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from the not-the-ftc’s-job dept In 1978, the Federal Trade Commission, the agency that regulates unfair or deceptive advertising, proposed limiting…
from the words-mean-what-i-say-they-mean dept We spent a few years pointing out the ridiculousness of the whole “TikTok ban” moral panic,…
from the acceptable-collateral-damage dept The Trump administration’s continual trend towards maximum awfulness means that every report seems to be “I’ve…
from the grift-upon-grift dept Last month I wrote a feature for The Verge exploring how Republicans had hijacked the Biden-era…
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 laundering-murder dept Former DHS head Kristi Noem got permanently sidelined for being unable to do two impossible things…
The Corrupt, Xenophobic Hysteria Behind The ‘TikTok Ban’ Will Soon Be Mirrored Across U.S. AI Policy
from the prepare-for-everything-to-get-very-stupid-and-racist dept You might recall how the press and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers suffered a four-year embolism…
from the new-corruption-every-single-day. dept Over the last few months especially, there has been renewed attention to the sheer scale of…
from the lying-people-into-life-sentences dept Record law enforcement officers whenever you can. Sure, they’ll hate it, but it helps all the…
from the you’re-making-people-less-safe dept We — and plenty of others — have been warning that the global rush to mandate…
from the laws-are-just-suggestions dept Brendan Carr and the Trump FCC are finalizing plans to illegally eliminate what’s left of the…
from the chinagate-hoax? dept You might have heard that Donald Trump gave a weird, rambling, nonsense speech last night full…