SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, saying neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges
The First Amendment was written in the 18th century … The Hill : Morning Report — Is a Trump election interference trial off the table? CCIA : Supreme Court Issues Ruling in CCIA, NetChoice Challenge ...
The RIAA sues AI music services Suno and Udio over alleged mass copyright infringement and claims they are trying to “hide the full scope of their infringement”
here's what it means Ben's Bites : Major labels are suing AI music startups Suno and Udio Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak : RIAA Sues Suno & Udio AI Music Generators For ‘Trampling’ on Copyright Markus Ka...
Rep. Adam Schiff introduced a bill that would require companies training generative AI models to disclose all of the copyrighted work they used to do so
including that it's propelled by a calculation that forcing AI companies to disclose copyrighted materials is the politically popular move https://www.billboard.com/... Luiza Jarovsky / @luizajarovsky...
After the House vote, Chinese officials say the US has shown “robber's logic” toward TikTok, and Washington must “stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies”
TIKTOK IS LESS OF A DANGER TO THE USA THAN META (FACEBOOK!), WHICH IS A TRUE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. Jessica Kwong / Metro.co.uk : Trump's ex-treasury secretary is trying to buy TikTok amid ban threat Mo...
During oral arguments, SCOTUS justices seemed reluctant to strike down Texas' and Florida's social media laws, but raised concerns about companies' 1A rights
Update Tim Wu / New York Times : Big Tech's Latest Power Grab: the Constitution Washington Post : A roundup of the oral arguments made in the Supreme Court for two cases involving Florida's and Texas'...
A California judge lets a lawsuit against Snap from relatives of dead kids move forward, saying Section 230 doesn't apply due to disappearing messages and more
https://www.techdirt.com/... #LawFedi X: Jess Miers / @jess_miers : There is a dangerous precedent emerging from these sorts of suits —> any design that enables users to communicate and share content...
The FTC proposes penalizing companies for shady review practices, including fining companies buying fake reviews up to $50K for each time a customer sees one
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Twitter: Jess Miers / @jess_miers : ICYMI: The FTC is cracking down on fake reviews, teeing up yet another #Section230 conflict. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ......
Democratic senators' SAFE TECH Act will strip Section 230 immunity for any ads or posts violating civil rights, antitrust, cyberstalking, human rights laws
Not Help — the Internet Tweets: Ben Werdmuller / @benwerd : For better or worse, these changes will be a major accelerant for decentralization. Protocols don't host. https://www.protocol.com/... Chris...
Democratic senators' SAFE TECH Act will strip Section 230 immunity for any ads or posts violating civil rights, antitrust, cyberstalking, human rights laws
Not Help — the Internet Tweets: Mark Warner / @markwarner : The SAFE TECH Act doesn't interfere with free speech - it's about allowing these platforms to finally be held accountable for harmful, often...
Proposals by Sen. Hawley and the DOJ to amend Section 230 protections would violate the First Amendment and bury tech platforms in legal cost and liability risk
and for the rest of us. https://www.eff.org/... @eff : If these proposals succeed, basic activities like offering encryption, or editing, removing, or otherwise moderating users' content could lead to...