September 08, 2025
Daily Tech News 8 September 2025
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- Silksong, sequel to successful indie game Hollow Knight, went on sale Friday after six years in development. (The Guardian)
The pent-up demand crashed Steam. And the Microsoft Store. And the Playstation Store. And Nintendo's eShop. And Humble Bundle, for what that's worth.
No official sales figures have been released, but half a million people were playing the game on Steam later that same day, so somewhere north of that.
The game was developed by three guys from Adelaide, South Australia, who are now set for life.
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September 07, 2025
Sunday Overnight Open Thread - September 7, 2025 [Doof]
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Gun Thread: 7th Anniversary Edition!
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Food Thread: Are We Off Our Marbles About Marbling?
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First World Problems...
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The Communist/Islamist Axis Is Powerful, And Temporary
The Queens district that Mamdani used as a springboard to seize power in New York had formerly been held by Aravella Simotas, a fairly typical representative of the next generation of old school Democrats, before being ousted by Mamdani using Muslim bloc votes. On paper, both Simotas, a child of a Greek-American family who had lived in Africa, and Mamdani, the son of Indian Muslims also out of Africa, were both young ‘progressive’ Democrats who had all the right left-wing positions. Mamdani was backed by the Democratic Socialists of America while Simotas was backed by the Queens Democratic Party. There was virtually no difference between their actual positions forcing Mamdani to adopt increasingly insane leftist positions that are now coming back to haunt him to stand out.. “I’ve worked with Aravella, and I’m not quite sure how you could be more left-leaning than she is,” a councilwoman said.Pace Daniel Greenfield, but Mamdani's lunatic political positions are not "coming back to haunt him!" On the contrary, his anti-Israel and anti-West pronouncements endear him to his sizable Muslim voting bloc, while also pleasing the lunatic left, which is reflexively anti-Israel and anti-Semitic. And his nutty economic policies absolutely thrill the large numbers of hard left who live in NYC, while not being off-putting to the straight-off-the-boat Muslims. The wealthy progressives on the Upper West Side and Park Slope just love the idea of voting for a leftist, which they get to do every year, but he is also a Muslim, and that sends a delicious shiver up their spines. Imagine...sticking it to the man TWICE with one vote! Absent some calamity, Mamdani is going to win. Oh sure, Eric Adams might drop out if the bribes are big enough, and maybe either Curtis Sliwa or Andrew Cuomo will too, leaving one of them to try and capture the halfway sane Democrat vote plus the few Republican votes in a rabidly leftist city. But that is improbable. So NYC will be governed for the next four years by a crypto-Islamist communist. We will see socialism plus Islamism in action, and it is going to be a wild ride. The governor has a fair amount of authority over NYC, so she might control his more insane impulses, but there is a huge amount of damage that he can do in four years, including cementing Islamist control over a huge voting bloc, and easing the way for open anti-Semitism to flourish in America's largest city, with its huge Jewish population. New York City is going to be an ugly place, as corporations relocate to avoid confiscatory taxes and anti-business policies. And a fair number of people will leave, because it isn't a particularly safe place now, and Mamdani's explicitly anti-police attitude won't make that any better. NYC's tax base is going to take a hit, and it might be heading to Detroit/Oakland territory! And that is sad, because it once was a great city. But the people will speak in November, and they will get what they are voting for...or, sadly, not bothering to vote!
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Reading Thread 9/07/2025
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Daily Tech News 7 September 2025
Top Story
- Google is facing a $425 million fine, not from Europe for once but from a federal court in California, for continuing to track millions of people for years after they had turned off the tracking feature. (AP News)
Okay, yeah.
Nail their hides to the wall on this one.
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September 06, 2025
Saturday Night "Club ONT" September 6, 2025 [The 3 Ds]
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Hobby Thread - Sept 6, 2025 [Cowboy Rex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. A spin of the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies (TM) landed on horses.
You knew it had to happen sooner or later... "Paging Ben Had. Ben Had to the Hobby Thread please. Repeat. Ben Had, please report to the Hobby Thread. Thank you." I have faith that you can either find something in the content that resonates or contribute your own hobbying interests. You might be tempted to say "I have no hobbies or interests." Bah. Dig around in the content and soak in the comments. Be curious. Glad you're here. TRex has been detailed elsewhere for dino duty this evening, so you're on your own. Don't make a mess of the place. If there are any questions, Ben Had is in charge.Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM | Comments (302) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, September 6
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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.
Would you like a treat?
Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.
