New FAA drone rule is a giant middle finger to aviation hobbyists
Public comments are open until 11:59pm on Monday.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
FCC issues wrist-slap fines to carriers that sold your phone-location data
Pai's FCC fines carriers "less than one one-thousandth" of annual revenue.
More than 2,200 agencies and companies have tried Clearview, report finds
Schools, stores, federal agencies, and legions of local police are on the list.
Congress gives small ISPs $1 billion to rip out Huawei, ZTE network gear
ISPs banned from using FCC funds on Huawei/ZTE, get $1B for replacement gear.
Stealing advanced nations’ Mac malware isn’t hard. Here’s how one hacker did it
Former NSA hacker repackages in-the-wild Mac malware for his own use.
Everyone agrees: Facebook, Twitter should block disinfo—but probably won’t
2020 misinformation already hard for platforms, with November still months away.
First Amendment doesn’t apply on YouTube; judges reject PragerU lawsuit
YouTube can restrict PragerU videos because it is a private forum, court rules.
Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says
It's not clear how Apple enforces the alleged no-iPhones-for-villains rule.
Secretive face-matching startup has customer list stolen
Losing data to an intruder is not a great look for a law enforcement partner.
Clarence Thomas regrets ruling that Ajit Pai used to kill net neutrality
Thomas says he was wrong in Brand X case that helped FCC deregulate broadband.
VW to appoint “aggressive” climate activist to scrutinize policies
German group is first big carmaker to create post as it steps up drive to go green and electric.
Removing a GPS tracking device from your car isn’t theft, court rules
Indiana high court: Removing a small unmarked device from your car isn't theft.
Google faces state lawsuit alleging misuse of schoolkids’ private data
Collecting and using kids' data from educational tools is a no-go, state AG says.
California man arrested on charges his DDoSes took down candidate’s website
Feds say defendant used Amazon servers to wage DDoS attacks that cost the rival campaign.
