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Election Commission Says Musk Likely Broke The Law By Paying Voters. Will Anyone Do Anything About It?
Published: July 24, 2026 18:09
Will Elon Musk actually face legal consequences for illegally paying voters in an attempt to interfere in an election? We’re at least one step closer to finding out. Back during the 2024 Presidential election, he got away with offering $1 million to a…
Daily Deal: The Complete Raspberry Pi And Alexa A-Z Bundle
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/24/daily-deal-the-complete-raspberry-pi-and-alexa-a-z-bundle-9/
Published: July 24, 2026 18:04
Learn Raspberry Pi and start building Amazon Alexa projects with The Complete Raspberry Pi and Alexa A-Z Bundle. Catered for all levels, these project-based courses will get you up and running with the basics of Pi, before escalating to full projects.…
Administration Accelerating Immigration Hearings To Ensure Migrants Miss New Court Dates
Published: July 24, 2026 16:25
No punishment is too vindictive. No cruelty is too small. The administration that is openly seeking to create a white Christian nationalist autocracy will do whatever it can to expel as many non-white people from this nation as possible. Trump and his…
Brendan Carr Lobs More Empty Threats At ABC For Not Airing Trump’s Election Fraud Lies
Published: July 24, 2026 12:22
Earlier this year FCC boss Brendan Carr launched a series of fake investigations into ABC because the network (1) hosted Democratic Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico on The View, (2) aired comedians who made fun of the president and his wife, and (3)…
Caleb Williams, George Gervin, An ‘Iceman’ Trademark And Insulated Boots…Oh My?
Published: July 24, 2026 03:05
If you’re not a particular kind of sports fan, a certain trademark dispute may have escaped your attention. The Chicago Bears quarterback is Caleb Williams and he’s pretty great. He also has acquired a nickname: “Iceman.” This nickname has become so…
“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands To Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
Published: July 23, 2026 22:40
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Frank Ssekamwa says the United States presented his country with an impossible choice. If it accepted the terms of a new health agreement, Uganda would have to…
The FTC’s National Nanny Returns: AI Edition
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/23/the-ftcs-national-nanny-returns-ai-edition/
Published: July 23, 2026 20:20
In 1978, the Federal Trade Commission, the agency that regulates unfair or deceptive advertising, proposed limiting TV ads for sugary foods on programs targeted at children. The Washington Post’s editorial board scoffed that the plan would “turn the agency…
Government Lawyers Say Trump Admin Can Use TikTok Again Because ‘Owned’ No Longer Means ‘Owned’
Published: July 23, 2026 18:19
We spent a few years pointing out the ridiculousness of the whole “TikTok ban” moral panic, and the fact that all of the “concerns” magically melted away after Trump became president and then effectively gifted a controlling stake to some of his friends…
Daily Deal: The Modern No-Code Development Bundle
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/23/daily-deal-the-modern-no-code-development-bundle-5/
Published: July 23, 2026 18:14
The Modern No-Code Creator Bundle is an extensive online curriculum specifically developed to enable individuals to construct professional websites, applications & automated workflows without the necessity of writing any code. It has five courses, covering…
ICE Illegally Scooped Up Medicaid Data, Then Shared It With Palantir
Published: July 23, 2026 16:34
The Trump administration’s continual trend towards maximum awfulness means that every report seems to be “I’ve got bad news and I’ve got worse news.” What was already bad has become even worse now that more of the administration’s actions have been exposed…
Dem Texas AG Candidate Vows To Investigate Musk’s Starlink Grant Grift
Published: July 23, 2026 12:27
Last month I wrote a feature for The Verge exploring how Republicans had hijacked the Biden-era infrastructure bill to redirect billions of dollars away from next-generation fiber, and instead funnel it into the pockets of billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff…
Screen Time Guidelines For Kids Is Changing As Research Paints A More Nuanced Picture
Published: July 23, 2026 03:16
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Concerns surrounding young people’s screen time are widespread. Australia became the first country to ban social media for users under 16 in…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech Spotlight: PwC’s Dan Hays On The Future Of Trust & Safety
Published: July 22, 2026 22:00
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go…
Careful What You Sue For: Trump’s BBC Case Just Forced His Financial Records Into Discovery
Published: July 22, 2026 20:22
We’ve written in the past that people online often get way too excited about theoretical pending “discovery” in frivolous lawsuits filed by bad actors. Because while there are certainly a few cases where (1) a frivolous case even reaches discovery and (2)…