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Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Sept. 6
Hi Hope you are feeling better. When I moved to MD, I had to give up my extensive gardens. Although my condo opens up to a common area, it gave me a small terrace instead of a balcony so I had some room and sunlight but needed to try and make the space more private. The previous owner left me these tall planters. Did veggies last year but decided to forgo for flowers. Still need to get some annuals but pleased so far. Planted a peony last year which didn't flower and this year only gave me one, but a pretty nice one.Yes, it is nice! The whole garden is nice!
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The Charge of the CIA and the Storytellers 
Okay, the above refers to novels.
The news is not supposed to reflect stories in these ways.
Was the Crimean War stupider that the current war in Ukraine?
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The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival [H/T ALH]
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival there are a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Adams and/or Friendship. 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. Trolls need special nuturing.
3) Running with sharp objects? No here Bucko. Take it somewhere else.
4) Have a great weekend!!
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival there are a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Adams and/or Friendship. 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. Trolls need special nuturing.
3) Running with sharp objects? No here Bucko. Take it somewhere else.
4) Have a great weekend!!
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Daily Tech News 6 September 2025
Top Story
- AI will make a few people much richer and most people poorer, says Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Laureate and so-called "Godfather of AI", who coincidentally sold his own AI startup in 2023 for $44 million. (Financial Times) (archive site)
Hinton knows where to lay the blame, too: It's all the fault of capitalism.
Yeah. He's an idiot.
- Anthropic just made a lot of people richer and itself poorer. (CNN)
The company has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of copyrighted material in AI training for $1.5 billion.
The use of copyrighted material in AI training in general was ruled fair use, a blow for authors and a win for AI companies but as far as I can tell an accurate reading of copyright law.
Where Anthropic came unstuck is that it downloaded around seven million books without paying for them. It is now paying around $200 each.
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September 05, 2025
Get Thee Behind Me, ONT!
Welcome to Friday night! Here's a tip: Don't fall for this.
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Donkey's Day Off Cafe
Mount Fuji, seen from the International Space Station
Mount Fuji, seen from the International Space Station
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The Week In Woke
Some housekeeping: I posted a video of a professor cancelling a class because of the important news that Taylor Swift got engaged. It turns out it was a "skit." He's some kind of gay-ass "professor of social media" and this was an exercise to... do something. I don't know. It's stupid, who cares.
Note that he's an expert on social media but I, on the other hand, am not. The woke Stasi loses again: American Eagle stock up 25% after Sydney Sweeney "white supremacy" ad.A Catholic university sent psychology students to intern at a trans clinic for five year olds.
American Eagle stock surged 25% after its earnings report Wednesday, with its CEO thanking the controversial Sydney Sweeney "Good Jeans" ad campaign for boosting brand awareness and profit. "The fall season is off to a positive start. Fueled by stronger product offerings and the success of recent marketing campaigns with Sydney Sweeney and Travis Kelce, we have seen an uptick in customer awareness, engagement and comparable sales," American Eagle Outfitters CEO Jay Schottenstein said on Wednesday in an earnings release statement. ... The company said in its earnings call on Wednesday that Sweeney's jean collaborations with the company "sold out within a week" and that some of those items had sold out within a day. "(Sweeney) is a winner, and in just six weeks, the campaign has generated unprecedented new customer acquisition," chief marketing officer Craig Brommers said during the earnings call.
Blue cities are losing hundreds of millions to scam lawsuits which they are unwilling to fight.
A Catholic university in California is facing criticism for its partnership with the County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services Gender Affirming Care Clinic, which offers transgender services to children as young as 5 years old. Naomi Best, a former counseling graduate student at Santa Clara University, brought attention to the partnership between the private, Catholic school and the clinic in a post recently on X. "Just confirmed: Santa Clara U trains therapy students to give 'gender-affirming' counseling to kids as young as 5 at a state-funded clinic that hands out free binders and does affirming garment fittings with no parent consent required," Best wrote. "Most 5-year-olds are learning to tie shoes, print letters, and ride a bike without training wheels. This is modern therapy training," she wrote. Best didn't respond to The College Fix's requests for comment.
They're all eager to spend millions to fight Trump, of course. Ohio State University has done a great thing: they've banned "land acknowledgements" at most (though not all) official university functions.
