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The New Surveillance State Is You
Andrew Couts, Wired
Privacy may be dead, but civilians are turning conventional wisdom on its head by surveilling the cops as much as the cops surveil them.
Dec 29, 2025, 11:00 AM
Did Homeland Security Just Violate the First Amendment on Christmas?
Edith Olmsted, The New Republic
The Department of Homeland Security’s tasteless holiday shitposting may have just violated the United States Constitution. The federal agency’s official X account published multiple posts Thursday that appeared to violate the Establishment Clause, which prohi…
Dec 26, 2025, 8:46 PM
Teacher ‘likened to terrorist’ after showing Trump videos to students
Robert Mendick, Yahoo Entertainment
A teacher in an English school was accused of posing a risk to children and referred to the Government’s counter-terrorism programme after showing Donald...
Dec 25, 2025, 7:00 PM
StopAntisemitism Takes Credit for Getting Hundreds Fired. A Music Teacher Is Suing.
Jonah Valdez, The Intercept
Known for targeting celebrities like Ms. Rachel, the pro-Israel blacklist also goes after private individuals who post in solidarity with Palestine. The post StopAntisemitism Takes Credit for Getting Hundreds Fired. A Music Teacher Is Suing. appeared first on…
Dec 20, 2025, 11:00 AM
Ted Cruz Had The Best Defense of “Profoundly Unfunny” Jimmy Kimmel During The FCC Senate Hearing
Keegan Kelly, Cracked.com
Cruz is no fan of "Kimball," but he knows exactly what Brendan Carr is all about
Dec 18, 2025, 8:00 PM
ICEBlock App Developer Sues Trump Officials, Claims Apple Was Pressured to Remove App
Juli Clover, MacRumors
The developer behind the ICEBlock app that Apple removed from the App Store at the Trump administration's request is suing for suppression of free speech. The lawsuit names Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem, and other government officials, accusing them of First Amendme…
Dec 8, 2025, 10:09 PM
ICE-tracking app developer sues Trump admin after Apple spikes the software
Brandon Vigliarolo, Theregister.com
Suit argues forcing Apple to remove app, and threatening dev with legal action is a First Amendment violation Does the first amendment allow citizens to track law enforcement activity? After publishing an iOS app that shows where ICE agents have deployed, ICE…
Dec 8, 2025, 9:07 PM
ICEBlock Sues White House Over Pressuring Apple for App Store Removal
Ece Yildirim, Gizmodo.com
ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron claims that the removal is a suppression of free speech
Dec 8, 2025, 7:00 PM
He Built a Viral ICE-Spotting App. The Government Shut It Down. Now He’s Fighting Back.
Nitish Pahwa, Slate Magazine
It became a lightning rod for the right—and a target for what its developer says was an attack on free speech.
Dec 8, 2025, 5:29 PM
US Supreme Court turns away appeal of Texas library book ban
By Jan Wolfe, Yahoo Entertainment
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S.
Dec 8, 2025, 2:44 PM
Maria Bamford Says We Worry About Freedom of Speech When White Guys Are Affected
Matt Solomon, Cracked.com
By Matt Solomon Published: December 04th, 2025
Dec 4, 2025, 3:00 PM
Sabrina Carpenter slams White House for using music in 'evil' video...
The-sun.com
Sabrina Carpenter slams White House for using music in 'evil' video... (First column, 17th story, link) Related stories:Melania Trump Could Be Impacted by New Citizenship Bill... COLD AS ICE: Agents arrest military spouses at green card…
Dec 2, 2025, 7:28 PM
White House Launches Worthless And Whiny Taxpayer-Funded ‘Media Bias’ Tracker
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Not content with just filing baseless lawsuits against media companies who say mean things about our historically unpopular president, the Trump administration has unveiled a new lazy wrinkle in its war on journalism and free speech. The White House unveiled …
Dec 2, 2025, 1:30 PM
People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem
Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic
Rising American anti-Semitism isn’t a foreign influence operation.
Nov 25, 2025, 9:50 PM
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Seth Stern, The Intercept
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment. The post The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine appeared first on The Intercept.
Nov 23, 2025, 11:00 AM
Trump says ABC's license should be revoked after reporter's Epstein files question
Bryan Metzger, Business Insider
"I think the license should be taken away from ABC," Trump told an ABC reporter. "Because your news is so fake, and it's so wrong."
Nov 18, 2025, 7:04 PM
Bipartisan Senators Want To Honor Charlie Kirk By Making It Easier To Censor The Internet
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly and Republican Senator John Curtis want to gut Section 230 to combat “political radicalization”—in honor of Charlie Kirk, whose entire career was built on political radicalization. Kirk styled himself as a “free speech warrior” b…
Nov 18, 2025, 5:27 PM
Trump, Brendan Carr Threaten To Censor Some More Comedians For The Crime Of Comedy
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Donald Trump and his earlobe nibbler (FCC boss Brendan Carr) are threatening to try and censor some more comedians after their efforts to cancel Jimmy Kimmel went so well (read: not well at all). Over at the right wing white propaganda website formerly known …
Nov 18, 2025, 1:30 PM
Man Arrested By Charlie Kirk Fan/Sheriff For Directly Quoting Donald Trump
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
We know there’s a concerted effort to punish anyone who dares to show anything but complete, unqualified reverence for Charlie Kirk’s corpse. The man who made millions by denigrating anyone who wasn’t as white, straight, and “Christian” as he was is apparentl…
Nov 3, 2025, 9:14 PM
Trump claims anti-Trump content should be outlawed after Meyers segment
Ellsworth Toohey, Boing Boing
President "Poo-Poo" Trump attacked late-night host Seth Meyers on Saturday, calling him "the least talented person to 'perform' live in the history of television" and declaring his show "100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!" The outburst came after M…
Nov 3, 2025, 8:49 PM
Felony dropped after a man spent a month in a Tennessee jail for a Charlie Kirk post
R.J. RICO, Yahoo Entertainment
Authorities in Tennessee have dropped a felony charge against a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination...
Oct 30, 2025, 4:45 PM
ExxonMobil accuses California of violating its free speech
Justine Calma, The Verge
ExxonMobil is suing California over state laws that compel large companies to share a more comprehensive picture of their greenhouse gas emissions, as well as disclose financial risks that climate change might pose to their investors. The oil and gas company …
Oct 27, 2025, 10:42 PM
Biden calls these 'dark days' as he urges Americans to 'get back up'
ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Yahoo Entertainment
Former President Joe Biden called these “dark days” as he urged Americans to stay optimistic and not to check out in response to what he says are attacks on ...
Oct 27, 2025, 5:56 AM
Student Journalists At Indiana University And Purdue Show More Integrity, Solidarity And Backbone Than Many In The Mainstream Press
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Last week, Indiana University administrators fired the school newspaper’s (Indiana Daily Student) advisor and ordered students to stop printing the paper. The student journalists say that University administrators didn’t like the student paper’s decision to i…
Oct 23, 2025, 12:27 PM