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A new bill backed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation is taking direct aim at government pressure campaigns designed to push platforms into silencing lawful speech online. The legislation would create legal guardrails around what officials can and cannot ask tech companies to remove, a debate that has only grown louder in recent years.
Staying in the courts, the EFF is also pushing hard on a separate front: the argument that court records should be freely accessible to the public. Right now, the federal PACER system charges per page to access documents that many argue belong to everyone. Reformers say that paywall quietly undermines democratic accountability.
And in robotics news, Hyundai has taken full control of Boston Dynamics, buying out SoftBank's remaining stake for three hundred twenty five million dollars. It's a significant consolidation for one of the most recognizable names in advanced robotics, and it raises real questions about where humanoid and industrial robot development goes under full automaker ownership.
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