Pirate News: TikTok for the Internet Archive?

Steve and James discuss US government calls to ban TikTok and recent decision in the Hachette v. Internet Archive case. We will also discuss what is going on with the Pirate Party.

Our Spring conference will be Saturday, May 13th starting at noon. It will be our first in-person conference since the 2019. It will be at 3 Foundry Industrial Street, Lowell, MA 01852. We will have a cook out at the conference. Register in advance so we know for how many to prepare. If you would like to speak or lead a discussion topic, sign up by Friday, April 28th.

Sign up to our newsletter to get notified of new events or volunteer. Join us on Mastodon.

Links we discussed:

• The TikTok Hearing Revealed That Congress Is the Problem;
• TikTok congressional hearing: CEO Shou Zi Chew grilled by US lawmakers;
• How Forcing TikTok To Completely Separate Its US Operations Could Actually Undermine National Security;
• How the War On Sex Work Is Stripping Your Privacy Rights Report;
• The Fight Continues;
• Cory Doctorow:
  • The Golden Rule (them what has the gold makes the rules);
  • Tiktok’s enshittification.

Public Domain dissolving clock image.

If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.