Trump Budget Bill Turns ICE Into A Superpredator
Men in masks kidnapping people off streets or turning businesses into ghost towns is now nothing more than an everyday occurrence in the United States. The Trump administration never actually…
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DOGE Cuts Turned A Predicted Disaster Into A Deadly Reality In Texas
On Thursday, literally the day before flash flooding devastated Texas, the Texas Observer published an article warning that “Trump’s DOGE Cuts Are a Texas-Sized Disaster,” explaining how cuts to both…
The Washington Post Makes It Easier For Powerful People And Companies To Undermine Its Reporting
You might recall that about half a decade ago news outlets began to whine endlessly about the poor old news comment section. Editors at many outlets didn’t like the way…
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MrWilson with a reaction to Kilmar Abrego’s story of the conditions inside CECOT: We’re funding this with taxpayer money.…
This Week In Techdirt History: June 29th – July 5th
Five Years Ago This week in 2020… remember Parler? The uncensored free speech social media platform? Well, it was changing its tune and starting to ban users as it embarked…
GOP Budget Bill Includes Massive Spectrum Handout To Large Wireless Carriers, Hurting WiFi Speeds
From the massive handout to already-wealthy Americans to the likely fatal cuts to Medicaid, there’s plenty to be disgusted by in the GOP Budget bill approved by Congress today. But…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Don’t Believe What This Podcast Says About Misinformation
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,…
Supreme Court Rejects Jason ‘Pee King Of Facebook’ Fyk’s ‘But Muh Pee Videos’ Appeal
All hail Jason Fyk, one of the most aggrieved “failure to monetize piss videos” dudes ever. In fact, he might be the only person angered about his inability to turn…
SCOTUS Refuses To Hear Anti-Vax Group’s Claim That Meta’s Private Actions Are 1A Violations
Back in the summer of 2020, RFK Jr. was leading the Children’s Health Defense organization, built on an anti-vaccination platform. The organization sued Facebook/Meta that year, along with several fact-checking…