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This Week In Techdirt History: December 7th – 13th
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/13/this-week-in-techdirt-history-december-7th-13th/
This Week In Techdirt History: December 7th – 13th
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, the ACLU told congress not to add a terrible copyright bill to the must-pass government funding bill, Senator Tillis was trying to slide a dangerous felony streami…
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December 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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The Measles Outbreak In South Carolina Is Growing
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/the-measles-outbreak-in-south-carolina-is-growing/
The Measles Outbreak In South Carolina Is Growing
I’m certain some people are getting tired of this refrain, but I’m going to keep repeating it to make the point: we shouldn’t have to talk about measles in this country in 2025. T…
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December 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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How Cops Are Using Flock Safety’s ALPR Network To Surveil Protesters And Activists
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-to-surveil-protesters-and-activists/
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety’s ALPR Network To Surveil Protesters And Activists
It’s no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, law enf…
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December 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/trump-pretends-to-block-state-ai-laws-media-pretends-thats-legal/
Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal
The mainstream media just failed a basic civics test so badly that you’d think their brains have been pickled by the kinds of folks who spend all their time on X (oh, wait…). Headlines across…
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December 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Daily Deal: 3-in-1 Magnetic Wireless Charging Pad
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/daily-deal-3-in-1-magnetic-wireless-charging-pad-2/
Daily Deal: 3-in-1 Magnetic Wireless Charging Pad
This 3-in-1 Magnetic Wireless Charging Pad integrates three charging modules for cell phones, headphones, and watches—a maximum power of 15W for cell phone charging, 5W for Airpods charging, and 2.…
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December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Rep. Green Again Pounds The Drum On Impeachment, And This Time A Majority Of Democrats March To The Beat
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/rep-green-again-pounds-the-drum-on-impeachment-and-this-time-a-majority-of-democrats-march-to-the-beat/
Rep. Green Again Pounds The Drum On Impeachment, And This Time A Majority Of Democrats March To The Beat
This week Representative Al Green (Texas) filed another set of impeachment articles against Trump. They didn’t move forward; in fact, they failed an initial vote for Congress to decide to eve…
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December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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India’s Government Rolls Back Invasive Cell Phone Tracking Mandate 48 Hours After Issuing It
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/indias-government-rolls-back-invasive-cell-phone-tracking-mandate-48-hours-after-issuing-it/
India’s Government Rolls Back Invasive Cell Phone Tracking Mandate 48 Hours After Issuing It
The government of India — especially under Prime Minister Narendra Modi — has never been shy about wanting to know what every one of its billion-plus citizens are up to at any given tim…
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December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Politico’s Union Journalists Win Key Ruling In Battle Against Lazy, Undercooked AI
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/politicos-union-journalists-win-key-ruling-in-battle-against-lazy-undercooked-ai/
Politico’s Union Journalists Win Key Ruling In Battle Against Lazy, Undercooked AI
The rushed integration of half-cooked automation into the already broken U.S. journalism industry simply isn’t going very well. There have been just countless examples where affluent media owners r…
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December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Finally: Rep. Haley Stevens Files Articles Of Impeachment For RFK Jr.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/11/finally-rep-haley-stevens-files-articles-of-impeachment-for-rfk-jr/
Finally: Rep. Haley Stevens Files Articles Of Impeachment For RFK Jr.
We’ve obviously done a ton of coverage on RFK Jr. as the head of Health and Human Services because, well, he’s an unmitigated disaster. Between all the chaos he’s created with his…
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December 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Censors & Sensibility
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/11/ctrl-alt-speech-censors-sensibility/
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Censors & Sensibility
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation’s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, …
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December 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Pebble’s Original Creator Creates An Open Source $99 Voice Recorder Ring You Can Hack
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/11/repebble-creates-an-open-source-99-voice-recorder-ring-you-can-hack/
Pebble’s Original Creator Creates An Open Source $99 Voice Recorder Ring You Can Hack
Eric Migicovsky, who basically invented the smartwatch category with the original Pebble, just announced something much simpler: a $99 ring with one button that records voice memos. That’s it…
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December 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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ChatGPT Is Pitching In To Help Federal Officers Misrepresent Confrontations With Protesters
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/11/chatgpt-is-pitching-in-to-help-federal-officers-misrepresent-confrontations-with-protesters/
ChatGPT Is Pitching In To Help Federal Officers Misrepresent Confrontations With Protesters
We’ve already written several times about the danger posed by adding AI to law enforcement incident/arrest reports. There are a lot of obvious problems, ranging from AI misinterpreting what i…
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December 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Daily Deal: SunFounder GalaxyRVR Mars Rover Kit for Arduino
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/11/daily-deal-sunfounder-galaxyrvr-mars-rover-kit-for-arduino/
Daily Deal: SunFounder GalaxyRVR Mars Rover Kit for Arduino
The SunFounder GalaxyRVR Mars Rover Kit is your gateway to hands-on learning on robotics, coding, and Mars-like adventures! Its durable aluminum frame and rocker-bogie suspension easily handle toug…
