Tech site objects to Texas AG subpoena
Tech news site 404 Media is objecting to a subpoena from the Texas attorney general asking for a Google database. The founders of 404 Media write, “This subpoena undermines the free and independent press. It also highlights the fact that the alarm bells that have been raised about legal attacks on journalists in a second […]
Why tech site 404 Media began requiring email address from readers
Hanaa Tameez of Nieman Lab writes about 404 Media, the new tech news site founded by four former members of Motherboard. Tameez writes, “Until January, most stories from 404 Media were available to read for free. But after the four cofounders discovered — through their own reporting — that their stories were being scraped, paraphrased by AI text […]
