Freedom Index#Innovation
from the mission-accomplished! dept There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
from the Schrödinger’s-regulator dept FCC boss Brendan Carr was dragged before Congress this week for some light questioning about his…
from the the-vexatious-president dept President Trump, who keeps pretending he’s for free speech, but who has filed more defamation lawsuits…
from the no-corruption-here,-no-sir dept Shortly after Netflix announced a $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers, the Ellison family, alongside Jared Kushner…
from the booze-news dept I’ve said it roughly a zillion times: trademark bullying exists because it works. One of the…
from the taking-the-lazy-way-out dept In December 2025, the world crossed a threshold. For the first time ever, access to the…
from the hate-feeding-on-hate dept Trump was always going to target Minnesota and, specifically, the home of its most liberal residents,…
from the please-support-techdirt dept Yesterday, Rep. Harriet Hageman released her bill to repeal Section 230. She’s calling it “reform,” but…
from the stop-subsidizing-terrible-billionaires dept We’ve noted how Republicans are rewriting the 2021 infrastructure bill (they voted against) to ensure that billions of…
from the bootleggers-down-under dept We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb…
from the literal-enshittification dept In the enshittification era, companies rushing to profit off the gold mine of mass commercial surveillance…