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Opinion | Section 230 is the best protection we have against Trump’s war on free speech Sen. Ron Wyden: Thirty years ago, I co-wrote Section 230. Without it, goodbye retweets, Reddit mods, Wikipedia editors and curated feeds on Bluesky.

wake up new 230 op-ed just dropped words no one has ever said or will ever say, but also, please read this

MAGA supporters are always in our comments cheering on Trump’s attacks on press freedom.

But they really should be the first to *oppose* Trump anytime he violates the First Amendment.

And to prove it, let's imagine a 2029 Gavin Newsom administration…

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How about you? More thru hikes planned?

But if it were all washed away - if I were single and unemployed etc - I would be hiking the CDT next.

I loved the PCT. It was an absolute dream and maybe the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. But it was logistically too hard to do again: had to quit a job I loved, it was hard on my friendships, it was super hard on my romantic relationship. That’s why I can’t tackle another big thru hike.

Incredible. You just have really hustled after the Sierra.

I’m grateful I got to touch the terminus because a lot of people after me didn’t. And I liked all the solitude I got in Oregon and Washington. But I am sometimes sad I didn’t get the traditional terminus end to my hike.

My name was Epic. I had to flip flop: California to Etna, then all of Washington headed south, then all of Oregon mostly headed south with a little hop to hit a fire closure that reopened. I did get lionsgate, but there were about 50 miles of Oregon that didn’t reopen for me to get them.

As I have posted on my own account, I have represented journalists subject to search warrants several times and in those case, the cops never identify the target as a journalist, usually because they know that will lead to greater judicial scrutiny.

Congrats. I also completed it in 22. How did you manage the Oregon fires, or were you ahead of them?

Privacy's Defender: Book Launch Party On Thursday, March 12th, celebrate the launch of Privacy's Defender by EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn. The highly anticipated book asks the fundamental question: Can we still have private

EFF’s Executive Director Cindy Cohn is releasing a new book, Privacy’s Defender, chronicling her thirty-year battle protecting our digital privacy. RSVP for the launch party for Privacy’s Defender today! www.eff.org/event/priva...

‘I literally felt naked’: Angolan journalist Teixeira Cândido targeted with Predator spyware - Committee to Protect Journalists Angolan journalist and lawyer Teixeira Cândido wants to know who targeted him with spyware, and he wants justice. “First and foremost, we must seek to find out who the entities are that have acquired ...

More reckless abuse of mercenary spyware, in this case, Predator spyware in Angola.

Great work by @donncha.is & colleagues @amnesty.org

cpj.org/2026/02/i-li...

Hey look, it me! Giving out some simple, easy, high-level device security tips that can help protect you!

(It's giving the news segment on Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, iykyk)

I am always proud of the strategy and focus @freedom.press brings to combatting every threat to journalism.

Today: filing a bar complaint against the prosecutor behind the raid of a Washington Post reporter’s home.

Why You're Always Right "The universe contains a maybe." - R. A. Wilson

Raptitude, on the power of maybe for intellectual humility www.raptitude.com/2026/02/why-...

Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator

@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him

FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...

New from 404 Media: the FBI has been unable to get into the iPhone of raided Washington Post journalist because the phone had Lockdown Mode enabled. Apple markets Lockdown Mode mostly to stop spyware like NSO. Here, a real world example of it stopping access too www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...

U.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter’s Home

I’ve represented journalists in several search warrant cases (& successfully retroactively quashed the search warrants in each case) and each time, the police did not include the fact that the target was a journalist in the warrant application (even tho they knew it) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

👂 Can I share a personal note?

I’ve worked in press freedom for nearly a decade, at two of the leading organizations in the field.

For years, staying in the office until late meant helping coordinate emergency campaigns to free journalists jailed in Egypt, Ethiopia, Russia, or other places.

Alex Pretti’s murder was an attack on press freedom Officials’ anti-recording playbook is an update of the old anti-whistleblowing one

The murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota once again show the power of cellphone footage in combating official lies.

Recording police or ICE agents is an act of journalism, no matter who does it.

A graphic with an image of Fred Korematsu reading "According to the Supreme Court decision regarding my case, being an American citizen was not enough. They say you have to look like one, otherwise they say you can't tell the difference between a loyal and a disloyal American. I thought that decision was wrong and I still feel that way." At the bottom of the graphic it reads, Fred Koremastu, civil rights activist speaking before the judge who overturned his wrongful conviction in 1963.

During WWII, the U.S. government forcibly took over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry from their homes and held them in internment camps.

Fred Korematsu was arrested and convicted for defying the government’s order and refusing to go to the camps.

Huge props to the incredible staff at civil liberties organizations across the country working today (and probably all weekend) to defend your right to protest.

No day off for democracy. We fight in the streets and online.

Best gas masks “How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.

An article about this political moment, the role of journalism, and the very real dangers of state repression—told as a cheeky guide to buying a gas mask.

I’ve been sending it to everyone; it both delights and horrifies me.

Well done @sarahjeong.bsky.social

www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

YouTube video by Civil Liberties In 60 Seconds Can ICE agents enter homes without a judicial warrant? #shorts #knowyourrights #ice

Can law enforcement enter your home without a judicial warrant? Prof Catherine Crump breaks down why that claim doesn’t hold up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqSN...

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Senator Wyden is such a breath of fresh air in what can seem like a broken political system.

I start to lose hope about the world and then I remember that somewhere out there, @wyden.senate.gov actually understands what's going on, gets technology, and is trying to do some good in the world.

Promotional image of "Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance" by Cindy Cohn.

In "Privacy's Defender," @eff.org Director Cindy Cohn chronicles her career protecting our right to digital privacy through 3 key legal battles, weaving her story with the history of Crypto Wars, FBI gag orders, and the post-9/11 surveillance state.

Out March 10th: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205124...

Transaction Denied: Big Finance’s Power to Punish Speech by Rainey Reitman Financial institutions—often at the behest of government officials—are freezing bank accounts, cancelling credit cards, and deny...

Get ready this April, because that’s when @reitman.bsky.social’s TRANSACTION DENIED comes out! It’s “an incisive call for action against the collusions of big money and big government.” @publisherswkly.bsky.social

But more broadly, this highlights a fundamental weakness of Microsoft’s design. If MS can easily produce this to law enforcement, then anyone who compromises their cloud infrastructure (and customer service infrastructure, or can forge a plausible LE request) can potentially access that data.