Articles by hn_acker
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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)

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US Gov Investigators Found No EU Internet Censorship, and Ignored the Findings (techdirt.com)

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What Does the Viral Afroman Trial Have to Do with Section 230? (techdirt.com)

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What Does a Hologram Trademark Signify When the Hologram Isn't There? (ericgoldman.org)

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Understaffing as a Form of Enshittification (pluralistic.net)

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Fourth Amendment Law by Analogy (lawfaremedia.org)

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New "vibe coded" AI translation tool splits video game preservation community (arstechnica.com)

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How DOGE and Trump Invited Silicon Valley into America's Nuclear Power Regulator (propublica.org)

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[dupe] Love of corporate bullshit is correlated with bad judgment (pluralistic.net)

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David Zaslav Will Soon Get $550M for Disastrous Warner Bros Reign (techdirt.com)

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Section 230's Application to Account Terminations, CSAM, and More (ericgoldman.org)

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The Hegseth Doctrine? Military-Academic De-Coupling Competition (lawfaremedia.org)

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Despite doubts, federal cyber experts approved Microsoft cloud service (propublica.org)

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DOGE Didn't Cut Government Waste. It Was Government Waste (techdirt.com)

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Oil Regulators Found Wells Violating Oklahoma Rules, Then Ignored Their Findings (propublica.org)

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William Gibson vs. Margaret Thatcher (pluralistic.net)

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Spyware-Based Searches for Domestic Criminal Law Enforcement (lawfaremedia.org)

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Blocking Internet Archive Won't Stop AI, but Will Erase Web's Historical Record (eff.org)

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Tools vs. Uses (pluralistic.net)

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The Foilies 2026 (eff.org)

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They Didn't Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth (propublica.org)

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AI Adoption Rapidly Growing in Public Sector (gallup.com)

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Due Processing: As Lawyers Go All-In on AI, the Courts Play Catch-Up (rstreet.org)

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Photobucket's Attempted TOS Amendment Mostly Fails–Pierce v. Photobucket (ericgoldman.org)

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Ninth Circuit Guts California's Kids Code Once Again (techdirt.com)

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IRS System for Sharing Data Would Accept ‘Don’t Care 12345’ as Valid Address (techdirt.com)

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Candidates' faces on punching bags linked to 37 uncounted ballots in Hamtramck (votebeat.org)

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Election Data Handed over to the FBI in Maricopa County Could Be Fatally Flawed (propublica.org)

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A plan to get more electricity to West Texas may come undone (texastribune.org)

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Military AI as 'Abnormal' Technology (lawfaremedia.org)

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Photos: Texas company pitches drone response to school shootings (texastribune.org)

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Amid Crowded Skies, FAA Kills Rule Aimed at Regulating Space Junk (propublica.org)

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Six-Day and IP Address Certificates Available in Certbot (letsencrypt.org)

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AI "journalists" prove that media bosses don't give a shit (pluralistic.net)

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Think Twice Before Buying or Using Meta's Ray-Bans (eff.org)

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The Situation: Thinking About Anthropic's Red Lines (lawfaremedia.org)

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Military AI Policy by Contract: The Limits of Procurement as Governance (lawfaremedia.org)

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Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers' Reports (propublica.org)

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Trump Admin Cyber Strategy Centers Private Sector in Offensive Cyber Operations (lawfaremedia.org)

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If You're Going to Defend AI, You Should Be Honest About Its Actual Harms (techdirt.com)

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The Safe Act Is an Imperfect Vehicle for Real Section 702 Reform (eff.org)

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Lindsey Graham's Quest to Sell Trump on Striking Iran (wsj.com)

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We're Training Students to Write Worse and to Use AI to Prove They're Not Robots (techdirt.com)

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All of this refugee case's filings should be online (lawdork.com)

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The Situation: The Base Jumping Presidency (lawfaremedia.org)

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Weasel Words: OpenAI's Pentagon Deal Won't Stop AI‑Powered Surveillance (eff.org)

