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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.
Arday's Law: UK Campaign to Limit Articles About One Person
A UK petition to cap news articles per person should revive prior restraint fears among free press advocates.
Nintendo DMCA Takedowns Hit 400 GitHub Emulator Repos
GitHub's policy says it sides with developers when there is doubt. August 17 was apparently a day without any.
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.
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.
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.
Retired Police Officer Fined £1,000 Over Bacon Meme in UK
There is no blasphemy offence in England and Wales. There is Section 127, and it turns out to be roomy.
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.