@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Meta lobbyists are urging California lawmakers to exempt social media platforms from legislation that would increase penalties in child-harm cases (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/26/e
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineThe US Congress is considering legislation that cripples privacy and security online, under the guise of seeking a silver bullet that will “keep kids safe.”
#privacy
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialI wrote to our EU representatives outlining why I am angry that chat control is getting yet another attempt to make it into legislation when it has already been rejected several times. Age verification is on the menu too 🤮
If you live in the EU, write to your MEP before 29 June and tell them why Chat Control (mass scanning of personal messages) is unsuited to protect anyone online, let alone minors:
@cdarwin@c.imIgnoring EFF’s warnings about the dangersand impossibility of implementing a new mandate for 3D print surveillance software,
the California State Assembly has signed off on legislation to do just that.
In the process, legislators amended the bill to make it even more confusing,
while failing to address the risks to privacy, speech, and consumer rights.
We must renew our call on legislators to drop this bill as it heads to the state senate,
and protect the to…
@chrisnelder@mastodon.energyFeels like we’ve passed through The Handmaid’s Tale phase and are coming up on the Thoughtcrime legislation phase…
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialSomeday, someone in the media other than CNN's Kaitlan Collins, will have cajones & the clout to hard block Fat Loser's pivoting & nail him to the questions.
#trump
From: @…
@aral@mastodon.ar.alFascism (n): @… https://kind.social/@pomegranate_stew/116812459249173548
@gwire@mastodon.socialGood news for incorrigible rogues.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rough-sleeping-no-longer-a-crime-as-vagrancy-act-repealed
@cdarwin@c.im @cdarwin@c.imThe government agency that administers Medicaid has created a new criterion,
‘medically frail,’
which must be met to qualify for the program without working
— even if you only have weeks to live.
It didn’t exist prior to the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill".
Before that landmark legislation was signed into law, Medicaid was primarily a means-tested program,
accessible to those with low enough incomes to qualify.
But the new rule means even…
@cdarwin@c.imTrump is pushing for ending the filibuster in the Senate
Right now, Republicans have 53 votes.
That’s not close to what they’d need to pass Trump’s controversial
"Save America Act", which would mandate strict ID laws for voting and proof of citizenship to register to vote or after a name change.
All Democrats oppose this legislation.
So even though it passed the Republican-controlled House, it’s stuck in the Republican-controlled Senate because of t…
@Speckdaene@nrw.social#idw EU Commission’s draft legislation on #pesticides: European re-searchers highlight the risks
The European Commission intends to reform key provisions governing the approval of pesticides through a new legislative package. Scientists from 27 European research institutions point out that the “
@cdarwin@c.imTrump demands Senate cancel August break until it passes voter suppression bill
Trump on Monday demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the chamber’s upcoming August break until senators pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill
-- even as Republicans lack the votes to advance it.
Trump has repeatedly urged Thune to scrap the legislative filibuster,
which effectively sets a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the 100-member Senate,
or …
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialUK ministers are advancing a bill requiring YouTube and TikTok to promote BBC and ITV content; it also would force streamers to show big sports events for free (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/06/youtube-promote-bbc-content-uk-gove…
@CubitOom@social.linux.pizza[North Carolina Senate Bill 153](https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/s153) requires state police to contribute to the federal government's cruel deportation campaign
@johnleonard@mastodon.socialThe European Union is legally compelling Google to open its ecosystem to competitors with changes to how it handles AI and search.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/legi
@chiraag@mastodon.online
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngQuestion for other EU-based online shop owners: How are you going to deal with the upcoming EU PPWR packaging legislation changes[1] and specifically requiring a third party legal person/entity in every single EU member state you want to ship to after August 12, potentially having to contract & pay another EU-wide one-stop service or up to 26 middlemen just so you are allowed to ship to all EU countries? What happened to the idea of a single market?
Some of the "cheaper" off…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialRevealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/how-europe-most-powerful-farming-lobby-copa-cogeca-killed-eu-pesticide-law
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioSo I’m actually with Apple on their stance on the EU having very bad legislation on the Siri AI thing.
The EU is good at being relatively proactive at making legislation protecting consumers, but some of these laws also backfire and/or are just badly written or interpreted.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/due-to-dma-siri-ai-delayed-in-eu-for-ios-27-and-ipados-27/
@brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org"The Copyright Office Doesn’t Need More Politics—Or More Power."
