MORE: 87 years ago today, Gone with the Wind was published!; AI tech now being used to create p*rn and to blackmail young people; Utah school district reverses bank on Bibles in libraries; Harvard scholar who studied honestly accused of fabrications; and YouTuber threatens defamation suit.
MORE: Gov. Abbott signs new law about ‘s*xually explicit’ school books; Bookforum is back in business; More copyright claims against AI; Student who reported rape can be sued for defamation; and FTC sues Amazon for ‘tricking and trapping’ people in Prime subscriptions
MORE: Trump’s lawsuit against his niece to proceed; Record number of media jobs cut so far this year; Facebook ordered to pay $50K to man whose account was terminated; and Library book returned 81 years late!
MORE: Indigo founder and half of board members step down; Amazon fined $30M for recording children in their own homes, and keeping those recordings for commercial purposes; The Writer’s Guild of America has a rapid response unit!; Meta/Facebook threatens to remove news content from its CA social media sites; OPEC shutting out some journalists; Husband and wife forgers fooled the art market and made millions; Publishers group apologizes for school textbook criticizing Christian missionaries in Ghana; Homes of reporter, her parents, and her editor attacked after sexual misconduct article published; Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in poop-themed dog toy trademark fight; and Biden names coordinator to work on book bans.
MORE: AI is NOT reliable (no surprise there!); Hugh Grant’s illegal snooping lawsuit against The Sun tabloid to proceed; Kirk Cameron releases first children’s book on the seven deadly sins, draws protestors; No freedom of religion for children in Maryland’s largest school district; and Amazon Seattle works walk out to protest Amazon’s own climate issues.
MORE: The State of Montana banned TikTok…and we’re wondering how they make that work; American journalist to be held at least 3 more months by Russia; Department of Education weighs in on book bans; Bob Woodward, Simon and Schuster want to get Trump lawsuit dismissed; Should social media be regulated for kids?; AI means kids no longer have to study or write reports?; and Tina Turner sold her music catalog for $50M before her death.
MORE: PETA uses AI to rewrite the Bible; Filmmakers worried about AI taking their jobs, too; Ohio State University adopts free speech policy; Tattooist loses libel suit against blogger; Newspaper got duped by AI; Twitter sued after employee in the Middle East turned in critics of Saudi rulers; AI companies are violating copyrights en masse; Forbes will soon be owned by foreigners; Prince Harry’s ghostwriter speaks out; and Court rules Facebook, Twitter, and Google not liable for terrorists using their platforms.
MORE: Publisher of Britney Spears’ pauses process after potential legal issues; New York Post banned from White House event; China arrests man who faked train crash story; Author (and mother) who penned book for children experiencing grief charged with murdering her husband; French reporter killed in Ukraine; Reporter pleads guilty after prank call; Musician pays random to keep hacker from pre-releasing his new music; Blogger commits suicide; and Atlanta agrees to pay photojournalist $105K for wrongful arrest during George Floyd protests
MORE: Manga freelancers want more $$; LA Times denies submitting questions to White House ahead of press conference…and it’s pretty obvious they’re lying; Ed Sheeran not liable in copyright infringement case; Colleges are pushing back against woke culture; AI will negatively affect music as well;
The Bible is still the best selling book of all time!; and Google’s “Godfather of AI” quits and issues warning.
MORE: Of course AI generated content contains copyrighted material!; Russia arrests our journalists, but gets upset when we deny visas for theirs; Professors forced to retract “false” research on racism; Matthew Perry to remove negative comments about Keanu Reeves from future printings of his memoirs; Christian university blocks Maoist China survivor from speaking over anti-woke views; Could ChatGPT be using YOUR words?; Teacher gets uncancelled, receives back pay from school district; Arizona lawmaker (an ordained minister) caught hiding Bibles under chair cushions; Steven Spielberg says no film should be revised to appease people today; Christian author Dave Hollis died from overdose; Minnesota state government planning to have “bias registry.”
