We oppose efforts to change Section 230 protections (August 5, 2025)
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA230), specifically section 230(c) which reads: (c)Protection for “Good Samaritan” blocking and screening of offensive material…
Category: Innovation
Trump Disappears People (April 8, 2025)
Last week ICE seized Fulbright scholar Rümeysa Öztürk on the streets of Somerville for co-writing this oped. Last month, DHS agents seized Mahmoud Khalil,…
This Thursday: Speak at the MA Legislature’s Internet and Cybersecurity Hearing (July 12, 2023)
Thanks to our friends at warrantless.org for reminding us of this hearing. The Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet…
Take action to stop patent trolls today! (June 19, 2023)
The US Patent and Trademark office proposed rules to limit who can challenge patents. If these rules go forward, then they will make…
Pirate News: TikTok for the Internet Archive? (March 27, 2023)
Steve and James discuss US government calls to ban TikTok and recent decision in the Hachette v. Internet Archive case. We will also…
Pirate News: SVB, ChatGPT, WTF?!!!! (March 13, 2023)
Steve and James discuss what is going on with the Pirate Party, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and ChatGPT. Sign up to…
10 Years Without Aaron Swartz (January 11, 2023)
Aaron Swartz, who died ten years ago today, was an activist dedicated to an open Internet, freedom and transparency. He was hounded by…
Remembering Aaron Swartz on His Birthday (November 8, 2022)
Aaron Swartz, born on November 8th, 1986, was an activist dedicated to an open Internet, freedom and transparency. He was hounded by the…
Join us on Mastodon (November 5, 2022)
We talked about Elon Musk buying Twitter at our last pirate news and after that discussion it just made sense to finally join…
Decentralized Technologies Plank Adopted (April 7, 2022)
We continue to update our platform and have added our We Need True Decentralized Technologies plank. If you want to help, join our…