"Congress Just Rushed Through A Disastrous Copyright Office Overhaul"
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/18/congress-just-rushed-through-a-disast…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBernie Sanders proposes legislation to create a sovereign wealth fund financed via a one-time 50% stock tax on AI companies that reach $200M in annual AI sales (Joey Cappelletti/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/bernie-sanders-ai-publ…
@cdarwin@c.imA Republican-controlled House committee passed legislation earlier this week that would
prevent the US Labor Department from enacting federal standards to protect workers from extreme heat
-- a move that came amid sweltering heat across the country.
The Heat Workforce Standards Act,
led by Rep. Mark Messmer (R-Ind.),
passed the House Education and Workforce Committee on Tuesday in a 18-15 vote along party lines.
If enacted, the legislation would bar the Oc…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law"
#Europe #Farming #Pesticides
@gwire@mastodon.socialOne of those SIs with a "coming into force date" before "laid before parliament". Which I'm sure pops up on a "Falsehoods programmers believe about legislation" list.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/792/made/data.htm
@markhburton@mstdn.socialIsraeli leaders are akin to the Taliban in their assault on education.
Israel uses law to destroy Palestinian education in East Jerusalem | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/7/
@thomasrenkert@hcommons.social
@egallager@social.treehouse.systemsEven though I'm not running for re-election this November, I still get one more filing period for new legislation in September for my potential successors to pick up from me, so I'm still attempting to keep my legislation ideas repository at least somewhat up-to-date:
#NHPolitics
@StephenRees@mas.toGovernment just prematurely ended debate on Bill C-22
The federal government decided to use a so-called “guillotine” time-limit all further clause by clause on Bill C-22 to just 30 minutes.1 This will block ANY committee debate that scrutinizes the dangerous surveillance powers in Part 2 of the bill.2
The government wants to jam Bill C-22 today, and vote it through the House tomorrow (June 19). We’re calling on MPs of all parties to refuse to advance Part 2 without full committee…
@sean@scoat.esI think Carney was necessary to avoid the PP Problem, but house-of-cardsing parliament to a majority and then ramming through super dangerous legislation (of course compromising devices/communications will result in compromised devices/communications!) is some real conservative-in-liberal-clothing garbage.
(article en français; kind of expected CBC to have something by now…)
@cdarwin@c.imCongress can play a vital role here.
Even many Republicans in Congress are unhappy about Trum's tariffs,
and they have the power to halt them.
They can start with public criticism, which will raise the political cost for Trump of keeping the tariffs in place.
If he does not yield, they should pass new laws closing the loopholes he has used.
In the case of the Canada tariffs, Congress should pass legislation to make clear that he cannot use the 1930 law to e…
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialSeems to me that #agribusiness is an example of #MarketFailure, where poisoning workers and destroying local #ecosystems is highly profitable.
And it's not as if alternative approaches don&…
@paulwermer@sfba.socialSeems to me that #agribusiness is an example of #MarketFailure, where poisoning workers and destroying local #ecosystems is highly profitable.
And it's not as if alternative approaches don&…
@boris@cosocial.caHere’s a petition by MP Jenny Kwan to the House of Commons to withdraw Bill C-22
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416
Simply:
1) Withdraw the bill
2) Don’t collect & retain metadata
3) Don’t wea…
@johnleonard@mastodon.social @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNY passes legislation requiring news orgs to provide disclosures on content substantially or wholly produced by AI; the bill awaits the governor's signature (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/public-policy-legal…
@joe@toot.worksThat's good to hear but I am not sure why that wasn't already the case.
"The Milwaukee Common Council approved legislation that modifies Milwaukee Police Department standard operating procedures governing officers' duty to intervene in and report unreasonable uses of force, including force used by federal agents."
