Fab Whack-A-Mole: Chinese Companies are Evading U.S. Sanctions

Huawei Fab Network, WFE Vendors Cry Wolf, Framework for Future Controls

Boycott US products? New tariffs make people choose European products. Are we seeing a trend? | Tuta

With the growing movement to boycott US products and services, more people are choosing European alternatives. Let’s take a look at the best European products you can use.

Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5

The US government has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States.

Stop Bill C-22!

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: https://openmedia.org/StopC22 #BillC22

Router Sabotage Exposed: Clear Evidence of Targeted Attacks

In the ongoing campaign of digital harassment and sabotage documented by Chris Horlacher, one of the most technical and intrusive episodes involves repeated compromises of his home routers in Mexico. These incidents directly affected Chris Horlacher’s ability to work, communicate securely, and acces

Infrastructural Regulation and the New Utilities

From too-big-to-fail financial firms to net neutrality to internet platforms and the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, we now face a variety of legal and public

Bill C-22’s Groundhog Day: Why the Government’s Dismissal of Signal, Apple and the U.S. Congress Concerns Runs Back the Disastrous Online News Act Playbook - Michael Geist

Secure messaging service Signal yesterday became the latest company to warn that Bill C-22, the lawful access bill, could force it to leave the Canadian market rather than comply with provisions it says would compromise its end-to-end encryption and create new cybersecurity risks. Signal vice-president Udbhav Tiwari told the Globe and Mail that the company “would rather pull out of the country than be compelled to compromise on the privacy promises we have made to our users.” The comments are part of a steady stream of similar warnings from Apple, Meta, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Cybersecurity Advisors Network, and the chairs of the U.S. House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees. Despite growing concern, the government’s response has been to launch a misleading social media campaign and repeatedly insist that the experts and companies are mistaken.

China Didn’t Make Americans Hate Data Centers

GOP lawmakers, tech investors, and even OpenAI have tied the anti-data-center movement in the US to Chinese interference. Experts say it’s much more complicated than that.

The Internet Has Become Too American to Trust | The Walrus

Trump and Big Tech have fused into a new kind of threat

UK and US take joint action to disrupt major online fraud network

Alongside the US Government, the UK has today sanctioned a network that operates illegal scam centres across Southeast Asia.

Beijing bans drone sales even as rest of world buys Chinese drones

Beijing's citywide ban restricts the sale, transport, and storage of drones.

What happened to the fight for the Internet? -- Dustycloud Brainstorms

At the moment I am writing this, bad internet bills are being proposed across the US, Canada, Europe, and the UK. They're using the usual tactics: they claim they're fighting for kids or fighting security risks, but in general, that's what surveillance and censorship bills have always claimed.

Tris Sherliker

IP, technology & commercial law

Restoring Consumer Sovereignty: How Markets Manipulate Us and What the Law Can Do About It

Abstract. For decades, there has been broad consensus within antitrust, intellectual property, and consumer law scholarship that consumers make decisions i