One of the underlying narratives of this year's Los Angeles wildfires is that just before the flames broke out, the city had cut fire department funding during a budget crunch. What drove that fiscal emergency? Hundreds of millions in unexpected legal payouts. This year alone, lawsuit liabilities will cost the city more than the wildfires themselves. But Los Angeles isn't alone. A wave of litigation--unleashed by bad legislation, unfavorable court rulings, and officials' eagerness to settle--is driving liability costs sky-high in cities across the country. New York City paid out nearly $2 billion in claims last fiscal year, a one-year jump of almost $500 million. Chicago's payouts are nearly double what the city budgeted for settlements and judgments. Because most cities are self-insured, it's taxpayers who ultimately foot the bill. ... In Chicago, officials estimate the city will pay around $160 million in judgments this fiscal year, nearly double the $82 million it has budgeted. Some critics say the administration is its own worst enemy, frequently settling lawsuits on generous terms rather than choosing to litigate. In one case, the city paid $5 million to a woman who developed frostbite after being locked out of her apartment, even though police said she had refused their help. "We have to learn that some situations, while tragic, are not our fault," said Alderman Raymond Lopez. "They are not the responsibility of taxpayers."
The DOJ is suing blue states over lower tuition for illegal aliens, discriminating against US citizens to favor foreigners.
Ohio State University has banned the widespread use of land acknowledgements, citing a relatively new state law that cracks down on diversity, equity and inclusion. The only caveat is if the land acknowledgement has a direct tie to the subject of a course, the policy states. "Land acknowledgements are considered statements on behalf of an issue or cause and cannot be issued on behalf of a unit, college, department, etc., used at university-sponsored events (virtual or in person) or placed on any university channel or resource such as websites, social media, signage, meeting or event agendas, event programs, etc.," according to the new policy, announced in late August. "Land acknowledgements should not be used in written class materials or stated verbally unless there is a direct tie to the subject of the course," the policy states. "Ohio State respects the history of the state and university and will continue to engage in research, academic scholarship, conversations and opportunities to honor this history, but will not issue statements taking a position on, endorsing, opposing or engaging in advocacy or calls to action around this."
Two Virginia school districts are suing the Department of Education, determined to continue allowing boys in girls' bathrooms and girls' sports, despite Trump's perfectly-legal redefinition of "sex" back to, you know, its actual definition.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing the state of Illinois for providing in-state tuition rates to illegal alien students, marking the first time the administration has targeted a blue state for the practice. Illinois became the fifth state targeted by the administration over tuition benefits for noncitizens, joining Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma, and Minnesota. Unlike the others, Illinois stands out as the first Democratic stronghold to be targeted. In each case, the DOJ argues that offering reduced tuition rates to non-citizens violates federal immigration law, discriminates against American citizens, and incentivizes further illegal immigration. Last month, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 460 into law, granting illegal aliens "access to taxpayer-funded scholarships, grants and stipends." "Illinois has an apparent desire to win a 'race to the bottom' as the country's leading sanctuary state. Its misguided approach mandating in-state tuition, scholarships, and financial aid to illegal aliens plainly violates federal law," U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft for the Southern District of Illinois wrote in the press release.
On Friday, Fairfax County and Arlington County schools sued the Trump administration after being warned their policies on bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports violated federal civil rights law. The Washington Post reports that both districts allow students to access facilities based on gender identity rather than biological sex, a practice the Department of Education says strips protection from girls and directly conflicts with Title IX. The Department announced on August 19 that both districts had been given a "high-risk" status, meaning nearly $200 million in federal aid could be on the line. That money supports free meals, counseling, and special education services, but McMahon says the real issue is whether schools can take taxpayer dollars while openly ignoring federal law. In a Friday X post, McMahon accused the districts of prioritizing ideology over academics and vowed to defend protections for girls in bathrooms, locker rooms, and athletics. "It's disturbing that these Virginia school division leaders are fighting harder to keep boys in girls' sports and bathrooms than they are to improve outcomes for students," McMahon wrote in the post, telling the districts "See you in Court."
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Democrat Senators Attack RFKJr., Trying to Pressure Their Weaker Republican Counterparts to Demand His Ouster
appearing to be well-incentivized by Big Pharma donations.
Sheldon Whitehouse complained that the Department of Health and Human Services wouldn't take his phone calls. RFKJr. pointed out that this grandstanding c***sucker has his cell phone number, but never bothered to use it.
There is a plan, concocted by people in Big Pharma, to oust RFKJr.
Cassidy, an unrepentant left-liberal who shames the Louisiana GOP that keeps electing him, already declared that Kennedy isn't allowed to fire HHS employees without his approval. Somehow, he believes that a legislator should have executive control. Unfortunately, the folksy poser Senator John Kennedy joined his fellow Louisiana liberal in suggesting that RFKJr. is causing "chaos" at HHS and we need to support the "scientists" who did such a great job during covid.
