China's New Data Privacy Law Doesn't Protect People Against the Biggest Threat: The Government
The law just addresses use of individuals' data by private companies, carving out exceptions for government harvesting of data.
The law just addresses use of individuals' data by private companies, carving out exceptions for government harvesting of data.
The Pew Research Center found that support for censorship is increasing.
Friday A/V Club: Some people are against concentrated media power. Some just want to bend it to their will.
The Supreme Court will hear the case this fall.
Lawmakers have reportedly taken any changes to qualified immunity off the table.
Big tech platforms should encourage debate, not forbid it.
A rational debate requires acknowledging both the strengths and the weaknesses of the scientific evidence.
ASU loses, even though the defendant “stopped participating in this action after his answer was stricken” “for litigation misconduct”: “[A]a reasonably prudent consumer would not be deceived or confused into believing that ASU was the ‘source or origin’ of the posts and messages emanating from the ‘asu_covid.parties.’”
So holds the Third Circuit, applying intermediate scrutiny to a limit on center-fire rifle shooting and to a requirement that clubs be nonprofit.
Maddow had said OAN "really literally is paid Russian propaganda," in reaction to a Daily Beast story that an OAN employee had also been freelancing for Sputnik News.
The laws require that “individuals purchase a handgun ... within 10 days of obtaining a permit to acquire” (Hawaii law requires such a permit) and that “individuals physically bring their firearm to the police department for in-person inspection and registration within five days of acquiring it.”
Ricky Kidd wants accountability.
Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Mike Lindell can still beat Dominion Voting Systems in court by showing that their accusations were true.
The decision raises more questions than it answers, but it does note that there is no general First Amendment exception for speech about "matters of private concern" (i.e., daily life matters unrelated to bigger ideological questions).
The most powerful officers are held to the lowest standard of accountability.
Whether or not YouTube should have suspended him, the senator overlooked the limitations of the studies he cited and ignored countervailing research.
Another bad day for the Kraken team of lawyers.
"A reasonable juror could ... conclude that the article was materially false because it stated that Nunes had made ... a baseless claim (when he had not)."
"It is crucial to ensure that prohibitions on targeting people based on protected characteristics not be construed in a manner that shields governments or institutions from criticism."
Mandates, instead of incentives, were always going to drive people away.
Online censorship by proxy undermines the ordinary process for checking claims and counterclaims.
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Cryptocurrency advocates fight back against major government overreach.
Gov. Ron DeSantis' embrace of the law contradicts his avowed commitment to economic freedom.
"Any contrary holding 'would eviscerate Fourth Amendment protections for lawfully armed individuals' by presuming a license expressly permitting possession of a firearm was invalid."
So a federal court concludes, in a decision about cruise lines but using reasoning that likely applies to other businesses as well.
The sheriff's predictive policing program has caused more problems than it's solved.
The warrant affidavit made generalized accusations against U.S. Private Vaults' customers but provided no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by individuals whose assets have been seized.
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Los Angeles County is largely vaccinated. This is a punitive, authoritarian performance.
After getting called out for a "manifestly inadequate" attempt at establishing probable cause for the seizure, the feds now say they will return Joseph Ruiz' money.
Regulating privacy protections would put the public at greater risk than criminals.