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A major 'online safety' bill cleared a Senate committee. More crackdowns on internet freedom could be coming.
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (261+ words) The bipartisan push to restrict internet freedom is gaining momentum. On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee voted on five bills related to online safety and AI, including the Shielding Children's Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net…...
Some Tentative Thoughts on Substack
1+ week, 1+ day ago (20+ words) I launched my original blog on WordPress back in September 2009, shortly after I graduated law school. At the time,......
This bipartisan Senate bill would make your Google search results less useful
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (254+ words) Companies that fail to follow these directives will be subject to antitrust enforcement, possibly including civil penalties and court-ordered behavior changes. With the SEARCH Act, legislators will be following in the steps of Europe. On Thursday, the European Union fined…...
Where can the data centers go?
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (859+ words) During a discussion of data centers' environmental and public health impacts at yesterday's meeting of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) asked what one would assume she thought was a devastating rhetorical question. "Ask Peter…...
France passes social media ban for under-15s, leading Europe's crackdown on internet freedom
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (152+ words) Amidst the global push to crack down on kids' internet usage, France this week became the first member of the European Union to pass a social media ban for children under the age of 15. "Under the terms of the law,…...
European Commission moves us one step closer to the end of the open internet
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (962+ words) On Monday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signaled that a European Union–wide identity verification scheme for social media users may be coming soon. It would mark a massive advancement of the privacy-invading, speech-squelching, open-internet killing juggernaut that…...
Stop Posting "Personal, Confidential, or Humiliating Information” About Your Ex, Influencer Is Ordered
3+ week, 2+ day ago (255+ words) The Texas Court of Appeals just upheld the order....
Sixteen Fun Facts About Me
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (11+ words) Building on a meme started by Bryan Caplan and Richard Hanania....
Open Thread
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (10+ words) Sorry for the delay: Auto-posting somehow didn't work today....
Expect the data center backlash to get worse
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1004+ words) In a recent meeting of the Box Elder County Commission in Tremonton, Utah, a man yelled at the cloud. "It's false. This is not real information," shouted an attendee at the assembled commissioners, who were considering a massive new data…...