the-‘most-massive-attack-on-free-speech’-is-happening-right-now,-and-the-twitter-files-crew-is-mighty-quiet

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For the last five years, we had to endure an endless, breathless parade of hyperbole regarding the so-called “censorship industrial complex.” We were told, repeatedly and at high volume, that the Biden administration flagging content for review by social media companies constituted a tyrannical overthrow of the First Amendment. InContinue Reading

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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 straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up ofContinue Reading

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Back in May, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered what might be the single most audacious statement of the The Traitor era—and that’s saying something: I think everybody – the American public believe it’s absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency. Anyway, inContinue Reading

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Two weeks ago, ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered Nicole Good in cold blood. I said then that we had to abolish ICE and impeach The Traitor & Noem before they incited another murder. As more details have emerged, it’s only looked worse. Multiple angles of video showed Good was trying toContinue Reading

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Every year, a little after New Years, I do a post about the previous year of Techdirt traffic and comments. You may notice that we skipped last year’s for 2024. 2025 was so crazy with everything happening, we just didn’t get around to it, and I kept saying I wouldContinue Reading