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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

1 week 3 days ago
This week, MrWilson takers both top spots on the insightful side. In first place, it’s a comment about the growing global threat of internet age gates: One of the biggest benefits of the internet is the ability to talk to people outside your personal sphere. It’s similar to the exposure to diversity that a lot […]
Leigh Beadon

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Close Your Apps And Think Of England

1 week 5 days ago
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, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. To get extended episodes with additional coverage, support us on […]
Mike Masnick

Congress Just Rushed Through A Disastrous Copyright Office Overhaul

1 week 6 days ago
In a voice vote last week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6028, the “Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act.” The legislation is presented as a technical reorganization of some government agencies, but it’s much more than that.  H.R. 6028 would fundamentally change the U.S. Copyright Office, and not in a good way. The bill removes the […]
Joe Mullin

Daily Deal: The JavaScript DOM Game Developer Bundle

2 weeks ago
The JavaScript DOM Game Developer Bundle has 8 courses to help you master coding fundamentals. Courses cover JavaScript DOM, Coding, HTML 5 Canvas, and more. You’ll learn how to create your own fun, interactive games. It’s on sale for $30. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and curated by StackCommerce. A portion of all sales from […]
Daily Deal

Trump Surrenders To Iran On Virtually Every Point

2 weeks ago
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 reasons why whatever he’s about to do is absolutely necessary… and then Trump will do the opposite, and all those hangers-on will magically change their story within […]
Mike Masnick

Internet Age-Gates Are A Growing Global Threat

2 weeks ago
The internet is an essential resource for young people and adults to access information, explore community, and find themselves—both inside countries and across continents. Yet governments around the world continue to introduce and implement legislation requiring all online users to verify their ages before accessing the digital space. In some cases, politicians are going further, putting forth […]
Paige Collings

Daily Deal: The Adobe Graphic Design Bundle

2 weeks 1 day ago
The Adobe Graphic Design Bundle has 3 courses designed to help you learn the essentials of graphic design and how to apply those skills to your projects. Courses cover Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. You’ll learn all aspects of the design process. It’s on sale for $50. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and curated […]
Daily Deal

CNN Resident Fact Checker Disappeared From Air As Company Waited For Trump Merger Approval

2 weeks 1 day ago
CNN brass have been waiting to get federal approval of their problematic $111 billion merger with Paramount. As we’ve detailed exhaustively, the high debt load from the CBS/Paramount and Warner Brothers merges is going to result in mass layoffs, higher consumer prices, and sagging quality control at the resulting company. It’s what always happens. It’s […]
Karl Bode

Fox News Viewership Increases Belief In False Conspiracy Theories About Immigration

2 weeks 1 day ago
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. During a Washington Nationals baseball game on May 17, 2026, three people unfurled a large banner from the upper deck of Nationals Park displaying a link to a white nationalist website. The website, warning of the replacement of whites by people of color, called for the deportation […]
Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes, and Tatishe Nteta