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December 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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RePebble Creates An Open Source $99 Voice Recorder Ring You Can Hack
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/11/repebble-creates-an-open-source-99-voice-recorder-ring-you-can-hack/
RePebble Creates An Open Source $99 Voice Recorder Ring You Can Hack
Eric Migicovsky, who basically invented the smartwatch category with the original Pebble, just announced something much simpler: a $99 ring with one button that records voice memos. That’s it…
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December 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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ICE Deports Man To Guatemala, Blowing Off Ruling That Said He Was Likely To Be Tortured There
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/11/ice-deports-man-to-guatemala-blowing-off-ruling-that-said-he-was-likely-to-be-tortured-there/
ICE Deports Man To Guatemala, Blowing Off Ruling That Said He Was Likely To Be Tortured There
ICE continues to be increasingly awful as it chases arrest and deportation quotas it will never meet. The administration’s desire to rid this nation of as many migrants as possible is generat…
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December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Our Corrupt Congress Just Quietly Killed Military Right To Repair Reforms
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/11/our-corrupt-congress-just-quietly-killed-military-right-to-repair-reforms/
Our Corrupt Congress Just Quietly Killed Military Right To Repair Reforms
We’ve covered how there’s a real push afoot to implement statewide “right to repair” laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to repair…
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December 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Indie Game Suffers After Fraudulent DMCA Takedown
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/guilty-until-proven-innocent-indie-game-suffers-after-fraudulent-dmca-takedown/
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Indie Game Suffers After Fraudulent DMCA Takedown
We here at Techdirt have longed complained about the DMCA takedown process being wide open for all kinds of fraud and abuse. At one point years ago, Google reported that nearly 100% of the takedown…
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December 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/trumps-own-mortgages-match-his-description-of-mortgage-fraud-records-reveal/
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. For months, the Trump administration has been accusing its political enemies of mortgage fraud for cl…
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December 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Australia’s Social Media Ban Goes Into Effect As Pretty Much Everyone Realizes It’s A Total Mess
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/australias-social-media-ban-goes-into-effect-as-pretty-much-everyone-realizes-its-a-total-mess/
Australia’s Social Media Ban Goes Into Effect As Pretty Much Everyone Realizes It’s A Total Mess
Australia’s social media ban for kids is now in effect. As we’ve discussed, this is a monumentally stupid plan that will do real harm to kids. It’s based on a moral panic and a wide variety of faul…
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December 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Daily Deal: Microsoft Project Professional 2024
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/daily-deal-microsoft-project-professional-2024-3/
Daily Deal: Microsoft Project Professional 2024
Microsoft Project 2024 Professional is the ultimate project management tool, designed to help professionals plan, execute, and complete projects with precision and efficiency. With its robust featu…
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December 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Trump Claims Executive Privilege To Keep More Than 4,000 January 6 Documents Locked Up
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/trump-claims-executive-privilege-to-keep-more-than-4000-january-6-documents-locked-up/
Trump Claims Executive Privilege To Keep More Than 4,000 January 6 Documents Locked Up
The administration that is busy erasing history from any federal entity tasked with preserving it has an additional ally in the burying-the-bad-news business: Donald Trump, the former president. Ye…
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December 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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This Is What You’re Funding When You Support Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/this-is-what-youre-funding-when-you-support-techdirt/
This Is What You’re Funding When You Support Techdirt
Last week, we launched our monthlong fundraiser with a commemorative Techdirt / 30 years of Section 230 coin for donations of $100 or more. The initial response has been great, but we need more sup…
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December 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Chattanooga Saw Billions In Economic Benefits After Building A Community-Owned Fiber Broadband Network
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/chattanooga-saw-billions-in-economic-benefits-after-building-a-community-owned-fiber-broadband-network/
Chattanooga Saw Billions In Economic Benefits After Building A Community-Owned Fiber Broadband Network
Back in 2008, Chattanooga, Tennessee decided to build its own city-owned fiber broadband network on the back of its existing electrical utility, EPB. In the years since, the network has become one …
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December 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Public AI, Built On Open Source, Is The Way Forward In The EU
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/09/public-ai-built-on-open-source-is-the-way-forward-in-the-eu/
Public AI, Built On Open Source, Is The Way Forward In The EU
Aquarter of a century ago, I wrote a book called “Rebel Code”. It was the first – and is still the only – detailed history of the origins and rise of free software and open source, b…
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December 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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How ICE’s Plan To Monitor Social Media Threatens Not Just Privacy, But Civic Participation
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/09/how-ices-plan-to-monitor-social-media-threatens-not-just-privacy-but-civic-participation/
How ICE’s Plan To Monitor Social Media Threatens Not Just Privacy, But Civic Participation
When most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints. But the new front line may be your social media feed. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfor…
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December 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM