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Open Source Guy
Why Heavy Codes of Conduct are Unnecessary for most Open Source Projects
The debate surrounding the Codes of Conduct (CoC) adopted by Open Source projects may be reaching a turning point. In September 2025, a controversy erupted over the governance of RubyGems, a corner…
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Terence Eden’s Blog
Can you use GDPR to Circumvent BlueSky's Adult Content Blocks?
In the battle between the Online Safety Act and GDPR, who will win? FIGHT! I'll start by saying that I'm moderately positive on Online Safety. If services don't want to provide moderation then they shouldn't let their younger users be exposed to harm. The…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped
The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat
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Techdirt
Trump Makes It Very Clear They’re Going To Turn TikTok Into A Right Wing Propaganda Machine
After years of hyperventilation about TikTok’s impact on privacy, propaganda, and national security, TikTok is likely being sold to a bunch of Trump’s billionaire technofascist buddies …
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CNN
Charlie Javice sentenced to seven years in prison for fraudulent sale of her startup to JPMorgan
Charlie Javice, the founder of a startup company that promised to revolutionize the way college students apply for financial aid, was sentenced Monday to more than seven years in prison for cheating JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million by greatly exaggerating…