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Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Conundrum", goes to a meeting on copyright's "existential threat" to generative AI: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/07/11/conundrum/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/11/conundrum/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Second sight", recounts the results of four months comparing the difference a cataract makes: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/07/04/second-sight/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/04/second-sight/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/cataracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cataracts</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Revival", ponders the purported death of Bluesky and the company town potential of large companies exploring stablecoins: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/27/revival/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/27/revival/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "A thousand small safety acts", talks to lawyer <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>neil</span></a></span> about the Online Safety Act's impact on the community Internet - the small web boards, forums, chat channels, projects, and volunteer services: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/20/a-thousand-small-safety-acts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/20/a-thousand-small-safety-acts/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Negative externalities", watches Texas police use license plate data to search for a woman they think might have self-managed an abortion; pushes back on a report that suggests a publicly funded NHS period-tracking app is a better idea; and notes the passage of the UK's new data bill weakening citizens' rights over their data: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/13/negative-externalities/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/13/negative-externalities/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/DataBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Nephology", attends the US House Judiciary Committee's Thursday hearing on "Foreign Influence on Americans' Data Through the CLOUD Act", at which four experts expertly defended encryption: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/06/nephology/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/06/nephology/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Sovereign", signs an open letter to Keir Starmer advocating UK technological sovereignty, finds model collapse plaguing AI, and reads an unexpected clause in Starlink's terms of service: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/05/30/sovereign/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/05/30/sovereign/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Dangerous corner", goes to CPDP and finds that privacy issues have expanded to include the electrical grid and farming. "Simplify!" says the EU. For whose benefit? <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/05/23/dangerous-corner/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/05/23/dangerous-corner/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/CPDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPDP</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Hallucinations", tours the increasing unreliability of "AI" and its chatbots: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/05/16/hallucinations/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/05/16/hallucinations/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "The Skype of it all", says goodbye to Skype and remembers what came before it - a little slice of Internet history and a reminder of the importance of network neutrality: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/05/09/the-skype-of-it-all/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/05/09/the-skype-of-it-all/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Skype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skype</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/VOIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOIP</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Lawfaring", visits Apple's day being rebuked by the court, 23andMe in bankruptcy proceedings, and Palantir's work on the master database to rule them all: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/05/02/lawfaring/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/05/02/lawfaring/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Three times a monopolist" mulls what can be done about Google as it is *again* ruled guilty of monopolistic behavior: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/04/25/three-times-a-monopolist/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/25/three-times-a-monopolist/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Unscreened", is inspired to think about screenless devices and the future of consent by an essay by Gus Hosein at Privacy International: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/04/18/unscreened/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/18/unscreened/</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@privacyint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>privacyint</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Predatory inclusion", goes to <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/WeRobot2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeRobot2025</span></a>, where understanding how robots and law interact takes a distinctly Canadian flavor: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/04/11/predatory-inclusion/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/11/predatory-inclusion/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Robots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Catoptromancy", goes to the workshop day of We Robot 2025: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/04/04/catoptromancy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/04/catoptromancy/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/werobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>werobot</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "The risks of recklessness", hears diplomats consider how to cope with emerging technologies: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/03/28/the-risks-of-recklessness/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/28/the-risks-of-recklessness/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diplomacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Dorothy Parker was wrong", has cataract surgery and tells the doctors that sometimes myopic eyesight is is the *best* eyesight: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/03/21/dorothy-parker-was-wrong/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/21/dorothy-parker-was-wrong/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aging</span></a></p>
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Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Unsafe", finds Apple challenging the UK government over its encryption notice, Wikipedia ever-harder to edit, Firefox going in unwanted direction, and Rachel Maddow comparing cryptocurrencies to Beanie babies: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/03/07/unsafe/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/07/unsafe/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Cognitive dissonance", goes to State of the Net 2025 and finds an inability to agree what the subject of conversation is: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/02/21/cognitive-dissonance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/21/cognitive-dissonance/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/StateOfTheNet2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateOfTheNet2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/ContentModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentModeration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a></p>
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