Cindy Harper
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Apple Loses EU App Store Gatekeeper Appeal
Apple tried to convince a European court that one App Store was secretly five.
Burnham Backs UK Social Media Ban, Digital ID Age Verification
Continuity, it turns out, means keeping the scheme that ends anonymous internet in Britain.
Canada Considered Suing Citizens Over “False and Misleading” Social Media Posts
A 35-page memo, most of it blacked out, and the part they left visible is the part that should worry you.
Motion Asks Judge to Force FBI Disclosure of Potential Twitter Censorship Payments
The FBI won’t confirm records it has spent years openly admitting exist.
Australia’s Top Censor Wants Power Over The “Ratio”
Australia eSafety Commissioner wants notification power to punish online pile-ons as X Corp keeps winning in court.
Sony Kills the PlayStation Disc
Sony just decided that “owning” a PlayStation game is a privilege it can revoke.
Lloyds Debanks The Canary, Withholds Its Funds
A bank can stall a business overnight and never once explain why.
Sony Deletes 551 StudioCanal Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For
Ownership is slowly moving onto servers a few companies control, and the storefront hasn’t admitted it yet.
Apple Removes VK’s Apps from App Store in Russia, Citing Sanctions Compliance
The deletion meant to punish a Kremlin-linked company hands Moscow the exact wall it has spent years trying to build.
Brazil Enters Rumble Case to Defend Pro-Censorship Judge
Brazil’s argument is that the judge’s orders are shielded by immunity even if they broke the law.
Pritzker’s Social Media Tax: A $200 Million Bet Against the First Amendment
It’s the same tax-the-press maneuver the Supreme Court has been voiding since the 1930s.
NO FAKES Act Clears Senate Committee: Delete First, Ask Never
Three senators named the free-speech problems out loud and voted for the bill anyway.