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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 8h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12h

Don’t let companies spy on you while you browse the web. Today’s tip in our #OptOutOctober series is to install Privacy Badger, EFF’s free, tracker-blocking extension. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · 1d

Flock Safety can try to deny that its ALPR network was used by a Texas sheriff to investigate a woman who had an abortion, but newly obtained records show that it was, in fact, a "death investigation" of a non-viable fetus.

Deputies even considered charging her for it.

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Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation.

New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and ...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 2d

“The idea that law enforcement would be masked and and therefore unaccountable to the people they are serving is really anathema to American values,” EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @TechnologyReview.com. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/...

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 5d

Once again, publishing truthful information about matters of public interest and the operations of government, like when ICE is conducting raids and who is conducting them, gets super robust First Amendment protection (see Daily Mail, etc.)

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 9d

“That is protected speech at the highest rung of First Amendment protection,” EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @NBCLA.com. “You are providing truthful information about matters of public interest to the public. There should not be legal consequences to that.” www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/...

Long Beach man tries to quash feds' subpoena over his app that tracks ICE activity

A Long Beach man who developed an app that tracks immigration agents’ activity said that his information has been subpoenaed by federal officials.

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 5d

"Demanding," Bondi's own word, is a far more blatant example of improper jawboning than any of the connect-the-dots, passive examples in the Twitter Files and adjacents, which seldom rose beyond "pretty please."

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6d

This was done at the direction of Pam Bondi. The US government is now dictating what apps you can have on your phone.

The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.

Alt text: Screenshot of a Fox News Digital article reporting that Apple removed the ICEBlock tracking app from its App Store after the Department of Justice raised safety concerns. The article states DOJ officials, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, asked Apple to take down the app, claiming it endangered law enforcement officers and shielded illegal immigrants. Bondi confirmed the removal in a statement, saying ICEBlock put ICE agents at risk and emphasized DOJ’s commitment to protecting federal officers.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 7d

Welcome to Opt Out October, our collection of tips to slowly break free from online surveillance and throw sand in the gears of overreaching large tech companies. Today’s tip is about establishing good online security fundamentals. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security

Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 7d

Me too! I sharply disagree with this. I think this particular case is only about author's rights -- though I don't think that should matter either. I had a student write a paper about this last semester and was really disappointed to learn how many courts find Pico in whole to be nonbinding.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 7d

Inspired by the 11th card of the tartot, Justice, this braille sticker symbolizes the importance of working towards a future that uplifts everyone. shop.eff.org/products/la...

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, sadly this court has consistently found, relying on 11th Cir precedent, that Pico, being only a plurality opinion, has no precedential value. Here's what this court said in its first ruling on a motion to dismiss last April (this is 731 F.Supp.3d 1298)

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 7d

If you heard about Judge Young's impressive ruling yesterday, but didn't want to read all 161 pages, I went through the whole damn thing and pulled out the highlights (there are a bunch, but it's still less than 161 pages).

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 7d

Reagan-Appointed Judge Torches Trump Admin’s Bullshit Chilling Effects Campaign Against Pro-Palestinian Speech

We’ve spent plenty of time talking about various people who are failing to meet this moment, but I will say that a number of district court judges have really been stepping up. The latest…

Reagan-Appointed Judge Torches Trump Admin’s Bullshit Chilling Effects Campaign Against Pro-Palestinian Speech

We’ve spent plenty of time talking about various people who are failing to meet this moment, but I will say that a number of district court judges have really been stepping up. The latest example is Reagan-appointed conservative Judge William Young (who had previously—somewhat sarcastically—mocked the Supreme Court’s ridiculous abuse of the shadow docket), who was handling the American Association of University Professors’ lawsuit against the Trump administration over its attempts to criminalize and punish students and professors for the apparent crime of expressing support of Palestinians or criticism of the actions of the government of Israel.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

Judge Young's opinion is resonating with a lot of people. A student wrote to me: "Every once in a while, you read an opinion that gives you heart and reaffirms your faith in the law and in the profession of lawyering and, for me, this is one of those cases." knightcolumbia.org/documents/ah...

