Dan Frieth
Dan is interested in political policies around the world and how they impact internet users and creators. [email protected]
New Hampshire GRANITE Act Would Shield Protected Speech From Foreign Enforcement
A state level answer to the increasingly global business of policing speech.
California Legislature Passes Amendment Keeping Operating System Age Signals
Browsers are out of the handoff, but app stores and developers still get a live read on user age categories.
YouTube’s Account Enforcement Practices Face Possible FTC Lawsuit
The platform’s public rulebook is now being compared with what happens behind the curtain.
Senate Probes Flock Safety Over 20 Billion Vehicle Scans
Josh Hawley wants to know what Flock Safety knows, and he has given the company twelve days to write it all down.
The Meta Settlement: What It Means for Your Speech and Privacy
Under the teen safety provisions is a court-supervised identity system for every Facebook and Instagram user.
Newsom Signs Content Takedown Law Following Nick Shirley Investigations
The precedent is more than the content removals. The precedent is that a legislature can keep inventing new categories of people entitled to them.
Court: First Amendment Protects Recording Police in Public
The federal appeals courts have nearly finished agreeing on something most people assumed was settled a long time ago.
Apple's Toll Booth Gets a New Coat of Paint
Apple overhauls EU App Store fees under DMA pressure, but developers still pay a commission on external link-outs.
Meta Trial Opens as States Demand Age Verification
A trial doesn't need a verdict to be useful. It needs testimony, exhibits, and a paper trail that legislators can cite to advance a digital ID agenda.
Babylon Bee Sues New Mexico Over AI Satire Disclaimer Law
The state's own attorney general already suspected this was unconstitutional. That didn't slow anything down.
Meta Fined $567M in Ruling That Points to Digital ID
Nothing in the order says "show us your ID" but everything downstream of the order does.
Four Kids "Safety" Bills, Supporting Online Digital ID Agenda, Hit Senate Floor
KOSA and the CHATBOT Act say they do not require age verification. Their duties still revolve on knowing a user's age.