Articles by hn_acker
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Is Jonathan Haidt right about smartphones? (tes.com)

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Instacart reaches into your pocket and lops a third off your dollars (pluralistic.net)

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The FDA Rarely Forces Manufacturers to Recall Dangerous Medical Devices (propublica.org)

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The EPA Was Considering a Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance (propublica.org)

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Utah Leaders Are Hindering Efforts to Develop Solar Despite Energy Supply Goal (propublica.org)

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Students, Spies, and Self-Inflicted Wounds (lawfaremedia.org)

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Journalists win a key battle over AI in the newsroom (bloodinthemachine.com)

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The Best Big Media Merger Is No Merger at All (eff.org)

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Thousands Tell the Patent Office: Don't Hide Bad Patents from Review (eff.org)

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Why isn't online age verification just like showing your ID in person? (eff.org)

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The Difficulty of Coding Terrorism (lawfaremedia.org)

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Regulating Commercial Spyware Through Export Controls (lawfaremedia.org)

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California Enacted AI Bills. Now Officials Must Define Them (lawfaremedia.org)

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Copyright Lawsuits over Embedding Are Still a Thing (ericgoldman.org)

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Sick in a Hospital Town (propublica.org)

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$5B impact of EPB's fiber optic network and automated electric grid (teknovation.biz)

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Big Tech joins the race to build the world's heaviest airplane (pluralistic.net)

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Bicameral Right to Read Act Would Boost Federal Investment in Literacy Programs (ala.org)

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When Do Cyber Campaigns Cross a Line? (lawfaremedia.org)

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The Case for AI Doom Rests on Three Unsettled Questions (lawfaremedia.org)

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Four Things to Know About Hybrid Air Denial (lawfaremedia.org)

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Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale (propublica.org)

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Economic Confidence Slips; Holiday Spending Plans Plummet (gallup.com)

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Most Lebanese Say Only Army Should Have Weapons (gallup.com)

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Like Social Media, AI Requires Difficult Choices (schneier.com)

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Young Adults and the Future of News (pewresearch.org)

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EU Digital Package Proposal Promises Red Tape Cuts but Guts GDPR Privacy Rights (eff.org)

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Our Founders Would Abhor What the USPTO Is Doing with the Patent System (techdirt.com)

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Meta's new EU regulator is contractually prohibited from hurting Meta's feelings (pluralistic.net)

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The UK Has It Wrong on Digital ID. Here's Why (eff.org)

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(Digital) Elbows Up (pluralistic.net)

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Ways of Seeing (1972), John Berger – Episode 1 – 4 [video] (youtube.com)

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Protect Public School Students from Surveillance of Off-Campus Speech (eff.org)

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Covid in pregnancy raises child's risk for developmental disorders (news.harvard.edu)

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The Risks of Platform Control over Historical Memory (lawfaremedia.org)

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Google steers Americans looking for health care into "junk insurance" (pluralistic.net)

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State Healthcare Rankings: The Methods Behind the Metrics (gallup.com)

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Cyber Warfare and Its Limits: A Response to Soesanto and Gajos (lawfaremedia.org)

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Cooking in Maximum Security (pluralistic.net)

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Exploring the Local Positivity Bias in Crime Perceptions (gallup.com)

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Victory Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento (eff.org)

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If We Tax Rich People They Will Just Leave [video] (youtube.com)

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The Question of Standing in Leaks of Non-'Salacious' Data (lawfaremedia.org)

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Lessons from the European Airports Ransomware Attack (lawfaremedia.org)

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When First Amendment free speech protections came up against the Red Scare (theconversation.com)

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The Long Game (pluralistic.net)

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Americans' Social Media Use 2025 (pewresearch.org)

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How Trump's Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules (propublica.org)

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The TikTok 'Ban' Continues to Be One of the Biggest Turds in Tech Policy History (techdirt.com)

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Strengthen Colorado's AI Act (eff.org)

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Throwing the Flying Spaghetti Monster at the Wall (heatherburns.tech)

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Games industry's self-induced traumatic brain injury (pluralistic.net)

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Emoji evidence errors don’t undo a murder conviction (ericgoldman.org)

