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Many on the US right are beyond reach but it still gives me hope when something happens that it temporarily overwhelms FOX News' propaganda machine.

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November 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This Week In Techdirt History: November 9th – 15th.
This Week In Techdirt History: November 9th – 15th
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, we looked at election polls as an example of the challenges involved in defining and handling misinformation. We noted how Trumpland seemed to have entirely forgot…
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November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This Week In Techdirt History: November 9th – 15th

Five Years Ago This week in 2020, we looked at election polls as an example of the challenges involved in defining and handling misinformation. We noted how Trumpland seemed to have entirely forgotten about its own manufactured TikTok hysteria, at…
This Week In Techdirt History: November 9th – 15th
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, we looked at election polls as an example of the challenges involved in defining and handling misinformation. We noted how Trumpland seemed to have entirely forgotten about its own manufactured TikTok hysteria, at which point the Commerce Department suddenly remembered it was supposed to ban the app. Following Trump's election loss, there was pressure on Ajit Pai to…
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November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ooooh, that's a good question. I don't have anything pre-assembled and I don't think I'll have the time to try to narrow my own enormous list, but Mike Masnick at Techdirt has written extensively (and very readably) about the issue: www.techdirt.com/tag/content-...
content moderation at scale – Techdirt
Posts about content moderation at scale written by Techdirt
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November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Judge Dismisses Bullshit Lawsuit Claiming Pollster Committed Fraud By Being Wrong | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/11/14/j...
Judge Dismisses Bullshit Lawsuit Claiming Pollster Committed Fraud By Being Wrong
Last year, we wrote about Donald Trump’s bullshit lawsuit against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer for releasing surprising polls right before the 2024 election suggesting that Kamala Harris might ac…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Techdirt: Saving #Democracy From #Fascism
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Saving Democracy From Fascism
Three years ago, Mike Brock joined us on the podcast to discuss a decentralized web project, and more recently we've published several cross-posts from his Substack about the horrifying goings-on in A
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November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
After Destroying Federal Regulators, AT&T Wages War On Industry ‘Self-Regulation’ Regimes Like NARB, NAD | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/11/14/a...
After Destroying Federal Regulators, AT&T Wages War On Industry ‘Self-Regulation’ Regimes Like NARB, NAD
It’s not hyperbole to say that after decades of hard work and lobbying, companies like AT&T have effectively destroyed whatever was left of federal U.S. consumer protection and corporate …
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November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/11/13/j...
Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private
A federal magistrate judge just ordered that the private ChatGPT conversations of 20 million users be handed over to the lawyers for dozens of plaintiffs, including news organizations. Those 20 mil…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Friend alerts me that my name appears in the Epstein docs, leading me to say "WHAT?!?" Turns out for some reason in the documents is the syllabus from a Harvard class on "Internet & Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control" which had students read something I had written...
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This is interesting, something to watch...

Some more reporting from TechDirt that actually has some precedent discussion about the Equustek v. Jack. 2017 SCC case with a Google removal req.

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November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/11/13/j...
Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private
A federal magistrate judge just ordered that the private ChatGPT conversations of 20 million users be handed over to the lawyers for dozens of plaintiffs, including news organizations. Those 20 mil…
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November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sinclair Broadcasting Posts Huge Quarterly Loss After Jimmy Kimmel Censorship | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/11/13/s...
Sinclair Broadcasting Posts Huge Quarterly Loss After Jimmy Kimmel Censorship
You might recall that right wing propaganda broadcaster Sinclair Broadcasting recently tripped over its own ass after working with the Trump administration to try and censor Jimmy Kimmel for critic…
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November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Trump Administration Still Trying To Send Kilmar Abrego Garcia To Anywhere But Where He Wants To Go | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/11/12/t... #gestapo
Trump Administration Still Trying To Send Kilmar Abrego Garcia To Anywhere But Where He Wants To Go
For all its talk about trimming down government spending, an untold amount of money has been blown just to keep one person from getting one over on the Trump administration. That man would be Kilma…
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November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
RFK Jr.’s FDA Is Now Also In Turmoil Over Corrupt Drug Regulator | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/11/12/r...
RFK Jr.’s FDA Is Now Also In Turmoil Over Corrupt Drug Regulator
While we’ve talked quite a bit about the horror show that is RFK Jr.’s position as Secretary of HHS, most of the focus of those posts has been around what is happening at the CDC. And f…
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November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Daily Deal: Costco 1-Year Gold Star Membership + a $40 Digital Costco Shop Card
Costco is your one-stop shop with a wide range of merchandise that will likely cover all of your shopping needs! With hundreds of locations across the country, Costco is the ideal place to shop wit…
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November 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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By: Tim Cushing on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Federal Court Issues Injunction Permanently Blocking Deployment Of Military Troops To Portland
We’ll see where this goes from here, but for the moment, this order [PDF], issued by federal judge Karin Immergut still stands: For the above reasons, this Court concludes that Plaintiffs hav…
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November 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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By: Leigh Beadon on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Techdirt Podcast Episode 438: Saving Democracy From Fascism
Support us on Patreon » Three years ago, Mike Brock joined us on the podcast to discuss a decentralized web project, and more recently we’ve published several cross-posts from his …
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November 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Techdirt Podcast Episode 438: Saving Democracy From Fascism

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 438: Saving Democracy From Fascism
Support us on Patreon » Three years ago, Mike Brock joined us on the podcast to discuss a decentralized web project, and more recently we’ve published several cross-posts from his …
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November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Techdirt Podcast Episode 438: Saving Democracy From Fascism.
Techdirt Podcast Episode 438: Saving Democracy From Fascism
Support us on Patreon » Three years ago, Mike Brock joined us on the podcast to discuss a decentralized web project, and more recently we’ve published several cross-posts from his …
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November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM