Mike Masnick 2021-01-15 20:39:18 www.techdirt.com from the it's-tricky dept I've delayed writing deeper thoughts on the total deplatforming of Parler, in part because there was so much else happening (including some more timely posts about Parler's lawsuit regarding it),…
Copia Institute 2021-01-15 18:30:03 www.techdirt.com from the gets-tricky-quickly dept Summary: US companies obviously need to obey US laws, but dealing with demands from foreign governments can present challenging dilemmas. The Sarawak Report, a London-based investigative journalism operation that reports…
Daily Deal 2021-01-15 13:39:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Premium 2021 Project and Quality Management Bundle has 22 courses to help you learn how to handle any project and deliver efficient results. You'll be introduced to the fundamentals…
Timothy Geigner 2021-01-15 13:44:00 www.techdirt.com from the nintendon't dept Nintendo has built quite a reputation for itself as an intellectual property protectionist, going much further than most other game publishers to exert strict control over all of its IP.…
Mike Masnick 2021-01-14 12:34:54 www.techdirt.com from the good-to-see dept Last Friday, Twitter made the decision to permanently ban Donald Trump from its platform, which I wrote about at the time, explaining that it's not an easy decision, but neither…
Mike Masnick 2021-01-14 18:28:43 www.techdirt.com from the not-how-it-works dept It appears that Parler's antitrust lawsuit against Amazon for suspending its AWS account isn't off to a very good start. In an emergency hearing on Thursday to see whether or…
Daily Deal 2021-01-14 13:40:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Create Your Own Website with WordPress Bundle has 5 courses geared to help you launch your own website. You'll learn about web design basics, how to create an online…
Mike Masnick 2021-01-14 13:45:00 www.techdirt.com from the oh-come-off-it dept While Twitter is opening up to have the difficult conversation about how content moderation and the open internet should co-exist at a time when the President of the US has…
Copia Institute 2021-01-13 18:38:00 www.techdirt.com from the a-challenge dept Summary: Running a site that relies on third-party content means having to deal with the underside of human existence. While most people engage in good faith, a small minority of…
Daily Deal 2021-01-13 13:49:45 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Personal and Business Finance Super Bundle features 12 courses on how to handle your finances effectively with content on accounting, financial mathematics, various funds, and more. You'll learn how…
Timothy Geigner 2021-01-12 23:08:25 www.techdirt.com from the by-a-furlong dept Last month, we discussed a crazy lawsuit brought by Alan Rupp, owner of Kern's Kitchen and the trademark for the fairly famous "Derby Pie." Rupp has a reputation for policing…
Mike Masnick 2021-01-12 15:16:09 www.techdirt.com from the square-the-circle dept Lots of folks are reporting on the news that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has now said that she finds Twitter's decision to ban Donald Trump "problematic." German Chancellor Angela Merkel…
Daily Deal 2021-01-12 13:42:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 2021 Career And Self Development Bundle has 10 courses to help you achieve all of your business and non-business goals. Courses cover resume building, interview techniques, salary negotiation, and…
Konstantinos Komaitis 2021-01-11 12:41:14 www.techdirt.com from the sliding,-sliding dept What a week the first week of January has been! As democracy and its institutions were tested in the United States, so were the Internet and its actors. Following the…
Timothy Geigner 2021-01-11 13:46:49 www.techdirt.com from the democracy-on-decline dept While we've been discussing the troubling actions the Chinese government has undertaken against Hong Kong for some time now, the movements are starting to reach a rapid pace. It was…
Karl Bode 2021-01-11 18:30:06 www.techdirt.com from the really-dumb-ideas dept A small Idaho ISP by the name of Your T1 WIFI has decided to punish Twitter and Facebook for perceived "censorship"...by censoring them. In an email to subscribers posted to…
Karl Bode 2021-01-11 18:30:06 www.techdirt.com from the really-dumb-ideas dept A small Idaho ISP by the name of Your T1 WIFI has decided to punish Twitter and Facebook for perceived "censorship"...by censoring them. In an email to subscribers posted to…
