Not A TikTok
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SWE dedicated to the open internet highlighting moral panic around TikTok. Concerns around data privacy can be handled with a data privacy bill for actual harms. See Lamont v Postmaster General. Tag/DM for submissions. Helped 2 ppl bypass ban. #NotATikTok
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Not A TikTok
@notatiktok.bsky.social
· Jan 18
First take on the SCOTUS TikTok ban (combined with Biden saying "meh, now that we got what we fought for, we won't use it). A dark day for internet freedom.
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/17/s...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/17/s...
SCOTUS: TikTok’s China Connection Is So Scary & Urgent, We Can Ban An Entire App. Biden Admin: Just Kidding, We Won’t Enforce It
It seemed pretty obvious from the way the Supreme Court’s oral arguments went regarding the TikTok ban that this would be the outcome: a 9-0 per curiam decision saying “eh, it’s fine to ban TikTok.…
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I know a lot of folks whose opinion is "it's a bad law but it's just tiktok, it's not the end of the world." I would encourage folks to read this as this implications are well beyond just a short form video app. Between this, the push for KOSA, and porn id laws, we are witnessing a splinternet.
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🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
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It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
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Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
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I've updated my post on why banning kids from social media is a very bad idea...
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Banning kids from social media? A very bad idea…
As the idea of banning kids from social media is spreading round the globe – the new ban of under-16s from social media in Australia comes into action in a week or so – it is worth look…
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December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I've updated my post on why banning kids from social media is a very bad idea...
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America: rugged, independent, free.
unless there's a chance somebody might see boobies
unless there's a chance somebody might see boobies
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
America: rugged, independent, free.
unless there's a chance somebody might see boobies
unless there's a chance somebody might see boobies
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ICE won’t tell anyone where 6-year-old Yuanxin is. He was separated from his dad at a mandatory check-in. The cruelty is unfathomable & makes us all unsafe. We must fight for freedom from fear & tyranny. We must abolish ICE & reunite all families separated by ICE.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
ICE won’t tell anyone where 6-year-old Yuanxin is. He was separated from his dad at a mandatory check-in. The cruelty is unfathomable & makes us all unsafe. We must fight for freedom from fear & tyranny. We must abolish ICE & reunite all families separated by ICE.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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querida, vista suas roupas, saiu vídeo novo do Language Simp elaborando o porquê de português ser uma língua mais descolada do que espanhol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIQR...
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Learn Portuguese, NOT Spanish
YouTube video by Language Simp
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November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
querida, vista suas roupas, saiu vídeo novo do Language Simp elaborando o porquê de português ser uma língua mais descolada do que espanhol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIQR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIQR...
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My latest newsletter is about how centrist pundits got the lessons of the 2024 election wrong, and how the politics of 2025 exposed them.
The Pundits Were All Wrong
The Republican collapse has exposed elite pundits as clueless
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December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My latest newsletter is about how centrist pundits got the lessons of the 2024 election wrong, and how the politics of 2025 exposed them.
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Missouri's attorney general is very concerned about kids seeing porn and is going to make it everyone's problem. anyway, let's check in on the state's sex ed situation
December 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Missouri's attorney general is very concerned about kids seeing porn and is going to make it everyone's problem. anyway, let's check in on the state's sex ed situation
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cool milestone alert: half the country is under restrictive age verification law www.404media.co/missouri-age...
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
www.404media.co
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
cool milestone alert: half the country is under restrictive age verification law www.404media.co/missouri-age...
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You cannot tightrope walk your way through McCarthyism. Any way of understanding the situation that tries to dissect blame is ontologically rotten. Just be a human being, think about the nightmare this person is living through, and - if you have the ability to apply pressure somewhere useful - do
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
You cannot tightrope walk your way through McCarthyism. Any way of understanding the situation that tries to dissect blame is ontologically rotten. Just be a human being, think about the nightmare this person is living through, and - if you have the ability to apply pressure somewhere useful - do
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A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
Inside an ICE Defense Training on Fortnite
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
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One thing we're vvv proud of: 404 Media independent + journalist-owned. Here's a rundown of some of our recent work:
After months of 404 Media reporting and pressure from lawmakers, US airlines will shut down a program that sold millions of YOUR flight records to the government.
After months of 404 Media reporting and pressure from lawmakers, US airlines will shut down a program that sold millions of YOUR flight records to the government.
Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.
www.404media.co
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
One thing we're vvv proud of: 404 Media independent + journalist-owned. Here's a rundown of some of our recent work:
After months of 404 Media reporting and pressure from lawmakers, US airlines will shut down a program that sold millions of YOUR flight records to the government.
After months of 404 Media reporting and pressure from lawmakers, US airlines will shut down a program that sold millions of YOUR flight records to the government.
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we're going to have to do a lot more work in the coming months to stop attemps to ban or criminalize the use of VPNs
Missouri's age verification law goes into effect today. 🚫
📈 Searches for VPNs are spiking in the state.
🔐 People know these laws put their privacy and sensitive data at risk. They find ways to get around bad laws, like using VPNs or going to non-compliant websites that don't check age.
📈 Searches for VPNs are spiking in the state.
🔐 People know these laws put their privacy and sensitive data at risk. They find ways to get around bad laws, like using VPNs or going to non-compliant websites that don't check age.