On the eve before the US Senate reconvenes, a detailed secret trade-association memo plotting the removal of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has leaked. It reads like a coup attempt against regulatory reform--and they are spending millions to make sure Kennedy is out of office by September. It seems that the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), whose membership includes Pfizer, Merck, Novavax, Vaxcyte, and hundreds of biotech firms that profit from regulatory insulation, has a mole. This article critiques the documented lobbying behavior of the trade group BIO, not the internal operations or clinical data of its member corporations. When the nation's leading pharmaceutical trade group convenes a closed-door strategy meeting and openly discusses the need to "go to The Hill and lobby that it is time for RFK Jr. to go," the issue is no longer health policy--it is democratic integrity. According to the apparent leaked minutes, verified by the name of the creator of the file, on April 3, 2025, BIO held a "Vaccine Policy Steering Committee" (VPSC) meeting whose internal summary, soon to be publicly available thanks to whistleblowers, reveals a campaign of strategic deception, institutional capture, and psychological warfare and exposes a campaign of institutional deception, investor protection, and coordinated sabotage of the MAHA reform platform. According to the leaked document, titled "BIO Vaccine Policy Steering Committee -- April 3, 2025", BIO has committed $2 million--half of its cash reserve--to counter what it calls the "threat" posed by Kennedy's rise. But this is no ordinary PR push. It is a multi-pronged campaign designed to deceive the public, silence dissent, and preserve industry dominance through influence operations masquerading as science. The Plot Exposed The document opens with a blunt political calculation: Kennedy's candidacy threatens investor confidence, regulatory predictability, and the long-term viability of the vaccine business. BIO leadership in the apparent leaked document states plainly: "It is time to go to The Hill and lobby that it is time for RFK Jr to go." To achieve this, according to the document, BIO intends to deploy surrogates across the political spectrum, co-opt conservative influencers, and bypass direct engagement with the Kennedy campaign altogether. Among the figures named as potential allies in this covert effort: Dr. Mehmet Oz, former Senator Richard Burr (former Senator NC; Advisor DLA Piper Health Policy Steering Committee), Senator Bill Cassidy (in a section of the document focused on strategic influencer engagement and legislative positioning), and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). These individuals and institutions, the memo suggests, can provide a veneer of bipartisan legitimacy to BIO's core aim: neutralize Kennedy without ever addressing the substance of his critique.
Senate Democrats savaged RFKJr. at yesterday's Finance Committee hearing,
Follow the Money The most revealing detail is that $2 million--precisely half of BIO's entire $4 million reserve--has been allocated to vaccine communications, specifically a D.C.-area pilot campaign called "Why We Vaccinate." The purpose is not education, but behavioral influence: to combine "inspire and frighten" tactics in order to manipulate public sentiment and legislative behavior. Internal documents state clearly that the campaign's goal is to appeal to the "movable middle" using emotionally charged messaging, capitalizing on fear messaging tied to national security, workforce resilience, and economic productivity. Why such an aggressive push? Because, as Vaxcyte COO Jim Wassil apparently warned, "investors have stated they are leaving until the next data readout," citing Kennedy's "unpredictability" as a systemic disruption to the vaccine capital pipeline. Given Kennedy's demand for restored liability, long-term data, and placebo-controlled trials, BIO appears to view Kennedy's proposals as a threat to the entire shortcut pipeline BIO built under EUA conditions. ... As a reminder, these statements are drawn from the contents of an internal memo that has not been publicly confirmed by the named individuals. Interpretations remain provisional. Hijacking Language The VPSC meeting wasn't just about funding. It was also about redefining language. BIO officials emphasized a shift in framing--from "protect," "defend," and "maintain" to "streamline," "optimize," and "enhance." But these are not reforms. They read as an attempt at narrative laundering operations. When BIO says "efficiency," it means fewer safety requirements. When it says "resilience," it means consumer obedience, not protection from harms from vaccines held to the Kennedy Bar. And when it says "transparency," it means secretive PR-managed theater, not data disclosure. ... BIO's strategic calculus is unmistakable: avoid confronting RFK, Jr. head-on and instead flood the surrounding narrative space with surrogate voices engineered to appear neutral, authoritative, and scientifically grounded. The April 3 memo explicitly recommends targeting "Makary and Trump Insiders vs RFK, Jr.," signaling an intention to bypass public debate in favor of internal triangulation. Within this framework, Dr. Mehmet Oz is floated as a potential "public health voice of reason within WH," praised for his healthcare credentials and presumed credibility with conservative audiences. While no specific action is proposed, the implication is clear--the document suggests BIO may aim to elevate Oz as a counterweight to Kennedy's reform agenda by leveraging his media fluency and perceived scientific legitimacy to repackage industry talking points under the guise of responsible governance. This is not policy--it's psychological misdirection through proxy, as the document implies. The document also names AEI as a "trusted" conduit for pro-vaccine messaging, with Scott Gottlieb calling the MAHA movement a "cover for an anti-vaccine campaign." It floats Dr. Oz as a possible public face of White House-aligned medical messaging. It outlines plans to use conservative constituents and influencers not to question BIO's agenda, but to normalize it among skeptics.
