I appreciate Masnick’s roundup of all the stupid things going on re: tariffs.

Masnick’s writing has never struck me as inflammatory or rushed. If he’s using this language, we should all be worried.

I soured on Section 230 for a bit, but I came back and largely because of arguments like this one.

As usual, lots to like in this post from Mike Masnick.

More good writing from Masnick on scary stuff coming out of DC.

Masnick pulls no punches.

Saw someone link to this and remembered I should probably read the whole thing instead of just the first few paragraphs. I fall somewhere between Doctorow and Masnick on Bluesky optimism, but I really appreciate their dialogue on it.

This was one of the dumbest parts of all Meta’s announcements and now it’s… basically nothing, too?

Some more good writing on a bad situation.

Yet more to demonstrate that “free speech” often means “right-wing speech.”

Bookmarking as yet another example of Elon Musk’s free speech reputation being undeserved.

I don’t like Big Tech, but I’ve become more wary of regulation in recent years because folks like Masnick have compellingly made this argument over and over: It’s the smaller, better companies and sites that suffer the most from it.

Post election is a great time to realize the dangers that KOSA poses.

I wasn’t sure about a retheming of Mille Bornes for this game, but this post on design decisions was actually really reassuring.

Masnick is excellent at balancing “Musk has a right to do this” with “the hypocrisy is shameful.”

Worth reading (and bookmarking). I’ve been hesitant to make the “no, actually, Big Tech is biased against liberals” argument, but this seems a compelling datum for that conclusion…

Deeply appreciate Masnick’s writeup. I don’t know the ins and outs of the law, and that’s given me some pause in being upset about the ruling. To see a lawyer find fault with so much gives me greater confidence in my own frustration. The most dangerous part, though, doesn’t require a law degree to understand. The logic of the findings poses a threat to all libraries, not just this one.

Interesting read wirh important implications for how we think about research quality.

I am way more pessimistic about AI than Masnick is, but we agree on this sort of thing. Algorithmic surveillance is no more appropriate in response to AI concerns than it is to cheating concerns.

This is one of these stories where I’ve been waiting to get Masnick’s take on it, and he does not disappoint.

Finally read up on this, and it’s worrying.

Bookmarking so I have enraging examples to show my students.

Some good thoughts here by Masnick.

I’ve been meaning to read more about this story, so I’m grateful for Masnick’s summary here.

I’ve only skimmed this so far, but while I firmly believe that the fetishizing of freedom of expression is causing real issues in our world, I appreciate Masnick’s critique. I expect I’ll always be more keen on regulation than he is, but that doesn’t make him wrong in the points he’s making here.

“Mentioning names both is and isn’t allowed. It’s a quantum superposition of content moderation that only collapses when observed by Musk himself.” 😂😂😂

Oh, so the moral panic is hypocritical, too.

Masnick puts this better than I could. This legislation is dumb, but this advocacy feels dumber.

Flock provides the ALPRs here in Lexington, which makes this especially frustrating.

Musk’s pettiness knows no bounds.

Masnick’s perspectives on free speech are always helpful.

So. so gross.

As usual, I find Masnick’s recap of this recent nonsense helpful in terms of summary and interpretation.

Is this the same feature Elon says will be sufficient for keeping Alex Jones in check?

Good observations by Masnick here.

The digital could have been used to expand access to content, but we’re using it to actually restrict that access. What a crappy future.