Always fun to watch [@paulalanlevy.bsky.social](
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Paul Alan Levy (@paulalanlevy.bsky.social)
Litigator, soccer nut. Although I litigate free speech and IP issues at Public Citizen, the views expressed here are my own.
 ) dismantle a copyright troll bully. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Copyright Troll Backfires: Has To Pay Up To Get Out Of Its Lawsuit Of Lies It's been a good while since we've had an old-fashioned copyright trol...
Wrote about the MAGA types whining about foreign influence campaigns on social media after they... dismantled government, corporate, and academic infrastructure designed to identify, expose, and counter foreign influence campaigns. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
How MAGA Killed Foreign Influence Research, But Now Demands Social Media Stop Foreign Influence Campaigns It's fascinating how quickly the tune c...
There's an alternate explanation out there, I'm sure... RE:
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Trump: "When 97% of the stories are bad about a person, that's no longer free speech."
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Welcome to Hell... * correction... RE:
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Kevin Collier (@kevincollier.bsky.social)
Just got a great set of emails from the FBI.
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Was not expecting this... RE:
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Politico (@politico.com)
Cruz admonishes the FCC for taking down Kimmel, calling Carr’s actions “dangerous as hell.” https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/1...
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Sarah McLaughlin (@sarahemclaugh.bsky.social)
new edition of "shouting fire in a crowded theater" just dropped https://rollcall.com/2025/09/19/some-republicans-turn-to-social-media-pressure-aft...
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Some important decentralization news. RE:
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bryan newbold (@bnewbold.net)
excited to share that we are following through on our earlier commitments and putting together an independent+neutral organization to house the DID...
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Hey [@nytimes.com](
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The New York Times (@nytimes.com)
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 ), do you have literally *any* First Amendment experts on staff, because this is embarrassing. Glad you're speaking up about this, but feels like you should... not make basic mistakes like this? cc: @We’re Going To Keep The Popehat https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreiajsp4aub2gd6hq4ac4xq4w5gsljnsikvgeswbi24sfew5chkirvq