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Jason Kint

@kint.bsky.social
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CEO of @dcnorg.bsky.social working to advance the future of trusted news & entertainment, living through AI-driven disruption. #HoldTheLine #PressFreedom. @jason_kint on X, 20yrs leading major sports sites

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026
A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions.
Aten installed Muse on both his iPhone and a Mac mini that he uses to test out various Al agents and tech. It took Meta a single day to begin "helpfully" pitching article ideas based on texts he'd sent to a podcast co-host.
When he asked Muse how it got the information, it said that it read banners from incoming texts. But that's not true, either.
After doing a little digging, Aten says Muse synced 187,000 lines from his Messages database, despite Full Disk Access being Off.Unless Aten is the most popular person on the face of the planet, I sincerely doubt he'd gotten 187,000 lines of text in roughly 24 hours. What happened is that, without permission, Muse went into the app and downloaded the information.
He had not given Muse permission to access Messages, and full disk access was not enabled. It just went ahead and uploaded those texts anyway.
Muse can take "unexpected actions" indeed.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The remedies in the Google ad tech case "stopped well short of actually preventing future abuses of monopoly power," writes Public Knowledge senior policy advocate Patrick Gallaher, who argues the ruling shows the need for the bipartisan AMERICA Act.
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Google Ad Tech Remedies Show Need for Legislation
The AMERICA Act is bipartisan legislation that gets at the heart of the problem of monopolistic digital ad tech, writes Public Knowledge's Patrick Gallaher.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oomph, DofJustice. NYT’s just filed response after DOJ [wrongly] inserted itself in OpenAI/MSFT case. Kicks off w/ line DOJ won't be able to avoid: DOJ's statement asks court to ignore US Copyright Office blessing what Defendants themselves called “the largest theft of labor in human history.” /1
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Igdras the Lizard @igdrasthelizard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I promise I won't do this often, but if you haven't read up on this, please do. I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but AI is theft, the people who made it designed it to be theft, and anyone who uses it is a thief. If you disagree, walk into the sea and don't stop.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So we’ve learned through *human* news reporting this week that AI almost started a war with China and killed 123 children. But President Trump is banning several major newsrooms from the White House. Oh and the AI leaders stole the work of the humans. Great work all.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wow, you’ve outdone yourself, Daily News, courtesy of brutally candid Microsoft employee quote unsealed. Red box is mine.
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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 18/09/2026
Wow. I’ve asked every single AI leader I’ve met about this and now we have a name for it! DOOM LOOP: the idea that AI feeds off news without giving anything back to support the news production process, ultimately sickening the information ecosystem in a way that harms itself too. Like a parasite!
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In a deposition, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that chatbots provide “information right there on the website on the AI platform versus needing to go to the underlying source” 🤦🏽
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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Judge orders Trump to give 30 days notice before any steps to demolish Kennedy Center www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Judge orders Trump to give 30 days notice before any steps to demolish Kennedy Center
A federal judge ordered ​President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to provide at least 30 days' notice before taking any steps to demolish the ‌Kennedy Center, the landmark performing arts v...
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
USvGoogle Part II. Been answering inbounds all day but tried to cover the nuance with a full statement here. Happy to unpack it, we obviously need to wait for the unseal. It's a bad take to simply suggest this is a declining biz no one cares about (including Google). It matters much.
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Norman @noaasm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There has been a lot of coverage regarding Meta´s $17 billion settlement to end child safety trial, however, @kint.bsky.social has written a good piece covering 2nd settlement buried inside the child safety case settlement.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The word “Cambridge" appears 45 times in the $17 billion Meta child-harms settlement, notes Jason Kint. Buried inside: a $459,293,017.80 payment resolving Cambridge Analytica claims across at least 46 states and two territories.
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The $459 Million Cambridge Analytica Reckoning Buried in Meta's Teen Safety Settlement
Tucked inside the landmark settlement is another settlement, writes Jason Kint.
