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I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price.
That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.
That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.
Sony has responded to a digital games lawsuit by arguing that players don't actually own the games they buy
Its lawyers say they are licensed rather than sold
Its lawyers say they are licensed rather than sold
September 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price.
That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.
That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.
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In case you wanted about 3,700 words on the problems with today's "settlement" that gives Meta way more power over how the internet works than it should have.
Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform
By now...
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-write-the-kid-safety-rules-for-every-other-social-media-platform/
By now...
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-write-the-kid-safety-rules-for-every-other-social-media-platform/
Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform
By now you've almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta's platforms. The headlines are all covering the basics: the years-long case these states filed against Meta ends, and Meta pays somewhere...
www.techdirt.com
August 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
In case you wanted about 3,700 words on the problems with today's "settlement" that gives Meta way more power over how the internet works than it should have.
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Missouri residents, we need your help. Please call your representatives and give them hell. They are unconstitutionally selling out your privacy in the name of "protecting the children". See link for details. reclaimthenet.org/missouri-age...
July 20, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Missouri residents, we need your help. Please call your representatives and give them hell. They are unconstitutionally selling out your privacy in the name of "protecting the children". See link for details. reclaimthenet.org/missouri-age...
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Guaranteed:
1) Black girls will be harassed and demanded to be tested over and over again regardless of how competitive they are.
2) Winners from public schools will be relentlessly hounded by the parents and coaches of losers at private schools, with the goal of making them quit the sport.
1) Black girls will be harassed and demanded to be tested over and over again regardless of how competitive they are.
2) Winners from public schools will be relentlessly hounded by the parents and coaches of losers at private schools, with the goal of making them quit the sport.
The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant
June 30, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Guaranteed:
1) Black girls will be harassed and demanded to be tested over and over again regardless of how competitive they are.
2) Winners from public schools will be relentlessly hounded by the parents and coaches of losers at private schools, with the goal of making them quit the sport.
1) Black girls will be harassed and demanded to be tested over and over again regardless of how competitive they are.
2) Winners from public schools will be relentlessly hounded by the parents and coaches of losers at private schools, with the goal of making them quit the sport.
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i have so, so many furious things to say about this but just to scream about one: when corporations declare themselves able to decide what art is or not made specifically for getting off, they are absolutely going to use that power to target even the tamest of queer art first.
May 11, 2026 at 7:52 PM
i have so, so many furious things to say about this but just to scream about one: when corporations declare themselves able to decide what art is or not made specifically for getting off, they are absolutely going to use that power to target even the tamest of queer art first.
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California lawmakers are fast-tracking AB 1709—a sweeping bill that would ban anyone under 16 from using social media and force every user, regardless of age, to verify their identity before accessing social platforms. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Act Now to Stop California’s Paternalistic and Privacy-Destroying
California lawmakers are fast-tracking A.B. 1709—a sweeping bill that would ban anyone under 16 from using social media and force every user, regardless of age, to verify their identity before
www.eff.org
April 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
California lawmakers are fast-tracking AB 1709—a sweeping bill that would ban anyone under 16 from using social media and force every user, regardless of age, to verify their identity before accessing social platforms. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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“Discord is in the business of making money by selling their users’ personal data,” Samantha Baldwin told @arstechnica.com. “They are implementing ‘age verification’ to meet regulatory compliance and to collect more data about their customers, not protect children.” arstechnica.com/tech-policy...
Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord
Data dump confirms dad's suspicions that Discord knew teen's age prior to hack.
arstechnica.com
April 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
“Discord is in the business of making money by selling their users’ personal data,” Samantha Baldwin told @arstechnica.com. “They are implementing ‘age verification’ to meet regulatory compliance and to collect more data about their customers, not protect children.” arstechnica.com/tech-policy...
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Really not loving how basically every politician on the planet is jumping on board with these types of age verification laws, tbh!
Social media companies have shown us they won't step up, so Illinois is stepping in.
It's time to pass the Children's Social Media Safety Act.
It's time to pass the Children's Social Media Safety Act.
March 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Really not loving how basically every politician on the planet is jumping on board with these types of age verification laws, tbh!
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I know calling reps is very nerve racking. You're not sure what's the right thing to say, and tbh having a script thrown at me makes things just as nerve racking.
I called today, and I figured I'd write up a transcript of how my call went down. Hopefully it helps demystify the process
I called today, and I figured I'd write up a transcript of how my call went down. Hopefully it helps demystify the process
March 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I know calling reps is very nerve racking. You're not sure what's the right thing to say, and tbh having a script thrown at me makes things just as nerve racking.
I called today, and I figured I'd write up a transcript of how my call went down. Hopefully it helps demystify the process
I called today, and I figured I'd write up a transcript of how my call went down. Hopefully it helps demystify the process
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1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.
Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
February 26, 2026 at 1:06 AM
1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.
Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
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If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
tcpipeline.org
tcpipeline.org
February 26, 2026 at 4:17 AM
If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
tcpipeline.org
tcpipeline.org
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Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
February 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
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On this and all social media platforms,all artists NEED to support NSFW art. If your ace (like me) or don't like porn it doesn't matter. The freedom to draw nudity and sexually explicit work for adults shouldn't be demonized because some people find it offensive or refuse to parent their kids.
August 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
On this and all social media platforms,all artists NEED to support NSFW art. If your ace (like me) or don't like porn it doesn't matter. The freedom to draw nudity and sexually explicit work for adults shouldn't be demonized because some people find it offensive or refuse to parent their kids.
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Can't believe people don't get this; but the reason this payment processor shit has to be all or nothing is because once these freaks establish a line on what fiction is or isn't okay the line will only move further and further in. You have to fight against the line entirely.
August 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Can't believe people don't get this; but the reason this payment processor shit has to be all or nothing is because once these freaks establish a line on what fiction is or isn't okay the line will only move further and further in. You have to fight against the line entirely.
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The U.K. Online Safety Act was (avowedly, as revealed in a recent High Court case) “not primarily aimed at protecting children” but at regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse.”
August 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The U.K. Online Safety Act was (avowedly, as revealed in a recent High Court case) “not primarily aimed at protecting children” but at regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse.”
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twice today, when pressured, Stripe operators have said, plainly, that i cannot use stripe for the purchase of LGBTQ content. not just adult content, but explicitly LGBTQ.
August 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
twice today, when pressured, Stripe operators have said, plainly, that i cannot use stripe for the purchase of LGBTQ content. not just adult content, but explicitly LGBTQ.
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I feel we need to remind everyone that this all started just a few days ago, we haven't even been calling for a week and they're already at the "Hanging up because they can't take it anymore" stage.
Keep calling
Keep calling
July 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I feel we need to remind everyone that this all started just a few days ago, we haven't even been calling for a week and they're already at the "Hanging up because they can't take it anymore" stage.
Keep calling
Keep calling
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i think that, even if you're correct in wishing the site you make a living through would stand up for that livelihood, there is a deep failure to recognise that these are not simply different scales of "corporation" coming to blow.
this is a town art market vs The Literal Concept Of Money.
this is a town art market vs The Literal Concept Of Money.
I think there’s also a misunderstanding of itch as some big corporate platform like Steam or the App Store and not just like a website a few people have built and kept together for a decade so people can share their weird art.
July 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
i think that, even if you're correct in wishing the site you make a living through would stand up for that livelihood, there is a deep failure to recognise that these are not simply different scales of "corporation" coming to blow.
this is a town art market vs The Literal Concept Of Money.
this is a town art market vs The Literal Concept Of Money.
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wow if only there were something the Times could've done to avert this future
March 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
wow if only there were something the Times could've done to avert this future