This is absurd and ridiculous. It sets a dangerous precedent for the open web and sharing of ideas. The focus is on Google and Meta, but this ultimately affects the indie developers and news-focused sites and services. It’s a link tax. It’s a horrible plan that will 100% backfire on these publishers and adversely affect their reach.

Journalism and its publishers are not in a good place right now, but this is not the answer.

https://techpolicy.press/google-and-meta-owe-us-publishers-14-billion-a-year/

Overt and Predicate Acts Explained: Why Fani Willis Isn't Trying To Criminalize Phone Calls or Tweets, And Also Why Her Approach Is Gratuitous And A Problem

https://popehat.substack.com/p/overt-acts-and-predicate-acts-explained

DoJ and federal prosecutors are pursuing Trump, who is awful. But don’t lose sight that DoJ and prosecutors are often awful and should not be trusted routinely just because you hate who they are prosecuting.

https://reason.com/2023/08/02/backpage-publisher-alt-weekly-entrepreneur-and-free-speech-warrior-james-larkin-has-died/

WARNING

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

WE ARE AT CONDITION MOMMY MILKY

Just a reminder that two prominent Federalist Society members wanted to overthrow the government by fraud and then have the government murder you if you objected.

Eat that with your fuckin’ Chick-fil-A sack lunch.