YouTube says ban spurred by Trump’s election lies may “curtail political speech…
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Author Archive: Jon Brodkin
Biden admin wants Europe to reject forced payments from Big Tech to ISPs
US: Mandatory fees would give ISPs a new bottleneck and raise costs for users…
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Facebook hit with record €1.2 billion GDPR fine for transferring EU data to US
Meta to appeal, claims order sets “dangerous precedent” for EU/US data transfers…
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AT&T tries to block Starlink/T-Mobile plan for satellite-to-phone service
AT&T and rural telcos say Starlink-fueled phone service would cause interference…
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US seizes Z-Library login domain, but secret URLs for each user remain active
Z-Library avoids shutdown with personal URLs as Russians face criminal charges…
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Judge slams Tesla for claiming Musk quotes captured on video may be deepfakes
Court will likely require Musk deposition in Tesla Autopilot wrongful death case…
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Twitter stops labeling Russia’s RT and China’s Xinhua as “state-affiliated media”
NPR loses controversial tag, but state-controlled outlets had labels removed, too…
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Election conspiracist Mike Lindell must pay $5M to expert who proved him wrong
My Pillow CEO held “Prove Mike Wrong” contest but refused to pay the winner…
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Musk admits NPR isn’t state-affiliated after asking questions he could have Googled
NPR now labeled “Government Funded” despite getting under 1% of funds from US…
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TikTok ban bill is so broad it could apply to nearly any type of tech product
RESTRICT Act could be read as criminalizing some VPN use, EFF says…
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