#Milwaukee #ICE #Police
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAs sweeping US crypto legislation stalls, the SEC and CFTC are moving to establish rules; the SEC is set to exempt certain token offerings from securities laws (Hannah Lang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/t
@privacity@social.linux.pizzaCADA: An (E)U-turn on AI regulation
https://fpf.org/blog/cada-an-eu-turn-on-ai-regulation/
@…
The new EU Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA)…
@johnleonard@mastodon.socialThe UK should treat its information environment as a form of critical democratic infrastructure to help combat the growing threat of misinformation and AI-generated content.
https://www.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGuardrails Alliance, a super PAC that raised $5M, launches to advocate for AI safety legislation and counter pro-industry lobbying, running ads for Alex Bores (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/tec…
@gwire@mastodon.socialIn 2011, after Con/LD coalition came into government, Damian Green posed for photos showing him shedding the hard drives from the Labour government's ID card scheme. (Labour Junior Minister for delivery, one A. Burnham)
Over the next few years Conservatives introduced legislation making photo identity documents a legal requirement for citizens - right to work, right to rent, voting, tightened licensing meaning pubs and clubs introduced mandatory ID checks, so on. But no actual ID c…
@cdarwin@c.imCongress’ marquee housing legislation
aimed at increasing the country’s housing supply
is set to become law at midnight
— without Donald Trump’s signature.
“I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House,
in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,”
Trump, who could still change his mind and sign the legislation, posted on Friday.
The b…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPolish lawmakers pass legislation imposing prison sentences of up to five years for "trash streaming" of violent crimes, gambling promotion, and more (Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber and Waymo are engaged in a DC lobbying battle over AV legislation, with Uber supporting a hybrid human-robotaxi model and Waymo pushing for pure robotaxis (Liam Denning/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngReminder: Just as with Age ID and Chat Control legislation justifications, the AI build out, the price gauging of memory, storage (and CPU/GPU/SOCs too), the emerging hardware leasing & subscription models — all this is not just driven by generative AI in the form of chatbots, media generators, automation, job replacements, FOMO stories and other "obvious" reasons repeated ad infinitum by CEOs and in the media...
The only way these industry shifts and largest tech investments ever …
@gwire@mastodon.socialPart of the Communications Act 2003 has come into force.
As a member of the public I'm confused as to why these laws don't automatically sunset if left unactivated. Certainly after more than 20 years, and significant changes in the makeup of Parliament.
(This change is just about classifying significant events, eg, sporting events.)
@cdarwin@c.imIn California, survivors of solitary confinement
who have spent years trying to seriously limit the practice are facing yet another setback
as state prison officials unwind the minor reforms made in recent years.
Those reforms, which had reduced the number of rule violations that could make someone eligible for isolation and increased out-of-cell time for people in solitary,
were part of a compromise Governor Gavin Newsom proposed after his 2022 veto of the Mandela A…
@servelan@newsie.socialMitch McConnell Has Cosponsored Legislation Since Being Hospitalized - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-has-cosponsored-legislation-since-being-hospitalized-12249840
@cdarwin@c.imThe right wing think tank "Manhattan Institute", is in the midst of a yearlong campaign to pass state-level legislation
reclassifying minor crimes like vandalism, blocking a roadway, or trespassing during a protest as felonies that would carry 18-month prison sentences as punishment.
The push to criminalize forms of nonviolent disobedience as a form of terrorism comes amid a broader Trump administration effort to crack down on leftist organizations, causes, and social m…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLondon's Met Police calls on tech companies to make stolen phones unusable and says it is sharing data with Apple to build a "global picture" of stolen devices (Yang Tian/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg4dey905yo
@gwire@mastodon.socialUK government has, today, added the "GRU Volunteer Corps" to its state threats list - but I can't seem to find any reference to this group outside of the announcement to designate it. Did the UK just make up the name itself, because legislation demands it?
(Is it the same as "DobroKor"?)
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCanada introduces the Safe Social Media Act, a bill that would ban social media for children under 16 and establish safety standards for AI chatbots (Maria Cheng/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/canada-int…
@cdarwin@c.imThe nation’s largest public four-year university may soon be barred from replacing faculty with generative AI
as a bill backed by a union of professors comes nearer to reaching the governor’s desk.
Few examples exist of the California State University’s attempting to replace faculty labor with generative AI tools,
but the faculty union wants to prevent such efforts from ever getting off the ground.
The bill so far has garnered no opposition from lawmakers and may clear…
@cdarwin@c.imPublic banks, unlike privately owned Wall Street banks that prioritize shareholder profits,
use their deposits to make loans that directly serve local needs.
