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We’ve got one more cross-post episode for you today, then next week we’re back with a brand new discussion. Recently, Mike joined the Daily Beast’s The New Abnormal podcast with host Andy Levy for a conversation about the big news from last week: Biden signing a bill that will ban TikTok in the US if […]

It’s been a long two years since the Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Between May 2022 when the Supreme Court accidentally leaked the draft memo and the following June when the case was decided, there was a mad scramble to figure out what the impacts would be. Besides the obvious perils of stripping away half the […]

The most populous city in the United States has a crime problem. What kind of problem depends on who you ask. The DEA will say it’s fentanyl. The NYPD will claim it’s terrorism. The former Manhattan DA will say it’s device encryption (not actually a crime!). But the Metropolitan Transit Authority — which oversees the […]

Well, hey, let’s start this article by noting that Techdirt has no paywall, no annoying or intrusive advertising. And we almost never even bug people about the fact that there are many ways to support the site, including getting early access to some articles, the ability to join our Insider Discord, and other features as […]

The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, provided 23+ million low-income households a $30 broadband discount every month. But the roughly 60 million Americans benefiting from the program are poised to soon lose the discount because key Republicans — who routinely dole out billions of dollars on far dumber fare — refuse to fund a […]

It’s a drum I’ve been beating for some time now: the only reason cord-cutting hasn’t led the traditional cable television market into full capitulation has been television rights for live sports broadcasts. While major sports leagues and college conferences have certainly been trending into the streaming market like the rest of traditional television, it’s typically […]

When it comes to Backpage.com, the truth has been buried beneath a mountain of political grandstanding and legal theatrics. There’s the public narrative about Backpage.com, and then there’s the real story. We’ve discussed this before, but if you’re not familiar with the details, you might think that Backpage was a huge sex trafficking operation that […]