Cathy Gellis 2021-01-11 15:01:39 www.techdirt.com from the strangest-bedfellows dept Last week Senators Hawley and Cruz used their platform and power as United States Senators to deliberately spread disinformation they knew or should have known to be false in order…
Daily Deal 2021-01-11 13:41:49 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Salesforce Admin Certification is for the Salesforce administrators to validate their knowledge of Salesforce applications, configuration, and management of Salesforce with additional capabilities. This bundle gives you a 3-hour course…
Copia Institute 2021-01-08 18:50:01 www.techdirt.com from the trusted-removers? dept Summary: Any site that relies on uploaded content has to be wary of hosting pirated content. In most cases, allegedly infringing content is removed at the request of rights holders…
Glyn Moody 2021-01-08 16:30:57 www.techdirt.com from the not-going-dark dept As Techdirt readers know, there's a lot of hatred for social media in some circles, and lots of lies being told about why Section 230 is to blame. Against that…
Daily Deal 2021-01-08 13:44:04 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Complete 2020 Learn Linux Bundle has 12 courses to help you learn Linux OS concepts and processes. You'll start with an introduction to Linux and progress to more advanced…
Mike Masnick 2021-01-08 12:34:00 www.techdirt.com from the too-little-too-late dept On Thursday, a day after his boss helped incite a mob to storm the Capitol, only then did outgoing FCC chair Ajit Pai finally "distance" himself from Trump and say…
Daily Deal 2021-01-07 13:39:00 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Build a Strategy Game Development Bundle has 10 courses to help you learn how to build your own game with the Unity Real-Time Development Platform. You'll learn strategy game…
Tim Cushing 2021-01-07 06:20:34 www.techdirt.com from the is-that-a-federal-charge-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me dept If you want to turn a local crime federal, all you need is the internet. This has been the federal government's M.O. for years: bring federal charges as often as…
Daily Deal 2021-01-06 13:39:41 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Premium Learn to Code 2021 Bundle has 27 courses to help amp up your programming skill set. Courses cover JavaScript, Swift UI, C#, Ruby on Rails, Python, My SQL,…
Daily Deal 2021-01-06 13:39:41 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Premium Learn to Code 2021 Bundle has 27 courses to help amp up your programming skill set. Courses cover JavaScript, Swift UI, C#, Ruby on Rails, Python, My SQL,…
Daily Deal 2021-01-05 13:48:32 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept Have you thought about starting a business or becoming an entrepreneur but you’re not sure where to start? Or, would you love to make some extra cash? If so, start…
Tim Cushing 2021-01-05 06:24:52 www.techdirt.com from the criminalizing-impolite-disagreement dept The Chinese government has been showing its impatience over its impending takeover of Hong Kong. China agreed to allow Hong Kong to run under its own government until 2047, but…
Glyn Moody 2021-01-04 23:22:42 www.techdirt.com from the tim-berners-lee-would-be-proud dept Techdirt readers will be very familiar with CERN, the European Council for Nuclear Research (the acronym comes from the French version: Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire). It's best known…
Tim Cushing 2021-01-04 18:31:57 www.techdirt.com from the flying-under-the-radar-love dept FOIA requests, leaked documents, data breaches, Congressional testimony… all of these have led to the outing of cellphone surveillance tech utilized by law enforcement. As far back as 2014, Chris…
Mike Masnick 2021-01-04 16:39:36 www.techdirt.com from the a-slight-win-for-journalism dept Even if you think that Julian Assange conspired against the US with the help of Russia, as some allege, you should still be extremely concerned about the US's prosecution of…
Daily Deal 2021-01-04 13:41:33 www.techdirt.com from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Ultimate Python And Artificial Intelligence Bundle has 9 courses to help you develop your programming and web development skills. Courses cover Python, Artificial Intelligence, Keras, PyTorch, and more. It's…