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🔗 linkblog: BMW’s Push To Make Heated Seats A $18 Per Month Subscription Portends A Dumb And Costly Future | Techdirt'


This is such a dumb development. Why are we letting technology whittle away at ownership instead of increasing access to things?

🔗 linkblog: You Don’t Own What You’ve Bought: Sony Removes 100s Of Movies Bought Through PS Store | Techdirt'


This is why I’m trying to buy more physical copies of things—or at least DRM-free stuff. I have lots of regrets about the size of my Kindle library, for example.

🔗 linkblog: Musk’s Attempt To Get Out Of The Twitter Deal Proceeding Exactly As Predicted; What Happens Next? | Techdirt'


I always appreciate Masnick’s going into the legal details that are above my head. Techdirt has proven to be one of the most helpful sources for understanding this fiasco.

🔗 linkblog: Marco Rubio Pretends To Be A TikTok Privacy Champion, Despite Years Of Undermining U.S. Consumer Privacy | Techdirt'


Concern about privacy is good, but not when it’s Sinophobic posturing. Yes, what TikTok is doing is worrying and problematic, but Bode makes an important point here: If they aren’t willing to fix the broader infrastructure, stances like Rubio’s just come down to trying to score cheap political points.

🔗 linkblog: Facebook Bans People For Simply Saying Abortion Pills Exist | Techdirt'


A terrifying teminder that content moderation can easily overreach.

🔗 linkblog: The Myopic Focus On TikTok Privacy Issues Remains Kind Of Weird | Techdirt'


Good writing here. Vague Sinophobia drives a lot of media and political concerns, and I appreciate Bode’s challenging of that here.

🔗 linkblog: Impossibility Theorem Strikes Again: YouTube Deletes January 6th Committee Video | Techdirt'


Good example here of how content moderation can absolutely overreach. Arguments that platforms shouldn’t moderate are nonsense, but I appreciate Masnick’s emphasis on the need to be very careful about how we moderate.

🔗 linkblog: $1-2 Billion In Streaming Ads A Year Aren’t Being Watched Because The TV Is Off | Techdirt'


I mean, there’s still plenty to be worried about when it comes to targeted advertising and smart TVs, but this is a good reminder to take a step back.

🔗 linkblog: Trump’s ‘Free Speech’ Social Network, Truth Social, Is Banning People For Truthing The Truth About January 6 Hearings | Techdirt'


This is a peak example of what performative concerns about “free speech” boil down to.

🔗 linkblog: Telecom Lobbyists Are About To Scuttle The Nomination Of A Popular Reformer To The FCC And Nobody Much Seems To Care | Techdirt'


Depressing read, though I’ll freely admit I haven’t been paying enough attention here myself.

🔗 linkblog: The Internet Can Still Be Small And Nice, But It’s On All Of Us To Make That Work | Techdirt'


Some good thoughts by Masnick on a good op-ed by Wheaton.

🔗 linkblog: Intel Wants To Add Unproven ‘Emotion Detection’ AI To Distance Learning Tech | Techdirt'


The only way to make emotion detection tech worse is, of course, to make it ed tech.

🔗 linkblog: Gab CEO Ironically Pines For Net Neutrality | Techdirt'


Never thought to connect Gab back to net neutrality; interesting reflection here.

🔗 linkblog: Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation | Techdirt'


I have only been reading Techdirt for a short amount of time, but I increasingly appreciate Masnick’s perspectives on issues like this.

🔗 linkblog: It’s Still Stupidly, Ridiculously Difficult To Buy A ‘Dumb’ TV | Techdirt'


Losing dumb TVs is not an acceptable option.

🔗 linkblog: GOP Social Media Experiments Fail (In Part) Because They Break The Troll/Amplification Cycle | Techdirt'


Insightful piece on trolling and feeding trolls.

🔗 linkblog: Facebook-Hired PR Firm Coordinated Anti-TikTok Campaign To Spread Bogus Moral Panics | Techdirt'


TikTok should not be protected from criticism, but it should not be subjected to this garbage either.

🔗 linkblog: Why Moderating Content Actually Does More To Support The Principles Of Free Speech | Techdirt'


Really appreciate Masnick’s perspective here—especially the point that EVERYONE believes in content moderation even if there are disagreements on how to do it. It’s irresponsible for so many (on the right) to describe moderation as censorship.

🔗 linkblog: Nokia Busted Helping Russia’s FSB Spy On Citizens, Activists, Journalists | Techdirt'


Do not be fooled by the headline, the article’s best contribution is its indictment of U.S. politicians and companies for their complicity in this sort of thing.

🔗 linkblog: The ‘Culture Of Free Speech’ Includes Criticism Of Others’ Speech; Get Over It | Techdirt'


I have been waiting for days to see what Techdirt would have to say on this, and it doesn’t disappoint.

🔗 linkblog: Now That White Musicians Are Getting Sued For Copyright, Lawyers Say Copyright Needs To Change | Techdirt'


Intellectual property is a social justice issue.

🔗 linkblog: Performative Conservatives Are Mad That A Search Engine Wants To Downrank Disinformation | Techdirt'


I missed most of this yesterday, but Masnick sums up my thoughts so much better than I could.

🔗 linkblog: Peloton Outage Prevents Customers From Using $2,500 Exercise Bikes | Techdirt'


Happy that my much cheaper bike does not rely on servers to function properly.

🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Missouri's Governor Still Insists Reporter Is A Hacker, Even As Prosecutors Decline To Press Charges | Techdirt'


This continues to be a dumb and worrying story.

🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Declassified Documents Shows The CIA Is Using A 1981 Executive Order To Engage In Domestic Surveillance | Techdirt'


Surveillance is a bigger problem than we think.