DOJ Now Citing Fake AI-Generated Cases To Keep ICE Detainees Locked Up
Published: July 22, 2026 18:13
You’d think that watching multiple lawyers get caught red-handed using AI to file briefs full of made-up citations would cause everyone in the legal profession — especially prosecutors — to double-check their own. You would, of course, be wrong. And the…
Daily Deal: The Ultimate Microsoft Office 2021/365 Training Bundle
Published: July 22, 2026 18:08
StreamSkill has combined seven of their best Office 2021/365 courses to create this awesome Ultimate Microsoft Office 2021/365 Bundle. Whether you’re a student, an office professional, a business owner, a freelancer, or just someone who wants to get…
Administration Works Fast To Cover For Another ICE Killing
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/22/administration-works-fast-to-cover-for-another-ice-killing/
Published: July 22, 2026 16:36
Former DHS head Kristi Noem got permanently sidelined for being unable to do two impossible things at once: be the anti-migrant hardliner Trump appointed her to be and massage the message when shit went sideways. Two murders in less than a month in…
The Corrupt, Xenophobic Hysteria Behind The ‘TikTok Ban’ Will Soon Be Mirrored Across U.S. AI Policy
Published: July 22, 2026 12:29
You might recall how the press and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers suffered a four-year embolism about the purported privacy and national security threat of TikTok, before “fixing” the problem by ultimately offloading TikTok to Trump’s billionaire…
You Don’t Need $200 Million To Make A Blockbuster Film Any More
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/21/you-dont-need-200-million-to-make-a-blockbuster-film-any-more/
Published: July 22, 2026 03:14
Walled Culture the book (digital versions available free) is about the incompatibility of the traditional copyright system with the digital world, and its failure to reward creators fairly. That raises the question of what might replace it, and the book’s…
Victory! Flock Ends Rollout Of Audio “Distress Detection” Of Human Voices
Published: July 21, 2026 22:07
Reversing course, Flock Safety—the surveillance technology vendor most known for its extensive network of automated license plate readers—has announced that it will end a pilot for its acoustic gunshot detection devices to identify signs of “human…
xAI, Which Is Being Sued Over Grok’s CSAM Problem, Sues a User Over Grok’s CSAM Problem
Published: July 21, 2026 20:03
You may recall that at the end of last year and very beginning of this year there was a big story over Elon Musk’s LLM tool Grok being willing to produce non-consensual images of people (including children) in bikinis or otherwise stripped down in…
Florida Fires Expose Violations Of Over 100 Court Orders By ICE, DOJ
Published: July 21, 2026 18:02
The Trump administration continues to pretend migrants don’t have due process rights. It does this despite racking up nearly 10,000 rulings to the contrary — losing in roughly 90% of the petitions brought by ICE detainees. While the Fifth Circuit continues…
Daily Deal: AdGuard Personal or Family Plan
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/21/daily-deal-adguard-personal-or-family-plan-2/
Published: July 21, 2026 17:57
Welcome to the world of seamless browsing with AdGuard Personal or Family plans. This intuitive ad blocker offers an unparalleled web experience, powered by its three core features: an advanced ad-blocking module, a comprehensive privacy protection tool,…
Tom Homan Again Promises That ICE Will Keep Murdering People Until Democrats Stop Calling Them Murderers
Published: July 21, 2026 16:32
Earlier this year “Border Czar” Tom Homan, with an apparently straight face, told the media that if Democrats didn’t stop calling ICE murderers for the murders they committed, then they would have no choice but to murder more people. A few weeks later,…
Paramount Forced To Delay Warner Bros Merger After California Antitrust Lawsuit
Published: July 21, 2026 12:27
Paramount has been forced to pause consummation of its controversial $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers after a state antitrust lawsuit resulted in the courts granting a 14-day restraining order. There’s a not insubstantial chance that the pause…
USPTO Denies MLB’s Insane Attempt To Trademark ‘Play Ball’
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/20/uspto-denies-mlbs-insane-attempt-to-trademark-play-ball/
Published: July 21, 2026 03:06
There is no shortage of examples of Major League Baseball attempting to wield overly broad trademarks its obtained to bully others, nor examples of MLB attempting to stretch its trademark rights much further than they go. MLB opposed a trademark for a…
Banning Transgender Kids From School Sports Affects All Children – Strangers Scrutinizing Kid’s Bodies Put All Kids At Risk Of Harassment
Published: July 20, 2026 22:05
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Youth sports have a significant impact on the development of all children. Sports provide children opportunities to build their social skills and…
