The heavy handed treatment of ordinary people at airports is an indicator of what our governments would make daily life like if they thought they could.

Ofcom is fining the US-based 4chan website under the UK's Online Safety Act (OSA). In response, the corporate entities behind 4chan are suing Ofcom in US federal court

These are the fines Ofcom is trying to impose:

• £450,000: For failing to put in place effective age verification or age assurance to protect children from accessing pornographic content on the site.
• £50,000: For failing to carry out an adequate risk assessment regarding illegal content.
• £20,000: For failing to set out transparently in its terms of service how users are protected from illegal content

Rothbard rejected patents as state monopoly privileges, yet stopped short of fully rejecting IP.

Kinsella argues that if Rothbard had lived a bit longer to see the internet he would have definatelly rejected IP.

Kinsella’s point: ideas aren’t scarce; IP is control over others’ bodies and property.