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@techdirt.comThis Week In Techdirt History: October 4th – 10th
This Week in 2016 Trump Campaign Threatens To Sue NY Times For Sharing His 1995 Tax Returns Yahoo Secretly Built Software To Scan All Emails Under Pressure From...
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/10/this-week-in-techdirt-history-october-4th-10th/
@techdirt.comPolling: Americans Uncertain On RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Stance, Very Certain That They Hate Him
In my many, many posts about RFK Jr. and his disastrous tenure as Secretary of...
@techdirt.comUS Postal Service To Start Exploring Its Always-On Surveillance Options
Here comes the latest in ho-hum dystopia. And by that, I mean surveillance creep has become such a regular...
@techdirt.comCtrl-Alt-Speech: Like Herding Chats
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,...
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/09/ctrl-alt-speech-like-herding-chats/
@techdirt.comAlabama’s TikTok Settlement Comes With An Affiliate Program For Getting Other AGs To Go After TikTok
The big Meta multi-state settlement got most of the...
@techdirt.comDaily Deal: The Essential MATLAB & LabVIEW Mega Bundle
The Essential MATLAB and LabVIEW Mega Bundle has 9 courses to help you improve your skills in programming and visualization. You'll learn the basics...
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/09/daily-deal-the-essential-matlab-labview-mega-bundle-3/
@techdirt.comHey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing Squad
There is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and...
@techdirt.comCable Giants Ironically Plan To Sue FCC For Illegally Killing Media Ownership Limits
I've explored how Trump FCC Boss Brendan Carr has been working tirelessly to illegally...
@techdirt.comPete Hegseth Pretends Pentagon’s New ‘Religious Affairs’ Office Isn’t Christian Nationalism
There's a certain segment of the American population that likes to really...
@techdirt.comThe Metric Is Not The Mission: The Illusion Of Knowing Us
The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly...
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/08/the-metric-is-not-the-mission-the-illusion-of-knowing-us/
@techdirt.comDNC Sues Trump For Wasting $20 Million In Taxpayer Dollars On Ineffective Midterm Propaganda
The Democratic party has announced they're suing Donald Trump for his...
@techdirt.comFBI Whistleblower Says Emil Bove Directed Agents To Investigate Anti-ICE Protesters
Hey, this guy is a judge now! Let that seep in for a bit. Emil Bove used to work for the...
@techdirt.comDaily Deal: The iPhotography Training Course
From exposure to shutter speed and everything in between, this award-winning training walks you through the nuts and bolts behind capturing truly stunning photos....
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/08/daily-deal-the-iphotography-training-course/
@techdirt.comUS Gov’t Interferes To Get Foreign Sponsors To Drop Conference Because A Panel Asks If The US...
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@techdirt.comRight On Cue: Here Comes The Skydance/Paramount Layoffs
You can set your watch to it.Major media companies insist they simply have to merge to create all manner of amazing new "consolidative synergies."...
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/08/right-on-cue-here-comes-the-skydance-paramount-layoffs/
@techdirt.comNew York Declares State Of Emergency As Measles Cases Spread Fast
It's becoming very apparent that we failed to learn a key lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic: infectious diseases aren't...
@techdirt.comPD’s New Policy For Flock Cameras Just Shows How Little It Was Doing Before The Blowback Hit
Flock is being tossed aside by tons of cities and the trend doesn't seem...
@techdirt.comHow Copyright Is Being Abused To Censor Albania’s Flamingo Revolution
For the last couple of years, the copyright world has been grappling with the latest generation of AI, as numerous...
@techdirt.comJudge Blocks Utah’s Demand That Websites See Through VPNs
Over the last few years, with Congress completely incompetent and a massive moral panic about tech raging, states have stepped up to try to...
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/07/judge-blocks-utahs-demand-that-websites-see-through-vpns/
@techdirt.comDaily Deal: flowkey Piano Learning App
flowkey is a fun, interactive piano learning platform that helps anyone go from absolute beginner to confident player — at their own pace. It combines step-by-step courses with...
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/07/daily-deal-flowkey-piano-learning-app-3/