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Donald Trump followed through on his threats to sue the BBC over its editing of his remarks on Jan. 6, 2021, for a documentary.
The following can be attributed to Seth Stern, director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF):
“If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list.
By my count, Trump has demanded at least $65 billion in damages from media outlets i…

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2025-10-23 20:42:02

from my link log —
Rust programs written entirely in Rust, without libc.
blog.sunfishcode.online/rust-p
saved 2021-09-08

@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
2025-10-20 09:29:59
Content warning: a small piece of feedback on that excellent article

@…
I was thinking, maybe another time you could say e.g. "in the early days of the pandemic" to refer to around 2020/2021.
It's because saying "during the pandemic" to mean a past era can give the impression that covid is over now, which I don't think is a helpful framing.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-09-29 21:15:46

Filing: YouTube will pay $24.5M to settle a 2021 Trump lawsuit over suspending his account after Jan. 6, the last Big Tech company to settle his lawsuits (Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/us-news/law/youtube-to

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-09-29 21:15:45

Filing: YouTube will pay $24.5M to settle a 2021 Trump lawsuit over suspending his account after Jan. 6, the last Big Tech company to settle his lawsuits (Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/us-news/law/youtube-to

@stefan@gardenstate.social
2025-09-30 00:29:45

this sucks. theverge.com/news/787932/youtu

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-30 21:01:44

Roku beats expectations with Q3 net income of $24.8M, vs. a net loss of $35.8M a year ago, and revenue of $1.21B, up 14% YoY; total streaming hours rose 12% YoY (Todd Spangler/Variety)
variety.com/2025/digital/news/