Articles by hn_acker
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In the Vacuum of AI Legislation, Libraries Have the Playbook (techdirt.com)

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EFF to 4th Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant (eff.org)

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Prosecutors Investigating Drugs-for-Votes Scheme Were Told Not to Pursue Charges (propublica.org)

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In Praise of Vultures (pluralistic.net)

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Court to DOGE: Asking ChatGPT 'Is This DEI?' Is Not Proper Legal Process (techdirt.com)

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Texas Tech cautions broadcasting research restrictions to prospective students (texastribune.org)

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If December Was Too Late to Fix Unconstitutional Gerrymandering Why Is May Okay? (techdirt.com)

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Milestone 1.0.0 Release of APK Downloader apkeep Powers Research on Android Apps (eff.org)

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Bubbles Are Really Evil (pluralistic.net)

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The SECURE Data Act is Not a Serious Piece of Privacy Legislation (eff.org)

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EFF's Recommendations for the EU's Digital Fairness Act (eff.org)

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States Want to Block Open Records Laws That Reveal ALPRs' Sprawling Surveillance (eff.org)

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Digital Hopes, Real Power: From Connection to Collective Action (eff.org)

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How not to ban surveillance pricing (pluralistic.net)

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"Transaction Denied": What Happens When Financial Companies Act Like Censors (eff.org)

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Pennsylvania is updating its voter registration system but won't reveal progress (votebeat.org)

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Data center boom strains Texas homebuilders' need for electricians (texastribune.org)

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Plaintiffs Are Still Litigating–and Losing–Website Framing Cases (ericgoldman.org)

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The Revealing Summary Reversal in LULAC (stevevladeck.com)

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The Open Social Web Needs Section 230 to Survive (eff.org)

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Tech Lobbyists Hard at Work Undermining Proposed Alaska 'Right to Repair' Law (techdirt.com)

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We Don't Know the 2nd Circuit's Position on Embedding and Copyright Infringement (ericgoldman.org)

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Vicky Osterweil's "The Extended Universe" (pluralistic.net)

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The Guard Act Isn't Targeting Dangerous AI–It's Blocking Everyday Internet Use (eff.org)

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EFF Challenges Secrecy in Eastern District of Texas Patent Case (eff.org)

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Stop California's Paternalistic and Privacy-Destroying Social Media Ban (eff.org)

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The Enshittification Multiverse (pluralistic.net)

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Ada Palmer's "Inventing the Renaissance" (pluralistic.net)

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Oral Argument Preview: Chatrie vs. United States (lawfaremedia.org)

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Tenth Circuit Broadens CFAA 'Loss' Beyond Technological Harm–Moxie vs. Nielsen (ericgoldman.org)

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Blame The Pentagon, Not AI, for Preventable Targeting Mistakes (lawfaremedia.org)

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Speaking Freely: Lizzie O'Shea (eff.org)

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France Keeps Breaking the Internet to Stop Piracy, Even Though It's Not Working (techdirt.com)

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The (other) problem with automatic conversion of free software to proprietary (pluralistic.net)

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Supreme Court arguments make it clear that FCC fines are "nonbinding" (arstechnica.com)

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Americans Turning to AI to Supplement Healthcare Visits (gallup.com)

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Monitoring Data Quality in Probability-Based Internet Panels (gallup.com)

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Court Enjoins Another Arkansas Segregate-and-Suppress Law–NetChoice v. Griffin (ericgoldman.org)

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It's not a crime if we do it (to nurses) with an app (pluralistic.net)

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EFF Sues DHS and ICE for Records on Subpoenas Seeking to Unmask Online Critics (eff.org)

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You Can't Vote Out AWS: Fighting Internet Contracts One Library at a Time (techdirt.com)

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YouTuber Copyright Struck After Others Layer AI Voiceovers on Video Game Music (techdirt.com)

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AI is changing how Texas universities teach computer science as job market slows (texastribune.org)

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Texas House Speaker orders probe of Roblox in response to Uvalde shooting game (texastribune.org)

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Cryptocurrency industry on track to surpass 2024 spending on Texas midterm races (texastribune.org)

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Georgia's Voting Technology Blunder (pluralistic.net)

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From Endless Frontier to Enemy of the People: The Assault on Public Science (lawfaremedia.org)

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Ban the sale of precise geolocation (lawfaremedia.org)

