This Week in Google 686

• - Kanye West is buying ‘free speech platform’ Parler.
• - Court blocks Texas social media law from taking effect.
• - Musk Will Have Absolute Control Over Twitter, Documents Show.
• - I have seen the frightening future of spam. It is this $1.5b AI bot co (formerly Jarvis.ai)
• - Jack Dorsey-Founded Bluesky Unveils Roadmap for Decentralized Social Networks.
• - What happened to XMPP?
• - New York attorney general release report on "chilling" Buffalo shooting.
• - How TikTok ate the internet.
• - Ai-Da the robot sums up the flawed logic of Lords debate on AI.

Picks:

• Glenn - @GlennF: New acquisition in the Not-Dr Fleishman’s Cabinet of Printing Wonders: the “golden” Sun or the “paper that poisoned its printers.” Printed in honor of the coronation of Queen Victoria on June 28, 1838, the gold-hued type sickened the paper’s printers.
• Jeff - Freedom House report on internet freedom.
• Kevin - Free Domain Names via Indie Web Camp.

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• Transcripts: This Week in Google 686, Transcript

Links

• Kanye West is buying ‘free speech platform’ Parler - The Verge
• Court blocks Texas social media law from taking effect | The Hill
• Musk Will Have Absolute Control Over Twitter, Documents Show — The Information
• I have seen the frightening future of spam. It is this $1.5b AI bot co (formerly Jarvis.ai)
• Jack Dorsey-Founded Bluesky Unveils Roadmap for Decentralized Social Networks - Decrypt
• New York attorney general release report on "chilling" Buffalo shooting
• Liz Truss local radio interviews
• Library of things
• Freedom House report on internet freedom
• Free domain names