Techdirtflipped into TechdirtCommon Sense Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirttechdirt.com - Sun, Oct 20th 2019 12:00pm — Leigh Beadon This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Wyrm with a response to Eric Goldman's post about the top myths about content …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoMobile This Week In Techdirt History: October 13th - 19thtechdirt.com - Leigh Beadon Five Years AgoThis week in 2014, while Edward Snowden was telling a reporter that he probably wouldn't have revealed as much as reporters did from …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtPinball Games Blamed For Moral Decline And Addiction Throughout Historytechdirt.com - Lindsay Grace Video games are often blamed for unemployment, violence in society and addiction – including by partisan politicians raising moral concerns.Blaming …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoSurveillance California Governor Signs Bill Banning Facial Recognition Tech Use By State's Law Enforcement Agenciestechdirt.com - Fri, Oct 18th 2019 3:35pm — Tim Cushing California has become the first state in the US to ban facial recognition tech use by local cops. Matt Cagle has more details on the ACLU-backed …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoVoice Mail UK Hospital Somehow Manages To Turn A Patient's Private Message Into Its Voicemail Greetingtechdirt.com - Fri, Oct 18th 2019 1:32pm — Tim Cushing We've covered a lot of data breaches on this site over the years. Most involve the leakage of personal info via unsecured databases or careless data …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoActivision Blizzard Blizzard Digs Its Heels In And Issues 6 Month Ban To College 'Hearthstone' Team Over Hong Kong Messagetechdirt.com - Fri, Oct 18th 2019 12:04pm — Timothy Geigner Blizzard has found itself trying to navigate its self-made storm over the past several weeks. It started when a professional Hearthstone player …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logo Congressional Reps Targeting Homegrown Terrorism Are Pushing A Bill That Would Allow Congress To Subpoena Citizens' Communicationstechdirt.com - Fri, Oct 18th 2019 10:44am — Tim Cushing In the name of securing the homeland, Congressional reps are tossing around the idea of regulating online speech. This isn't the first effort of its …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logo Daily Deal: Complete Microsoft Azure Certification Prep Bundle 2019techdirt.com - Fri, Oct 18th 2019 10:41am — Daily Deal The Complete Microsoft Azure Certification Prep Bundle 2019 has four courses to help you learn all about Microsoft Azure and preparing for various …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoGDPR Weaponizing The GDPR: Gamers Want To Use It To Flood Blizzard With Requests As Protest Over China Appeasementtechdirt.com - Fri, Oct 18th 2019 9:33am — Mike Masnick We live in such fascinating times. We've had some posts concerning people getting (rightly) angry about Blizzard banning a top player who supported …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoBroadband AT&T Jacks Up Broadband Rates With Misleading 'Property Tax' Feetechdirt.com - Fri, Oct 18th 2019 6:28am — Karl Bode For years we've talked about how the broadband and cable industry has perfected the use of utterly bogus fees to jack up subscriber bills, a dash of …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoGovernment (UK) After Four Years Of Failing To Bring Its Plan To Completion, UK Government Pulls Out Of Porn Blockade Efforttechdirt.com - Tim Cushing At long last, it appears the UK government's porn blockade has been sunk. The government missed another deployment window in April of this year. Karl …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoAdobe Adobe Announces Plan To Essentially Steal Money From Venezuelans Because It 'Has To' Due To US Sanctionstechdirt.com - Timothy Geigner Adobe has long had a history of questionable behavior, when it comes to the rights of its customers, and how the public is informed on all things …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoDMCA Guy Who Tried To Extort YouTubers With Bogus DMCA Takedowns Agrees To Settlementtechdirt.com - Thu, Oct 17th 2019 3:29pm — Mike Masnick Just a couple months back we wrote about YouTube suing a guy for trying to extort YouTubers with bogus DMCA notices. The evidence was pretty damning …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtWriting Working Futures: The Cards Behind The Storiestechdirt.com - Mike Masnick Order your copy of Working Futures today »Over the last few weeks we've been writing about all of the various aspects of the stories in our Working …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoRussia Report On Global Social Media Censorship Shows Russia, India, And Turkey Are Still Leading The Censor Packtechdirt.com - Thu, Oct 17th 2019 11:57am — Tim Cushing Millions of people around the globe are using blogging services and social media