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European Union orders Apple to open ecosystem Rob Beschizza

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politics The 2010s were the decade of Citizens United Cory Doctorow

law EFF's roadmap for a 21st Century antitrust doctrine Cory Doctorow

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Food Court strikes down Iowa's unconstitutional ag-gag law Cory Doctorow

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