The Double Whammy Of The CBS, Warner Brothers Mergers Will Be A Layoff Nightmare
You might recall that Paramount and CBS had only just started to lay off workers in the wake of the merger with David Ellison's Skydance. Now, after Ellison (or more accurately his dad and the Saudis) dramatically…
Trump Administration Using Gross Video Game Footage To Cheerlead Its War Efforts
We should all know by now that this iteration of the Trump administration absolutely loves using pop culture imagery, including that of video games, to help message its horrible policies. Want to gloat about ICE…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: The (Content Moderation) Eras Tour
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation's Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice —…
OpenAI Rewrites Contract, Anthropic Returns to Negotiate—The Chaos Continues
In less than a week, the Pentagon blacklisted an AI company for having ethics, declared it a supply chain risk, watched its preferred replacement face a massive user revolt, and then sat down to amend the replacement's…
Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Corey Lewandowski’s Role In DHS Contracts
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem misled Congress on Tuesday about the powers of her controversial top aide Corey…
Judges To AG Pam Bondi: It’s OK For The Gov’t To Dox People, But Not OK For People To Dox Gov’t Employees?
Yet another one to add to the "it's OK if we do it" file for the Trump administration. This administration is cool with censoring speech, nationalizing elections, seizing the means of…
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Section 230 Isn’t The Problem: Debating The Law On The Majority Report
Section 230 remains one of the most misunderstood laws in America, and that misunderstanding keeps producing policy proposals that would make the internet worse, not better. Last year, I wrote a lengthy response to reporter…
FCC Approves Cox, Charter Merger On Condition They Promise To Be More Racist
Hey look everyone! More of that famous populism Trump rode into power on! The Trump FCC has announced they're rubber stamping the approval of a merger between two of the nation's biggest cable companies (Charter, Cox),…
ACIP To Discuss COVID ‘Vaccine Injuries’ Next Month, Despite That Not Being In Its Purview
It was plainly obvious when RFK Jr. decided to fully remake ACIP, the CDC committee that advises the nation on immunization schedules and practices, that it was done so to place Kennedy sycophants that would…
Trump Officials Attended a Summit Of Election Deniers Who Want The President To Take Over The Midterms
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent…
FTC Admits Age Verification Violates Children’s Privacy Law, Decides To Just Ignore That
We've been pointing out the fundamental contradiction at the heart of mandatory age verification laws for years now. To verify someone's age online, you have to collect personal data from them. If that someone…
Judge Says He’s Sick Of The Government’s Shit; Threatens To Make DHS, DOJ Testify Under Oath
Of course, we'll see what comes of this, but it's starting to look like this administration won't outlast this level of judicial scrutiny. It may have bullied its way past courts during Trump's first year…
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The Trump Administration Just Admitted Its War On Law Firms Was A Bluff. The Cowards Who Folded Already Paid The Price.
We've said it over and over again on this site: when you stand up to the bully, the bully backs down. When you capitulate, you get nothing but a permanent stain and an invitation…
Brendan Carr Can’t Explain Why ‘Equal Time’ Rule Doesn’t Apply To Right Wing Radio
We've noted repeatedly how Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr has been abusing the FCC's "equal opportunity" (or "equal time") rule to try and threaten daytime and late night talk shows with government retribution if they…
OPM Musical Artist Gets Copyright Notice For Performing His Own Song
It's a tale as old as time, assuming time began a decade or two ago. A music artist who just wants to make and perform their craft gets on the internet and performs the song he or she created, only to receive some version of a…
Fuck ICE Says West Virginia Court, Threatening Fines And Contempt Charges
The administration has burnt the "presumption of regularity" to a crispness normally reserved for conquered bridges succumbing to heat death. It is now well known that the Trump administration will do whatever it wants to…
Rubio To World: Stop Doing The Exact Same Thing The US Just Did
The State Department wants US diplomats to fight data localization around the world. The policy position is correct. It's just that the messenger has spent the last few months systematically destroying every reason anyone might…
Minnesota Judge Shuts Down DHS’s Attempt To Expel Thousands Of Refugees
The Trump administration is purposefully cruel. That much cannot be argued, not when it has deliberately sent deportees to foreign torture prisons, dumped them in war-torn countries with histories of human rights abuses, and…
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Ron Wyden Is Begging His Colleagues To Stop Trying To Hand Trump A Censorship Weapon
We've been writing about Section 230 for a very long time. We've written about why it matters, why the people attacking it are wrong, and why most of the proposed "reforms" would make the internet dramatically…
GOP “Antitrust Concerns” Magically Disappear Now That Larry Ellison Is Buying Warner Brothers
You might have noticed that when Netflix was attempting to acquire Warner Brothers, Republicans were suddenly and uncharacteristically interested in media consolidation and antitrust reform. Republican…
The Return Of Measles Is Bad. A Polio Comeback Would Be So, So Much Worse
We've talked a lot about the resurgence of measles in America over the past 14 or so months, and for good reason. It's a horrible disease of historic significance. Equally historic was America achieving elimination status of…
New Mexico Dems Pass An Affordable Broadband Law In 25 Days
In late 2024, Trump Republicans killed a very popular program that provided low-income Americans $30 off of their monthly broadband bill. The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was, unsurprisingly, very popular, with more than 23…
OpenAI’s ‘Red Lines’ Are Written In The NSA’s Dictionary—Where Words Mean What The NSA Wants Them To Mean
Within hours on Friday, the Pentagon blacklisted one AI company for refusing to drop its safety commitments on surveillance and autonomous weapons, then turned around and praised a competitor…
US Military Shoots Down CBP Drone, Which Certainly Instills Confidence In Its Offshore Murder Program
Wow. Imagine if you could just make this shit up. The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone…
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AI Bros Wanted Trump. Now They Learn What Happens When You Tell Him No.
Last year, in Fascism For First Time Founders, I warned the tech industry what happens when you cozy up to authoritarians. As I wrote then: Innovation requires trust. Not just between individuals, but institutional trust.…
Semafor Keeps Hosting Ridiculous “Restoring Trust In Media” Events That Only Further Undermine Trust In Media
You might recall that when political news website Semafor entered the media industry on the back of $25 million in private money, they made all kinds of promises about how they were…
