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View More NewsSpeak Freely recently posted, “You Chose the Wrong Parents,” an interview I did with them on migration rights. We covered many issues relating to immigration, including the case for migration rights, how immigration restrictions are similar to medieval serfdom, causes of anti-immigrant sentiment, what I think are the strongest arguments for restrictionism, and how migration relates to broader dangers of nationalism, zero-sum thinking, and widespread political ignorance. Thanks in large part to the great questions posed by Speak Freely website editor-in-chief Ogechukwu Egwuatu (herself an African immigrant to France), I think this was one of my best media interviews of the last…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept 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. To get extended episodes with additional coverage, support us on Patreon. In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by Chris Messina, inventor of the #hashtag in social media, who has worked on internet and social media efforts for decades.…
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Digital Asset, the creator of the Canton Network, and former US House Speaker Paul Ryan’s American Idea Foundation plan to pilot a blockchain-based system…
In brief U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $606.29 million on August 20, their largest single-day haul since May 1 and a fourth straight…
Laser Digital Japan will offer liquidity to domestic crypto providers, with institutional trading services planned to follow as the appetite for crypto in Japan…
Binance’s employees were cleared and released after providing statements to UAE authorities about third-party fund flows through a company client account, a spokesperson told…
Imagine you’re a sheriff’s deputy and a detainee arrives, unresponsive and moving slowly after ingesting a large quantity of unknown pills. After a doctor…
Kraken said it will replace LayerZero, a protocol for moving crypto assets across blockchains, with Chainlink’s equivalent after the $292 million bridge exploit that…
Oobit launched its crypto payments platform in Colombia, expanding the Tether-backed company’s operations across Latin America.The company said Colombia is its ninth live market…
In brief The CFTC has taken a no-action position on swap data reporting and recordkeeping regulations, creating a single streamlined process for event contract…
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The Senate Banking Committee is holding its markup hearing for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act — more commonly known as just the Clarity…
The next major evolution of gaming may come from a rapidly growing digital universe where AI agents and humans coexist, compete, collaborate, learn, earn,…
In brief U.K. MP Nigel Farage is facing a formal investigation by parliamentary standards authorities for allegedly failing to declare a £5 million personal…