These institutions can fund affordable housing,
support small businesses,
finance public infrastructure projects,
and assist with post-disaster rebuilding.
These investments strengthen communities and demonstrate fiscal responsibility
@johnleonard@mastodon.socialPrivacy campaigners are pressuring the EU to begin dismantling its data transfer agreement with the US, arguing a recent US Supreme Court ruling undermines the pact’s legal foundations.
https://www.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTwo House lawmakers unveil bipartisan AI legislation that would override some state AI laws and require top AI developers to implement risk-management plans (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/04/obernolte-trahan-ai-bill-lands-on-the-…
@cdarwin@c.imA group of Democratic senators
and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees,
sent letters Monday to the National Science Foundation
asking it to reverse course on its plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network,
with House lawmakers going further and accusing the agency of acting illegally.
The Ocean Observatories Initiative is a network of more than 900 ocean sensors built at a cost of $386 million.
Over the last decade it has…
@cdarwin@c.imLegislation that would modernize federal labor law began with a handful of lawyers meeting, of all places, in an ice-cream shop.
“We wrote for hours what we would do to amend the National Labor Relations Act,”
said Marni von Wilpert,
a member of the San Diego city council who was then an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Bringing together “our collective experience as labor lawyers over the years, really trying to unrig the rules so that working…
@cdarwin@c.imSenators in both parties say the odds are rising of another government shutdown in September
after Trump demanded that GOP leaders abolish the filibuster or face a spending showdown and another shutdown.
Trump blindsided GOP leaders on Monday when he warned there could be another shutdown if Senate Republicans don’t abolish the filibuster,
which would allow them to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act and spending legislation without any Democra…
@cdarwin@c.imNational Nurses United (NNU),
the parent union of NYSNA,
has been raising the alarm about the effects AI will have on nurses.
Shuler’s case would be one of the first AI-related layoffs handled by the union.
The union developed an AI bill of rights for patients and nurses,
has been pushing for protections and guardrails in contracts and through legislation,
and protested against employers using untested AI in patient care settings.
“NNU nurses, like …
@cdarwin@c.imWhen the Nazis set out to legally disenfranchise and discriminate against Jewish citizens,
they weren’t just coming up with ideas out of thin air.
They closely studied the laws of another country.
According to James Q. Whitman, author of Hitler’s American Model, that country was the United States
In 1935, Nazi Germany passed two radically discriminatory pieces of legislation inspired by American laws:
the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection o…
@cdarwin@c.imThe KIDS Act Will Lead to Mandatory Age Checks
Many of the bills in the KIDS Act share the same premise:
that children and teenagers should have different experiences online than adults.
In practice, that requires websites and apps to determine who is under 18
—and who isn’t.
That’s where the problems with the KIDS Act start.
EFF certainly supports giving all users better privacy and safety tools online.
But those protections should not,
and …
@cdarwin@c.imA new piece of legislation aims to avert a Social Security crisis
by fast-tracking a solution before cuts are imminent.
But Democrats are torn:
Some say, far from saving the program, the bill could give Republicans an opening to raise the retirement age or cut benefits.
The bipartisan bill, dubbed the "Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone", or PROMISE, Act,
calls for the nonpartisan Social Security Advisory B…
@cdarwin@c.imOn Capitol Hill,
Sen. Bernie Sanders
and Reps. Pramila Jayapal
and Debbie Dingell
have repeatedly introduced the
👉Medicare for All Act.
While support for the bill among elected Democrats and the US public has grown,
the legislation hasn’t progressed in either chamber,
which are both narrowly controlled by the GOP.
However, “we may face a once-in-a-generation opportunity to legislate on healthcare in 2029,” notes the letter.
While the…
@cdarwin@c.imThe United States Constitution puts control over elections in the hands of the states
and grants Congress the ability to pass federal election legislation.
It gives no explicit authority to the executive branch.
But in early February, Trump said he wanted the Republican-led federal government to “nationalize” or “take over” the running of elections.
“A state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” he said.
Trump had already, in March 2025, signed…
@cdarwin@c.imTwo weeks after Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida) announced she will be seeking reelection in Florida’s new 20th Congressional District,
four Black Democratic candidates competing in the race are hoping to stop her from winning the nomination in a district that has historically been represented by a Black lawmaker.
