Enjoy Digital Ownership And Public Libraries While You Still Can
Michael E. Karpeles, Program Lead on OpenLibrary.org at the Internet Archive, spotted an interesting blog post by Michael Kozlowski, the
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Please Take A Moment To Celebrate How A Very Different Supreme Court Saved The Internet 25 Years Ago
The terrible, awful, no good, horrible plans to regulate the internet keep coming faster and furiouser these days. So, it’s worth remembering a
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How The Internet Enabled A Mariners Fan And DoorDash Driver To Connect And Do Something Cool
The world can be an awful, horrible place. Lately, it feels like, in America, things are only getting more difficult. And, because my country loves
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California Legislators Seek To Burn Down The Internet — For The Children
I’m continuing my coverage of dangerous Internet bills in the California legislature. This job is especially challenging during an election year,
NSO Lawyer Tells Lawmakers Company Can Count To Five, Will Need More Time To Count Higher Than That
Israeli phone malware manufacturer NSO Group has plenty of customers. Or at least it did until the Israeli government edited the company’s list of
Clarence Thomas REALLY Wants To Make It Easier For The Powerful To Sue People For Criticizing Them
As we’ve discussed before, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas really does not like the “actual malice” standard required to make a
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Facebook Bans People For Simply Saying Abortion Pills Exist
On the one hand, content moderation at the scale modern social media companies operate at is an impossible nightmare. Companies are always going to
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Trump’s Truth Social Big Payday May Be Falling Apart
Donald Trump promised to take the social media world by storm with his Truth Social Twitter-clone for the MAGA world. “Free speech!” he claimed
Dairy Queen Loses On ‘Blizzard Water’ Trademark Suit With W. B. Mason
Late last year we discussed a plainly stupid trademark lawsuit brought by Dairy Queen, which makes tasty frozen snacks, and W.B. Mason which is a
EU Officials Finally Coming To Terms With The Fact That The GDPR Failed; But Now They Want To Make It Worse
Ever since it came into effect, we’ve been calling out how the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was an obviously problematic bit of
China Unveils New Regulations Requiring Sites To Pre-Censor All Comments
As we see more and more western countries looking to regulate the internet in order to stifle speech they dislike, we’ve noted how much these
Wherein The Copia Institute Tells The Supreme Court Not To Let Copyright Law Destroy Free Expression, A Rare Right We Ostensibly Have Left
I had to rewrite this post before it got published. I originally began it with some whimsy in response to the absurdity that copyright cases like
Security Researchers: Indian Police Agencies Digitally Planted Evidence To Frame Activists
Law enforcement agencies have access to very powerful digital tools. Thanks to companies with eyes on market expansion but very little consideration
Do Not Expect Section 230 And The 1st Amendment To Save Antitrust Bills From Abuse
Over the last few weeks, we’ve written quite a bit about the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), which has become the central push
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U.S. Companies Don’t Much Want To Talk About Abortion Data Collection And Protection
In response to the Supreme Court’s recent assault on female bodily autonomy, numerous U.S. corporations have issued statements stating they’ll be