This lawsuit seems about as well thought out and argued as a typical Newsmax "news" piece. RE:

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Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social)

Newsmax has sued Fox News Corp in federal court, claiming the organization unlawfully maintains a monopoly in the market for “US right-leaning pa...

Prof. Kaye took one for the team, being the only non-ridiculous witness at the House Judiciary hearing today. In return, he got asked about... how many classes he's teaching this semester. RE:

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David Kaye (@davidakaye.bsky.social)

👀 Jim Jordan held a House Judiciary Committee hearing on . . . how Europe censors Americans. Nigel Farage came along! Let's just say I have a sl...

Guy: What are you working on? Me: Oh, just rewriting an article that needs a bunch of work. Guy: Huh? Why don't you just use AI? Me: Because I can write better and what it writes isn't very good for what I'm doing. I do use it to help me edit, though. Guy: Wow. You don't think it'll replace you?

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Merriam-Webster (@merriam-webster.com)

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

So, wait. For years, spammers would send emails *claiming* they had done this when they had not. I'm wondering if the makers of this malware created it *because* of all those bogus emails claiming to have done this... RE:

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WIRED (@wired.com)

A new specimen of “infostealer” malware offers a disturbing feature: It monitors a target's browser for NSFW content, then takes simultaneous s...

This is good to see... RE:

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Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi.risky.biz)

Mastodon's next version will support post-quoting

The whole "having principles" thing is such a hindrance to grifting. I recall a conversation I had with a neighbor years ago who was working as a patent lawyer (defending against trolls) who told me he was tempted to switch sides because it's such easy money to be a troll... RE:

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist (@nameshiv.bsky.social)

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I do have some concerns about how the DSA and OSA can be used by censorial bureaucrats to try to suppress speech. But I also don't think that a Congressional hearing led by Jim Jordan would ever actually explore that issue in a way that matters. RE:

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Kate Klonick (@klonick.bsky.social)

I watched the DSA and OSA "Censorship" Hearing in the House Judiciary Committee today so you don't have to. I have some questions. A 🧵 of my ...

Wrote about how the governmental health agencies are headed by censorial individuals who spent years screaming falsely about how they were being censored when people just didn't want to promote the nonsense they were pushing. But now THEY are actually censoring critics. RE:

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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)

The Censorship Crybabies Are Now The Censors: FDA’s Vinay Prasad Uses Copyright Claims To Silence Critic It's always fascinating to watch suppo...

Russ Vought admitting that MAGA is now proud of their racism rather than hiding it Cool cool. RE:

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Dave Weigel (@daveweigel.bsky.social)

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