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 7d

"Don't make fun of royals or religion" is both highly relatable at the moment in the US and also not the minor, benign restriction Burr seems think it is

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: UK asked Apple to backdoor iCloud encryption.

Backdoors create a massive target for hackers & criminal groups.

Dictators will inevitably demand that Apple do the same for them. 1/

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Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 7d

The UK is demanding another backdoor in Apple’s encryption. www.ft.com/content/d101...

UK makes new attempt to access Apple cloud data

Order issued in September comes after Trump administration said London had backed down in fight over encryption

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 7d

Not free speechy

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Stephen Miller: "They say they are trying to kill the fascists & stop the fascists. It's deliberate. President Trump is saying that we as a nation are not going to tolerate it anymore & the joint terrorism task force at the FBI is going to find these terrorists & we're going to put them behind bars"

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 7d

next up in our Stop Censoring Abortion series: 5 things platforms can do to improve their systems to make sure abortion info isn't moderated away www.eff.org/pages/platfo...

Platforms Have Failed Us on Abortion Content. Here's How They Can Fix It.

BY MOLLY BUCKLEY | October 1, 2025This is the eighth installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. In our Stop ...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 8d

Whether due to generative AI hallucinations or human sloppiness, the internet is increasingly rife with bogus news content –— and you can count EFF among the victims. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Wave of Phony News Quotes Affects Everyone—Including EFF

Whether due to generative AI hallucinations or human sloppiness, the internet is increasingly rife with bogus news content—and you can count EFF among the victims. WinBuzzer published a story June 26

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 8d

Alaa Abd El Fattah is finally free and at home with his family. EFF wholeheartedly celebrates Alaa’s freedom and reunification with his family. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

After Years Behind Bars, Alaa Is Free at Last

On September 22, it was announced that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had issued a pardon for Alaa’s release after six years in prison. Alaa Abd El Fattah is finally free and at home with his...

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 8d

In normal times, we free speech folks use the hypothetical "government that doesn't respect norms or value freedom of expression and uses every lever it has to silence speech that threatens its own power" to emphasize the importance of limiting controls on speech. It's not hypothetical anymore.

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 8d

There is really never a good time to pass bad Internet laws that empower the government to control online speech.

But now is a really reallly really really bad time to do it.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 8d

Donald Trump basically announces that he is declaring war on anyone he deems a Democrat... and one of the leading Democratic Senators, @blumenthal.senate.gov thinks now is the best time for a bipartisan censorship bill that will let MAGA define what content is allowed on the internet.

WTF?

alpha @omarsbigsister.bsky.social · 8d

Are you kidding me right now? This is the last thing we need. KOSA is back no thanks to Senator Blumenthal who is working with the GOP and bringing in Republican Senators to convince the House to support it.

Please, CALL GOP House leadership and tell them to keep opposing it!

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 8d

and big props to @knightcolumbia.org and @ramyakrishnan.bsky.social and @georgewang.bsky.social and everyone else at KFIA who worked on this vitally important case

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 8d

will post a link as soon as I get one. if you have one, please post

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 8d

“Yes, they do.” Judge in AAUP v Rubio unequivocally finds that noncitizens in the US have dame First Amendment rights as citizens, and finds Trump admin violated them

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 9d

For context, as far as I know not a single one of the many many deplatforming lawsuits ever brought was successful. As a practical matter, there is very little risk of losing one of these and almost certainly not a $24 million risk.

NPR @npr.org · 9d

Just in from @bobbyallyn.bsky.social
YouTube is the latest social media company to pay Trump tens of millions of dollars to resolve lawsuits brought before he returned to power. The money will fund a new ballroom at the White House.

YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24 million to settle lawsuit over Jan. 6 suspension

YouTube is the latest social media company to pay Trump tens of millions of dollars to resolve lawsuits brought before he returned to power. The money will fund a new ballroom at the White House.

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