Would love to see more journalists post the cables behind these stories. It would help others file FOIAs for related cable traffic. And if you want to know how to read a State Dept cable - here's a great primer from @foianate.bsky.social @nsarchive.bsky.social unredacted.com/2010/11/29/f...

this is really it — this case isn't about the legitimacy of birthright citizenship or the 14th amendment, it's about the legitimacy of the court, and any ruling that doesn't uphold the former decides the latter

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Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969

Congratulations to the people of MAINE QUESTION ONE WAS DEFEATED VOTED NO !!

Live Updates: In New York, Mayor’s Race Draws Highest Turnout Since 2001 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

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ICE had access to a nationwide network of AI-enabled surveillance cameras that constantly track vehicles', and by extension peoples, movements without a warrant www.404media.co/ice-secret-s...

The politician in South Carolina who has introduced a bill redefining contraception as abortion also wants people who share websites to be charged with aiding and abetting homicide.

Bluesky and Dreamwidth blocked all Mississippi users from using their services because Mississippi’s oppressive age verification mandate makes it impossible for smaller platforms to comply. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The FTC is vastly overstepping its authority, and forcing Pornhub to take actions that will effectively keep actual CSAM purveyors out of jail. Prosecutors can't use the results of these state-mandated scans as evidence in prosecutions w/o a warrant. That's under a ruling by then-Judge Gorsuch.

Also, since FTC regulates via consent orders, not litigation, this order puts *other* adult & UGC sites on notice that scanning is now expected. So CSAM/NCII defendants caught by scans on *other* sites can point to the Aylo order and say "see, this scan wasn't voluntary, it was for fear of FTC."

In looking at the impacts of the UK Online Safety act, a huge takeaway is not more transparency, but rather the emergence of a thicket of snarled law you must wade through to understand anything Which of course increases dependence on European consultancy now necessary to meet compliance standards…

OK, I read the UK ruling about Wikipedia and the Online Safety Act, and... I definitely don't recommend it. Unless you enjoy the elevation of process over substance, in which case go for it. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

just like cigarette companies and McDonald’s trying to hook kids young, scanning faces with liveness detection (for a population that may not have an ID or credit card yet) means collecting their biometric data and getting them used to handing it over early

the roll out age verification in the UK has clearly been devastating (clear examples of censorship & discrimination, & they’re scanning young people’s faces) but if platforms are also now blocking VPN workarounds that’s the end of the ability to “freely travel” online

Website/device age verification is a privacy and security nightmare and everyone who tells you that this is a solved problem is lying to you.

"Now is not the time to introduce a new, abuse-prone tool that can be used to silence reporting and limit what users see online." Read the latest from @mrose.ink:

Though I’m not sure there’s much about the Disney/Universal v. Midjourney case that changes the operative facts or legal issues, it does reflect a calculation on the part of the *most* sophisticated industrial plaintiffs that they think the state of play has coalesced into a scenario they can win.

When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share. These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.

This is illegal. This is illegal. Did I mention this is illegal?

“Plaintiffs have shown that the defendants disclosed OPM records to individuals who had no legal right of access to those records. In doing so, the defendants violated the Privacy Act and departed from cybersecurity standards that they are obligated to follow. This was a breach of law and of trust."

The Trump administration is deploying Marines within the US, against protestors. What could possibly go wrong? This so far betond the pale, and so dangerous. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Let's call it what it is: this isn't about protecting children's privacy, this is about censoring what information teens can access (and share) onlinehttps://www.techpolicy.press/ftc-outlines-focus-on-parental-rights-at-child-online-safety-workshop/

!!! Trump plans to sign an EO that purports to restrict Public Sector Loan Forgiveness for anyone who works for a nonprofit which does immigration-related that goes against his priorities. This shockingly petty and evil plan will likely be struck down as unlawful. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Democracy is burning, and we need sites like Bluesky more than ever. And Senator Durbin wants to repeal 230, which would massively stifle the ability of sites like Bluesky to exist, while massively empowering X and Meta. Why? It seems that someone in his office doesn't understand 230.

Trump FTC getting ready to go after social media companies (I'm sure it will skip ExTwitter, and possibly now Meta) for their First Amendment protected editorial discretion. www.regulations.gov/document/FTC...

Have you had a post about abortion removed or had your account suspended for posting about abortion? Your voice matters. Report your experience. #StopCensoringAbortion

While creators have legitimate AI concerns, expanding copyright won’t protect jobs from automation. A win for rightsholders could lead to significant harm, especially for research uses or artistic protections for creators.

The lawsuit brought by Rumble and Trump Media against Brazilian Supreme Court Justice de Moraes is *fascinating* in ways that will need a long thread to unpack. 1/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

If you need a reason to: A) love the Fourth Amendment; and B) fight to limit/eliminate the Third Party Doctrine This is it.

The profound lawless conduct the Trump admin is engaging in makes it imperative for essential comms & info infrastructure to insulate themselves (as much as feasibly possible) from oligarchic & gov control & surveillance so that some semblance of resistance can continue.

Temporary restraining order request filed in the transition care executive order ban. Remember to follow this bot for updates on LGBTQ related federal litigation!!!

Keller: Categories of restricted speech cover a ton of protected speech, far beyond the narrow categories that SCOTUS has identified as unprotected - this law is about age gating and restricting protected speech

Keller us up now for NetChoice, requesting the court afform the Dist Ct's PI: starting off strong with a quote from Brown, strict scrutiny applies when age gating speech.

MS's interpretation of Moody is kinda insane and impracticable IMO - it would require NetChoice to prove what every company (members and otherwise) would have to do to comply with age verification and how much of a burden it would be.

Ho: Big Q: if the act applies to social interaction but not professional interaction does that make it content based?