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The Four Hour Cyber War on Iran (lawfaremedia.org)

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Harmonizing ECPA to Close Gaps and Increase Statutory Coherence (lawfaremedia.org)

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Judges to AG: It's OK for the Gov't to Dox People, but Not the Other Way Around? (techdirt.com)

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Section 230 Isn't the Problem: Debating the Law on the Majority Report (techdirt.com)

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[dupe] The government uses targeted advertising to track your location (eff.org)

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Ninth Circuit Allows TOS Amendment by Email–Ireland-Gordy v. Tile (ericgoldman.org)

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Privacy Protections Shouldn't Depend on the Decisions of a Few Powerful People (eff.org)

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Supreme Court saves artists from AI (pluralistic.net)

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Rubio to World: Stop Doing the Exact Same Thing the US Just Did (techdirt.com)

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The Court's (Selective) Impatience Is a Vice (stevevladeck.com)

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EFF to Supreme Court: Shut Down Unconstitutional Geofence Searches (eff.org)

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EFF to Court: Don't Make Embedding Illegal (eff.org)

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Pentagon's Anthropic Designation Won't Survive First Contact with Legal System (lawfaremedia.org)

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Catching Up on Some Social Media Addiction Rulings (ericgoldman.org)

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Free-Trial Commercial Database Defeats Publicity Rights Claim–LaFleur vs. Yardi (ericgoldman.org)

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Banning children from VPNs and social media will erode adults' privacy (newscientist.com)

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Court finds Fourth Amendment doesn’t support broad search of protesters’ devices (eff.org)

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Seized Art, Eavesdropping at Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories (propublica.org)

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West Virginia's Anti-Apple CSAM Lawsuit Would Help Child Predators Walk Free (techdirt.com)

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Principles for independent research in a digital world (brookings.edu)

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Retired EV Batteries Scored a New Gig: Bolstering Texas' Grid (insideclimatenews.org)

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Section 230 Preempts Lawsuit over Unwanted Gmail Spam–Dor vs. Google (ericgoldman.org)

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Yes, Section 230 Should Apply Equally to Algorithmic Recommendations (techdirt.com)

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Deplatform Yourself (pluralistic.net)

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Federal Gov Trafficking Pregnant Children to Texas So They Can't Get Abortions (throughline.news)

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Minnesota court justice quietly negotiated deal over ICE enforcement in courts (startribune.com)

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The Prince, the Paedo, the Palace, and the "Safety Tech" App (heatherburns.tech)

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Congress–Not The Pentagon or Anthropic–Should Set Military AI Rules (lawfaremedia.org)

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A Perforated Corporate Veil (pluralistic.net)

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The Billionaires' Eugenics Project (virginiaheffernan.substack.com)

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ICE Raids Family Detention Dorms After Kids' Letters Expose Abuse (newrepublic.com)

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A First-Hand Look at the Messy Underbelly of DMCA 512(c) Takedowns (ericgoldman.org)

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[flagged] DOGE Bro's Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT 'Is This DEI?' (techdirt.com)

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FDA No Longer Warns Against Ineffective Autism Treatments Like Chlorine Dioxide (propublica.org)

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What's a "gig work minimum wage" (pluralistic.net)

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EFF to Wisconsin Legislature: VPN Bans Are Still a Terrible Idea (eff.org)

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Pre-Publication Moderation Can Disqualify Services from DMCA 512(c) Safe Harbor (ericgoldman.org)

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Australia's social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities (theguardian.com)

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This Is What Destroying the Vaccine Market Looks Like (thebulwark.com)

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White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security (reuters.com)

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The Online Community Trilemma (pluralistic.net)

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Fair Use Blocks Privacy-Motivated Copyright Lawsuit–MCM vs. Perry (ericgoldman.org)

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CCPA Assists a Private Right of Action–Shah vs. MyFitnessPal (ericgoldman.org)