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What looks like a horror show to many of us is being greeted with unrestrained glee by the CEOs of this country’s two largest private prison companies

The Fifth Circuit says RFK Jr. doesn't have standing to sue Biden because Facebook moderated his anti-vax nonsense

Trump files FEC complaint against Washington Post for promoting its own reporting

Trump’s latest anti-free speech lawsuit against CBS proves he’s no free speech champion from the that’s-not-how-free-speech-works

What do you do when the misinformation is coming from inside the house?

Texas Censorship Board declares Nonfiction Book To Be Fiction So It Can Bury History It Doesn’t Like from the not-even-pretending-there’s-a-mask-to-take-off dept

Florida Department of Health lawyer John Wilson resigns, says he was pressured to do so

Trump campaign actually did call Elon Musk to get Twitter to block the NY Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop four years ago

What do we need to stop Hillary Clinton from spreading misinformation about Section 230?

The EU Commission is the definition of insanity. It’s not playing with its own money and it has no reason to stop

Elon Musk Lies, Falsely Claims Subsidizing Starlink Would Have Saved Hurricane Helene Victims

Utah’s age verification law can’t be challenged because it’s a ‘bounty’ law

John Kerry Accurately Explains First Amendment, MAGA World Loses Its Mind

Big tech’s promises to never suppress embarrassing leaked content about a political figure came with a catch

MAGA’s false belief that Biden is ‘censoring’ conservatives on social media may kill KOSA

The FBI and DOJ have always felt comfortable going after Islamic extremists. Now they’re trying to dismantle domestic terrorists

COPPA 2.0, KOSA, and APRA all look worse from the not-this-again committee

Heritage Foundation admits KOSA can be used to censor pro-abortion content

In the bizarro world of MAGA politics, up is down, black is white, and apparently, fact-checking is now a form of election interference

GOP to hold hearings about providing affordable broadband to poor Americans