Anthropic sues US over blacklisting; White House calls firm "radical left, woke"
Anthropic says it was blacklisted for opposing autonomous weapons, mass surveillance.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/anthropic-sues-us-over-blacklisting-white-house-calls-firm-radical-left-woke/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica the fact that the literal government of the US goes "u r evil radical left wokies" in a public dispute will never cease to be funny
@silhouette @arstechnica Funny haha or funny uh oh?
@Secret_Squirrel @arstechnica well I'm not in the US so it isn't immediately threatening to me, and I can't really do anything about it so what else is there but to laugh. I feel for the people having to deal with this sorry excuse for a government though.

@silhouette @arstechnica Thanks. Wherever you are, we're probably doing something stupid or dangerous to you. Sorry.

Gotta laugh at all this, but it's not very funny.

@arstechnica Being called radical left and even woke by the orange grease stain is definitely a compliment. An award, actually.

@papageier @arstechnica They called the US Chamber of Commerce a "left-wing, open borders supporting activist group," so...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-court-blocks-expanded-merger-disclosure-rule-2026-02-13/

US court blocks expanded merger disclosure rule

A U.S. federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked a rule that expanded the amount of information companies have to turn over when seeking a merger review, saying it exceeded the Federal Trade Commission's authority.

Reuters
@arstechnica every single time anthropic doubles down i get more and more comfortable using it
@arstechnica Everybody needs to sue this administration whenever possible.
@arstechnica for me, this is a good ad for Antropic 😁
@arstechnica Still not illegal to be radical left woke, despite the pedophile’s best efforts.