We've come a long way from "those who are willing to trade their liberty for security will soon end up with neither."

Wonderful Friday to take a train up to Penn Carey Law to hear Judge Mehta talk Google’s monopoly — and chat antitrust and digital competition.

EFF is Leaving X After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.

This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

But again, if the network were growing and you’re seeing more posts overall, you’d expect more overall likes.

It’s terribly sad that Elon Musk bought a social network just to force people to engage with him.

Sure, but it’s a proxy for engagement. And I think the engagement here isn’t as great as mid-teens Twitter on any level.

Totally. The destruction of Twitter has been a real tragedy.

What resonated with me is how hard it is to find community here. That was something I had built up over time at the Bad Place.

Important thread if you like Bluesky.

Nothing about what is being proposed here is easy.

The first step toward getting off Google Switching to non-surveilling alternatives is fast and easy.

"Every step we take towards deGoogling, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction."

New from me: The first step toward getting off Google, feat. @cyberlyra.bsky.social

buttondown.com/creativegood...

Also, Mark Zuckerberg only cares about free expression that makes Meta money.

Report on Data Sharing & Syndication Remedies in US v Google How to implement the syndication, web search index, and user-side data sharing remedies ordered by Judge Mehta + recommendations to improve remedies ordered

My new report on implementing search remedies in US v Google - despite some important limitations, the remedies ordered could be useful if implemented judiciously.

When life gives you lemons...

insights.sumitsharma.consulting/p/google-sea...

Congratulations!

💥 Russia: Massive Ukrainian drone strikes blew up vast areas of the Port of Primorsk, Russia's largest oil export terminal that processes 1.0-1.5 million barrels/day - 100 million tons of oil & oil products per year.
1,000km from Ukraine.

FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says This is the first confirmation that the FBI has resumed actively buying people's data for investigations.

This data is only “commercially available” because we have inadequate consumer privacy laws. The distinction between “consumer privacy” and government surveillance continues to breakdown: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Never forget.

Senator Scott Wiener Press Conference at YC YouTube video by YC Root Access

So @scottwiener.bsky.social is adding digital competition to his tech and AI agenda. With SB 1074, he’s pushing legislation to stop digital self-preferencing in California right this moment: www.youtube.com/live/Yr9mHKx...

Meta Quest VR Headset Users to Lose Access to Horizon Worlds, Legs and All Soon, you won't be able to access Meta's flagship metaverse experience on its flagship metaverse-experiencing device

When I was at Facebook, the mantra was that “social was our superpower.” But gaming is social in ways different from what Facebook understands. Instead of boosting existing VR services, Facebook insisted on plowing ahead with “Horizon Worlds”, which leads to today: gizmodo.com/meta-quest-v...

a bald man is wearing a red sweater with a star trek logo on it ALT: a bald man is wearing a red sweater with a star trek logo on it

Geez . . . I’m at a panel discussing AI use in education, and a panelist just noted how their university let everyone “opt into” using Gemini because Google is better “at privacy” than OpenAI.

Interesting paper talk from @schroeder1stabskys.bsky.social covering SCOTUS’ recent First Amendment cases, suggesting there’s a big absence of theory and a nice dose of Calvinball.

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo

Ep.22: Why are we building our own web search index? And why does it matter?

Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

The decline in traffic from Google over the last year has been dramatic, notes
@tampabaytimes.bsky.social’s @katches.bsky.social at AEJMC’s Southeast Colloquium. #GoogleZero

The existence of this company suggests a major market failure.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/a...

Still a banger though.

Garbage Day newsletter excerpt that reads: Meta Ray-Bans are a Cybertruck for your face- they are great for weird fucking losers that want to look down your shirt and plaster it all over Instagram

@garbageday.email hit the nail on the head with this one!

If the comparing Meta Ray-Bans to a Cybertruck doesn't send the message it needs to about how these mass surveillance tools are a terrible idea, then what will actually get through to you?

It’s the business model, dummies.

Claude from GTA 3.

Anyone else getting a subscription?

Well, the Democrats’ primary vehicle for broadcasting anything are strong letters.