Democrats were surprised by the senior Democrat’s move,
which followed Gov. Ron DeSantis signing legislation that redrew the state’s congressional maps in an…
@cdarwin@c.imNeeds 2/3's of Senate and House to vote yes
and then 38 states to ratify.
https://bsky.app/profile/factpostnews.bsky.social/post/3mpya37w2oi2w
@cdarwin@c.imThe US Senate passed legislation to fund Donald Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown early on Friday morning,
ending a partial government shutdown that has lingered since February.
The 52-47 vote on funding for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
passed with no Democratic support at 5am,
after a marathon session of votes to knock down proposed amendments.
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was the only …
@cdarwin@c.imWarning:
A new Florida law gives the state’s chief of domestic security, with the approval of the governor and Cabinet,
power to designate organizations as domestic or foreign terrorist groups.
A designation can trigger dissolution of a corporation,
loss of public funding and benefits,
penalties for defined forms of material support,
and serious consequences for students and campus groups accused of promoting a named group.
A companion law allows inf…
@cdarwin@c.imHouse Republicans, with the help of four Democrats, voted Thursday to approve legislation that would
slash nutrition assistance for millions of young children and pregnant and postpartum women,
even as food prices continue to rise nationwide and earlier GOP cuts to federal aid take hold.
In a 213-210 vote, largely along party lines, House lawmakers passed an appropriations bill that would fund the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other agencies for the coming fiscal …
@cdarwin@c.imInternet age verification proposals restrict the fundamental rights of young people to speak to each other and to access information.
They also force all internet users,
not just those under a certain age,
to upload private data
—like a face scan or passport
—in order to access a website or service.
In considering the vast scope of privacy issues pertaining to the collection, storage, and sharing of this personal information,
the problems of age veri…
@cdarwin@c.imSen. Bernie Sanders on Monday announced he will soon introduce legislation that would give the American public
“a direct ownership stake” in the largest artificial intelligence companies in the U.S.
by establishing a sovereign wealth fund, which would ensure everyone benefits from the rapidly advancing technology.
Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote in a New York Times op-ed that his
"American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act" would create the new fund by imposing a one-time,…
@cdarwin@c.imThe modern legal landscape of gun legislation begins with
District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008,
when the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense
— overturning nearly two centuries of jurisprudence that had centered the right on the organized militia.
Fourteen years later,
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen raised the stakes further,
instructing courts to ev…
@cdarwin@c.imSpeaker Mike Johnson officially sent major housing affordability legislation to Donald Trump’s desk for signature Monday.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act,
a bipartisan bill aiming to address affordability by increasing housing supply and homeownership,
can now either be vetoed by Trump or signed into law.
Absent the president’s signature, the bill will become law with no action after 10 days not counting Sundays
— around July 10.
Trump abruptly canc…
@cdarwin@c.imOne year after Donald Trump signed the law he dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” on the South Lawn of the White House,
it has begun reshaping the country
— altering who gets help from the government and who goes without.
The most consequential legislation of Trump’s second term reaches into nearly every corner of American life.
It supercharges immigration enforcement,
pouring billions into border security and deportations.
It rewrites student loan rules. …
@cdarwin@c.imRepublicans in Washington are rolling back federal workplace heat protections as summer temperatures surge.
The Trump administration is moving to rewrite Biden-era rules that would mandate breaks and access to water and shade for workers,
in a step businesses lauded but that labor groups said could weaken already limited federal protections.
Congress is considering legislation that would go a step further, prohibiting the Labor Department from adopting the Biden-era heat p…
@cdarwin@c.imA California law banning streaming services from showing ads
“louder than the video content” that they accompany
is set to take effect on Wednesday, July 1.
(Existing legislation already imposes similar volume restrictions on broadcast and cable TV commercials.)
Ars Technica notes that streaming services have not shared additional details about how they plan to comply with the law.
While the volume limitations only apply to California for now,
it seems…
@cdarwin@c.im“American families don’t want experiments with their money,” a voice booms.
“They want jobs, growth, and available credit.
When crypto gets a free pass, communities pay the price.”
The 30-second video, which launched in Washington DC this month,
is part of a six-figure advertising campaign by the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA),
meant to help fight a landmark bill that will determine how America’s multibillion-dollar crypto sector is regulated.…
