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Techdirt4w4 weeks ago

TechdirtLeigh Beadon

RFK Jr. Loses It Over CNN Host Doing The Math On Meal Costs From His Cooking Show

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago3 min read

TechdirtTimothy Geigner

Bricks & Minifigs Settles With The Mansells — Gutting Its Own RICO Case Against ‘Reckless’ Ben

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago6 min read

TechdirtMike Masnick

Whistleblower Arturo Béjar leads testimony in landmark trial against Meta, Berd, and more ›

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: School Of Hard Blocks

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago2 min read

TechdirtMike Masnick

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Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows, Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online, and more ›

Zero Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago5 min read

TechdirtDaly Barnett

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Daily Deal: Plantum Plant Identifier (iOS only)

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago

TechdirtDaily Deal

CBP Officers And Contractors Abused Government Databases To Stalk Their Exes

Techdirt4w4 weeks agoHN4 min read

ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics, CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues

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FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies

Trump FCC Weakens U.S. Broadband Speed Goals To The Benefit Of Elon Musk And Comcast

Techdirt4w4 weeks agoHN Covered by23 min read

TechdirtKarl Bode

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Officials have a suspected case of the New World screwworm fly in south Texas, the USDA says, The US has a new center in Texas to disperse sterile screwworm flies to block a parasite it spawns, and more ›

DOGE’s Screwworm Legacy May Be Tons Of Euthanized Cats And Dogs

Techdirt4w4 weeks agoCovered by23 min read

TechdirtTimothy Geigner

Covered by2 sites

Diary of a Fat Slob, and more ›

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David Zaslav Files to Sell $59 Million More in Warner Bros. Discovery Stock

Bumbling Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav Sees $197 Million Stock Sale Bonanza On Top Of Looming $550 Million Golden Parachute

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago1 min read

TechdirtKarl Bode

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ICE Says It Will Fit Every Officer With A Body Cam, Restrict Public Access To Recordings

Techdirt4w4 weeks agoHN Covered by24 min read

ICE will release body camera video only when seen in the agency’s ‘best interests,’ policy says, ICE Directive 11003.4 Notification Review and Reporting Requirements for Detainee Deaths, and more ›

Covered by2 sites

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How Claude's text watermarking works, EU Artificial Intelligence Act, and more ›

The EU Wanted A Deepfake Detector. It Got An AI Scarlet Letter.

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago9 min read

TechdirtMike Masnick

Covers 8 stories

Daily Deal: iPhotography Training Course

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago

TechdirtDaily Deal

Area (Atlantic) Columnist Decides Now Is The Time To Start Defending Flock Safety

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago8 min read

Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach

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Revealed: FCC chair Brendan Carr’s close ties to White House and rightwing media, Foia Fcc Lawsuit, and more ›

FOIA Docs Show Brendan Carr Intimately Collaborated With White House, Right Wing Propaganda Orgs

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago3 min read

TechdirtKarl Bode

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Vaccination Coverage and Exemptions among Kindergartners, US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows, and more ›

Even As Disease Outbreaks Abound, American Vaccination Rates In Children Fall

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago3 min read

TechdirtTimothy Geigner

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TechdirtPeter ElkindJen FifieldDoug Bock Clark

Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt For Noncitizen Voters

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago20 min read

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Annotated full transcript of Trump’s speech claiming US election vulnerabilities, Tracker of Justice Department Requests for Voter Information, and more ›

Marion County, Kansas Has Racked Up $4 Million In Settlements Since It Raided A Local Paper’s Office

Techdirt4w4 weeks ago5 min read

Three years after police raid on Kansas newspaper, reporter settles lawsuit for $850K • Kansas Reflector

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Décision n° 2026-911 DC du 14 août 2026, French lawmakers approve a sweeping social media ban for children under 15, and more ›

French Constitutional Council Blocks Under-15 Social Media Ban

Techdirt4w4 weeks agoHN5 min read

TechdirtWed

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