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This Week In Techdirt History: May 17th – 23rd

This Week in 2016

• CIA Inspector General Claims It Accidentally Deleted CIA Torture Report After Being Asked To Retain It
• French Student Group Sues Twitter (Again) For $50 Million (Again) Over Tweets It Doesn’t Like
• Dear Politicians: At Least Close Those Porn Tabs Before Sending Out Your Campaign Screenshots
• A Dozen Bad Ideas That Were Raised At The Copyright Office’s DMCA Roundtables
• Homeland Security Has Not Sent Us A Subpoena
• John McCain, Forgetting His Own Support Of Fair Use On YouTube, Tries To Use Copyright To Take Down His Own Ad

This Week in 2011

• The PROTECT IP Act Is About The Old Media Industry Going To War With The Internet
• Techdirt Files FOIA Requests Concerning ICE ‘Anti-Piracy’ Videos
• Congress Wants To Cut Funds To The TSA For Naked Scanners
• Well, That Was Fast: Sony’s New PSN System? Hacked!
• DHS’s ICE Group Accused Of Lying To Court About Expense Of Complying With FOI Request
• Being Concerned With Free Speech Implications Of PROTECT IP Does Not Mean You Think You’re Above The Law

This Week in 2006

• Are TV Downloads The New Music Downloads?
• Yes, Movie Download Sites Still Suck
• Advertisers Use DVR Data To Demand Lower Ad Prices
• Politician Reveals Lobbying Tactics Of The Recording Industry: All About Fear
• Educators Vilify Technology In Attempt To Preserve Outdated Model
• If You’re Not Doing Something Wrong, You Still Have Something To Worry About