Freedom Index#Web3
from the ah-yes,-the-ministry-of-truth dept Remember when the Biden administration set up something called the “Disinformation Governance Board” and the entire…
Time and time again, we’ve seen police surveillance suffer from ‘mission creep’—technology sold as a way to prevent heinous crimes…
from the assholes-who-like-to-destroy-things dept A federal judge has ruled that President Trump’s executive order last year defunding PBS and NPR…
The EU’s so-called Chat Control plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption breaking measures, has had some good news…
from the this-is-a-very-bad-idea dept Every relevant court that has looked at this question — including the Supreme Court — has…
from the occupied-territories dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. They asked nicely at first. After an…
You’re invited on a journey inside the privacy battles that shaped the internet. EFF’s Executive Director Cindy Cohn has tangled…
from the unfun-twist-on-an-old-story dept This may not be an actual “Wyden siren,” but it still has his name attached to…
Recently, a California Superior Court jury found that Meta and YouTube harmed a user through some of the features they…
Copyright law is supposed to encourage creativity. Too often, it’s used to extract payouts from others. Higbee & Associates, a…
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 silly-times dept Back in October, Meta announced that its new Instagram Teen Accounts would feature content moderation “guided…