Published on May 31, 2023
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel

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.
Published on May 27, 2023
Censorship, Journalism, legal, libel, traditional publishing

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.
Published on May 19, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel

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.
Published on May 12, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel

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
Published on May 5, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal

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.
Published on April 29, 2023
Censorship, legal

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.”
Published on April 14, 2023
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel

MORE: Amazon-owned online bookstore shuts down and we’re GLAD! (We’ll tell you why next week.); Shouldn’t Gavin Newsom have better things to do?; Reddit continues to ban copyright infringers; Fox News sued for libel; Television writers might go on strike; American journalist jailed in Russia forbidden to share accusations against him; and Satire site Babylon Bee sues CA Attorney General for censorship.
Published on April 6, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal

MORE: Teacher fired after asking students to write their own obituaries; New York public library offers paid internships to black applicants only; SF blames at-home workers for its financial woes downtown; Australian mayor will file defamation lawsuit against AI company; Author James Patterson accuses some media outlets of not reporting on his new book; Posthumous book editing can be considered censorship; and Publishers accused ad-tech firms of intellectual property infringement.
Published on March 31, 2023
Censorship, Defamation, legal, libel

MORE: Stanford law students who protested apparently don’t know the law; Twitter Troll being prosecuted; Jack Daniels upset about dog toy that could actually help sell their booze sales; The battle against mass copying books continues; More book banning news; and Samantha Markle’s lawyer was dumb to take on her defamation lawsuit
Published on March 17, 2023
author, Censorship, social media

The s*xual content of some books in school libraries is so graphic that it can’t be put on the air. Yet, some would have us believe that our children have a right to read these materials…without parental knowledge.