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Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching YouTube Last fall, heavily influenced by Jonathan Haidt’s extremely problematic book, Australia announced that it was banning social media for everyone under the age of 16. This was already a horrifically …

#Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching #YouTube - www.techdirt.com/2025/08/06/a... "Australia has basically taught a generation of teenagers not to trust the government, that their internet regulators are completely out of touch, and that laws are stupid."

A competition case that resulted in a hefty fine last year for International Flavors & Fragrances.

In this investigation, the commission's own experts were able to recover intentionally deleted WhatsApp messages that evidenced abusive behavior.

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I would like to thank courts for publicizing the domain names of these illegal sports streaming sites which is very useful for research purposes, namely visiting those domains using VPNs (luckily there're hundreds of them) that are not covered

But I would never because I don't care about sports

What’s often overlooked is that Bluesky (or rather #ATProto) has a unique opportunity to grow through third-party apps like @flashes.blue and @skylight.social. These attract different audiences than microblogging apps, while their content still appears on Bluesky.

The level of dystopia we are reaching is truly laughable

Hooooooooly shit. THIS is the video that Chris Cuomo believed was real? Not only does it say "parody 100% made with AI across it) there is no human being with half a brain who could think this is real or that AOC would say any of this.

Not gonna lie, this might get me to switch

Russia’s internet crackdown is in a dangerous new phase Criminalising searches is an escalation of repressive state control

‘In July, Russian authorities passed laws ushering in a new era of digital repression. These laws punish the search for prohibited, “extremist” content and complicate the use of virtual private networks (VPN) that can create a secure, more private online connection.’ on.ft.com/3HiEcyn

If Apple were a decent company, they’d use their monopoly position on U.S. iPhones to prevent these apps from launching

Perplexity, despite its modest size, gave $1M to Trump’s inaugural - so this tracks.

The irony of the Jewish state collecting all this data should not be lost on people.

Nor should the atrocities committed by that state.

I'm glad the Dutch government is calling this out.

Instagram becoming Snapchat-TikTok. Enabling the (default off) location-share feature will help collect user journey data, making ads more relevant especially for places like restaurants, clubs... Add a review feature and you have a Google Maps experience

www.adweek.com/media/instag...

This is how these censorship laws will be weaponized here as well

color me....confused

per this TechCrunch article today, "Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech"

just an index, not a search engine? and neither Qwant nor Ecosia exclusively use their own index?

Javier Milei’s government accused of spying on rivals in Argentina The Argentinian president Javier Milei is facing accusations of illegal espionage after a leaked intelligence document suggested that his administration authorised the surveillance of prominent opposition figures. Argentina’s revived intelligence agency, the SIDE, has been monitoring more than a dozen opposition leaders, union representatives, trade syndicates, pensioner groups and disability organisations in an apparent violation of national law, according to the document. Among the politicians

“Argentina’s revived intelligence agency, the SIDE, has been monitoring more than a dozen opposition leaders, union representatives, trade syndicates, pensioner groups & disability organisations in an apparent violation of national law, according to the [leaked] document.” apple.news/ASxNHT1pASR2...

EU: Without political will to enforce it, the EMFA risks becoming a dead letter 8 August marks the full entry into force of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). While the legislation represents major progress for the protection of journalists and media independence and pluralis...

🇪🇺EMFA to enter into force on 8 August. @rsf.org:“Unfortunately, its implementation remains largely incomplete, even though Member States have had more than a year to update their national laws.This delay reveals a lack of critical scrutiny of national legislative frameworks.”
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‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe

"... a cache of leaked Microsoft documents and interviews with 11 sources from the company and Israeli military intelligence reveals how Azure has been used by Unit 8200 to store this expansive archive of everyday Palestinian communications."

Google says hackers stole its customers' data in a breach of its Salesforce database | TechCrunch Google confirmed that one of its cloud-stored Salesforce databases was breached, exposing its customer data. Google attributed the breach to a hacking group, ShinyHunters, known for breaking into Sale...

NEW, by me: Google has confirmed that some of its customers' data was stolen in a recent breach of one of its Salesforce databases.

