from the that-was-that dept
5 Years In the past
This week in 2020, the killing of George Floyd and subsequent protests had been having an influence, with one court docket citing the incident in denying immunity to officers in one other case, extra colleges shifting to finish contracts with cops, and Minneapolis metropolis council voting unanimously to disband its police division. In the meantime, Devin Nunes’s lawyer was telling a decide to disregard Part 230, Josh Hawley was pushing one more dumb anti-230 plan that was even worse than it appeared at first, and the DOJ launched its personal preposterous suggestions on 230. Additionally, the Web Archive closed its Nationwide Emergency Library program early because of the lawsuit from publishers.
Ten Years In the past
This week in 2015, Information Corp. was attempting to make use of the DMCA to defend a ridiculous Sunday Instances story about Edward Snowden from criticism, even because the reporter behind it admitted he simply wrote what the UK authorities instructed him. Congress was realizing it didn’t actually have the votes to maneuver quick monitor commerce authority ahead, a lot to the chagrin of TPP supporters, whereas the legislative struggle acquired extra complicated and went again to the Senate. We additionally wrote about how the CIA was nonetheless appearing like a home surveillance company regardless of directions in any other case.
Fifteen Years In the past
This week in 2010, as the discharge of the iPhone 4 approached, it was nonetheless removed from clear whether or not video calling would ever actually catch on. The iPad was already making an enormous splash, however makes an attempt to adapt all types of media to deal with them weren’t so promising, and we weren’t positive why iPad digital comics had been being priced greater than paper copies. It was earlier within the historical past of Part 230, however there was nonetheless dialogue about whether or not it wanted to be “mounted”, and it was late within the historical past of LimeWire however apparently not too late for the recording business to sue it but once more.
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