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Serge Egelman @v0max.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
…but not New Mexico, where I’m off to in a week to testify in their case against Meta stemming from Cambridge Analytica! The trial kicks off Sept. 8th.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Good to see the bipartisan work here - noted.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
whoa. this may also be a reason Meta reportedly wants to keep CEO Zuckerberg from having to testify to Senate. Former executive Wynn-Williams, long muzzled by Meta, has filed a lawsuit in NdCal, inclusive of her explosive allegations against Sheryl Sandberg and Joel Kaplan.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This deserves tremendous attention if the White House and committee staff truly save Zuckerberg from testifying over child safety in the same months his company is repeatedly found liable by juries. He may pay billions but gets saved from public shame. 1/2
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
good ad. well worth the 20 seconds.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Facebook. Unsealed. "The fact that we train on pirated sites such as Anna's Archive is likely to be viewed negatively..." "Mark [Z] has been engaging with high-level govt officials on...our AI strategy, including Sec. Raimondo and NSA Jake Sullivan." 1/2
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
NYT out with a jaw dropping investigative report on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 60 Minutes reported last Sunday on some of this, too. The NYT report is a must-read, the 60 Minutes report should then be watched. 1/3
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 21/05/2026
Absolute hero behavior and absolutely pathetic prosecutor www.reddit.com/r/publicdefe...
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u/NotMetheOtherMe • 36m • PD
Apparently I was obstructing
The county prosecutor called my boss and told him that he was considering filing charges for obstruction against me and a colleague.
ICE showed up at our courthouse Monday. They were looking for my client who was being sentenced on a DUI. They were kind of lurking in the hallway while he was signing papers for probation.
I walked into the probation office and informed my clients (there were several there in the lobby) that the two individuals in the hallway were federal agents and that they were under no obligation to speak to law enforcement (including ICE), show them ID, or answer questions. But that if law enforcement have a warrant or federal agents have an order to detain them that they should not run or resist because "you've seen on TV what these assholes are capable of." I did this in full view of the ICE agents and loudly enough for them to hear me.
The prosecutor can eat a bag of dicks and my boss should join him for not telling the prosecutor to pound sand.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The first regulator who tried to hold Mark Zuckerberg personally liable for the cover-up tied to the massive data control issues that grabbed the globe’s attention with Cambridge Analytica- is back in business tomorrow. This is the original NYT headline. Same lawsuit. Stay now lifted. /1
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/05/2026
Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement.
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Mark Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' Meta's copyright infringement, publishers allege
Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement.
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Chapell @achapell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
But pubs via DCN have filed an AB cc @kint.bsky.social pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/us...
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US publishers back Amazon in AI agent access dispute with Perplexity
US news publishers have backed Amazon in its lawsuit against Perplexity, saying unauthorised AI agent access to content should be blocked.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Disney cites the First Amendment in its statement responding to the FCC order: "We are confident that record demonstrates our continued qualifications as licensees under the Communications Act and the First Amendment and are prepared to show that through the appropriate legal channels."
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Polls shows that most Americans agree with Ted Cruz's statement today that "it's not the government's job to censor speech, and I do not believe the FCC should operate as the speech police."
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Super well played by Jimmy Kimmel. The Streisand Effect is undefeated. And the King of Hollywood bit was a grand kicker.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
“The Senate needs to be less like Instagram. The Senate needs to be more deliberative. And that means less smack-down nonsense,” says former Republican Sen. Ben Sasse. cbsn.ws/4mVT7Pp
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
“I hate cancer. But I'm also grateful for it,” says former Sen. Ben Sasse. “I tell a lot more truth to myself than I used to do it when I thought I was super omni-competent and interesting.” cbsn.ws/4cOg2rd
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
always seemed just as you describe. friendly platform for the lot, sort of like a16z kept trying to spawn to go direct. yet Altman is concerned about its independence. Comedy.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/04/2026
According to the Times:
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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I am an indie publisher. I spend a good chunk of my time and budget securing legal rights to writing and art. But apparently those rules are for us mere mortals. Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, and the US govt (see recent propaganda vid full of unlicensed cips) can just take whatever they want. 😡😡😡
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
OK, this may be a super interesting development. Court orders Meta to file revised Exhibit D in massive copyright lawsuit playing out against it. Here is the context. /1
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/03/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “By trying to silence journalists, autocrats and aspiring autocrats hope to make the world ignore what they are doing. The rest of us should refuse to do so,” the editorial board writes.
