Kathryn Tewson / Techdirt:
Hands-on with DoNotPay, a service claiming to be the first robot lawyer: slow, drafted a terrible defamation demand letter, missed legal issues, and more — Note: This post is an adaptation of what started initially as a Twitter thread. — I’ve been going pretty hard on DoNotPay …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk firing Vijaya Gadde is a loss for free speech as she was the most responsible for Twitter’s unmatched record defending “actual” free speech globally — Last night, Elon Musk closed his on-again, off-again, on-again deal to buy Twitter, and his very first order of business was to fire a bunch of top executives.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
The 5th Circuit federal court’s ruling to uphold the Texas social media content moderation law is based on a misrepresentation of how Section 230 actually works — from the batshit-crazy dept — As far as I can tell, in the area the 5th Circuit appeals court has jurisdiction …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
A subreddit with 1.5M members, r/PoliticalHumor, challenges Texas’ content moderation law by mandating that comments include “Greg Abbott is a little piss baby” — Last year, I tried to create a “test suite” of websites that any new internet regulation ought to be “tested” against.
Washington Post:
A profile of Alex Spiro, a celebrity lawyer and central figure in Elon Musk’s bid to overhaul Twitter, who has done much of the legal heavy lifting so far — Alex Spiro went from representing Jay-Z to participating in one of the biggest technology company overhauls in years.
The Verge:
PlayStation VR2 hands-on: easy to set up, a joy to use, the OLED display looks great, refreshed Sense controllers are an improvement, gameplay is fun, and more — And it’s pretty good … Sony’s PlayStation VR2 may not be coming out until next year, but after months of drip-feeding news …
Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump’s lawyer says a lawsuit against Twitter over banning his account is ongoing and Trump does not plan to withdraw the appeal, complicating his return — Elon Musk has tweeted that Donald Trump will be reinstated on Twitter, but the former president isn’t backing down in his legal fight …
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