This part especially is infuriating.

Prosecutors in Virginia routinely pressure defendants to give up their constitutional protections against unreasonable search for years.

This “encourages bad policing,” one defense attorney told Bolts, since they have “free rein to do whatever they want” with no consequences.

Dems need to immediately put their weight behind a federal Anti-SLAPP statute.

A real one. With expedited hearings and automatic fee shifting.

Bill of attainders are illegal in this country.

www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...

DMs on Bluesky will not be "end-to-end encrypted" until we are able to do some more protocol work.

We have very careful access controls within our systems.

If you're extremely privacy conscious, I'd recommend using Bluesky DMs to share your Signal accounts!

So we're supposed to be allies because they're the only democracy in the Middle East, right? Cause umm.... this doesn't seem very Democratic.

www.axios.com/2024/05/21/i...

Every social media platform needs a feature where if you type the words "fairness doctrine," you have to pass a quiz on the subject before you can post.

I always assumed his FUCK LUXEMBOURG arm tattoo would be his downfall.

Actually, the First Amendment is a relative success story amongst rights, the most robust and protected the most reliably compared to others under U.S. law.

And even with just GDPR, europe does a good job enforcing data privacy

techcrunch.com/2023/09/15/t...

DSA is a separate topic about content that is separate from the GDPR. No one in this thread advocated for DSA in this country, as it suffers from the Hungary issue of it being potentially abused by its worst member states.

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That is a nothingburger of a sentence. Existing laws regulating data privacy in healthcare and financial industries have been upheld in court without violating 1A. Unless you're in favor of repealing HIPAA, you should not be opposed to a data privacy bill.

Where do you think the money made from ad revenues go to or money from sponsorships is pulled from? They have bank accounts, assets, and employees that are within US jurisdiction or treaties. And Europe is doing just fine enforcing data privacy laws on TikTok.

And the answer is a data privacy bill consistently yelled by actual privacy experts as Himes alluded to. When folks like @evacide.bsky.social who literally removes stalkerware from domestic violence victims calls a ban a sham, that is a good sign to go back to the drawing board.

Given that folks on the intelligence committee have seen it and have not been convinced, I'm highly skeptical they have the "smoking gun" they think they have

himes.house.gov/2024/3/himes...

New at The Watch: Trump wants to deport more people than the populations of NYC, Chicago, and L.A. combined. It would cost $1 trillion+, and require a force larger than the U.S. Army.

It also can't be done. But that isn't the point. It's about giving his supporters the human suffering they crave.

this country is run by Fox News grandpas

Fun to compare this to the hyperventilating over TikTok/China.

It’s true that Israel has lately been a lot less cagey about their “alleged” nuclear weapons than they have been, including elected officials suggesting they be used on Gaza.

Again, this is a rather relevant factor if you’re discussing why the rest of the world is approaching Israel the way it is.

update: i have now been harassed into actually liking magic the gathering

Following @mmasnick.bsky.social and the threads he replies to has made me realize that Americans treat the constitution the way religious people treat the bible. The parts they like they insist on a dogmatic literal interpretation and the parts the don’t like they just ignore existing.

This, at least Biden has renounced the Hyde Amendment and stood firm on his abortion policy for the military. My senator, Bob Casey, still supports the Hyde Amendment even in '22 and has no plan to remove the Comstock Act.