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How Do Americans View Childhood Vaccines, Vaccine Research and Policy? (pewresearch.org)

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Washington Court: Data Captured on Flock Safety Cameras Are Public Records (eff.org)

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A tale of three customer service chatbots (pluralistic.net)

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Court: Colorado's Mandatory Social Media "Warning Labels" Are Unconstitutional (ericgoldman.org)

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'Initial Interest Confusion' Is More of a Vibe Than a Credible Legal Doctrine (ericgoldman.org)

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Tracking the Emotional Health (gallup.com)

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"Flexible labor" is a euphemism for "derisking capital" (pluralistic.net)

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Addiction Lawsuit Against TikTok Can Proceed in Nevada (ericgoldman.org)

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CyberGhost DMCAs Our Story About Their Bogus DMCA (Yes, Really) (techdirt.com)

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Scientists Need a Positive Vision for AI (ieee.org)

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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts (propublica.org)

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The Legal Case Against Ring's Face Recognition Feature (eff.org)

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Copyright Claims over Content Syndication Sniping Can Proceed (ericgoldman.org)

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The Department of Defense Wants Less Proof Its Software Works (eff.org)

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The Situation: How Much Less Free Are We? (lawfaremedia.org)

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Science Must Decentralize (eff.org)

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Reddit's 'AI Scraping' Lawsuit Is an Attack on the Open Internet (techdirt.com)

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I Want a New Drug. A Vaccine Even. and a Functioning FDA, CDC, NIH, etc. (techdirt.com)

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Privacy Harm Is Harm (eff.org)

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The Sufferable Evil (notesfromthecircus.com)

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Walling Off the Open Internet to Stop AI May End Up Breaking Everything Else (techdirt.com)

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In 512(f), the "F" Stands for "Futility"–Shaffer vs. Kavarnos (ericgoldman.org)

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Internet Access Providers Aren't Bound by DMCA Unmasking Subpoenas–In Re Cox (ericgoldman.org)

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There Is No Trolley Problem (the-reframe.com)

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May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before Senate Subcommittee on Communications [video] (youtube.com)

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Why Aggregators Ate the Internet (every.to/thesis)

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[flagged] Texas has banned talking on college campuses at night. Seriously (houstonchronicle.com)

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California's Corporate Cover-Up Act Is a Privacy Nightmare (eff.org)

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Sony Opposes Trademark for 'Naughty Cat' Because 'Cat' Is Too Similar to 'Dog' (techdirt.com)

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Telecoms Tell Employees to Stop Looking for Evidence of Salt Typhoon Intrusion (techdirt.com)

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In-N-Out Australia Popups Are Back, Just So the Chain Can Sue over Trademarks (techdirt.com)

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'Immediate' Pirate IPTV Shutdowns? No Problem, Please Ask Us Yesterday (torrentfreak.com)

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AI Use at Work Has Nearly Doubled in Two Years (gallup.com)

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Privacy protections in the Google search case (brookings.edu)

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Lawmakers approve bill limiting protests at public universities (texastribune.org)

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The Same Old Fantasies Behind AI and New Technology (lawfaremedia.org)

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A New Digital Dawn for Syrian Tech Users (eff.org)

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News Media Tracker: How Americans Use and Trust News Sources (pewresearch.org)

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The NYC Algorithm Deciding Which Families Are Under Watch for Child Abuse (themarkup.org)

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Criminalizing Masks at Protests Is Wrong (eff.org)

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Reddit Challenges Anthropic's Scraping to Create Generative AI Models (ericgoldman.org)

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A Review of the NYT vs. Microsoft AI-Copyright Ruling (Guest Blog Post) (ericgoldman.org)

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Cloudflare Warns EU About Extensive Piracy Overblocking, Calls for Safeguards (torrentfreak.com)

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Law Enforcement Is Finally Making Progress on Ransomware (lawfaremedia.org)

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EFF to the FTC: DMCA Section 1201 Creates Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers (eff.org)

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The Ninth Circuit Has Decided Cars Named Eleanor Are Not Copyrightable After All (techdirt.com)

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Why Texas Won't Force Companies to Use E-Verify for Employment Authorization (texastribune.org)