Good to see the bipartisan work here - noted.

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)@repstansbury.bsky.social · last mo.

What is Leon Black hiding? Because, if he isn’t hiding anything, why did he walk out of his Transcribed Interview in the Epstein investigation today? We will get answers. Nobody is above the law.

whoa. this may also be a reason Meta reportedly wants to keep CEO Zuckerberg from having to testify to Senate. Former executive Wynn-Williams, long muzzled by Meta, has filed a lawsuit in NdCal, inclusive of her explosive allegations against Sheryl Sandberg and Joel Kaplan.

This deserves tremendous attention if the White House and committee staff truly save Zuckerberg from testifying over child safety in the same months his company is repeatedly found liable by juries. He may pay billions but gets saved from public shame. 1/2

good ad. well worth the 20 seconds.

Facebook. Unsealed. "The fact that we train on pirated sites such as Anna's Archive is likely to be viewed negatively..." "Mark [Z] has been engaging with high-level govt officials on...our AI strategy, including Sec. Raimondo and NSA Jake Sullivan." 1/2

NYT out with a jaw dropping investigative report on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 60 Minutes reported last Sunday on some of this, too. The NYT report is a must-read, the 60 Minutes report should then be watched. 1/3

Absolute hero behavior and absolutely pathetic prosecutor www.reddit.com/r/publicdefe...

The first regulator who tried to hold Mark Zuckerberg personally liable for the cover-up tied to the massive data control issues that grabbed the globe’s attention with Cambridge Analytica- is back in business tomorrow. This is the original NYT headline. Same lawsuit. Stay now lifted. /1

Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement.

Mark Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' Meta's copyright infringement, publishers allege

Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement.

bit.ly

But pubs via DCN have filed an AB cc @kint.bsky.social pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/us...

US publishers back Amazon in AI agent access dispute with Perplexity

US news publishers have backed Amazon in its lawsuit against Perplexity, saying unauthorised AI agent access to content should be blocked.

pressgazette.co.uk

Disney cites the First Amendment in its statement responding to the FCC order: "We are confident that record demonstrates our continued qualifications as licensees under the Communications Act and the First Amendment and are prepared to show that through the appropriate legal channels."

Polls shows that most Americans agree with Ted Cruz's statement today that "it's not the government's job to censor speech, and I do not believe the FCC should operate as the speech police."

Super well played by Jimmy Kimmel. The Streisand Effect is undefeated. And the King of Hollywood bit was a grand kicker.

“The Senate needs to be less like Instagram. The Senate needs to be more deliberative. And that means less smack-down nonsense,” says former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse. cbsn.ws/4mVT7Pp

“I hate cancer. But I'm also grateful for it,” says former Sen. Ben Sasse. “I tell a lot more truth to myself than I used to do it when I thought I was super omni-competent and interesting.” cbsn.ws/4cOg2rd

always seemed just as you describe. friendly platform for the lot, sort of like a16z kept trying to spawn to go direct. yet Altman is concerned about its independence. Comedy.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 4mo ago

Embarrassing watching members of the media fawn over this and act like it’s a 4d chess move vs. Fiji Simo having literally one idea: buy media and show it. I also genuinely question TBPN’s reach and their revenue! But I guess we will never know now.

According to the Times:

I am an indie publisher. I spend a good chunk of my time and budget securing legal rights to writing and art. But apparently those rules are for us mere mortals. Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, and the US govt (see recent propaganda vid full of unlicensed cips) can just take whatever they want. 😡😡😡

Jason Kint@kint.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Bold, Meta. As I read this, Meta is arguing in a court of law that its use of BitTorrent to transfer pirated works was Fair Use because it helped them be more efficient in doing it.

OK, this may be a super interesting development. Court orders Meta to file revised Exhibit D in massive copyright lawsuit playing out against it. Here is the context. /1

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “By trying to silence journalists, autocrats and aspiring autocrats hope to make the world ignore what they are doing. The rest of us should refuse to do so,” the editorial board writes.

Opinion | Politicians Are Trying to Control the News

The rising global attacks on the free press reveal increasingly desperate regimes attempting to snuff out attempts to find the truth.

nyti.ms

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner

Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

nashvillebanner.com

Google’s lead proxy for years in company relations to the news industry (Richard Gingras) has regularly made this point, too suggesting news has zero value. It’s absurd on its face and quite offensive for someone who has made his entire career at Google about being supportive of news.

Erik Peinert@erikpeinert.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The most pernicious assumption of the whole argument is that the works have no market value to them, the companies who went to great length to steal it all. "None of us ever paid a cent for something we clearly value a great deal, ergo there's no market substitution in us robbing you."

Hey NZ & RNZ’s Mediawatch, if you’re following @kint.bsky.social I highly recommend him media analysis. Case in point below— Canada’s news bargaining with the tech giants is working :)

Jason Kint@kint.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wrote this last night as Meta was going on 🇨🇦 TV and misleading public on what is arguably one of the most successful acts of any parliament to bring funding to a free and plural press. It’s working, just not for Meta whose biz doesnt like to pay for “data.” digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2026/02...

Bold, Meta. As I read this, Meta is arguing in a court of law that its use of BitTorrent to transfer pirated works was Fair Use because it helped them be more efficient in doing it.

"...these frameworks keep the government out of the business of picking the winners and losers in the press...not through political discretion. That safeguard is not theoretical. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom curtailed funding for a similar measure after it passed into law"

Jason Kint@kint.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wrote this last night as Meta was going on 🇨🇦 TV and misleading public on what is arguably one of the most successful acts of any parliament to bring funding to a free and plural press. It’s working, just not for Meta whose biz doesnt like to pay for “data.” digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2026/02...

THIS IS WINNING!!

Jason Kint@kint.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wrote this last night as Meta was going on 🇨🇦 TV and misleading public on what is arguably one of the most successful acts of any parliament to bring funding to a free and plural press. It’s working, just not for Meta whose biz doesnt like to pay for “data.” digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2026/02...

Wrote this last night as Meta was going on 🇨🇦 TV and misleading public on what is arguably one of the most successful acts of any parliament to bring funding to a free and plural press. It’s working, just not for Meta whose biz doesnt like to pay for “data.” digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2026/02...

Goals scored: Canada proved news bargaining works

The Olympic hockey gold medals were both determined by bruising 2-1 overtime games. Both between the United States and

digitalcontentnext.org

Confession: I predicted last year that Judge Brinkema in Eastern District of Virginia would issue her remedies opinion by end of February in U.S. v Google. To force divestiture. That’s in the next 24 hours. Polymarket has my odds super low. Alas.

Wrote this last night as Meta was going on 🇨🇦 TV and misleading public on what is arguably one of the most successful acts of any parliament to bring funding to a free and plural press. It’s working, just not for Meta whose biz doesnt like to pay for “data.” digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2026/02...

Goals scored: Canada proved news bargaining works

The Olympic hockey gold medals were both determined by bruising 2-1 overtime games. Both between the United States and

digitalcontentnext.org

When you put it that way, Renee.

Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“Trump’s position is that the government cannot pressure Facebook to take down anti-vaccine posts, but it can coerce Anthropic into making a version of Claude that kills people without a human in the loop.”