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Utah lawmakers are fast tracking two bills that would require social media companies to age verify users, grant parents access to their kids' accounts, and more (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

February 4, 2023

[ad_1] Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Utah lawmakers are fast tracking two bills that would require social media companies to age…

Mastodon, nostr, and other decentralized social networks are having a moment, despite some complexity, propelled by the apparent decline of Twitter and Meta (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

December 22, 2022

[ad_1] Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Mastodon, nostr, and other decentralized social networks are having a moment, despite some complexity, propelled…

By using flimsy, absurd excuses for banning journalists' Twitter accounts, Elon Musk and his buddies show themselves to be hypocrites with no principles (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

December 16, 2022

[ad_1] Mike Masnick / Techdirt: By using flimsy, absurd excuses for banning journalists’ Twitter accounts, Elon Musk and his buddies…

Debunking claims on Twitter handling the Hunter Biden laptop story, including that Twitter engaged in election interference or violated the First Amendment (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

December 8, 2022

[ad_1] Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Debunking claims on Twitter handling the Hunter Biden laptop story, including that Twitter engaged in…

Elon Musk firing Vijaya Gadde is a loss for free speech as she was the most responsible for Twitter's unmatched record defending "actual" free speech globally (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

October 28, 2022

[ad_1] Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Elon Musk firing Vijaya Gadde is a loss for free speech as she was the…

A subreddit with 1.5M members, r/PoliticalHumor, challenges Texas' content moderation law by mandating that comments include "Greg Abbott is a little piss baby" (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

September 26, 2022

[ad_1] Mike Masnick / Techdirt: A subreddit with 1.5M members, r/PoliticalHumor, challenges Texas’ content moderation law by mandating that comments…

The 5th Circuit federal court's ruling to uphold the Texas social media content moderation law is based on a misrepresentation of how Section 230 actually works (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

September 17, 2022

[ad_1] Mike Masnick / Techdirt: The 5th Circuit federal court’s ruling to uphold the Texas social media content moderation law…

Peiter Zatko's whistleblowing report is framed as though it supports Musk's claims that Twitter is lying about spam, but the details actually show the opposite (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

August 27, 2022

[ad_1] Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Peiter Zatko’s whistleblowing report is framed as though it supports Musk’s claims that Twitter is…

Latest AICO Act revisions are carveouts for telcos and financial companies and do not fix real problems with the bill, like a disguised content moderation ban (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

May 29, 2022

[ad_1] Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Latest AICO Act revisions are carveouts for telcos and financial companies and do not fix…

Twitch's takedown of the May 14 mass murder livestream seems to run afoul of Texas' social media law, as an amendment for terrorism content exceptions failed (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

May 16, 2022

[ad_1] Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Twitch’s takedown of the May 14 mass murder livestream seems to run afoul of Texas’…