Off The Hook

Utah bans VPN used to circumvent age verification, North Carolina found 34k deceased voters on rolls, musician sues Google over AI overview that falsely claimed he was a sex offender, new Christian phone network blocks porn and LGBT content, listener phone calls.

Alex is in Manchester, 2600 meetings are this Friday, weaponization of the US justice system, Trump administration threatens Jimmy Kimmel again, the chilling effect on dissent, nationwide general strike planned, facial recognition glasses for ICE.

Alex had an eventful week, unequal application of laws, Kash Patel sues The Atlantic, Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges, tech companies falling in line with the Trump administration, more age verification problems.

Jason Scott joins the panel, news sites blocking Internet Archive, hard drive shortage, origins of the Internet Archive, disappearing domains, rides of glory, DiscMaster.

The Artemis II mission, Five Nights at Epstein's, Microsoft says not to trust Copilot, Target says it's not responsible for its AI shopping assistant, Amazon abandons old Kindle models.

A old April Fools prank, astronauts are on their way to the moon, Meta and YouTube found liable in social media addiction trial, listener phone calls.

Alex is in Taipei, FBI seizes leak sites of pro Iranian hackers, INTERPOL takes down 45000 malicious IPs, US bans foreign made Internet routers, listener mail, Joybubbles documentary.

Iran's supreme leader has a Twitter account, the lack of interoperability between platforms, President Trump's private phone number, listener email.

Pushback against age verification technology, monetization of social media, listener criticism, 1 billion identity records exposed in ID verification data leak, Iranian hacking group targeted Stryker in attack, hackers broke into FBI system, Jello Biafra hospitalized after stroke.

Alex is in Old Blighty, flight disruptions, presidential power, Anthropic pushes back against Pentagon, elected officials on Twitter, FCC encourages patriotic content.

Surviving the blizzard, impending RAM shortage, new app detects nearby smart glasses, listener phone calls.

Alex is in London, Ring cuts ties with Flock, Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files, AI agent complains about rejected code contribution, DHS wants social media sites to expose anti-ICE accounts.