1 year ago
No, Getting Rid Of Anonymity Will Not Fix Social Media; It Will Cause More Problems Reddit · 1 year ago
Parler is not down due to a single company but because the market chose not to do business with it because it's toxic, which is the nature of a free market Techmeme · 1 year ago
Small Idaho ISP ‘Punishes’ Twitter And Facebook’s ‘Censorship’…By Blocking Access To Them Entirely Reddit · 1 year ago
Small Idaho ISP ‘Punishes’ Twitter And Facebook’s ‘Censorship’…By Blocking Access Them Entirely Reddit · 1 year ago