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Support Techdirt: Where Bari Weiss Is Not Our Editor In Chief

If you’re wondering what independent journalism that won’t bend to White House pressure looks like, you’re looking at it. On Sunday night, CBS News’ newly imported “ed…

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Support Techdirt: Where Bari Weiss Is Not Our Editor In Chief

If you’re wondering what independent journalism that won’t bend to White House pressure looks like, you’re looking at it. On Sunday night, CBS News’ newly imported “ed…

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TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse

There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticis…

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Hi @mmasnick

I don’t want to appear rude, but listening to the latest #techdirt podcast just plain dumbfounded me.

How can you dance around the topic of the #AI #tech giants being liable for anyone in a generic way? Why does it have to be the small guy who solves it?

Do you not see, that if government made law that robots.txt was legally binding & enforced it, it would be trivial to have it contain prices for scraping url’s as well?

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/16/techdirt-podcast-episode-440-could-news-publishers-embrace-ai-via-an-api/

Techdirt Podcast Episode 440: Could News Publishers Embrace AI Via An API?

Support us on Patreon » The relationship between journalism and AI has been off to an antagonistic start, with multiple court cases underway and plenty of discourse about what should hap…

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Section 230 Faces Repeal. Support The Coverage That’s Been Getting It Right All Along.

Yesterday, Rep. Harriet Hageman released her bill to repeal Section 230. She’s calling it “reform,” but make no mistake—it’s a repeal, and I’ll explain why below. The …

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Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned

We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole …

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This Is What You’re Funding When You Support Techdirt

Last week, we launched our monthlong fundraiser with a commemorative Techdirt / 30 years of Section 230 coin for donations of $100 or more. The initial response has been great, but we need more sup…

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EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally

The Court of Justice of the EU—likely without realizing it—just completely shit the bed and made it effectively impossible to run any website in the entirety of the EU that hosts user-generated con…

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Support Techdirt’s Uncompromising Coverage, Get Our First Commemorative Coin

If you’ve been following along, you know why independent voices matter right now. The administration has been attacking institutions left and right. News orgs, law firms, philanthropic funder…

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