Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 10, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Attacks on Techrights Make Techrights Stronger and Attract More Whistleblowers to Techrights

   The harder they attack us, the more productive we become

2. An American War on GNU/Linux, Software Freedom, and British Investigative, Science-Based Reporting - Part III - Very Strong Legal Basis for an Appeal

   The case is now being escalated to a Foreign Secretary and former Deputy Prime Minister

3. No Slop Found in RSS Feeds, Only in Google News

   No slopfarm will survive for very long, certainly it'll go bust as soon as readers (if it had any) know what it is

4. What the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Action Fraud UK Have in Common

   Don't let London become the world's "crime capital"

5. Dr. Andy Farnell on How GAFAM, NVIDIA and Others Lie to People Via the Sponsored Media to Prop Up Lies Under the Guise of "AI"

   Lots of key aspects are covered

   New

6. The Register MS Has Just Taken Money From Google (Where the Former Chief Editor Now Works) for Femmewashing and Ponzi Scheme Promotion

   now The Register MS not only promotes a Ponzi scheme but also bags money to pretend Google respects women

7. People at IBM Are Still Smart Enough to Understand What's Really Going on

   "I would never refer someone to work at IBM that I liked! I hope all of you have reviewed IBM on Glassdoor."

8. European Patent Office (EPO) to "Eventually Eliminate the Tasks Performed by Formalities Officers"; EPO Run by People Without Experience in Patents

   full paper

9. RMS is 73 Next Week

   Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS) turns 73 exactly 7 days from now

10. Iran & FSFE: blackmailing women, from football to the French Government (CNIL)

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

11. Police investigations, lawsuits & Debian leader election candidate shortage

    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

12. Richard Stallman (RMS) Has Defeated Cancel Culture, a Mostly American Phenomenon

    RMS is talking now

13. Links 09/03/2026: Many Security Breaches and a Pandemic of Censorship

    Links for the day

14. People Who Work or Worked at IBM Hate It

    bluewashing is only the first step

15. Richard Stallman (RMS) Talks in 30 Minutes, Next Stop Bern (Last Stop)

    We assume he'll travel back to Boston after that

16. IBM's Fedora as a Booster of Slop Disguised as Code or Computer Programs

    Maybe we should also stop seeing a doctor and instead ask chatbots about symptoms?

17. Richard Stallman (RMS) Talk Five Hours From Now

    there is growing recognition for what he really did for everybody

18. EPO Strike 10 Days From Now, Planning Assembly Tomorrow, Last Couple of Strikes Had High Participation Rates (1,500-1,600 Staff Went on Strike)

    The next strike is in 10 days' time and then there will be another strike

19. Links 09/03/2026: GAFAM Outsourcing, "MAGA Political Meddling" in EU, Indonesia Bans Social Control Media for Children Under 16

    Links for the day

20. Using Slop (and Slop in Articles) to Attack Copyleft 'on Budget'

    This article is pure BS from an anti-GPL and anti-RMS 'activist'

21. Why The Register MS Sold Out to Microsoft: They're Losing Lots of Money, The Register MS is Bleeding to Death, Based on Its Own Financial Records

    With over 6 million pounds in debt (nearly 10 million US dollars) we guess it's likely some other company will take over the site (if it deems it worthwhile)

22. Microsofters' SLAPP Censorship - Part 7 Out of 200: Like With the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Misuse of UK-GDPR to Try to Hide Embarrassing Facts

    They do and say really bad things, then allege it's a "privacy violation" to mention those things

23. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

24. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 08, 2026

    IRC logs for Sunday, March 08, 2026

25. Gemini Links 09/03/2026: Exponentials and Tailscale

    Links for the day

26. Sloppyleft

    Article by Alexandre Oliva

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