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terry harwood – Techdirt
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (343+ words) While some will argue this is more acceptable, as it was Musk doing it to himself, it still generated a ton of extra attention to the idea that Grok would gladly, publicly, undress just about anyone and put them in…...
xAI, Which Is Being Sued Over Grok’s CSAM Problem, Sues a User Over Grok’s CSAM Problem
14+ hour, 13+ min ago (343+ words) While some will argue this is more acceptable, as it was Musk doing it to himself, it still generated a ton of extra attention to the idea that Grok would gladly, publicly, undress just about anyone and put them in…...
This Week In Techdirt History: July 12th – 18th
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (127+ words) This Week in 2016 As UK Piracy Falls To Record Lows, Government Still Wants To Put Pirates In Jail For 10 Years Questionable DMCA Takedown Notice Filed Over Post Calling Lawyer Out For Copyright Infringement Facebook Sued Again For 'Material Support' Of…...
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Putting Some Meat On The Bans
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (163+ words) Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is…...
Daily Deal: 6-in-1 Magstand Mini Magnetic Charge Station + Bedside Lamp
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (267+ words) 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…...
JK Rowling Threatens To Sue Amnesty International Into Oblivion For Expressing An Opinion About A Charity She Funds
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (1373+ words) 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....
Cops Continue To Prove They Can’t Be Trusted With Surveillance Tech
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (553+ words) This is probably nothing more than another data point in a deluge, but it’s worth pointing out because it’s instructive. Cops are using a whole lot of surveillance tech these days. Flock Safety has been especially aggressive in pursuing the…...
Daily Deal: The 2026 Microsoft Azure Architect & Administrator Exam Prep Bundle
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (170+ words) Techdirt. Daily Deal: The 2026 Microsoft Azure Architect & Administrator Exam Prep Bundle from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 2026 Microsoft Azure Architect & Administrator Exam Prep Bundle has 9 courses covering a wide range of Azure skills designed to help you pass your certification exams....
writers guild – Techdirt
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (495+ words) Not long after twelve states sued Paramount claiming its $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers would harm market competition, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) filed their own lawsuit, warning that the massive debt load from the media industry’s latest megamerger…...
Sony Deletes A Bunch More Movies From The Accounts Of People Who ‘Bought’ Them
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (753+ words) In all of our discussions about how the digital revolution has created a system in which people don’t actually own the things they think they’re buying, I get particularly frustrated by the lack of change in it all. We’ve spilled…...