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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Has Really Bad Ideas About Section 230 by Mike Masnick

Over the summer I got a copy of the new book from Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone, two formerly staunch 1st Amendment supporters who have apparently decided to go back on their earlier views, with a collection of essays by a variety of authors about “social media, freedom of speech, and the future of our […]

Tornado Cash is a deathless artificial being, animated by magical words to circumvent the law.

The chilling effects of the Treasury Department’s unprecedented sanctions against code itself are being felt well beyond the cryptocurrency community, threatening the entire open source software ecosystem, and raising existential questions for all privacy-promoting technologies.

The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)'s placement of “Tornado Cash” as an entity on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) sanction list raises important questions that are being discussed around the world. OFAC explained its sanction by saying “Tornado Cash (Tornado) is a virtual...

Stop Projecting America’s Democratic Decline Onto the World by Allison Meakem

Washington’s institutions are faring far worse than those of its peers.

Religion doesn’t flourish when it is compulsory. Look to Iran for an example.

Back in August 20 people were arrested in Florida as part of a sting operation on "voter fraud" heavily publicized by Gov. DeSantis. Each person had a felony conviction and voted, but I wrote about how each person was specifically told by election authorities that they were legally able to vote. The confusion stems from how felony voter right restoration was implemented in Florida, where the state insisted that everyone had to pay all outstanding fines while at the same time

The journalists behind a controversial series of stories tell us they haven't been hoaxed. We're not so sure

I regret to inform you that this newsletter may make you fat. The Wapo reports that things like inflation, pandemics, wars, and coups “have caused stress levels in the United States to surge to new highs,” and that for many of you, “that stress is showing up on the scale.” I won’t go into the “many

It’s sunday evening; there’s a lot to be said for being a stay-at-home-dad, and honestly I actually like having stuff like meal-prep and laundry to do, after 35+ years of “All Unix Network Security, All The Time” living. But I don’t like having to write this post. Not least I need to be br...

Have independent women really turned that hard against the Democrats? It’s a national poll that measures mood, not specific reactions to specific candidates.

How do WordPress plugins grow in 2022?

A version of the email can be made public, to be verified, without compromising their source.

Across industries, executive after executive has chosen the PRC over free speech

A friend’s wife’s CrossFit trainer’s mom saw a post on a Facebook group about kids identifying as cats and using litterboxes at school.

What will it take for millions of Americans to care?

And it’s not “the media.”

The Pennsylvania Democrat deserves to face the same questions—and to be given the same opportunities—as any other candidate.

The Alex Jones Verdict Exposed an Important Legal Truth by David French

The fabrication-industrial complex is skating on thin legal ice.