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So powerful. And yet, sooooo sensitive. Washington Post columnist Philip Bump asked a simple question: why are so many ICE agents covering their faces when disappearing people from US city streets?

At a time when mainstream media continues to struggle with calling out Trump's censorial power grabs for what they are, John Oliver just devoted an entire segment to exposing what Techdirt re ...

We've talked about how, in the digital space at least, the concept of "ownership" has undergone a massive philisophical shift. It used to be that you would go out somewhere, buy a ...

Afew weeks ago, the UK's regional and national daily news titles ran similar front covers, exhorting the government there to "Make it Fair." The campaign Web site explained: Tech companies use crea ...

Our Secretary of Homeland Security, tasked with overseeing the detention of thousands of people, doesn't understand one of the most fundamental protections against unlawful imprisonment in ou ...

The DEA may not be an early adopter of forward-looking policies, but it certainly leads the pack when it comes to shedding accountability like a teen ditching an ill-fitting sports coat the instant ...

Here's a question about the First Amendment and social media companies that used to just be in the realm of crazy law school hypotheticals: What makes social media sites "state actors&#

For years, the DHS has been expanding its intrusive surveillance of anyone attempting to enter this country. (It has also expanded this to include people leaving the country.) The current onboardin ...

There are two major reasons that the U.S. doesn't pass an internet-era privacy law or regulate data brokers despite a parade of dangerous scandals. One, lobbied by a vast web of interconnected ...

It's no secret that Nintendo is among the most draconian actors when it comes to intellectual property. Techdirt is rife with posts on the various ways the company has been a royal and overre ...