Governor Newsom Signs Student-Backed Digital Literacy Bills Alongside Misguided Bans
Governor Newsom signed a package of 12 bills yesterday aimed at “protecting children” online. One of them was AB 1709, […]
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White House Website Briefly Hosted Racist Tetris Clone Game Until The Tetris People Complained
from the these-are-people dept Pick your favorite zombie movie or television show and you’ll eventually be confronted with dialogue justifying
Supreme Court crisis spills into Brazil’s presidential race
RIO DE JANEIRO (CN) — A weeklong dispute among justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court has plunged the court into an
Texas and Florida Step Back from ALPRs
Within the last few days, two important state actions have dealt a big blow to automated license plate reader (ALPR)
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
from the say-it-loud dept This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Thad with a comment about
Greek air force jet crashes at annual aerial show, starts fire
A Greek air force jet went down during an airshow near Athens, sparking a blaze as thousands of spectators watched.
Court Rules Against Citizen Journalists in DMCA Takedown Case—EFF Will Appeal
A federal court in Massachusetts has ruled that copyright holders can issue online takedown notices based on a subjective belief
Sony Tells Courts Any ‘Reasonable Customer’ Knows Digital Purchases Are Actually Licenses
from the unreasonably-angry dept Sony’s ability to generate anger lately is pretty impressive. After the company announced that there would
Lil Durk’s former assistant testifies on rapper’s reaction to 2022 murder
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Lil Durk’s former assistant told a jury Tuesday that after the Grammy-winning Chicago-based rapper learned that a
EFF and Allies on Brazil’s Elections: Privacy Protections are Crucial to Electoral Integrity
EFF, Access Now, and Data Privacy Brasil are putting forward recommendations to strengthen robust privacy and data protection safeguards in