The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril https://www.wired.com/story/the-internets-most-powerful-archiving-tool-is-in-mortal-peril/
As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the…

Sovereign Tech Agency funding https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/sovereign-tech-agency-funding/
Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.
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How the Trump family's business deals could open the door for future presidents to profit from office https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-the-trump-familys-business-deals-could-open-the-door-for-future-presidents-to-profit-from-office
For the Trump…

Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled https://www.propublica.org/article/caught-in-crackdown-ice-cbp-doj-trump-arrests-convictions
ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who…

NHS Staff Told ‘Stop Criticising Palantir or Lose Your Job’ https://novaramedia.com/2026/04/14/nhs-staff-told-stop-criticising-palantir-or-lose-your-job/
NHS staff have been told they might lose their jobs if they criticise NHS England’s controversial £330m…

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa” https://theintercept.com/2026/04/14/facebook-instagram-antifa-censor/
Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat…

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I was kicked out of nightclub because of my wheelchair' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04xx7wkg4xo
Maddie Haining, 18, says she was told she was a safety risk and escorted out of a Manchester nightspot.
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Hungary’s New Leader Reveals Viktor Orbán Was Paying CPAC https://newrepublic.com/post/209035/hungary-prime-minister-victor-orban-paying-cpac
Péter Magyar called the payments a “crime” and said his government would stop the funds.
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EFF to State AGs: Investigate Google's Broken Promise to Users Targeted by the Government https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-state-ags-investigate-googles-broken-promise-users-targeted-government
Google's Failure to Warn Users About Law Enforcement Demands…

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Spain approves plan to give around 500,000 undocumented migrants legal status https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy511nln2xvo
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said migrants helped "build the rich, open and diverse Spain that we are and to which we aspire".
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Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at a High School Anti-ICE Protest https://theintercept.com/2026/04/15/high-school-ice-protest-arizona-armed-cop/
The armed and masked off-duty Phoenix, Arizona, cop said he wanted to get kids at a high school ICE…

Speaking Freely: Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco https://www.eff.org/pages/speaking-freely-dr-jean-linis-dinco
Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco is an activist-researcher working at the intersection of human rights and technology. Jean earned her PhD in Cybersecurity from the University…

Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury finds https://www.theverge.com/policy/912689/live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-monopoly-trial-verdict
A Manhattan jury reached a verdict in the antitrust trial between more than 30 state attorneys general and Live…

Trump’s Memphis Crime Task Force Arrested Over 800 Immigrants, Records Show. Only 2% of the Arrests Were for Violent Crimes. https://www.propublica.org/article/memphis-safe-task-force-immigration-arrests-crime-data
Businesses closed. Churches emptied. Parents…

Ticketmaster and Live Nation lose antitrust trial in New York https://apnews.com/article/live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-trial-f0ffdd20dd4f64e8b4bb9d97134b826f
A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary engaged in an…

10,000 Chicago Concert Recordings Are Being Uploaded to the Internet Archive: Nirvana, Phish, Sonic Youth, They Might Be Giants & More https://www.openculture.com/2026/04/10000-chicago-concert-recordings-are-being-uploaded-to-the-internet-archive-nirvana…

Key Trump lawyer who tried to overturn 2020 election permanently disbarred https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/key-trump-lawyer-who-tried-to-overturn-2020-election-permanently-disbarred/
Eastman has remained active in election denial circles, continuing…

The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sales to Israel https://theintercept.com/2026/04/15/senate-democrats-block-arms-sales-israel/
A majority of Senate Democrats voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s resolutions to block arms sales to…

Italy will not renew defence agreement with Israel, Meloni says https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr71184ex91o
The Italian PM said the pact, which happens every five years, would be suspended "in view of the current situation".
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