Finally had a chance to write up the CJEU's Russmedia ruling which appears to make it literally *impossible* to run a website in the EU that allows any user content. I just don't see how compliance is possible. At all. Hat tip to @Daphne Keller for calling it to my attention. RE:
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EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally The Court of Justice of the EU—likely witho...
I wrote about a piece Grim edited that had massive, major factual errors in it (and which kicked off the idiocy about there being a "censorship industrial complex") and his response was to mock me and insist the only fact check that was needed was for my article exposing the problems of his. RE:
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Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social)
Grim called me “insane” for saying Democrats shouldn’t recruit candidates with Nazi tattoos and now that I see who he takes seriously, that t...
And that's why Amy keeps voting for Trump's nominees. RE:
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Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar.com)
Affordability isn't a con job. It's the American people's top priority. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
What the fuck....? RE:
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Kate Klonick (@klonick.bsky.social)
Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fa...
Watching [@laurengoode.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](
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Lauren Goode (@laurengoode.bsky.social)
WIRED Senior Correspondent covering Silicon Valley and its impact beyond. Send tips to Signal handle ChaoticGoode.12. (No PR pitches please)
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 ) event. Su absolutely does not want to answer her questions about competition, and she's tapdancing around the political questions. Lauren keeps pressing, which is great to see.
We really did exist back then. And for those who complain that modern [@techdirt.com@bsky.brid.gy](
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A good old fashioned blog that has been covering tech, law, policy, and democracy for almost three decades now.
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Classic Web (@classicweb.site)
techdirt.com in 2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20001007100221if_/http://techdirt.com:80
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Operation Bluebird, Inc. files petition to cancel TWITTER and TWEET registrations on the grounds of abandonment and fraud. Cancellation No. 92090266.
Turns out some of you really want the Techdirt Section 230 challenge coin! Yesterday afternoon we also added a $230 option that some folks have already taken us up on. Let's see if we can continue the momentum into day 2.... RE:
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Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, n...
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There's been some debate over the last few weeks about whether or not DOGE still exists. I don't think that semantic debate matters. We should be talking about who will be held accountable for all the catastrophic damage those over-confident idiots created. RE:
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Forget Whether Or Not DOGE Exists: Will Anyone Be Held Accountable For 600,000 Deaths? First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of wh...