Everything Is For Sale In The Trump White House, Even His Truth Social Posts
Published: July 20, 2026 19:59
Over the last few months especially, there has been renewed attention to the sheer scale of Donald Trump’s ability to profit off the presidency. The efforts to do so only become more brazen every week. Leaving aside the crypto business that he got a ton of…
Attempted Murder Charges Dropped After Bystander Recordings Expose ICE Officer’s Lies
Published: July 20, 2026 17:59
Record law enforcement officers whenever you can. Sure, they’ll hate it, but it helps all the people they seek to do harm to. Last summer, recordings and other evidence undercut a lot of the administration’s attempts to convert First Amendment activity…
Daily Deal: Digi Pen for iPads
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/20/daily-deal-digi-pen-for-ipads/
Published: July 20, 2026 17:46
Equipped with a 1.2mm fine tip, the Digi Pen for iPads provides durability, sensitivity, and pixel precision. No lagging, no skips, no scratches. Perfect for drawing, sketching, painting, and writing. With palm rejection technology, you can use it directly…
Australia’s Next Target In The War On Kids Online: Your VPN
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/20/australias-next-target-in-the-war-on-kids-online-your-vpn/
Published: July 20, 2026 16:22
We — and plenty of others — have been warning that the global rush to mandate age verification wouldn’t stop at “let’s make sure kids can’t see porn” or even just “keep kids off of social media.” It would inevitably expand into treating anonymity and…
Brendan Carr Is Illegally Dismantling U.S. Media Consolidation Law
Published: July 20, 2026 12:24
Brendan Carr and the Trump FCC are finalizing plans to illegally eliminate what’s left of the country’s already barely functional media consolidation limits; a specific gift to Trump-friendly right wing broadcasters that are hoping to monopolize what’s…
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/19/funniest-most-insightful-comments-of-the-week-at-techdirt-217/
Published: July 19, 2026 20:00
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Thad with a simple comment about the judicial smackdown of Trump’s IRS settlement: Bar referrals. Finally. In second place, it’s Stephen T. Stone with a comment about J. K. Rowling threatening to…
This Week In Techdirt History: July 12th – 18th
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/18/this-week-in-techdirt-history-july-12th-18th/
Published: July 18, 2026 19:00
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RFK Jr. May Have Violated The Hatch Act In Encouraging Iowa Congressional Candidates To Drop Out
Published: July 18, 2026 02:39
I don’t think it’s terribly controversial to say that this second Trump administration has never shown much concern for the Hatch Act. If you’re not familiar with that particular law, it makes it illegal for most of the members of the executive branch of…
Ken Paxton Vowed To Crack Down On “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
Published: July 17, 2026 22:01
This article first appeared on The Texas Tribune. Two weeks before this year’s primary elections, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public to report people or groups suspected of voter fraud. “Free and fair…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Putting Some Meat On The Bans
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/17/ctrl-alt-speech-putting-some-meat-on-the-bans/
Published: July 17, 2026 19:57
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go…
JK Rowling Threatens To Sue Amnesty International Into Oblivion For Expressing An Opinion About A Charity She Funds
Published: July 17, 2026 17:59
JK Rowling has spoken about how she wrote the first Harry Potter book while she was employed at Amnesty International and how much that experience influenced her writing, and how she learned “the power of human empathy” from working there. Rowling was…
Daily Deal: 6-in-1 Magstand Mini Magnetic Charge Station + Bedside Lamp
Published: July 17, 2026 17:54
Simplify your daily charging experience and replace most of the chargers and cables on your desktop, with this one mini station that does it all. The 6-in-1 Magstand Mini Magnetic Charge Station is a mini charging station that gives you full control over…
The Documents Trump Declassified To Blame China For The 2020 Election… Actually Show Russia Was The One Meddling For Him
Published: July 17, 2026 16:29
You might have heard that Donald Trump gave a weird, rambling, nonsense speech last night full of misinformation and lies, trying to spread distrust in our electoral process ahead of the 2026 midterms — so that when Republicans likely lose some of the…
Trump Just Made It Easier For Your ISP To Rip You Off With Bogus Fees
Published: July 17, 2026 12:24
Here’s a short crash course in U.S. telecom policy. Giant and very unpopular companies like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, and Charter created regional monopolies that work tirelessly to erode all meaningful competition and oversight, resulting in high prices,…