Techdirtadded this to TechdirtPeter Dutton Australian Home Affairs Minister Says Government Still Considering Spying On Its Own Citizenstechdirt.com - Thu, Jun 20th 2019 3:22am — Tim Cushing Nothing's too much to sacrifice for the greater good of Australia. Not even Australians. A series of police raids on journalists has raised questions …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIdaho Appeals Court Reminds Deputies That Standing By While Rights Are Violated Is No Better Than Violating Them Yourselftechdirt.com - Wed, Jun 19th 2019 7:58pm — Tim Cushing Sometimes it's the things you don't do that can hurt you. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed out a reminder to law enforcement officers …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoKim Kardashian Kim Kardashian Deep Fake Video Removed By Copyright Claimtechdirt.com - Wed, Jun 19th 2019 3:35pm — Timothy Geigner We've entered something of a moral panic, or at least an impressive uptick in public awareness, around the concept of deep fakes. These videos, …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLyrics Genius/Google Dispute Gets Even Dumber: Microsoft And Amazon Show Same 'Coded' Lyrics, But Genius Doesn't Caretechdirt.com - Mike Masnick On Tuesday we did a deep dive into the whole kerfuffle over Genius claiming that Google was "scraping" its lyrics and explained why the whole story …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFBI FBI Serves Incredibly Broad Warrant To 8chan, Demanding Info On All Users Who Responded To A Shooter's Posttechdirt.com - Tim Cushing Internet hellhole 8chan has been hit with a federal search warrant. The site, created to serve those who felt 4chan's nearly-nonexistent moderation …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoJosh Hawley Senator Hawley Proposes Law To Force Internet Companies To Beg The FTC For Permission To Host Contenttechdirt.com - Mike Masnick Senate newbie Josh Hawley has made it clear that he's no fan of big internet companies and has joined with others in suggesting that Section 230 is …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPermalink Daily Deal: Dr. Save Vacuum Travel Kittechdirt.com - Wed, Jun 19th 2019 10:33am — Daily Deal Capable of reducing the size of soft goods by up to 70 percent, the Dr. Save Vacuum Pump removes air and compresses items placed inside the provided …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDeepfakes Congress Now Creating A Moral Panic Around Deepfakes In Order To Change CDA 230techdirt.com - Wed, Jun 19th 2019 9:28am — Mike Masnick Everyone's got it out for Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act these days. And pretty much any excuse will do. The latest is that last week, …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAT&T AT&T Lays Off Thousands After Nabbing Billions In Tax Breaks And Regulatory Favorstechdirt.com - Wed, Jun 19th 2019 6:24am — Karl Bode Back in November of 2017 AT&T promised that if it received a tax break from the Trump administration, it would invest an additional $1 billion back …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoChristchurch New Zealand Man Gets 21 Months In Prison For Sharing Footage Of The Christchurch Shootingtechdirt.com - Wed, Jun 19th 2019 3:27am — Tim Cushing Shortly after the Christchurch mosque shooting, the New Zealand government's censorship board decided to categorize almost everything related to the …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIndigenous Australians The Copyright Fights Over The Australian Aborigine Flag Continue To Demonstrate Copyright Insanitytechdirt.com - Tue, Jun 18th 2019 8:08pm — Mike Masnick It's been nearly a decade since we last wrote about the Australian aborigine flag and the insane copyright issues surrounding it. That time, back in …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCopyright Site-Blocking In Australia Expanded Again To Include 105 More Sites, Including A Search Enginetechdirt.com - Tue, Jun 18th 2019 3:36pm — Timothy Geigner The Australian government approved an amended copyright law late last year that made subtle changes to what types of sites ISPs can be ordered to be …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPermalink Techdirt Podcast Episode 215: Experimenting With Twitchtechdirt.com - Tue, Jun 18th 2019 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon Live streaming is here to stay, and it seems to be getting more popular by the minute — but for many people, it still seems like a foreign land and …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoU.S. Department of Justice Man Temporarily Nukes Five News Websites, Walks Away With Less Prison Time Than Matthew Keys, Who Attacked ZERO Websitestechdirt.com - Tim Cushing So, if someone can be sentenced to two years in prison for 40 minutes of newspaper website defacement performed by a party other than himself, it …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCalifornia Supreme Court Supreme Court Signals Loud And Clear That Social Media Sites Are Not Public Forums That Have To