Mike Masnick

Mon, Nov 4th 2024 01:02pm - Mike Masnick Donald Trump just took his war on the free press to a new level of absurdity, filing an

As we head into the election tomorrow, there has been some general talk about how many people think that Donald Trump is somehow better on things like free speech and the economy. It's pretty clear that that is wrong. On the economy, it's evident

When it comes to Section 230, we've seen a parade of embarrassingly wrong takes over the years, all sharing one consistent theme: the authors confidently opine on the law despite clearly not understanding it. Each time I think we've hit bottom with the most ridiculously wrong take, along comes another challenger.

Here's a final election day story. This time, it's about an “election integrity” app being used by MAGA folks to spread absolute nonsense about the election, but also to confess their own illegal voter suppression schemes. And thanks to their crap security, it's now being reported.

It remains incredible to me that we sometimes have to rely on the nutty Fifth Circuit to correct the even nuttier “MAGA favorite” judges who issue the stupidest decisions in court cases. But now they've done it again, as the Fifth Circuit has pointed out that, no,

The American people have spoken. And they've chosen to hand the full power of our military, the nuclear codes, and the courts to a petty, vindictive man who wants to punish anyone who disagrees with him.

If the government passes a law that infringes on the public's free speech rights, how should one challenge the law?

The first shot to use Section 230 to force adversarial interoperability on platforms has hit a setback.

The case against Backpage was built on lies, innuendo, and a willful misunderstanding of how the internet works. But that didn't stop the government from destroying the company and its founders' lives.

Wed, Nov 13th 2024 11:04am - Mike Masnick I get that a lot of people don't like the big AI companies and how they scrape the web.