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Opinion | Politicians Are Trying to Control the News
The rising global attacks on the free press reveal increasingly desperate regimes attempting to snuff out attempts to find the truth.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner
Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Google’s lead proxy for years in company relations to the news industry (Richard Gingras) has regularly made this point, too suggesting news has zero value. It’s absurd on its face and quite offensive for someone who has made his entire career at Google about being supportive of news.
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Chris Herbert @cpherbert.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Hey NZ & RNZ’s Mediawatch, if you’re following @kint.bsky.social I highly recommend him media analysis. Case in point below— Canada’s news bargaining with the tech giants is working :)
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Bold, Meta. As I read this, Meta is arguing in a court of law that its use of BitTorrent to transfer pirated works was Fair Use because it helped them be more efficient in doing it.
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Łorϊ J. Williams🧋 @ringtheory.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
"...these frameworks keep the government out of the business of picking the winners and losers in the press...not through political discretion. That safeguard is not theoretical. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom curtailed funding for a similar measure after it passed into law"
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🍁CANADIAN ANTIFA🍁 @chi-stroke-warrior.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
THIS IS WINNING!!
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Wrote this last night as Meta was going on 🇨🇦 TV and misleading public on what is arguably one of the most successful acts of any parliament to bring funding to a free and plural press. It’s working, just not for Meta whose biz doesnt like to pay for “data.” digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2026/02...
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Goals scored: Canada proved news bargaining works
The Olympic hockey gold medals were both determined by bruising 2-1 overtime games. Both between the United States and
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Confession: I predicted last year that Judge Brinkema in Eastern District of Virginia would issue her remedies opinion by end of February in U.S. v Google. To force divestiture. That’s in the next 24 hours. Polymarket has my odds super low. Alas.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Wrote this last night as Meta was going on 🇨🇦 TV and misleading public on what is arguably one of the most successful acts of any parliament to bring funding to a free and plural press. It’s working, just not for Meta whose biz doesnt like to pay for “data.” digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2026/02...
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Goals scored: Canada proved news bargaining works
The Olympic hockey gold medals were both determined by bruising 2-1 overtime games. Both between the United States and
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
When you put it that way, Renee.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Confession: I predicted last year that Judge Brinkema in Eastern District of Virginia would issue her remedies opinion by end of February in U.S. v Google. To force divestiture. That’s in the next 24 hours. Polymarket has my odds super low. Alas.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
watch this space. especially if discovery opens back up. 9th already sent it back down to district, here we go.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
sorry been away from here - been locked out. Blame yet another hierarchical officious oracle. if you get that, you’re old school internet. Anyway, I’m back. If I could port my X followers here, I’d be more active.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Exactly.
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Cori Crider @coricrider.com · 10/12/2025
"European journalism and democracy are at stake." >70 press freedom orgs, businesses, think tanks, urging @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu to reject Google’s bid to keep its monopoly grip on Europe's €120bn adtech market--and break it up. rebalance-now.de/wp-content/u...
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Tech Oversight Project @techoversight.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🧾 ICYMI: Another example of Big Tech co-opting the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to launder their talking points, and whitewash the damage Meta and TikTok products are causing to a generation of children and teens. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/26/...
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Meta used National PTA to promote child safety efforts, report finds
A report alleges the National PTA's relationship with Meta "gives a sheen of expert approval" to the company's "efforts to keep young users" on its platforms.
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