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How NIH Silenced Its Critics Without Telling Them
NIH knew its keyword filters were hiding one side of a public debate. Internal emails now reveal how its lawyers tried to keep the system working without making the censorship look unconstitutional.
xAI Challenges Minnesota’s Broad “Nudification” Law as a First Amendment Violation
Nothing in the text of Minnesota’s law distinguishes a nonconsensual deepfake from a satirical picture.
UK Committee Hears Calls to Expand the Online Safety Act’s Powers
Just when you thought the UK’s online censorship law couldn’t get any worse…
Canada’s New “Hate” Law Is Already at People’s Doors
Royal assent came in June, the law landed in July, and by the end of the month somebody was standing on a porch asking about a post from three years ago.
EU Court Rules VPN Providers Not Liable When Users Bypass Geoblocks
A tool is a tool, and there is no appeal.
Blizzard Begins Asking UK Players for ID Before They Can Chat
The Online Safety Act has arrived in Azeroth, and it has questions about your ID.
India Orders GitHub to Block BitChat
The government shut off the internet at Jantar Mantar, the students found an app that didn’t need it, and then the government came for the app.
India Cuts Mobile Internet in Delhi Amid Cockroach Protests
There is a particular kind of authority that responds to being questioned by making questions harder to send.
Adam Candeub’s Plan for Section 230, Obscenity, and Your Hands
There is a version of reducing Big Tech’s power that leaves you freer, and this is not the one on offer.
Judge Denies Immunity to Texas Cops in Meme Arrest Case
The joke was that two rivals could never endorse each other. The felony charge landed the day after the election.
Turkey Arrests DW Journalist Over Post Criticizing the Courts
The post that got him detained argued that detentions in Turkey no longer follow the rules.
Trump Admin Circulates Draft UN Free Speech Declaration Targeting EU Censorship Law
The draft asks governments to admit that punishing false speech can hurt true speech, which in Brussels now counts as a diplomatic incident.