appearing to be well-incentivized by Big Pharma donations.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., got into a heated debate with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Or., during a hearing on Thursday. The exchange came as Kennedy was testifying before the Senate Finance Committee. Wyden accused Kennedy of putting children into "harm's way" with his policies and argued Kennedy has shown no regrets about doing so. "This is about kids being pushed into harm's way by reckless and repeated decisions to get scientists and doctors out of the way and allow conspiracy theories to dictate this country's health policy," Wyden said at the end of his questioning. "I don't see any evidence that you have any regrets about anything you've done or plans to change it. And my last comment is, I hope that you will tell the American people how many preventable child deaths are an acceptable sacrifice for enacting an agenda that I think is fundamentally cruel and defies common sense. Thank you, Mr. Chairman," Wyden said. "Do I get a reply?" Kennedy said. "Senator you've sat in that chair how long? 20-25 years while the chronic disease of our children went up to 76%. And you said nothing." "You never asked the question why it's happening. Why is this happening? Today, for the first time in 20 years, we've learned that infant mortality has increased in our country. It's not because I came in here. It's because of what happened during the Biden administration that we're going to end," he continued.
Sheldon Whitehouse complained that the Department of Health and Human Services wouldn't take his phone calls. RFKJr. pointed out that this grandstanding c***sucker has his cell phone number, but never bothered to use it.
This is such a crazy female kind of argument: sure I could have called you if I have a problem but I want you to reach out to me. You should read my mind and just know when I need reassurance. Speaking of crazy female logic: Maria Cantrell complains that RFKJr. is interrupting her when she insults him, and then, when he stops interrupting her, declares "You, sir, are a charlatan."
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Thursday excoriated Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., over his complaints that he was being "jerked around" by his agency, saying Whitehouse had the means to contact him personally and never did so. "I'm being jerked around by your bureaucracy. I would like it to end and get some progress," Whitehouse told Kennedy during his Senate testimony. Kennedy Jr. was having none of it, however. "Senator, you raised this during my confirmation hearing... you raised something that makes a lot of sense," he said. "I said to you at that time 'call me and we'd love to come talk about this.'" "You have my cell phone! You can call me any time! I have never heard from you in seven months," Kennedy quipped. "I would love to meet with you." Whitehouse cheekily replied, "we'll try. You have 30,000 employees. They could have reached out to me. They know where I live."
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Europe Bans Michael Shellenberger's Public Substack Because It Revealed French President Macron's Illegal Efforts to Suppress Speech That Undermines His Lies
Yesterday, I noted that Michael Shellenberger's excellent Public substack reported on the French Twitter Files (Les Dossiers Francais du Twitter), exposing Macron's pressure on Twitter to stop allowing posts that undermined his false claims.
Michael ShellenbergerAnd, as if they intended to prove Public right about the French War on Speech (I don't favor the French in this war, or any war), France blocked the report from being accessed in Europe. They're claiming that an article on a respectable platform (Substack) is "malware" that might hijack people's computers.
@shellenberger TWITTER FILES -- FRANCE At this moment, the Trump administration is negotiating with the EU over final obstacles to a trade deal, one of which is European censorship of US social media platforms. Many analysts believe the massive size of the EU will lead US social media firms to impose European censorship, including on Americans. Last year, the EU's then-top digital censor, Thierry Breton, threatened action against Elon Musk after he announced a conversation on X with Donald Trump. Now, new TWITTER FILES show a coordinated effort by France's President Emmanuel Macron, legislators, and state-affiliated NGOs working together to force the world's most influential social media platform to censor users for legal speech and influence Twitter's worldwide "content moderation" for narrative control. What's more, TWITTER FILES - FRANCE reveals the birth of the censorship-by-NGO proxy strategy at the heart of the Censorship Industrial Complex: -- President Macron personally reached out to then-CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey;
-- The timing of Macron's action strongly suggests coordination with NGOs on a pressure campaign to win more censorship and demand sensitive user data from Twitter;
-- The pattern of events indicates potentially illegal activity by various actors. The TWITTER FILES FRANCE investigation was led by @McmahonPascal and @battleforeurope, and edited by @galexybrane and @shellenberger. We are releasing the Files here on X and simultaneously publishing a comprehensive report by Clerótte and Fazi on France's invention of the Censorship Industrial Complex.
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