Have spent the past few hours going through the *new* version of KOSA that the House E&C Committee will be voting on tomorrow. It's even worse than the Senate version and will definitely be used to remove LGBTQ content. It's very, very bad. Story in the morning...
Heritage Foundation is pushing to get KOSA approved in the House, and the document they're passing around is pretty revealing. They admit that if Trump wins they can use KOSA to block abortion info: [www.techdirt.com/2024/09/16/h...](
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Heritage Foundation Admits KOSA Will Be Useful For Removing Pro-Abortion Content… If Trump Wins
It’s no secret that Trump-administration-in-waiting at the Heritage Foundation supports KOSA because it thinks it will be useful in achieving som...
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Heritage Foundation Admits KOSA Will Be Useful For Removing Pro-Abortion Content… If Trump Wins
It’s no secret that Trump-administration-in-waiting at the Heritage Foundation supports KOSA because it thinks it will be useful in achieving som...
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So Elon went from having to pull his tweet questioning why no one was trying to assassinate Kamala Harris (which he now claims was a joke that his buddies laughed at, but turned out not to be funny when posted to 200 million followers) to posting this in just a few hours: https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreiewsup4ximidsrhx4wsu4jpfvwr6o3y5han5ba5f253qo27wzxmne
RFK Jr. claiming that the investigation into him cutting off a whale's head... is about the "weaponization of the government." Can't a man cut off a whale's head in peace? [www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...](
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RFK Jr says he faces federal investigation for beheading whale
Former presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr decries ‘weaponization of our government’ over 1994 incident
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Celebrating 10 million users with a baseball game. ⚾ https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreibbmu74ag53b5owkbnehwejb67vbvzkkv222uid6lgijkyx34tapu
Well, now that we can do video, it means this video can be posted here, which apparently started over on the other site. Noah Garfinkel noticed that Trump's claim about eating cats and dogs fits with the Peanuts theme song & then someone made a longer version of it. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifkzlelqhsohkytsx2vkm3wrnqenpnteu4rlba6txmghzvwg6h5pe
Look, there is so much good stuff in "Character Limit" but this line stands out as my favorite so far. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifb24iybxqku5pj6bhwjfnrc3fxyxbiipcisror54crs2jxloc2ra
Okay, here's my writeup of the Brazilian block order (yes, including the *temporary* amendment suspending the VPN block). It's still absolutely crazy. No one should be in favor of this. [www.techdirt.com/2024/08/30/b...](
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Brazil Bans ExTwitter In Battle With Musk, Takes VPNs & Users Down With It
In the battle between Elon Musk and Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the biggest losers are Brazilians. They are now at risk of...
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Brazil Bans ExTwitter In Battle With Musk, Takes VPNs & Users Down With It
In the battle between Elon Musk and Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the biggest losers are Brazilians. They are now at risk of...
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New Ctrl-Alt-Speech! The Platform to Prison Pipeline! We compare and contrast the situations of Durov in France, Musk in Brazil, and Zuck in the US. Also, a discussion of the batshit crazy ruling that TikTok's algorithm is not subject to Section 230. [podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/1567...](
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The Platform to Prison Pipeline - Ctrl-Alt-Speech
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:TikTok must face a laws...
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The Platform to Prison Pipeline - Ctrl-Alt-Speech
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:TikTok must face a laws...
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I posted last night about why I thought both sides looked bad in Elon's fight with Brazil, and a lot of people (especially in Brazil) didn't like that. So I've written a longer explanation. The key point: compare Elon/Brazil to old Twitter/India. [www.techdirt.com/2024/08/29/e...](
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Elon’s Standoff With Brazil Reveals Hypocrisy & Overreach By Both Sides
In the battle between Elon Musk and Brazil, there are no heroes — only two sides engaged in an epic display of hypocrisy and overreach. You may h...
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Elon’s Standoff With Brazil Reveals Hypocrisy & Overreach By Both Sides
In the battle between Elon Musk and Brazil, there are no heroes — only two sides engaged in an epic display of hypocrisy and overreach. You may h...
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