Meta can’t stop states’ $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial
Judges tell Meta that Section 230 provides a defense, not immunity from lawsuits.
Jon Brodkin
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Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Trump to give Republicans a 3-1 FCC majority, isn’t filling empty Democratic seat
Trump has resisted urge to fire FCC Democrat despite recent Supreme Court win.
Jon Brodkin
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Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution
Amazon announces first off-the-grid data center in race to reap AI profits.
Ashley Belanger
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Judge rules Meta caused “public nuisance” and must fund mental health treatment
New Mexico judge orders $567M fund to help address youth mental health crisis.
Jon Brodkin
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DOGE’s wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report
DOGE’s inflated “Wall of Receipts”: 96% of grant savings unverifiable, GAO says.
Jon Brodkin
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AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed?
Clinicians and researchers say AI companies need to open up their safety data.
Cyrus Farivar
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Trump is losing his war on wind power
A court rules that a hold on all wind projects clearly violates the law.
John Timmer
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X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge
Musk continues appeal despite court loss and settlement with advertiser group.
Jon Brodkin
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Most Read
Trump FCC kills TV ownership cap, claiming authority over limit set by Congress
Change will let “Trump-aligned billionaires” buy more stations, advocacy group says.
Jon Brodkin
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SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon
SpaceX won’t build large cell towers but plans small base stations across US.
Jon Brodkin
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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire “prediction market” bets
Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.
Cyrus Farivar
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Trump killed the Digital Equity Act but US was forced to bring part of it back
$1.25 billion program restored, but judge ruled race provision unconstitutional.
Jon Brodkin
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Tom DeLay helped create TV ownership cap—he says Trump FCC has no authority to repeal it
Congress set ownership limit at 39%, but FCC claims authority to kill the rule.
Jon Brodkin
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OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is “aggressive and oddly personal”
“We do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets,” the ChatGPT maker says.
Financial Times
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Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters
Trump’s DOJ says citizens should no longer be able to enforce environmental laws.
The Conversation
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After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica
Autonomous vehicle giant disturbs residents’ sleep.
Cyrus Farivar
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Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive
Reddit advances lawsuit accusing Perplexity AI of conspiring with web scraper.
Ashley Belanger
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High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates
Gaps in laws may help Pennsylvania high school escape AI nudes scandal.
Ashley Belanger
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Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk.
Filmmaker sues Netflix over stolen screener of unreleased Nicolas Cage movie.
Ashley Belanger
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How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit
A disputed exam, an unreliable detector, and one very late Apple Pages file.
Nate Anderson
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Trump FCC faces blowback in attempt to police speech on broadcast TV
“Chilling message to all broadcasters: carry speech we don’t like at your peril.”
Jon Brodkin
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Musk went to “war,” sought jail time for X ad boycotts—but case ends with a whimper
Advertisers agreed to “reset” relationship with X.
Ashley Belanger
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Comcast store punished low sales by smashing pies in workers’ faces, lawsuit claims
Comcast, accused of negligence, says lawsuit mischaracterized alleged events.
Jon Brodkin
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Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to sue its way out of a Grok reckoning
Musk defends Grok, says Minnesota’s nudifying app ban is unconstitutional.
Ashley Belanger
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Elon Musk finally launches X Money. What could possibly go wrong?
Expect bumps with X Money rollout as major US financial markets are excluded.
Ashley Belanger
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eBay pays $46M to journalists it targeted in bizarre harassment campaign
eBay sent bloody pig mask and other macabre deliveries to journalists’ home.
Jon Brodkin
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Philly suburb: Sure, build that data center—but first meet our 43 demands
The final condition will shock you! (It won’t. It’s taxes.)
Nate Anderson
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Judge blocks first state law that would have banned prediction markets
Judge may allow Minnesota to ban some types of bets, but not all of them.
Jon Brodkin
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Trump admin exempts SpaceX’s Starlink from FCC ban on foreign-made routers
Starlink has a Texas factory but also makes routers in Vietnam.
Jon Brodkin
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A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months
When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.
Nate Anderson
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“Google and Reddit do not own the Internet,” web scraper says after court win
Google’s and Reddit’s use of DMCA to fight web scraper is bizarre, expert says.
Ashley Belanger
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5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter “harmful” speech
Age verification is okay, but filtering is preempted by Section 230, judges find.
Jon Brodkin
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Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template
Meme generator may have screwed up by using templates in outputs, expert says.
Ashley Belanger
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Big Tech accused of stonewalling European social media researchers
Researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta aren’t providing data they’re legally required to.
WIRED
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Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states’ lawsuit moves toward trial
“Halting this merger while our case proceeds is a critical victory,” NY AG said.
Jon Brodkin
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RFK Jr.’s handpicked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses
There’s no human safety or efficacy data, but that no longer seems to matter.
John Timmer
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