platforms created by US companies to communicate with each other. …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoCBC Canadian Broadcasting Company Hits Conservative Party With Questionable Copyright Infringement Lawsuittechdirt.com - Tim Cushing The Canadian Broadcast Company is back on its copyright bullshit. The publicly-funded broadcaster sure seems to enjoy the benefits of fair dealing -- …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logo Daily Deal: Luminar 3 Photography Softwaretechdirt.com - Thu, Oct 17th 2019 10:39am — Daily Deal Luminar 3 is the fastest way to make your photos stand out. A cutting-edge photography software, Luminar boasts many innovative features. With Accent …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoMarc Benioff Marc Benioff Calls For Section 230 To Be Abolished At The Same Time His Company Is Relying On 230 To Get Out Of A Lawsuittechdirt.com - Thu, Oct 17th 2019 9:43am — Mike Masnick I like Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff, in part because he doesn't act like most tech CEOs and isn't afraid to speak his mind and actually …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoNet Neutrality States Rush To Protect Net Neutrality On Heels Of Court Rulingtechdirt.com - Karl Bode Despite the obvious fraud and false data used to prop up the move, a court recently backed much of the Ajit Pai's repeal of net neutrality. But it …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoChina The Ultimate Aim Of China's 2016 Cybersecurity Law Is Now Clear: Nothing Digital Can Be Secret From The Authoritiestechdirt.com - Thu, Oct 17th 2019 3:31am — Glyn Moody It's no secret that China is tightening its control of every aspect of the online world -- Techdirt has been reporting on the saga for years. But …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoSony After All That, Sony Unceremoniously Rolls Out PS4 Remote Play To All Android Devicestechdirt.com - Wed, Oct 16th 2019 7:27pm — Timothy Geigner Remote play capability for the Playstation 4 has been something of a twisted, never ending saga. One of the most useful features of the gaming …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoPortland, OR Portland Police Review Board Says It's OK For Officers To Lie To Get Someone To Stop Filming Themtechdirt.com - Wed, Oct 16th 2019 3:53pm — Tim Cushing The Portland Police Department's Review Board -- a board composed almost completely of police and government officials -- concluded it's OK for a cop …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoPrivacy New Bill Would Force Hardware Makers To Disclose Hidden Mics, Camerastechdirt.com - Wed, Oct 16th 2019 1:39pm — Karl Bode Back in February, you might recall that Google took some heat from owners of their Nest home security platform, after they suddenly discovered that …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtBaptism Tennessee Deputy Sued Twice In The Same Day Over A Roadside Anal Search And A Forced Baptismtechdirt.com - Tim Cushing You've got to be a special kind of law enforcement officer to have two lawsuits filed against you in the same day. Hamilton County Deputy Daniel …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoPrivacy Low Cost Phones Are Turning Privacy Into A Luxury Optiontechdirt.com - Karl Bode Even when you're shelling out thousands of dollars for the latest smartphone and an "unlimited" data plan for it to run on, that cost expenditure …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoMySQL Daily Deal: The Ultimate MySQL Bootcamptechdirt.com - Wed, Oct 16th 2019 10:39am — Daily Deal Whether you work in sales or marketing, you run your own company, or you want to build your own apps, mastering MySQL is crucial to solving complex …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoDefamation Infamous Police Interrogation Firm Sues Netflix For Defamation Over Criticism Of Its Interrogation Techniquetechdirt.com - Wed, Oct 16th 2019 9:38am — Mike Masnick We've written about the "Reid Technique" -- a highly controversial police interrogation technique -- a few times in the past, mainly to criticize it. …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoInternet Top Myths About Content Moderationtechdirt.com - Eric Goldman How Internet companies decide which user-submitted content to keep and which to remove—a process called “content moderation”—is getting lots of …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtGuns Cops Arrest 12-Year-Old For Pointing 'Finger Guns' At Classmatestechdirt.com - Tim Cushing If we keep insisting on putting cops in schools, things like this are never going to stop happening: A 12-year-old Overland Park girl formed a gun …
Techdirtflipped into TechdirtIcon version of the Flipboard logoEpic Games Blizzard's Face Plant Creates Marketing Opportunity For Companies With A Spinetechdirt.com - Karl Bode Blizzard's decision to pander to the Chinese government is a PR headache that simply isn't going away. Last week, games giant Blizzard stepped in a …
