Japanese Police Arrest NYAA ‘First Uploader,’ But Not by Watching the Swarm
Japanese police have arrested an alleged seeder who’s connected to the widely popular anime torrent site NYAA. Anti-piracy group CODA tells TorrentFreak that the tool…
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State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance”
Founded by Trump ally and right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, Palantir has attacked the press and works in the digital surveillance space.
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Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions
A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors of 2024 has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy…
Pluralistic: Eternal Sloptember (06 Aug 2026)
Today’s links Eternal Sloptember: Mark Zuckerberg and the fantasy of social media without socializing. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Delany x…
YggTorrent Teases a Comeback in September, Weeks After Arrests
YggTorrent was France’s largest torrent site until a hacker gutted it in March. In July, the police arrested twelve suspected operators. That was not the…
Broadcaster Wins Broad U.S. Blocking Injunction Covering Pirate Sites That Don’t Exist Yet
Mexican broadcaster TelevisaUnivision has obtained one of the broadest anti-piracy injunctions ever issued by a U.S. federal court. After initially targeting five pirate IPTV streaming…
Vanishing Culture Episode #6: What We’ve Learned with Vida Vojić & Alice Bridgwood
What does it mean to preserve culture in an age of disappearing websites, platform-controlled media, and fragile digital memories? In the final episode of our…
Pluralistic: Google is a scammer’s paradise (05 Aug 2026)
Today’s links Google is a scammer’s paradise: The internet’s absentee landlord. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS; EZ realistic…
Tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote this week on several censorious and privacy invasive bills: KOSA, the SCREEN Act, Youth AI Privacy Act, and CHATBOT…
Internet Archive to New York: Don’t Kill the Good Bots in the Fight Against Bad Bots
We’re joining with EFF and other civil society groups asking the Governor of New York to veto the Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act. Here’s why. News…