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Director of National Intelligence is Sued For Online Censorship Records
The full extent of censorship pressure is yet to be revealed.
Meme Artist Douglass Mackey is Sentenced To Seven Months in Prison For Hillary Clinton Voting Meme
Major free speech implications.
Supreme Court Upholds “Actual Malice” Requirement of Defamation Cases
Upholding New York Times v. Sullivan.
Rising Theft is Being Used to Justify AI Surveillance in Stores
New heights of monitoring which don’t curb smash-and-grabs anyway.
New Bill Plans To Co-Opt USPS To Distribute Digital IDs
Part of the big rush to push digital IDs.
Anti-Deepfake Law Proposal Threatens Memes and Parody
There is a new legislative proposal, the DEEPFAKES Accountability Act, re-introduced by a Democrat, that seeks to criminalize the use of a certain type of generative AI content. Creators targeted here would be those who fail to label their work as required by the bill, namely, as “malicious dee
NCLA Asks The Supreme Court Not To Stay Injunction Against Government Social Media Censorship
In support of free speech.
DHS Uses Social Media Surveillance Tools To Detect Peoples’ Emotions
Internal documents show how the agency scans social media to analyze sentiment.
MembersFreedom of Speech Requires Freedom of Reach
Why “freedom of speech, not freedom of reach” is a flawed argument.
Investigating State Attorneys General Collusion With Pro-Censorship Group
Peeling back the layers.
Robert F Kennedy Jr. Sues Google and YouTube Over Constant Censorship
Kennedy uses the findings of collusion between the government and Big Tech to allege First Amendment violations.