Judge blocks FTC’s Media Matters probe as a likely First Amendment violation. Media Matters for America (MMFA)—a nonprofit that Elon […]
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UK VPN interest surges in response to new Online Safety Act
The UK’s new Online Safety Act came into force this week, aimed at protecting youngsters with age verification to access […]
Researcher threatens X with lawsuit after falsely linking him to French probe
X claimed that David Chavalarias, “who spearheads the ‘Escape X’ campaign”—which is “dedicated to encouraging X users to leave the […]
X sues to block copycat NY content moderation law after California win
“It is our sincere belief that the current social media landscape makes it far too easy for bad actors to […]
Trump admin accused of censoring NIH’s top expert on ultra-processed foods
Hall claims that because of this, aides for Kennedy blocked him from being directly interviewed by New York Times reporters […]
ChatGPT can now write erotica as OpenAI eases up on AI paternalism
“Following the initial release of the Model Spec (May 2024), many users and developers expressed support for enabling a ‘grown-up […]
Elections and increasing censorship spark hike in VPN use
With authoritarian governments increasingly turning to censorship to silence dissent, limit information, and manipulate public opinion, it’s perhaps not surprising […]
Internet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removals
Internet Archive makes it easier to track changes in CDC data online. When thousands of pages started disappearing from the […]
“Zero warnings”: Longtime YouTuber rails against unexplained channel removal
Artemiy Pavlov, the founder of a small but mighty music software brand called Sinesvibes, spent more than 15 years building […]
DeepSeek — the Chinese AI that sparked a stock market panic
Today has seen millions of dollars wiped off US market tech stocks by the launch of DeepSeek, the latest Chinese […]