Mike Masnick

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Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: [bit.ly/protocolnotpla...](https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform ) 🌉 [bridged](https://fed.brid.gy/bsky/mmasnick.bsky.social ) from 🦋 [mmasnick.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social ), follow nostr:npub1pqr3g2gk3vsnrqk9kwfqqcxc6d5cwjr0hyc0nlzz9py5nf92vd9sn02sck to interact Web site: https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social Link: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform

Mike Masnick 19 hours ago

So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them

Mike Masnick 20 hours ago

Ok, time for a pupdate/timeline cleanse. The puppies are getting more playful... and making more trouble. It is now impossible for me to sweep up when they're around because BROOM IS TOY. Also, they now see PHONES AS TOYS so taking photos is risky as they'll want to take it right out of your hand. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreihufwpuchb4if4dakhp4kyofmoc4g5glcyeho3adp37b6rl4qjky4 https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifz2m27uehzjex5fh3h265hnjfwnlm7qkfqxodh3biqeqxpnyz22m

Mike Masnick 3 days ago

This is an astounding story, including Flock's typical reaction of blaming everyone else and refusing to take responsibility. RE:

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Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social)

New: Police have released info about millions of surveillance targets nationwide from thousands of different police departments because of a public...

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Mike Masnick 6 days ago

Honestly, so much of the anger (not all but much of it) directed at the NYT should go to the editorial side who direct the coverage, the placement, the attention, and the terrible headlines. Yet they get to hide while they put the reporters out front to get yelled at. RE:

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Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman.bsky.social)

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Mike Masnick 6 days ago

Some really thought provoking points here: "This widespread societal resignation of ‘guess our government communications now happens on a deepfake porn site’ is maddening, but also points to a deeper issue." RE:

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Laurens (@laurenshof.online)

X Is a Power Problem, Not a Platform Problem my analysis of current events https://connectedplaces.online/reports/a-power-problem-not-a-platform-...

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Mike Masnick 1 week ago

So I have only just discovered at some vague point in the next couple weeks Google is going to break the way my work email works, and the company has done nothing to alert people to it. [www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...](

Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching

: It's January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse

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Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching

: It's January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse

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Mike Masnick 2 weeks ago

Some really good stuff in here. I have (in my giant pile of half-written things) a half-written discussion of the Atmosphere and why it's so important, but it's going to have to wait until next year. In the meantime, Paul's got you covered... RE: