Twitter Co-Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey left liberty Twitter reeling when he posted a Mises Institute link to the book “Anatomy of the State” by famed Anarcho-Capitalist philosopher Murray N. Rothbard Friday night. https://t.co/LOWVNVrBex — jack⚡️ (@jack) August 14, 2021 No one seems to know for sure what this means, but libertarians of all backgrounds…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck According to the Associated Press: A secretive group that published a trove of hacking tools allegedly used by U.S. spies has released a password that it says can unlock related files. In a Medium post , the “Shadow Brokers” group revealed a password to files associated…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck We wish it weren’t true, but as a new report explains, it all started with a theft, and snowballed from there, ultimately resulting in a Minnesota judge legally circumventing probable cause restrictions: A Minnesota bank received a call in January from who they thought was Douglas, their customer,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck The Human Rights Foundation and Forum 280 have joined forces to do something pretty extraordinary: cram inconspicuous flash drives full of pro-freedom, unfiltered information from the outside world and then smuggle said drives into North Korea for mass consumption. Reports the New York Post: That old…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck The existence of fake accounts and/or bots isn’t surprising to those who have become public figures on social media, as there are many fake fans and retweets and follows that tend to piggyback on growing supporter bases for the purposes of advertising. But a new study…
By Eric Lieberman Facebook and other social media corporations could be forced to purge fake news and hate speech from their platforms if a proposed law in Germany is enacted. Tech companies could be fined up to 500,000 euros for effectively “publishing” misleading or false content. Germany plans on giving social media firms 24 hours to comply. “Defamation…
by Micah J. Fleck Did you know that the U.S. has had exclusive oversight of the majority of URLs seen online? The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an independent organization, was scooped up by the feds shortly after its inception in 1998 in order to oversee and control such major online domains as .info…
Yes, it would seem a second involved person in the deletion of Hillary Clinton’s emails has been granted a pass by the Obama administration – House Republicans and the Benghazi Committee are calling for further investigation into this matter, saying it is obstruction of justice. But the very entity responsible for doing such investigations, the Department…
After comments that he would “open up” libel laws to sue journalists, a President Donald J. Trump would clearly be a threat to Americans’ basic liberties. by Joey Clark I can only hope the story of Donald J. Trump‘s presidential candidacy will one day serve as a cautionary tale, the moral of the story being passed on from…
by Micah J. Fleck It seems 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump is on the side of the FBI when it comes to the recent fight between said entity and Apple Computers, the latter of which is refusing the former’s request to open up hackable pathways into their iPhone network in order to counter potential threats….