Published on July 7, 2023
amazon, author, Defamation, legal, libel

MORE: Selling “banned” books is entirely different from handing adult-content books to children in schools; Russian journalist savagely beaten; Do NOT share sensitive information with AI bots!; Federal judge censors government officials; Target refuses to sell a book…and then backtracks; Woman who reported rape can be sued for defamation; and Anti-Zionist Rabbi sued for defamation
Published on June 30, 2023
copyrights, legal, libel

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.
Published on June 24, 2023
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, Defamation, legal, libel

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
Published on June 15, 2023
Censorship, legal, social media

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!
Published on June 10, 2023
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel, Trademarks

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.
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 31, 2023
author scams, legal, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice, writing scams

Check out the signature at the end, along with the links about that person. Of course, that person is NOT who sent this email…
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