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Censorship showdown: NewsGuard sues FTC over ratings control

NewsGuard, a firm that rates the reliability of online news outlets, has sued President Trump’s Federal Trade Commission, alleging the agency tried to drive it out of business by barring a major ad agency from using NewsGuard’s ratings in retaliation for disagreements with its assessments. The company frames the move as censorship and argues it violates First and Fourth Amendment rights, illustrating a clash between a government regulator and a private ratings provider over online news credibility.

2 months ago•Source: The Washington Post

EU Pushes Tech Sovereignty, Weighs Economic Levers Against the U.S.

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17.115 min•2 months ago

EU Pushes Tech Sovereignty, Weighs Economic Levers Against the U.S.

A Wall Street Journal report suggests the EU is drafting legislation to boost tech sovereignty, potentially wielding tools like the Anti-Coercion Instrument to curb U.S. tech dependencies, with the Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy seeking public feedback and EU players like ASML seen as strategic leverage in AI, cloud, and hardware sovereignty.

via Gizmodo

Doxing showdown: activists clash with ICE over privacy in court and on the streets

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19.705 min•2 months ago

Doxing showdown: activists clash with ICE over privacy in court and on the streets

via The Washington Post

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