Published on December 1, 2023
Censorship, legal
MORE: Actor threatens moms at book awards ceremony; Sports reporter admits she made up sideline reports; AI technology being used to scam people out of billions; Daryl Hall granted restraining order against John Oats; Kyle Rittenhouse releases book; Disney admits going woke has hurt their bottom line; Sports Illustrated parent company blames third party for publishing AI-generated articles on its site; Book about royals pulled from shelves; and White House worked with YouTube to censor Covid-19 and vaccine information.
Published on November 18, 2023
amazon, Censorship, legal
MORE: Our tax dollars are supporting bigoted, discriminatory college campuses; Authors says adults and teachers are influencing students’ protests against Israel; IDF forces found a copy of Hitler’s antisemitic work “Mein Kampf” in a child’s room of a home in Gaza with terrorist’s notes in it; Scarlett Johansson sues after AI uses her likeness and voice; Boss of the American Federation of Teachers blamed for rise in homeschooling’; YouTube requiring disclosure of AI-generated content; Finnish lawmaker wins another ‘hate speech’ case over quoting the Bible; NewsGuard’s for-profit censorship model; and Should Google have to pay news organizations for links and snippets?
Published on November 10, 2023
amazon, Censorship, Journalism, legal
MORE: Celebrity’s audiobook is 48 hours long!; The original story of The Exorcist; Literary legend haunted a hotel for 50 years before leaving; NYT is hiring an AI Editor; Should journalists stand by and take pictures while a massacre occurs?; Jewish journalist in NYC gets bodyguard due to threats; Yale student’s pro-Israel column was edited in school paper; New York Times writer resigns over letter accusing Israel of genocide; Kirk Cameron helps launch nationwide school program to provide wholesome children’s books; Newspaper workers sues, said he was laid off because he’s white; Amazon has laid off 27,000 people this year!; and Amazon hit with another class action lawsuit over refunds on returned products
Published on October 30, 2023
Censorship, Journalism
MORE: Christian homeschooling parents sue California over alleged religious discrimination; Largest Christian university in the nation alleges it’s being unjustly targeted by federal agencies; Aaron Sorkin drops agent over posts ripping Israel’s Gaza strikes; Oregon Moms Union slams removal of standardized test from high school graduation requirement; and Cooper Union barricades Jewish students inside library as pro-Palestinian protesters bang on doors.
Published on October 14, 2023
amazon, Censorship, diversify your writing income, legal
MORE: CBC leaked emails instructed reporters not to call Hamas fighters “terrorists”; Can an author force a school district to purchase his/her book?; LeVar Burton replaces Drew Barrymore as host of National Book Awards; Spotify to publish audiobooks but apparently agents and authors were not notified; and Book business applauds government lawsuit against Amazon.
Published on October 6, 2023
author, book marketing, Censorship, legal
MORE: Supreme Court to decide if states can stop social media companies from censoring users; Professor who threatened journalist with machete pleads guilty; Drew Barrymore’s writers refused to go back to work after strike; Swiss writer gets 60 days prison for insulting someone; and Biden agency ‘likely’ violated free speech by working with Big Tech to censor election content
Published on September 30, 2023
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal
MORE: Education Secretary Cardona rips ‘misbehaving’ parents; Supreme Court could alter the way Americans interact on the Internet; University hires professor who once threatened NY Post reporter with machete; Lost Truman Capote story found and published; The one book your child needs to read; Google Search caught publicly indexing users’ conversations with Bard AI; Newspaper runs robot-written op-ed opposing AI in journalism; Amazon sued by FTC for “warping prices” and more!; and German govt. gave pro-pr*stitution book to children
Published on September 22, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal
MORE: Russell Brand’s book deal hits a snag after assault allegations; Amazon to crack down on self-publishers using AI-generated content; Report by Congress shows “pervasive degradation” of First Amendment rights at colleges; John Grisham and other top authors sue over AI copyright violations.
Published on September 16, 2023
Censorship, legal
MORE: Rehired coach quits after alleged bullying by co-workers; Government violated First Amendment over Covid censorship on social media; Tech company says it can predict future crimes based on social media posts; Skeptical journalist shocked by what he found in a children’s book; Scientist admits he left relevant info. out to get a paper published; White House sends out letter trying to sway media reporting on his legal problems; Another journal must retract story written by AI; and People rating AI content are the ones who will sway the results in the future.
Published on September 7, 2023
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
MORE: Did court clerk in Alex Murdaugh case overstep her role to land a book deal?; Coach who got job back after Supreme Court ruled he could pray on field quits, claims retaliation; Startling revelation about Biden’s in a new book; Mexican parents gather to burn textbooks; Can a foreign country order U.S. tech companies to censor U.S. citizens?; Two men arrested for reading Bible verses in public; ChatGPT making up fake Bible verses; and FTC to sue Amazon later this month.