Missouri to enforce mandatory age verification today
This is the latest US state to enforce age verification legislation
www.techradar.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
we're going to have to do a lot more work in the coming months to stop attemps to ban or criminalize the use of VPNs
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
Xenophobes: #TikTok is the greatest threat to national security that gives China the keys to all our innovations and trade secrets.
Also xenophobes: it is perfectly reasonable for private equity and sovereign wealth funds to file abusive lawsuits to game discovery.
Good article.
#NotATikTok
Also xenophobes: it is perfectly reasonable for private equity and sovereign wealth funds to file abusive lawsuits to game discovery.
Good article.
#NotATikTok
Secret Third-Party Litigation Funding Threatens American Innovation
Imagine a leading American technology firm, the engine of thousands of jobs and critical innovation, besieged by a patent lawsuit. Typical enough, but this time there is a twist: The plaintiff is a shell company with no assets and…
Imagine a leading American technology firm, the engine of thousands of jobs and critical innovation, besieged by a patent lawsuit. Typical enough, but this time there is a twist: The plaintiff is a shell company with no assets and…
Secret Third-Party Litigation Funding Threatens American Innovation
Imagine a leading American technology firm, the engine of thousands of jobs and critical innovation, besieged by a patent lawsuit. Typical enough, but this time there is a twist: The plaintiff is a shell company with no assets and no products, yet it litigates with the inexhaustible resources of a global superpower. The American company is forced to spend millions on defense, all while fighting in the dark, unaware that the true adversary funding the assault is a sovereign wealth fund controlled by a geopolitical rival.
www.techdirt.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Xenophobes: #TikTok is the greatest threat to national security that gives China the keys to all our innovations and trade secrets.
Also xenophobes: it is perfectly reasonable for private equity and sovereign wealth funds to file abusive lawsuits to game discovery.
Good article.
#NotATikTok
Also xenophobes: it is perfectly reasonable for private equity and sovereign wealth funds to file abusive lawsuits to game discovery.
Good article.
#NotATikTok
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The hysteria that swept the country after 9/11 has never been addressed and we've only repeated that pattern with unprecedented events that continue to follow. United States of Avoidance rules.
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The hysteria that swept the country after 9/11 has never been addressed and we've only repeated that pattern with unprecedented events that continue to follow. United States of Avoidance rules.
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imagine if the Secretary of State permanently banned all Polish immigration in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
imagine if the Secretary of State permanently banned all Polish immigration in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley
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Oh sure, here's a finger to ID: 🖕
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Oh sure, here's a finger to ID: 🖕
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Michigan's Shocking VPN Ban Explained
youtu.be/q9j-T9mQmiw
youtu.be/q9j-T9mQmiw
Michigan's Shocking VPN Ban Explained
YouTube video by Ryan McBeth
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November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Michigan's Shocking VPN Ban Explained
youtu.be/q9j-T9mQmiw
youtu.be/q9j-T9mQmiw
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In seriousness, though, we're analyzing the new text but this package looks like a mess. The new KOSA text is confusing... the removal of the unworkable Duty of Care is positive, but other changes are just ... weird? Other bills in the package would mandate age verification and look disastrous.
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In seriousness, though, we're analyzing the new text but this package looks like a mess. The new KOSA text is confusing... the removal of the unworkable Duty of Care is positive, but other changes are just ... weird? Other bills in the package would mandate age verification and look disastrous.
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Reporters asking me about the new KOSA text, here is my official statement:
"Fight for the Future's organizational policy is to oppose any piece of legislation that is unveiled on the eve of a major Federal holiday, regardless of what it says. We feel this is the most principled position."
"Fight for the Future's organizational policy is to oppose any piece of legislation that is unveiled on the eve of a major Federal holiday, regardless of what it says. We feel this is the most principled position."
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Reporters asking me about the new KOSA text, here is my official statement:
"Fight for the Future's organizational policy is to oppose any piece of legislation that is unveiled on the eve of a major Federal holiday, regardless of what it says. We feel this is the most principled position."
"Fight for the Future's organizational policy is to oppose any piece of legislation that is unveiled on the eve of a major Federal holiday, regardless of what it says. We feel this is the most principled position."
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Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide To The Terminology
If you've been following the wave of age-gating laws sweeping across the country and the globe, you've probably noticed that lawmakers, tech companies, and advocates all seem to be using different terms for what sounds like…
If you've been following the wave of age-gating laws sweeping across the country and the globe, you've probably noticed that lawmakers, tech companies, and advocates all seem to be using different terms for what sounds like…
Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide To The Terminology
If you've been following the wave of age-gating laws sweeping across the country and the globe, you've probably noticed that lawmakers, tech companies, and advocates all seem to be using different terms for what sounds like the same thing. Age verification, age assurance, age estimation, age gating—they get thrown around interchangeably, but they technically mean different things. And those differences matter a lot when we're talking about your rights, your privacy, your data, and who gets to access information online.
www.techdirt.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide To The Terminology
If you've been following the wave of age-gating laws sweeping across the country and the globe, you've probably noticed that lawmakers, tech companies, and advocates all seem to be using different terms for what sounds like…
If you've been following the wave of age-gating laws sweeping across the country and the globe, you've probably noticed that lawmakers, tech companies, and advocates all seem to be using different terms for what sounds like…