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US Opposes UK Online ID Mandate as Nine States Expand Age Checks
The administration warning Britain that ID checks chill speech already has states demanding the passport scan at home.
Supreme Court Blocks Music Industry’s Push to Cut Millions Off the Internet Over Piracy Claims
Supreme Court unanimously rules Cox Communications not liable for subscriber piracy in Sony Music Entertainment case.
Google Implements Major US Play Store Changes After Losing Epic Games Antitrust Case
Developers finally get to step outside Google’s walled garden, reshaping the economics of Android one download link at a time.
Supreme Court Rejects Google’s Bid to Delay Play Store Reforms in Epic Games Antitrust Case
Google braces for a forced reckoning as its Play Store monopoly faces a court-mandated teardown.
South Dakota Follows Texas with Broader Online Digital ID Law
Websites now face a murky standard that could chill far more speech than lawmakers admit.
Fired Over a Meme: The Free Speech Fight the Justices Passed Up
The decision leaves unresolved how far public employers can reach into employees’ private lives.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Children’s Health Defense Case Alleging Meta-Government Collusion to Censor Vaccine Speech
The Court’s silence leaves a tangled web of speech, power, and platforms untouched.
Spyware Giant Says Jury Tried to Bankrupt It Over WhatsApp Hack
NSO says the jury overreached, but the numbers may reflect how deeply the danger of Pegasus has resonated.
Supreme Court Overturns Maine’s Censure of Rep. Laurel Libby in Free Speech Ruling Over Trans Athlete Post
Free speech scored a procedural knockout as political etiquette took the count.
Meta Complies with Brazilian Court Order While Challenging Justice Alexandre de Moraes’s Demand for Journalist’s Instagram Data
Meta complies under protest, signaling a deeper clash over cross-border data demands and unchecked judicial reach.
From Blacklist to NIH: Bhattacharya’s Ascent and the Reckoning for The Science™
Silenced for questioning the orthodoxy, Bhattacharya now holds the microphone at the institution that once turned it off.
Supreme Court Pressures Meta: Justices Demand Response in CHD Censorship Case
The Supreme Court’s request suggests growing judicial interest in the relationship between tech platforms and government influence.