Weaponization of copyright filters is awful, and it’s not even the worst thing about this story.

Keeping an eye on France’s elections in April and then Idaho’s in May, I guess.

Frustrating to see steps that feel like progress seem to shore up the tech giants I hoped were being kept in check.

Worries about this picking up. General Assembly took steps in a bad direction this session, but they could go further next time.

GOP needs to do more about MTG.

Not that I was inclined to believe Russian cries of fake news anyway, but I still appreciate Bellingcat on the case.

This kind of article is why I read The Intercept—to give me fresh perspectives on important issues.

Nooooo thank you. Don’t like this about Grammarly, don’t like this about Word, won’t like this about Google Docs. I am very skeptical of giving algorithms authority over style.

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

Indefensible for a student to be treated this way. The settlement is good news, but I still worry about the larger issue. Thinking about how to teach my kid about the Pledge and the right not to participate.

I have spent a few hours this week reading violently anti-trans posts as part of a research project. My patience for queerphobic dog whistles disguised as feigned concerns about girls’ sports is at zero. So disappointed in the Kentucky legislature.

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.

Very uncomfortable with this. Tweet wasn’t great, but not sure if it’s criminal. I’m sympathetic to the idea that we underpolice social media, but this is a fantastic example of why so many (including me) are worried about attempts to police it more.

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.

This is a fascinating article on prepper communities on reddit. Great example of the importance of a gender lens.

Speaking of the non-neutrality of platforms… Granted, Google has a difficult line to walk here, but this is still disappointing.

Glad to see reporting on Rumble, but disappointed to see uncritical repeating of claims about “free speech,” “neutrality,” and “censorship.” There are no neutral platforms, and content moderation is the real key idea here.

Seems to me that not using proctoring software is the best response to these concerns, but glad to see the EFF sponsoring efforts to regulate its inevitable use.

I bike past this house and its flags every day; seeing them is always a boost. How upsetting that people would want to burn one.

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

This article is the most helpful thing I’ve seen on the cosmonauts’ uniform choice so far.

This idea increasingly resonates with me.

This is why I’m skeptical of terms like data driven decision making, which are meant to sound objective but cannot live up to their rhetorical power.

Oh good, our fears about deepfakes are coming true.

Intellectual property is a social justice issue.