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Shareholders should remember that dollars aren't the only value to consider. — They must also ask themselves if they want to contribute to a media organization that has repeatedly indicated it will give the Trump administration editorial input and control. [embedded post]

2025-12-09 View on X

Wall Street Journal

Sources: after Netflix announced its WBD deal, Larry Ellison called Trump to argue it would hurt competition; Paramount CEO David Ellison promised CNN changes

David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal

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1/ Those who care about their expressive rights here in the United States must pay close attention to how foreign nations regulate online expression. [embedded post]

2025-08-28 View on X

404 Media

4chan and Kiwi Farms sue the UK's Ofcom in a US court over the Online Safety Act, saying they aren't subject to UK law, after Ofcom tried to fine and block them

https://www.404media.co/... Forums: BeauHD / Slashdot : 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Its Age Verification Law

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Moving forward, any brief about age verification that does not rub the judiciary's nose in this until it recognizes the problem is suspect. [embedded post]

2025-08-07 View on X

Politico

Sources: the US federal judiciary's electronic case filing system was hit in a sweeping hack, potentially compromising the identities of confidential informants

It is not immediately clear who is behind the hack, though nation-state-affiliated actors are widely suspected, the people said.

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Now is the time to focus HARD on the protocol and create instances run by people unwilling to give into this nonsense. [embedded post]

2025-07-11 View on X

The Verge

Bluesky rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with the Online Safety Act; users under 18 or opting out of age verification will have limited accounts

The Online Safety Act has unleashed an unregulated market in age verification. — That we have to do these intrusive checks with countless providers for different platforms is dan...

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As ever (well particularly now I guess), the greatest assurance we have that government will not be able to pull off/get away with its worst designs is its utter incompetence. — It's seemingly far worse than the headline indicates. — www.theatlantic.com/politics/ arc...

2025-03-25 View on X

The Atlantic

Trump officials accidentally added The Atlantic's EIC to a Signal group chat about the US' Houthi war plans; Signal is not approved for sharing classified info

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn't think it could be real.

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Apple's UK user data is now more vulnerable. It's not Apple's fault; they're PROTECTING users by not giving a false sense of security while being forced to have a backdoor. — Encryption is critical to our data-centric world & free speech. Gov't MUST stop attacking it. — archive.is/Cj1pu#select... …

2025-02-22 View on X

Bloomberg

Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK after the government ordered it to build a backdoor, something the company says it will never do

Better no security than a false sense of one. Ari Cohn / @aricohn.com : Apple's UK user data is now more vulnerable. It's not Apple's fault; they're PROTECTING users by not giving...

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The Supreme Court got bamboozled into creating a gaping hole in the First Amendment and then the government was like “nah not gonna use it this time, but glad to know we can do whatever we want in the future!” — www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

2025-02-14 View on X

Bloomberg

Apple and Google restore TikTok to their US app stores after its January 18 removal, following Trump admin assurances that a ban won't immediately be enforced

- Companies had removed the app to abide by US legislation — Trump signed executive order to delay a potential ban

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