• Germany’s state media regulators are preparing new rules that could force platforms like X, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram to give greater visibility to “trusted” or “reliable” media outlets in their algorithms

  2026/05/27

• The simple test that blew up the FTC’s case against Meta | …absolutely fascinating read re: puncturing wild claims of “monopoly” in social networking

  2025/11/20

• The Law of the Server is the Law of the Site: a Trans-Atlantic Free Speech Defense Doctrine | Preston Byrne | …broadening the US/Europe free-speech impedance mismatch…

  2025/10/02

• Question: how will this supposed UK Digital ID work for people who use rooted phones and open source operating systems with alternative app stores, as demanded in the EU Digital Services Act?

  2025/09/26

• Bluesky users discover that even “federated” & “distributed” platforms exhibit “lock-in” due to “network effects”; and “cognitive dissonance” ensues…

  2025/09/24

• Retrospective: The Man Behind Biden’s Sweeping AI Executive Order | POLITICO | End of the techlash in sight?

  2025/03/03

• Google won’t add fact-checks despite new EU law

  2025/01/16