Book Scanning Goes Viral…Again
Five years after Eliza Zhang’s book-scanning video reached millions of people, the Internet Archive’s page-by-page approach to digitization is capturing attention all over again. In…
Tech and Internet
EFF’s Policy Position on ALPR Surveillance: Eliminate It and Reduce Its Harms
Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) build a searchable map of everywhere a driver goes, fed into databases that police, ICE, and private vendors can query…
Five more organizer tales: LibreLocal 2026, part three
From Canada to Poland, LibreLocal 2026 organizers shared free software with their communities!
EFF Statement on Meta Settlement
Under this settlement, young users will now have less access to Meta products, and a lesser ability to exercise their rights to speak, access information…
Cineby Starts Staged Shutdown of Its Piracy Empire
Cineby has published a step-by-step schedule for shutting itself down in stages. The site started by redirecting its mirror sites Cineplay and Fmovies+, to then…
French Top Court Gets It Right, Strikes Down Social Media Ban For Youths
Earlier this month, France’s top court struck down the country’s legislation that banned social media use for people under 15 years old, which had been…
Pluralistic: The age of disinvention (25 Aug 2026)
Today’s links The age of disinvention: 🟥1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🟥1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🟥️1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🟥1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🟥1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🟥1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🟥 Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Metacrap; CmdrTaco retires; Chalk memorial for Jack Layton; By…
Preserving a Creative Legacy: How CARTA is Safeguarding Artists’ Websites
Artists today use their websites as more than a business card– they are an online portfolio, CV, document of artistic evolution, and works of art…
FlavaWorks Targets 75 Members of Gay-Torrents Tracker With RICO Lawsuit
Adult entertainment company FlavaWorks has elevated its legal campaign against the private torrent tracker Gay-Torrents. After the site already closed its doors, it filed a…
Pluralistic: How Canada can help Americans and defeat America (23 Aug 2026)
Today’s links How Canada can save Americans and defeat America: True Carneyism has never been tried. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence:…