Self-proclaimed 'free speech absolutist' Elon Musk uses his billions to retaliate against his critics with SLAPP suits.

Pandering politicians follow his lead.

The result is that the American public loses access to information in a critical election year.

lmao

absolutely flawless headline

odds Google pauses AI Overviews within a week?

lol transphobes stick together i guess

Shoving a confidently wrong chatbot trained on Reddit into a service marketed for decades as a portal to the world’s knowledge is reckless and legitimately dangerous.

Ignoring expert consensus, feeling no shame following exposés showing tech lobbyists shaping these EU surveillance proposals, EU politicians are at it again

So, we'll reiterate: Signal would rather leave the EU market than subject our users to mass gov surveillance. FULL STOP

This was super cool.

We had a billboard truck outside Congress today displaying comments from LGBTQ youth and parents of trans kids explaining why they feel censorship-based bills like #KOSA would make them less safe. I hope lawmakers listen.

fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-05-2…

Many of my best colleagues at Media Matters lost their jobs today. I'm sharing their announcements in this thread. However you feel about our work, it should worry you that any billionaire could do this to any outlet at any time for any reason. It's a sad day for free speech. 🧵

We must protect privacy, even in the face of cryptocurrency crime. As governments crack down on one of the most notorious tools for criminal money laundering in the cryptocurrency world, I’m worried about the ramifications.

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Omg congrats!!! 🏳️‍⚧️

from the windowwwwwwwws to the walls
to the plastic in my balls

This was the most significant moment in the markup today. Unless they radically change the Duty of Care, which human rights groups have been calling for for years, I don't see any way that #KOSA can advance in the House.

Make #APRA better and pass that instead, tbh.

NEWS: #KOSA has advanced through the House Energy & Commerce subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Science. This was expected.

But the top Democrat on the committee Rep. Frank Pallone surprised everyone by clearly articulating his concerns with the Duty of Care in KOSA. This is huge!

The Microsoft “Recall” constant screenshot feature could “be a gift for domestic abusers,” EFF’s Eva told Decipher. “This [also] creates a tempting target for hackers and for people who make malware.”
duo.com/decipher/priva…

#KOSA is a bad bill. But our goal can't just be to defeat it.

Our goal must be to advance the type of thoughtful, human rights driven legislation that will actually end the era of Big Tech surveillance capitalism.

Let's give our kids the Internet they deserve. We can do it.

Yep. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…