Writers Guild Of America Also Sues Paramount, Citing Looming Merger Layoff Bloodbath
Not long after twelve states sued Paramount claiming its $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers would harm market competition, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) filed their own…
Rubio Wanted To Ban ‘Censors’ From Entering The US. A Court Says He’s The One Censoring.
Last year, the Marco Rubio-run State Department announced that it would start denying visas to people who worked in misinformation/disinformation research, content moderation,…
A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important…
Fifth Circuit Looks Like It’s Ready To Roll Back Its Decision Recognizing Due Process Rights For Migrants
Well, it was fun while it lasted. And even while it still (theoretically) lasts, it’s really nothing more than the Fifth Circuit saying rights can violated, but only for 90 days…
Kash Patel Continues To Draw Heat For His Exorbitant Spending Habits
Donald Trump believes that being elected president means he should never be challenged, never be asked to justify his actions, and never be given less than absolute loyalty and…
Federal Judge Nukes Trump’s Self-Dealt IRS ‘Settlement,’ Sends Lawyers To The Bar
Well, well, well. Last month we noted that Judge Kathleen Williams had agreed to reopen the incredibly sketchy case where Donald Trump (as President of the United States) sued his…
A Dozen States Sue To Block Paramount’s Shitty, Unpopular Merger
A dozen states have filed an antitrust lawsuit to block Paramount/CBS’ $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers. The states argue the deal will undermine market competition, cause…
Paramount Falsely Threatens To Leave California After State Challenges Merger
Paramount is now threatening California regulators that they’ll be taking their ball and going home (to Texas? Israel?) after California and 11 other states filed an antitrust…
ICE Camera Crews Are Labeling Themselves ‘Media,’ Filming Anti-ICE Protesters
This is pointless escalation, but pointless escalation is this administration’s brand. We already know ICE officers have gone out of their way to aim their phones at protesters…
NYC Passes Click To Cancel Rules As Lina Khan Lives On
In late 2024 the Biden FTC under Lina Khan passed new “click to cancel” rules that made it easier to cancel subscriptions and services, promising to punish the worst offenders. It…
Oregon AG Wants Pause On Paramount Merger, Hints At Federal Corruption
I think I’ve extensively explained at this point why the $111 billion merger between Paramount/CBS and Warner Brothers is a gargantuan pile of shit that will indisputably harm…
RFK Jr. Cut Funding For FoodNet, Making It Harder To Figure Out Why You’re Shitting Yourself Uncontrollably
Are you currently pooping yourself uncontrollably and want to know why? Well, the CDC made that slightly more difficult last year, but you might just have cyclosporiasis, the…
How The Spread Of Local AI Models Makes Copyright Enforcement Harder
The central theme of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) is the growing incompatibility between traditional copyright law and the digital, online world. The…
Musk’s Starlink Socks Customers With $1500 ‘High Demand’ Surcharge
For years I’ve noted that while Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband system can be very useful for people with no other options (warzones, RVs, boats, rural Americans), the…
Trump Admin Supoenas NYT Reporters Because They Dared To Criticize His Qatari Graft Plane
Less than a month ago, Trump secured himself a $400 million plane for free — something he certainly couldn’t have accomplished if he weren’t the president of the United States.…
“Reckless” Ben’s Videos Keep Getting More Damning. His Pro Se Lawyering Keeps Getting Worse.
One thing that we’ve heard for many years in covering a variety of ridiculous civil and criminal court cases is the belief that when a crazy case is filed, the person accused of…
Former CDC CMO: RFK Jr. Is Doing ‘Irreparable Harm’
I’m not sure who out there is in RFK Jr.’s corner anymore, beyond some unfortunately powerful people in seats of federal power at the moment. That Kennedy’s tenure at HHS has…
Sony Deletes A Bunch More Movies From The Accounts Of People Who ‘Bought’ Them
In all of our discussions about how the digital revolution has created a system in which people don’t actually own the things they think they’re buying, I get particularly…
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The 2026 Data Engineering Bundle has 7 online courses designed to help learners build skills that align directly with industry expectations. The focus is on practical tools and…
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We have all wanted to learn a language at some point but it’s hard to get started. Some language learning tools can be complicated and very time-consuming. But with uTalk, you’ll…
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Bloof with a comment about Wikipedia banning its co-founder: Guy was one of many people involved in the start of…