Cindy Harper
Cindy Harper blogs mostly about social media censorship and culture stories. [email protected]
Take-Two DMCA Subpoenas Target Whole GTA 6 Discord Servers
Three servers, one date range, and a request for everyone who said something in them.
Warner Bros. DMCA Takedowns Hit Lanterns Spoiler Discussion
Attn: Warner Bros. Discussing spoilers is not copyright infringement.
Brazil Prosecutors Probe Discord Encryption, Age Checks
The live video ban was just the opening move.
California's Takedown Bill Is One Step Closer, and Still Has No Journalist Exemption
It is a privacy statute until someone points out that the footage was true, published, and shot in public.
xAI Asks Judge to Block Minnesota AI Image Law
The First Amendment doesn't carve out an exception for images made easily. xAI is asking Judge Frank to say so before the law goes further.
Brazil Regulator Bans Discord Live Video Features
An agency created to police how companies handle personal data now decides what people can see.
X Wins Australian Case Over Private Message Scanning Rule
"eSafety" Commissioner Julie Inman Grant loses bid to control X under two frameworks.
New Jersey Kids Code Act Draws First Amendment Warning
The statute never says age verification. It just makes not knowing expensive enough that everyone will find out.
DHS Asks Judge for Names in Maine Signal Chats
To prove your speech was chilled, you have to describe the thing you were chilled out of doing, in detail, to the people who chilled you.
Google Apologizes for Vanished Lord of the Rings Purchase
It took a Reddit thread, a supervisor and a man quoting a licensing clause back at its author to restore three films to one library.
France's Top Court Kills the Under-15 Social Media Ban
Macron wanted to export the model around the world. His own constitutional court sent it back with notes.
Ruben Gallego Social Media Bill Gives FTC Authority Over Age Verification Methods
The bill asks platforms to know something that the only way it can know is through ID checks.