Half of US states now require users to upload their IDs or hand over their biometric data to view porn, after Missouri became the 25th state to enact such a law
As of this week, half of the states in the U.S. are under restrictive age verification laws that require adults to hand …
Lead Bank, a 97-year-old Missouri bank rebuilt to serve fintech and crypto firms, raised $70M from a16z, Khosla Ventures, and others at a $1.47B valuation
Lead Bank, the 97-year old Missouri lender rebuilt to serve fintech and crypto firms, has raised $70 million at a $1.47 billion valuation …
Missouri AG Andrew Bailey is investigating Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, claiming the companies' AI chatbots show biased results against President Trump
Missouri's AG is barely even trying to pretend this isn't censorship. … Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is threatening Google …
Taiwanese silicon wafer maker GlobalWafers finalizes $406M in CHIPS Act funding, part of a plan to invest nearly $4B to help build plants in Texas and Missouri
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A US federal judge orders Missouri's AG to halt his probe into Media Matters' November 2023 X ads report, after a similar order against Texas' AG in April 2024
Judge: Missouri AG's actions chill speech about extremist content on Musk's X. — A federal judge ordered Missouri's attorney general …
In the years since Facebook and Twitter banned Donald Trump after the January 6 attacks, he and his allies have beaten down efforts to filter election lies
A government shutdown is looming — again Frank Ricci / The Daily Caller : Biden Admin's ‘Misinformation’ Crackdown Faces Day Of Reckoning At SCOTUS Ryan King / New York Post : Pence has ‘forgiven’ Tru...
SCOTUS pauses a ruling banning Biden administration officials from contacting social media platforms about misinformation and agrees to hear the DOJ's appeal
the nation's highest court will hear the most important free speech case in American history. I'm proud to have filed this case when I was AG, and will always defend free speech. [image] Kelsey Reichm...
Academics and US agencies are overhauling or ending online misinformation research due to Representative Jim Jordan and other Republicans' escalating campaign
An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation … Mastodon: @PaulaChertok@mas.to , @dangillmor@mastodon...
Twitter subsidiary Twitter Payments secured its first US money transmitter licenses over the past week from Michigan, Missouri, and New Hampshire
A look at how the $42.5B US broadband infrastructure plan will be allocated: Texas leads with $3.3B+, California gets $1.8B+, Missouri gets $1.7B+, and more
find out how much your state will get Kris Holt / Engadget : The Biden administration's $42 billion broadband program is finally getting underway Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : U.S. to Invest $42 Bil...