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Tiktokification shall set us free (pluralistic.net)

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How Push Notifications Can Betray Your Privacy (and What to Do About It) (eff.org)

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AGPLv3§7 Paragraph 4 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware (sfconservancy.org)

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A Pascal's Wager for AI Doomers (pluralistic.net)

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Digital Hopes, Real Power: The Rise of Network Shutdowns (eff.org)

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Rights for Robots (pluralistic.net)

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438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Required It Anyway (techdirt.com)

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In Praise of (Some) Compartmentalization (pluralistic.net)

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Speaking Freely: Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco (eff.org)

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War as a Pretext: Gulf States Are Tightening the Screws on Speech–Again (eff.org)

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Texas Tech cancels academic programs "centered on" sexual orientation, gender (texastribune.org)

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Who's Been Impersonating This ProPublica Reporter? (propublica.org)

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The Cox Shock: A Tectonic Shift or Just a Tremor? (ericgoldman.org)

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With Massachusetts v. Meta, Congress Doesn't Need to Repeal Section 230 (ericgoldman.org)

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Don't Be Evil (pluralistic.net)

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AI and Cybersecurity: A Glass Half-Empty/Half-Full of Nitroglycerin (techdirt.com)

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Will Lower Courts Find Ways Around Cox vs. Sony? You Betcha (ericgoldman.org)

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The Code Is Not the Law: Why Claude's Constitution Misleads (lawfaremedia.org)

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Comparison Shopping Is Not a (Computer) Crime (eff.org)

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Cohn's "Privacy's Defender" (pluralistic.net)

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A Bogus DMCA Notice to Kill a Story About a Sketchy SEO Firm Worked – Briefly (techdirt.com)

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Banning New Foreign Routers Mistargets Products to Fix Real Problem (eff.org)

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With Cox V. Sony The Supreme Court Provides Another Internet-Protecting Decision (techdirt.com)

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Do DMCA Takedown Notices Need to Expressly Refer to the Lack of Fair Use? (ericgoldman.org)

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Process Knowledge (pluralistic.net)

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Digital Hopes, Real Power: How the Arab Spring Fueled a Global Surveillance Boom (eff.org)

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New York Times Got Played by a Telehealth Scam and Called It the Future of AI (techdirt.com)

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Security versus Interoperability: Real Tension or False Dichotomy? (lawfaremedia.org)

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Switzerland's Goldilocks Fiber (pluralistic.net)

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Your boss wants to use surveillance data to cut your wages (pluralistic.net)

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A Baseless Copyright Claim Against a Web Host–and Why It Failed (eff.org)

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Chiles v. Salazar: The Supreme Court Issues a Bad Good First Amendment Decision (techdirt.com)

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Google and Amazon: Acknowledged Risks, and Ignored Responsibilities (eff.org)

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Digital Hopes, Real Power: From Revolution to Regulation (eff.org)

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What many parents are missing about the social media verdict and addiction (yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com)

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Devil in the grooves: The case against forensic firearms analysis (2023) (radleybalko.substack.com)

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Market Participation Is Exhausting (pluralistic.net)

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UK Politicians Continue to Miss the Point in Latest Social Media Ban Proposal (eff.org)

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AI and Privilege After United States vs. Heppner (lawfaremedia.org)

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US Tech Companies Must Be Liable for Facilitating Persecution and Torture Abroad (eff.org)

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Traffic Violation! License Plate Reader Mission Creep Is Already Here (eff.org)

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Forced to sell medications at a loss, rural Texas pharmacies struggle to survive (texastribune.org)

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Digital Hopes, Real Power: Reflecting on the Legacy of the Arab Spring (eff.org)

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Comments on Jury Verdict in Los Angeles Social Media Addiction Bellwether Trial (ericgoldman.org)

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EFF Sues for Answers About Medicare's AI Experiment (eff.org)

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The internet's original sin (2023) (pluralistic.net)

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Ban Pay-to-Play National Security Approvals (lawfaremedia.org)

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White House Takes Aim at Biased AI in Government, Leaves Key Gaps (lawfaremedia.org)

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The Cost of Doing Business (pluralistic.net)

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Quick Comments on the SCOTUS Cox vs. Sony Ruling (ericgoldman.org)

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Does 512(f) Apply Differently to Counternotices Compared to Takedown Notices? (ericgoldman.org)

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Common Corpus Goes Global (pleias.fr)