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2h ago
I don’t know what the legislative intent of Massachusetts wiretapping law was, but I can’t possibly imagine it was erected solely to allow public employees to get people arrested for filming them performing their public duties in public places. I mean, maybe it was. Maybe that’s the reason the law was enacted. But certainly no ..read more
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9h ago
There is some confusion about whether the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) regulates content or design on digital platforms like Instagram or TikTok. It’s easy to see why that is, because the bill’s authors claim they are attempting to make the bill about design. This is a good move on their part, as regulations on ..read more
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10h ago
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In the first ever live recording of Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike and ..read more
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10h ago
There are some decent uses of AI. And then there’s everything else. While those with horses in the AI race continue to proclaim the miracles their horses will soon be performing at some indefinite point in the future, a whole lot of entities just see AI as a way to shed human capital and replace ..read more
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10h ago
The Raspberry Pi and Arduino Bootcamp Bundle has 5 courses to help you dive into the world of hands-on programming. Courses cover Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ROS2. It’s on sale for $30. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and curated by StackCommerce. A portion of all sales from Techdirt Deals helps support Techdirt. The ..read more
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11h ago
On Thursday, as expected, the Senate voted for “cloture” on the extremely problematic Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The cloture vote is a procedural vote necessary to bring a full vote to the floor. Previously, attempts to move KOSA forward “by unanimous consent” could be (and were) blocked by objections from at least one Senator ..read more
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16h ago
With a unanimous 5-0 vote, the FCC says it is moving forward with plans that should make unlocking your mobile phone easier than ever. According to a new FCC announcement, the agency say it will begin crafting new rules that will require that wireless carriers unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60days of activation. At various ..read more
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21h ago
For the non-sports loving crowd out there, here is something of a necessary primer. Lamar Jackson is the reigning MVP of the National Football League. He plays for the Baltimore Ravens and wears number eight. Troy Aikman is a hall of fame former NFL quarterback that played for the Dallas Cowboys and wore, you guessed ..read more
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21h ago
In 2023, Tennessee enacted a new law — one that rewrote part of its existing adult entertainment statutes for the sole purpose of making it easier to prosecute drag performers. Sure, legislators took care to talk around the issue when debating it on the floor, but the bill’s language added “male or female impersonators” to ..read more
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21h ago
The recent Supreme Court case, Moody v. NetChoice & CCIA, confronted a pivotal question: Do websites have the First Amendment right to curate content they present to their global audiences? While the opinion has been dissected by many, this post peeks behind the Silicon curtain to address the practical aftermath of tech litigation. Well before ..read more