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What Trump’s Possession Of The Declaration Reveals About His Vision Of America
Donald Trump has proudly shown off his new spoil of war—the Declaration of Independence. A document, which to me, has so much meaning and importance. Well, I’m quite upset about it. Not because ...

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Health Firm Hits Data Breach Reporting Site With Bogus Takedown Demand To Vanish Reporting On Its Data Breach
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Trump Illegally Purges FTC’s Democratic Commissioners, Gutting What’s Left Of Agency Independence
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Roku Further Enshittifies Its Streaming Product With Compulsory Ads On Login
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California’s A.B. 412: A Bill That Could Crush Startups And Cement A Big Tech AI Monopoly
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Techdirt Podcast Episode 411: A New Podcast All About Section 230
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After Election Chaos, Romania Proposes Platforms Invent Magic Wand As Content Moderation Solution
When faced with a difficult technology policy challenge, policymakers can respond in one of two ways: with careful analysis of what’s technically possible, or by demanding Silicon Valley simply wave...