Bluesky blocks access to its service in Mississippi, saying it doesn't have the resources to comply with the state's broad new law requiring age verification
Bluesky's decision to drop out of the Mississippi market … Rob Pegoraro / PCMag : Bluesky Blocks Mississippi Users Instead of Making Them Prove They're Over 18 Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press ...
Leaked letter: Ed Martin, the interim US Attorney for DC, accused Wikipedia of allowing foreign manipulation and propaganda, threatening its tax-exempt status
Wikipedia Bluesky: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse / @whitehouse.senate.gov : Where is the referral from IRS? I've been told for years that DOJ does not investigate IRS matters without a referral. More w...
US FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson announces an inquiry into “Big Tech censorship”, which he calls “un-American” and “potentially illegal”, and seeks public comment
including ‘shadow banning’ Sean Burch / The Wrap : Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big Tech Inquiry for ‘Bullying’ and Censorship Sean Burch / TVNewsCheck : Trump-Appointed FTC Chair Launches Big T...
SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Dan Primack / Axios : ...
X sues California over AB 587, arguing the law forcing social networks to detail their moderation interferes with X's constitutionally protected editorial calls
Our statement: progresschamber.org/musk-sues-ca-over- content-moderation-law [embedded post] Mike Masnick / @mmasnick.bsky.social : And it looks like just weeks after that case got thrown out, exTwitt...
A US federal appeals court upholds the Texas social media content moderation law, lifting an injunction that blocked it and remanding it back to the lower court
Justice Department Appeals Parts of Judge's Ruling on Documents Seized at Trump's Mar-a-Lago David McCabe / New York Times : A federal court clears the way for a Texas social media law. Rebecca Kern /...
Proposals by Sen. Hawley and the DOJ to amend Section 230 protections would violate the First Amendment and bury tech platforms in legal cost and liability risk
and for the rest of us. https://www.eff.org/... @eff : If these proposals succeed, basic activities like offering encryption, or editing, removing, or otherwise moderating users' content could lead to...
Proposals by Sen. Hawley and the DOJ to amend Section 230 protections would violate the First Amendment and bury tech platforms in legal cost and liability risk
Whether we know it or not, all Internet users rely on multiple online services to connect, engage, and express themselves online. Tweets: @eff , @eff , @jess_miers , and @atrupar Tweets: @eff : If AG ...
Biden campaign says he still wants to repeal Section 230, but emphasizes key differences from Trump's EO, like policies for more moderation, rather than less
Makena Kelly / The Verge : Tweets: @mmasnick and @skupor Tweets: Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : Here we have a great opportunity for @JoeBiden to take a stand for the 1st Amendment and an open and free i...