Google attributed the hack to ShinyHunters, a group known for hacking into Salesforce instances using voice phishing attacks.

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So uh, it appears the US constitution's official version on constitution.congress.gov has whole sections removed from it: slrpnk.net/post/25696399

Amongst others being the removal of the section saying "habeas corpus shall not be suspended"

Switzerland’s US Tariff Blow Threatens Its Go-It-Alone Approach The two-minute video isn’t subtle. Wielding a medieval halberd, the president of the conservative Swiss People’s Party lays out the choice Switzerland faces: a simpler life that the country’s founders...

Exactly the take I've been wanting to read on Switzerland.

The US tariffs situation shows that none of us in Europe can afford to walk alone any longer, even the notoriously wealthy Swiss.

Join the family!

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A screenshot of a profile view from the Duolingo app for “drprevost” showing a two-day streak and a new Italian flag.

Breaking news: the pope finally got back to his Duolingo account on Sunday. He’s now learning Italian.

Subscribe to read Pulling down regulatory barriers to aid innovation ignores the fact that they protect the public from harm

“It is time we demand that the tech sector comply with the same laws as everyone else. Only when technology businesses compete on a level legal playing field will we see how inevitable their innovations really are.” on.ft.com/4oiBsBD

Agreed (esp. on attestation), the intervention I was referring to is a positive interoperability mandate.

They do have a benefit of legal backing by Automattic now so can probably afford better lawyer and don't look like some scrappy hacker, though that probably doesn't help that much.

From an Ofcom guidance: Business disruption measures 9.4 9.5 9.6 Business disruption measures are orders made by a court on an application from Ofcom. They apply to third parties which are able to disrupt the provision of the regulated service and thereby reduce the risk of harm to UK citizens and consumers. The third party need not be an Ofcom regulated entity and may not have had any previous dealings with Ofcom. The Act provides for four types of business disruption measure: a) a service restriction order; b) an interim service restriction order; c) an access restriction order; and d) an interim access restriction order. A service restriction order is an order applying to one or more providers of 'ancillary services' to a non-compliant regulated service. An ancillary service is a service that facilitates the provision of the regulated service (or part of it) (for example, payment processing services) or one that displays or promotes content in relation to the regulated service (for example an ad server). 110 The criteria with which a court must be satisfied to grant an application for an order are set out in section 144(3) and (4) of the Act and include that the court must be satisfied that the service provider has failed and is continuing to fail with an enforceable requirement or with a Technology Notice under section 121(1) of the Act. 111 A service restriction order requires the ancillary service against which an order is obtained to take steps aimed at disrupting the relevant regulated service in the UK...

Ofcom says that if you refuse to censor yourself under the Online Safety Act, it will force payment processors and ISPs to stop doing business with you.

When the government can't shut you up, the banks and credit cards will.

Absolutely terrifying.

www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...

Apple's iOS 26 text filters could cost political campaigns millions of dollars, top GOP group warns "That change has profound implications for our ability to fundraise, mobilize voters, and run digital campaigns," reads a memo from a GOP group.

I'm just waiting on when Apple gets in hot water in MAGA world for this. YOU SIMPLY MUST SEE OUT GOP SPAM!!1!1!! www.businessinsider.com/apple-ios-26...

Apple's iOS 26 text filters could cost political campaigns millions of dollars, top GOP group warns "That change has profound implications for our ability to fundraise, mobilize voters, and run digital campaigns," reads a memo from a GOP group.

I'm just waiting on when Apple gets in hot water in MAGA world for this. YOU SIMPLY MUST SEE OUT GOP SPAM!!1!1!! www.businessinsider.com/apple-ios-26...

This is an example of what I warned EU Parliament about when mafia state actors encroach on EU sovereignty.

Rep Jordan’s efforts have seemingly targeted democratic and academic institutions.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=y3QK...

Bias or Just BS? Another blow to CBS News

"Paramount is installing a censor at CBS News with a direct line to the president." - Former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather

Chairman Jim Jordan Leads Delegation on Free Speech in Europe WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) recently led a bipartisan group of committee members to Brussels, Belgium; London, United Kingdom; and Dublin, Ireland, to meet ...

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