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1. Epic Allows Internet Archive to Distribute Unreal and Unreal Tournament Forever (www.techdirt.com)
   472 points by chocmake 3 days ago | 112 comments
2. Sixteen U.S. states still ban community-owned broadband networks (www.techdirt.com)
   340 points by speckx 15 days ago | 159 comments
3. NY Times gets 230 wrong again (www.techdirt.com)
   149 points by hn_acker 25 days ago | 128 comments
4. Judge's Investigation into Patent Troll Results in Criminal Referrals (www.techdirt.com)
   83 points by isaacfrond 14 days ago | 19 comments
5. If You Like Being Ripped Off by Comcast, You'll Love Trump's Likely New FCC Boss (www.techdirt.com)
   27 points by speckx 8 days ago | 2 comments
6. Comcast, Charter Sue FTC over Efforts to Make Canceling Services Easier (www.techdirt.com)
   24 points by speckx 23 days ago | 2 comments
7. Threads Bans Anyone for Mentioning Hitler, Even to Criticize (www.techdirt.com)
   23 points by type0 16 days ago | 19 comments
8. A Bad Year for Catherines (www.techdirt.com)
   18 points by hn_acker 18 days ago | 4 comments
9. Trump Tags Brendan Carr to Dismantle What's Left of Consumer Protection at FCC (www.techdirt.com)
   16 points by leotravis10 4 days ago | 5 comments
10. Telecoms Bankroll More Misleading Attacks on Community Broadband Networks (www.techdirt.com)
    16 points by hn_acker 18 days ago | 2 comments
11. 7th Circuit Again Says Long-Term Pole Camera Surveillance Isn't Unconstitutional (www.techdirt.com)
    15 points by hn_acker 7 days ago | discuss
12. Everything Is a Conspiracy Theory When You Don't Bother to Educate Yourself (www.techdirt.com)
    14 points by hn_acker 29 days ago | 3 comments
13. AT&T (Again) Caught Cheating Federal Subsidy Program for Poor People (www.techdirt.com)
    12 points by hn_acker 17 days ago | discuss
14. Marc Andreessen Demands Criminal Charges for Advertisers' Free Market Decisions (www.techdirt.com)
    11 points by hn_acker 7 days ago | 6 comments
15. No, Section 230 Doesn't 'Circumvent' the First Amendment (www.techdirt.com)
    11 points by hn_acker 17 days ago | 4 comments
16. As the Gun Detection Tech Firm Said, Its Tech Doesn't Work in NYC Subways (www.techdirt.com)
    10 points by hn_acker 23 days ago | 2 comments
17. Threatened with a Ban in India, Wikimedia Agrees to Give Editor Data to Court (www.techdirt.com)
    9 points by hn_acker 10 days ago | 2 comments
18. Concerns About White House/Tech Collusion Have Disappeared with Elon's Ascension (www.techdirt.com)
    8 points by doom2 about 24 hours ago | 2 comments
19. Age Verification Laws Are Just a Path Towards Full Ban on Porn, Proponent Admits (www.techdirt.com)
    8 points by coloneltcb 1 day ago | 1 comments
20. Sens. Klobuchar & Lujan, Letting HHS Censor “Misinformation” Is A Terrible Idea (www.techdirt.com)
    7 points by hn_acker 2 days ago | 1 comments
21. New York PD Training: Someone Saying 'I Can't Breathe' Is 'Excited Delirium' (www.techdirt.com)
    6 points by hn_acker 30 days ago | 2 comments
22. Court Allows Reuters to Republish Story on Shady Indian Firm (www.techdirt.com)
    6 points by hn_acker 23 days ago | 1 comments
23. Patents Nintendo Suing Palworld over Confirmed, But, Damn, This Suit Is Weird (www.techdirt.com)
    6 points by hn_acker 13 days ago | discuss
24. Criminals Are Still Using Bogus Law Enforcement Subpoenas to Obtain Users' Info (www.techdirt.com)
    5 points by hn_acker 7 days ago | 1 comments
25. Where Open Access Has Failed to Reform Academic Publishing, Antitrust Law Might (www.techdirt.com)
    5 points by type0 22 days ago | discuss
26. Lies, Panic, and Politics: The Targeted Takedown of Backpage (www.techdirt.com)
    4 points by hn_acker 10 days ago | discuss
27. Judge to Zuckerman: Release Your App First, Then We'll Talk Section 230 (www.techdirt.com)
    4 points by hn_acker 10 days ago | discuss
28. Streaming Video Prices Rise While Quality Falls, Following Cable TV's Lead (www.techdirt.com)
    4 points by speckx 10 days ago | discuss
29. ChatGPT Dreams Up Fake Studies, Alaska Cites Them to Support School Phone Ban (www.techdirt.com)
    4 points by hn_acker 21 days ago | discuss
30. Some (Slightly Biased) Thoughts on the State of Decentralized Social Media (www.techdirt.com)
    4 points by hn_acker 24 days ago | discuss