This Week In Techdirt History: June 21st – 27th This Week in 2016 Supreme Court Knocks A Little More Off The 4th Amendment; Gives Cops Another Way To Salvage Illegal Searches…... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/27/this-week-in-techdirt-history-june-21st-27th/

Whoops! Military Reverses Course On Flu Vaccine Requirements After Soldiers Got Sick When we talk about the scourge of anti-vaxxer philosophy within the federal government, we naturally spend a great deal of that time talking about…...

The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online Within the next week, Congress is preparing to vote on the KIDS Act, a sprawling package of legislation that seeks to control Americans’ web browsing and… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/26/the-kids-act-would-require-age-checks-to-get-online/

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: The Ctrl-Alt-Speech Reading List (Teaser) Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/26/ctrl-alt-speech-the-ctrl-alt-speech-reading-list-teaser/

The EU Wants To Grow Homegrown Tech. Its Courts Keep Making That Impossible. Just a couple weeks ago, the European Commission put out its plan for "European tech sovereignty.... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/26/the-eu-wants-to-grow-homegrown-tech-its-courts-keep-making-that-impossible/

Daily Deal: The 2026 Complete Godot Stack Development Bundle Dive into Godot – a rising star in the game engine world – with the 2026 Complete Godot Stack Development Bundle…... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/26/daily-deal-the-2026-complete-godot-stack-development-bundle-4/

Cash Patel: FBI Director Apparently Paying Off FBI Allies With Personal Slush Fund This is not the only administration to engage in corruption. Most administrations have to some… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/26/cash-patel-fbi-director-apparently-paying-off-fbi-allies-with-personal-slush-fund/

Surprise: CBS’ ‘Ombudsman’ Has Been A Useless Trump Lackey You might recall that one of the conditions of the FCC’s approval of The Ellison family’s $8 billion acquisition of CBS was that the agency… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/26/surprise-cbs-ombudsman-has-been-a-useless-trump-lackey/

Stop Killing Games Pivots To Amending Digital Fairness Act In EU After Loss Well, perhaps the demise of the Stop Killing Games movement in the EU was overstated. We were just talking… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/25/stop-killing-games-pivots-to-amending-digital-fairness-act-in-eu-after-loss/

The Free And Open Web Is Under Attack At The IETF The ability to access publicly available information using automated tools is a central value and benefit of a free and open internet.... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/25/the-free-and-open-web-is-under-attack-at-the-ietf/

ICE Detention Center Contractor Endangered Detainees, Destroyed Homicide Evidence One of ICE's largest detention centers is conveniently located only miles from the US border in… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/25/ice-detention-center-contractor-endangered-detainees-destroyed-homicide-evidence/

Giant Baby Brendan Carr Is Very Upset That ABC Is Fighting Back Earlier this week we noted how ABC has been asking its audience to give the Trump FCC an earful about its clumsy efforts to censor… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/25/giant-baby-brendan-carr-is-very-upset-that-abc-is-fighting-back/

Daily Deal: flowkey Piano Learning App flowkey is a fun, interactive piano learning platform that helps anyone go from absolute beginner to confident player — at their own pace.... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/25/daily-deal-flowkey-piano-learning-app/

Judge Says Florida’s Social Media Law Is “Literally Impossible” To Obey. Thanks To The Supreme Court, It Gets A Trial Anyway. Remember a few… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/25/judge-says-floridas-social-media-law-is-literally-impossible-to-obey-thanks-to-the-supreme-court-it-gets-a-trial-anyway/

Marco Rubio Personally Authorized Detention Of An Immigrant Who Criticized A Politician Trump Likes It's absolutely irritating to be living under the thumb of… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/25/marco-rubio-personally-authorized-detention-of-an-immigrant-who-criticized-a-politician-trump-likes/

Surveillance Tech Company Is Pitching An Unholy ALPR/Stingray Hybrid To Law Enforcement Here's something no one but cops and the tech firms that love cops wanted: an… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/24/surveillance-tech-company-is-pitching-an-unholy-alpr-stingray-hybrid-to-law-enforcement/

Elon Musk Threatens To Sue Rep. Khanna For… Citing The Lancet About How DOGE Cuts Will Likely Lead To Millions Of Deaths We've been pointing… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/24/elon-musk-threatens-to-sue-rep-khanna-for-citing-the-lancet-about-how-doge-cuts-will-likely-lead-to-millions-of-deaths/

