Nov 11, 2021
Read Chapter 3 on free speech
Yes it has!
wptavern.com/amp-has-irreparably-damaged-publishers-trust-in-google-led-initiatives
Some of them are a stretch, but on the other hand I think there may be others as well. And Android is no different. But location data is still the worst!
www.mysk.blog/2021/10/24/accelerometer-ios
These are the FISA courts (FISC).
I'm not sure why this is a first-amendment issue; I would have thought due process.
This includes location data, specific enough to track people over time. The purpose is to investigate possible tax evasion, and also sanctions evasion. Legally, the treasury could not get warrants or perhaps even subpoenas for this kind of data, due to the fourth amendment. But they can still buy it. (Similarly, the police buy license-plate-reader data even when they might not legally be able to collect such data directly.)
theintercept.com/2021/11/04/treasury-surveillance-location-data-babel-street.
The Epic v Apple case is starting to look like more of a loss for Apple than before, if not exactly a win for Epic Games. Judge Gonzalez Rogers has ordered Apple to permit in-app links to alternative, non-Apple payment methods starting on December 9. Previously, Apple accepted a change allowing app developers to contact their users via email, instead of only through Apple-monitored channels. Apple has appealed to the Ninth Circuit for a stay in the payment-options ruling.
I doubt this "Restore America's Leadership in Innovation" act will get anywhere, but it raises some profound questions. Parts of the law propose shutting off options for defendants to appeal the granting of a patent to a plaintiff. Other parts propose allowing patentability of "inventions" that the Supreme Court has ruled were too stupid to patent under existing law.
patentlyo.com/patent/2021/11/restoring-leadership-innovation.html.
Got to the ECJ ruling on whether Google must remove content worldwide
Employee speechSource code as speech
Patents: just what is the issue with patenting software?