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And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
How Democrats’ Attack On Section 230 Plays Right Into Trump’s Censorial Plans
Like clockwork, lawmakers are once again rallying around the idea of eliminating Section 230. That Republicans are leading this charge is hardly surprising—repealing Section 230 is explicitly laid …
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December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
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Broke down three separate tweets from Elon Musk showing that his conception of "free speech" is incoherent beyond "I can say what I want, you must shut up."
Three Tweets That Capture The Entire Elon Musk Free Speech Con
We've spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate the entire con more clearly than any deep…
We've spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate the entire con more clearly than any deep…
Three Tweets That Capture The Entire Elon Musk Free Speech Con
We've spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate the entire con more clearly than any deep dive ever could. Let’s start with this one: That’s Elon announcing that: Falsely labeling non-violent people as “fascist” or “Nazi” should be treated as incitement to murder…
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December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Broke down three separate tweets from Elon Musk showing that his conception of "free speech" is incoherent beyond "I can say what I want, you must shut up."
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You are not worried enough about this
Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.”
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April 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
You are not worried enough about this
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Sooner or later, we're ALL going to be Kilmar Abrego Garcia
April 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Sooner or later, we're ALL going to be Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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Windycon attendees, you outdid yourselves! 🎉 Thanks to your generosity, we raised $1,826 in monetary donations from the art auction, bar, gaming, and charity table. But that’s not all—we also collected roughly $1,000 in clothing donations to support Brave Space Alliance’s free store,.
April 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Windycon attendees, you outdid yourselves! 🎉 Thanks to your generosity, we raised $1,826 in monetary donations from the art auction, bar, gaming, and charity table. But that’s not all—we also collected roughly $1,000 in clothing donations to support Brave Space Alliance’s free store,.
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'That’s one hell of an “administrative error.”' Yup.
I wrote about due process, and the lawless evil that results from doing away with it. There is no rationale and no justification for wishing away due process beyond just being soulless and evil.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/01/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/01/t...
The Lawless Evil Of Denying Due Process
The U.S. government just demonstrated exactly why due process matters. In what should be a shocking admission, the Trump administration revealed in court that it had made a bit of an oopsie (they c…
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April 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
'That’s one hell of an “administrative error.”' Yup.
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After months of planning (and way too much caffeine), the moment has arrived. Windycon51's theme: Rise of the Machines
A warning
A challenge
A vision of the future.
#Windycon #RiseOfTheMachines
A warning
A challenge
A vision of the future.
#Windycon #RiseOfTheMachines
March 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
After months of planning (and way too much caffeine), the moment has arrived. Windycon51's theme: Rise of the Machines
A warning
A challenge
A vision of the future.
#Windycon #RiseOfTheMachines
A warning
A challenge
A vision of the future.
#Windycon #RiseOfTheMachines
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Thought I'd seen the dumbest, most ignorant take on Bluesky last year, but I was wrong. This person is living in a world that only exists in their own mind.
As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.
As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.
March 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thought I'd seen the dumbest, most ignorant take on Bluesky last year, but I was wrong. This person is living in a world that only exists in their own mind.
As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.
As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.
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👀
wow, r/neoliberal is really going off on Schumer
March 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
👀
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SETH MOULTON TELLING SCHUMER TO GET A SPINE. IMAGINE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THAT SENTENCE HAPPEN.
March 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
SETH MOULTON TELLING SCHUMER TO GET A SPINE. IMAGINE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THAT SENTENCE HAPPEN.
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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Every time Kim Davis loses things, an angel gets its wings.
BREAKING: Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex couples' marriage licenses, loses her appeal at the Sixth Circuit of a lawsuit she lost at trial that was brought by same-sex couples whose constitutional right to marry she violated. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Every time Kim Davis loses things, an angel gets its wings.
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Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
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March 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
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If you want a long, but very thorough, read on just how crazy dangerous the situation is with Elon, @brockm.bsky.social has laid it all out in a single article. Please read it.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
The 24-Hour Reality Check: Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis
There are twenty-four hours in a day. This isn’t a matter of political opinion or technological disruption—it’s as immutable as the fact that two plus two equals four. No amount of geni…
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February 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you want a long, but very thorough, read on just how crazy dangerous the situation is with Elon, @brockm.bsky.social has laid it all out in a single article. Please read it.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
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I worked indirectly for Hayden at NSA and in other capacities during my service. He was always a stand up guy and I trust what he says.
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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I worked indirectly for Hayden at NSA and in other capacities during my service. He was always a stand up guy and I trust what he says.
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Does someone have a "Days without seeing JD Vance anywhere" site somewhere?
December 10, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Does someone have a "Days without seeing JD Vance anywhere" site somewhere?
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Today I wrote about an FTC Commissioner's batshit crazy statements arguing that the FTC can punish any social media company that doesn't follow Elon's lead in how it moderates. Also it can punish advertisers for not advertising on X.
www.techdirt.com/2024/12/06/g...
www.techdirt.com/2024/12/06/g...
GOP FTC Commissioners Abuse “Free Speech” Rhetoric To Push For Government Control Over Online Speech
In a disturbing (if unsurprising) trend, Republican FCC and FTC commissioners are deliberately misusing “free speech” rhetoric in an Orwellian attempt to justify government intervention…
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December 6, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Today I wrote about an FTC Commissioner's batshit crazy statements arguing that the FTC can punish any social media company that doesn't follow Elon's lead in how it moderates. Also it can punish advertisers for not advertising on X.
www.techdirt.com/2024/12/06/g...
www.techdirt.com/2024/12/06/g...