He Moved A Box Of Leftist Zines. MAGA’s Favorite Judge Just Gave Him 30 Years. In Trump's America, the First Amendment is a dead letter. If you're seen as anti-Trump, you apparently no… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/24/he-moved-a-box-of-leftist-zines-magas-favorite-judge-just-gave-him-30-years/

Public Records Bill Would Make California The ‘Most Secretive’ State In The US There aren't many governments out there actually trying to be more transparent. Every so often, a law… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/24/public-records-bill-would-make-california-the-most-secretive-state-in-the-us/

Daily Deal: The Ultimate AWS Data Master Class Bundle The Ultimate AWS Data Master Class Bundle has 9 courses to get you up to speed on Amazon Web Services.... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/24/daily-deal-the-ultimate-aws-data-master-class-bundle-8/

Polymarket Says Its Markets Reveal The Truth. Its Ad Strategy Was To Have Influencers Fake Wins. In theory, there's a way to build a prediction market that actually… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/24/polymarket-says-its-markets-reveal-the-truth-its-ad-strategy-was-to-have-influencers-fake-wins/

Trump Threatens ABC For Doing Journalism About His Reflection Pool Screw Up Earlier this year America's idiot king offered a no-bid contract to one of his ex-con Mara Lago donors…... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/24/trump-threatens-abc-for-doing-journalism-about-his-reflection-pool-screw-up/

Kotaku’s Pre-Judging AI In Gaming Coverage Is Getting Very Dumb I recognize that when we talk about AI generally, and specifically AI in the gaming industry, there are some people out there who… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/23/kotakus-pre-judging-ai-in-gaming-coverage-is-getting-very-dumb/

Spain’s Internet Blocks Have A Flimsy Legal Basis, While Lacking Both Oversight & Accountability Afew weeks ago, Walled Culture wrote about Hadopi, France’s infamous… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/23/spains-internet-blocks-have-a-flimsy-legal-basis-while-lacking-both-oversight-accountability/

FTC Sues Transgender Health Nonprofit One Month After A Federal Court Called Its Investigation An Unconstitutional… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/23/ftc-sues-transgender-health-nonprofit-one-month-after-a-federal-court-called-its-investigation-an-unconstitutional-first-amendment-violation/

Trump Starts Arresting People Because His Reflecting Pool Makeover Is Just Algae And Peeling Paint Yeah, that's a shame. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/23/trump-starts-arresting-people-because-his-reflecting-pool-makeover-is-just-algae-and-peeling-paint/

Daily Deal: The Modern No-Code Development Bundle The Modern No-Code Creator Bundle is an extensive online curriculum specifically developed to enable individuals to construct professional websites,… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/23/daily-deal-the-modern-no-code-development-bundle-4/

Illinois’ Social Media Tax Is A Modern Stamp Act — And Just As Doomed England imposing the Stamp Act on the American colonies back in 1765 was one of the final moves that pushed those colonies… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/23/illinois-social-media-tax-is-a-modern-stamp-act-and-just-as-doomed/

ABC Asks Audience To Help Defend It From Brendan Carr’s Dumb Censorship Attacks ABC continues to send signals that it actually intends to fight back against Brendan Carr's clumsy… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/23/abc-asks-audience-to-help-defend-it-from-brendan-carrs-dumb-censorship-attacks/

Stop Killing Games Legislation Rejected By EU Well, this is very disappointing. Over the first half of this year, we've talked about the resurgence of the…... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/22/stop-killing-games-legislation-rejected-by-eu/

‘News’ Site Keeps Hallucinating EFF Staffers What do EFF staffers Sarah Chen, Javier Morales, Caitlin Chin, Emma Rodriguez, and…... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/22/news-site-keeps-hallucinating-eff-staffers/

Trump Still Wants His MAGA Slush Fund… And His Cabinet Refuses To Sign Declarations That It’s Gone In mid-May, the Todd Blanche-run DOJ agreed to "settle" the fake… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/22/trump-still-wants-his-maga-slush-fund-and-his-cabinet-refuses-to-sign-declarations-that-its-gone/

As Suspected, The ‘Trump Phone’ Is Just A Cheap Overseas Knockoff With Some Garish Yellow Paint The Trump Organization still hasn’t shipped their promised Trump "made… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/22/as-suspected-the-trump-phone-is-just-a-cheap-overseas-knockoff-with-some-garish-yellow-paint/