Allow All Speechtechdirt.com - Tue, Jun 18th 2019 10:42am — Mike Masnick Last fall I wrote about the Supreme Court agreeing to hear a case that some argued would allow the Supreme Court to declare that social media sites …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPermalink Daily Deal: Excel Data Analyst Certification Schooltechdirt.com - Tue, Jun 18th 2019 10:37am — Daily Deal Unlike other eLearning courses that bog you down with dull voiceovers and boring videos, the Excel Data Analyst Certification School features real, …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAjit Pai None Of The Claimed Benefits Of Killing Net Neutrality Ever Arrivedtechdirt.com - Tue, Jun 18th 2019 9:24am — Karl Bode So just over a year ago the FCC quickly rushed to kill net neutrality at telecom lobbyists' behest. As we noted last week, the repeal did far more …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtLyrics Dumbest 'Gotcha' Story Of The Week: Google, Genius And The Copying Of Licensed Lyricstechdirt.com - Mike Masnick You may have seen this story in various forms over the weekend, starting with a big Wall Street Journal article (paywall likely) claiming that Genius …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCopyright DirectivePolish Government's Legal Challenge To EU Copyright Directive's Article 13/17 Remains Shrouded In Mystery, But Details Maytechdirt.com - Tue, Jun 18th 2019 3:23am — Glyn Moody The awful Article 13/17 of the EU's Copyright Directive only seems to have passed thanks to some MEPs voting for it by mistake. But the European …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNinth Circuit Court of Appeals Appeals Court To Cops: There's Nothing Inherently Suspicious About Running From The Policetechdirt.com - Tim Cushing The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has just handed down a refresher [PDF] on a few legal issues, most notably what is or isn't "reasonable" when it …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTelevisions We're Apparently Scanning Our TVs For Viruses Nowtechdirt.com - Mon, Jun 17th 2019 3:30pm — Karl Bode We've noted for many years that (like so many "internet of things" devices) modern smart televisions have the security protection equivalent of damp …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSentencing Guidelines Prenda Mastermind Gets 14 Years In Prison, Told To Pay Back Just $1.5 Milliontechdirt.com - Mon, Jun 17th 2019 1:28pm — Mike Masnick The process may have taken forever, but Paul "welcome to the big leagues" Hansmeier, who was the apparent mastermind behind the Prenda copyright …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHuawei Huawei Now Using Patent Claims To Demand $1 Billion From Verizon, As The US Tries To Chase Huawei Out Of The US Markettechdirt.com - Mike Masnick This one combines a few stories that we've covered a lot over the years, showing how they're intersecting. For some time now we've been covering the …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoComcast Comcast Forgets To Delete Evidence It's Using Evil Fansubs In Its Streaming Servicetechdirt.com - Mon, Jun 17th 2019 10:42am — Timothy Geigner The war on fan-made subtitles waged by the entertainment industry has been going on for a long, long time. While fansubs could, and probably should, …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Daily Deal: True Wireless Fitness Bluetooth Headphonestechdirt.com - Mon, Jun 17th 2019 10:37am — Daily Deal Listen to your favorite music or podcasts for longer, with fewer distractions thanks to these True Wireless Bluetooth Fitness Headphones. These are …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFacebook Once More With Feeling: There Is No Legal Distinction Between A 'Platform' And A 'Publisher'techdirt.com - Mon, Jun 17th 2019 9:35am — Mike Masnick Alexis Madrigal, over at the Atlantic has a mostly interesting piece recounting the history of how the big internet companies started calling …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCable TV Shockingly, Cable TV and Broadband Customer Satisfaction Is Still The Worst In Americatechdirt.com - Mon, Jun 17th 2019 6:28am — Karl Bode Every few years or so, giant cable and broadband companies like Comcast will proclaim that they've finally seen the light, and will be spending time …
Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSatire Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirttechdirt.com - Sun, Jun 16th 2019 12:00pm — Leigh Beadon This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is PaulT responding to a comment that offered a partial defense of ICE with a reminder about …
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Techdirtadded this to TechdirtFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo The Flipside To Figuring Out What Content Do You Block: Cloudflare's Project Galileo Focuses On Who It Should Protecttechdirt.com - Mike Masnick There has been so much discussion lately about the impossibility of doing content moderation well, but it's notable that the vast majority of that …
