Existing laws and the threat of regulation can force tech giants to open up, as recent right to repair-related changes by Apple and Microsoft show
Zephyr Teachout / New Republic : Tweets: @newrepublic and @doctorow Tweets: @newrepublic : Imagine a future where individuals control and direct their own data, their own history of interactions of s...
Advocates for the blind say DMCA exemptions to break ebook DRM for accessibility should be permanent, rather than having to be renewed every three years
regardless of what type of device it is. Read the Copyright Office's new 1201 ruling here: https://www.copyright.gov/... @internetarchive : TODAY: @librarycongress alters the #DMCA again permitting th...
Advocates for the blind say DMCA exemptions to break ebook DRM for accessibility should be permanent, rather than having to be renewed every three years
Advocates will once again be granted a DMCA exception to make accessible versions of texts. They argue that it's far past time to make it permanent. Source: U.S. Copyright Office and U.S. Copyright O...
White House says it is alerting Facebook about posts that spread COVID-19 misinfo; US surgeon general calls on social media companies to tackle health misinfo
one of the classic hallmarks of fascism — that the people who spent 5 years babbling about fascism support. https://twitter.com/... Brandy Zadrozny / @brandyzadrozny : The most ironic part? CrowdTangl...
Ahead of House hearing, Mark Zuckerberg calls for Section 230 reform that makes protections conditional on platforms' ability to identify and remove content
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ICANN says it will review PIR's sale of .org to Ethos Capital to decide if it should be allowed; notes it has 30 days to provide or withhold its consent
The proposed acquisition of Public Interest Registry … Marietje Schaake / Financial Times : Selling off online domain names threatens internet governance Anthony Spadafora / TechRadar.com : ICANN paus...
150+ orgs, including Google and Facebook, back Tim Berners-Lee's Contract for the Web, pledging to guard the web from abuse or face removal from supporter list
The Web was designed to bring people together … John E Dunn / Naked Security : Sir Tim Berners-Lee publishes plan to save the web from ‘digital dystopia’ Tim Berners-Lee / New York Times : I Invented ...
Apple removes app from the App Store that tracked Hong Kong police and protests after pressure from China, says it “violates our guidelines and local laws”
A single tweet … Wired : Hong Kong Is the Latest Tripwire for Tech Firms in China Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News : Apple Has Removed A Mapping App That Let Protesters In Hong Kong Track Police Aaron Hol...
EFF appeals W3C director Tim Berners-Lee's EME decision, calls for sandbox auditing, auto-generated accessibility metadata, protection for new market entrants
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