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1. Judge Rejects Google's Attempt to DMCA Its Way Out of Being Scraped (www.techdirt.com)
   341 points by cdrnsf 24 days ago | 154 comments
2. California Town Says Flock Cameras Misread License Plates 71% of the Time (www.techdirt.com)
   69 points by hn_acker 14 days ago | 10 comments
3. ICE Illegally Scooped Up Medicaid Data, Then Shared It with Palantir (www.techdirt.com)
   68 points by cdrnsf 28 days ago | 3 comments
4. Flock (Again) Activates a Camera System a Town Had Voted to Shut Down (www.techdirt.com)
   64 points by hn_acker 7 days ago | 8 comments
5. Anthropic Doesn't Want Open Weight Models Banned. Just All That Makes Them Good (www.techdirt.com)
   40 points by cdrnsf 22 days ago | 6 comments
6. DOJ Now Citing Fake AI-Generated Cases to Keep ICE Detainees Locked Up (www.techdirt.com)
   23 points by hn_acker 29 days ago | 1 comments
7. US Officials Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe (www.techdirt.com)
   17 points by beardyw 24 days ago | 1 comments
8. SpaceX's Earnings Show Elon Wiped Out Two-Thirds of Twitter's Ad Business (www.techdirt.com)
   12 points by shye 10 days ago | 4 comments
9. SpaceX's Earnings Show Elon Wiped Out Two-Thirds of Twitter's Ad Business (www.techdirt.com)
   9 points by _1 9 days ago | 1 comments
10. FOIA Documents Show Epstein Files Had Flag List Which Included the Term 'POTUS' (www.techdirt.com)
    9 points by hn_acker 2 days ago | discuss
11. It's Official: Flock Is for Stalking (www.techdirt.com)
    9 points by cdrnsf 10 days ago | discuss
12. Trump Admin Hijacked $21B in Internet Access Funding and Then Went Mute (www.techdirt.com)
    8 points by hn_acker 15 days ago | 1 comments
13. Expansion of Flock Camera Systems Is Leading to More False Positives (www.techdirt.com)
    7 points by cdrnsf 22 days ago | discuss
14. DOJ Says Government Can Use TikTok Again Because 'Owned' No Longer Means 'Owned' (www.techdirt.com)
    7 points by hn_acker 28 days ago | discuss
15. Screwworm Infections Get Worse, Government Unleashing Drone Army to Surveil Them (www.techdirt.com)
    6 points by hn_acker 2 days ago | 2 comments
16. Ninth Circuit Rewrites Section 230 To Remove The Part That Actually Mattered (www.techdirt.com)
    6 points by hn_acker 8 days ago | discuss
17. What 20M Bans Reveal About the Stress on Wikipedia's Volunteers (www.techdirt.com)
    6 points by beardyw 21 days ago | discuss
18. Trump's AI Framework Is So Bad They Won't Show You What's in It (www.techdirt.com)
    5 points by cdrnsf 14 days ago | 1 comments
19. French Constitutional Council Blocks Under-15 Social Media Ban (www.techdirt.com)
    5 points by cdrnsf 1 day ago | discuss
20. Ninth Circuit: Your AI Agent Can't Violate Hacking Law. But You Might (www.techdirt.com)
    5 points by speckx 15 days ago | discuss
21. Meta Backs Off Sloppy Gambit to Nickel-and-Dime AI Glasses Customers (www.techdirt.com)
    5 points by hn_acker 16 days ago | discuss
22. ICE Wants to Give Every Officer a Body Cam, Restrict Public Access to Recordings (www.techdirt.com)
    4 points by hn_acker about 3 hours ago | 1 comments
23. Carr's FCC Rewrites Media Ownership Law Only Congress Can Change (www.techdirt.com)
    4 points by hn_acker 13 days ago | 1 comments
24. Australia's Next Target in the War on Kids Online: Your VPN (www.techdirt.com)
    4 points by 01-_- 27 days ago | 1 comments
25. Not Ready for Prime Time: The Current State of Legal Ethics and AI (www.techdirt.com)
    4 points by hn_acker 8 days ago | discuss
26. The Screen Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites (www.techdirt.com)
    4 points by speckx 17 days ago | discuss
27. Court Says Blocking, But Not Recommending, Speech Is Protected By 1st Amendment (www.techdirt.com)
    3 points by hn_acker 2 days ago | 1 comments
28. Gavin Newsom Makes an Ass of Himself on Antitrust, Paramount Merger (www.techdirt.com)
    3 points by hn_acker 17 days ago | discuss
29. Copia Institute Again Asks Court to Fix Contradictory Media Advertising Ruling (www.techdirt.com)
    2 points by hn_acker 2 days ago | 1 comments
30. Using Trust and Safety Tycoon in the Classroom (www.techdirt.com)
    2 points by hn_acker 16 days ago | discuss