Mike Masnick

1 day ago | techdirt.com | Mike Masnick

As Artificial Intelligence reshapes the internet landscape, we’re watching history repeat itself: The same people who fundamentally misunderstood Section 230’s role in enabling the modern internet are now making eerily similar mistakes about how we should approach AI regulation. This week’s episode of Otherwise Objectionable dives into these parallel debates, exploring both how Section 230’s principles might apply to AI and why some continue pushing to dismantle the law entirely.

1 day ago | techdirt.com | Mike Masnick

The Trump administration’s attempt to rendition people to El Salvador without due process has hit another judicial roadblock. Judge Charlotte Sweeney in Colorado has blocked the government from using the improper Alien Enemies Act to remove noncitizens from the US without due process. The administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is both legally absurd and morally offensive.

1 day ago | techdirt.com | Mike Masnick

When a federal judge starts calling out government lawyers for “willful and bad faith” behavior and “deliberate evasion of fundamental discovery obligations,” you know things have gotten serious. But in the case of Abrego Garcia — the man who the DOJ admitted they accidentally sent to a Salvadoran gulag without due process — the DOJ seems determined to test just how far they can push a court’s patience. First came the admission it was all an accident.

1 day ago | flipboard.com | Mike Masnick

Abrego Garcia’s Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-UpKilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife says she fears for her safety since the Trump administration deported him to a prison in El Salvador. The wife of Kilmar …

2 days ago | techdirt.com | Mike Masnick

“It’s no longer about you,” Marco Rubio declared in 2023, describing the transformative moment of becoming a father. “It’s the first time in my life that I have been responsible, entirely at that stage, for the life of another human being.” The Senator has repeatedly stressed the critical importance of fathers being present, going so far as to blame “fatherlessness” as the cause of “every major social problem.”This week, those words ring particularly hollow.