Daily Deal: MagStack Foldable 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station with Floating Stand MagStack is the perfect on-the-go wireless charging station that also transforms into a… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/22/daily-deal-magstack-foldable-3-in-1-wireless-charging-station-with-floating-stand-10/

Moral Panic Beats First Amendment In Sixth Circuit’s Ohio Social Media Ruling The Sixth Circuit just handed Ohio a win on its social media law restricting minors, and reading the… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/22/moral-panic-beats-first-amendment-in-sixth-circuits-ohio-social-media-ruling/

ICE: We Don’t Have A Database Of ICE Protesters, Just A Database Of People Who Are *Probably* ICE Protesters It's no secret ICE officers are using their… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/22/ice-we-dont-have-a-database-of-ice-protesters-just-a-database-of-people-who-are-probably-ice-protesters/

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt This week, MrWilson takers both top spots on the insightful side. In first place, it's a comment about…... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/21/funniest-most-insightful-comments-of-the-week-at-techdirt-213/

This Week In Techdirt History: June 14th – 20th This Week in 2016 Peter Thiel's Plan To Destroy Gawker Went Way Beyond Hogan's Case Also A Bad Idea: Gawker Exploring Lawsuit Against Peter Thiel For Tortious… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/20/this-week-in-techdirt-history-june-20-2026/

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Close Your Apps And Think Of England Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/19/ctrl-alt-speech-close-your-apps-and-think-of-england/

CBS Signs Licensing Deal With ‘Peanuts’ People To Duck Legal Issues From Colbert’s Last Show I can't say I know for sure that Stephen Colbert is a Techdirt reader, but I… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/18/cbs-signs-licensing-deal-with-peanuts-people-to-duck-legal-issues-from-colberts-last-show/

Congress Just Rushed Through A Disastrous Copyright Office Overhaul In a voice vote last week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6028, the “Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/18/congress-just-rushed-through-a-disastrous-copyright-office-overhaul/

Wyden And Cruz Team Up On A Bill To Stop Government Jawboning. It’s… Actually Pretty Good? Senators Ron Wyden and Ted Cruz have released the JAWBONE Act ("Justice Against… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/18/wyden-and-cruz-team-up-on-a-bill-to-stop-government-jawboning-its-actually-pretty-good/

Surveillance Is Good Because I Want Drivers I Don’t Like To Be Punished: Cleveland Columnist Here it is: the dumbest defense of automatic license plate readers I've ever… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/18/surveillance-is-good-because-i-want-drivers-i-dont-like-to-be-punished-cleveland-columnist/

Daily Deal: The JavaScript DOM Game Developer Bundle The JavaScript DOM Game Developer Bundle has 8 courses to help you master coding fundamentals. Courses cover JavaScript DOM, Coding, HTML 5 Canvas, and… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/18/daily-deal-the-javascript-dom-game-developer-bundle-9/

Trump Surrenders To Iran On Virtually Every Point If there's one thing that Donald Trump has shown over the years, it's that he will get his most sycophantic MAGA loyalists to insist there are perfectly obvious… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/18/trump-surrenders-to-iran-on-virtually-every-point/

Trump DOJ Trying To Protect Musk From Lawsuit Over Memphis AI Data Center Pollution For a long time organizations like the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) have noted… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/18/trump-doj-trying-to-protect-musk-from-lawsuit-over-memphis-ai-data-center-pollution/

RFK Jr. Insists Scientific Journal Explain Retraction Of Anti-Vaxx Article He Liked We were just talking about how angry RFK Jr. was at a report that he's been out to lunch on… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/17/rfk-jr-insists-scientific-journal-explain-retraction-of-anti-vaxx-article-he-liked/

Internet Age-Gates Are A Growing Global Threat The internet is an essential resource for young people and adults to access information, explore community, and find themselves—both inside countries and across… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/17/internet-age-gates-are-a-growing-global-threat/

You Have Less Than A Week To Tell The FCC That Carr’s Censorial Attack On ABC Is Nonsense You have less than a week to weigh in on Brendan Carr's obviously bullshit… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/17/you-have-less-than-a-week-to-tell-the-fcc-that-carrs-censorial-attack-on-abc-is-nonsense/

Military Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Murdered Human Trafficking Victims The US military has engaged in extrajudicial killings via drone strikes since it was first shown… https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/17/military-official-admits-boat-strike-may-have-murdered-human-trafficking-victims/