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This Week In Techdirt History: August 23rd – 29th

August 29, 2026 Blogmaster

This Week in 2016 India Criminalizes Merely Visiting A Copyright Infringing ‘Blocked’ Site Anti-Piracy Operations Are Fabricating Links To Non-Existent Torrents In DMCA Notices Peter Thiel’s Lawyer Now Sending Questionable…

Cybersecurity

Five Critical WordPress Plugin and Theme Flaws Enable Site Takeover or RCE

August 29, 2026 Blogmaster

Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in WordPress plugins and themes, including WPMU DEV Dashboard, Avada, TranslatePress, Pods, and GiveWP, that could lead to authentication bypass, account takeover, and…

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I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.

August 29, 2026 Blogmaster

I filed a request with McDonald’s earlier this month to access all of the personal data the fast food company collected about me, and I received a stunning 515-page report…

Technology

Buc-ee’s Decides The Right Response To Pushback On Its Trademark Bullying Is To Invoke Partisanship

August 28, 2026 Blogmaster

We’ve been detailing the trademark bullying ways of Buc-ee’s, famous gas station and convenience store chain in the American south and infamous IP bully, for over a year now. Buc-ee’s…

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“RFK Jr. has lied to the Senate”: Lawmakers call for criminal probe, ouster

August 28, 2026 Blogmaster

Senators are renewing calls for anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy to step down or be ousted—and at least one is calling for a criminal investigation—amid the release of documents…

Technology

Cities terminate Flock contracts at record pace in August

August 28, 2026 Blogmaster

New data compiled by a Bay Area anti-surveillance advocacy group shows that not only are American localities dropping cameras from Flock Safety, but they are doing it at an accelerating…

Technology

Court rules Kalshi sports bets aren’t “swaps,” just gambling with a different name

August 28, 2026 Blogmaster

Kalshi today lost a major ruling over whether it can evade state gambling laws, as a federal appeals court found that Nevada can stop the prediction market from allowing sports…

Cybersecurity

Berlin Refuses to Pay Hackers Who Stole Data From the City’s State Network

August 28, 2026 Blogmaster

Berlin’s state government has confirmed that it is the target of an extortion attempt following the August compromise of the city’s state administrative network, and said it will not meet…

Technology

‘Right To Repair’ State Laws Continue To Surge, But Enforcement Remains Nonexistent

August 28, 2026 Blogmaster

There’s still a massive effort afoot to implement statewide “right to repair” laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to repair the technology you…

Cybersecurity

Cosmos EVM Flaw Exploited After Cosmos Labs Knew Every Blockchain Running It Was Vulnerable

August 28, 2026 Blogmaster

Cosmos Labs has warned that a critical balance-handling flaw in the shared Cosmos EVM module was exploited to drain funds from six blockchains between August 20 and August 25, 2026.…

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