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: Reporter leaves recorder in meeting, hears city employees talking about having him killed; Mother and son pen positive book for children; Did you know it’s illegal to protest outside libraries in Canada?; Artist rejects photo prize because his image was AI generated; BuzzFeed News is out of business; and Singer leaves country music industry to serve God.
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.
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
MORE: Thoughtcrime prosecution coming to a city near you?; Some legislators angry about Twitter Files; Gannett is killing newspapers; Reporter flees Africa and then gets censored in the U.S.; Senator accused of wanting to silence social media during the banking crisis; Environmental group sued for defamation after trying to sink the Maine lobster fishing industry; Oregon teacher accused of having kids write s*xual fantasy stories; and Author warns that we are losing our religious freedoms.
MORE: Book found in schools appears to promote kids sharing s*xual photos of themselves; Indigo/Chapters has “cybersecurity incident”; Don’t miss the funniest headline of the week!; Mitt Romney shares hundreds of emails to book author; Murdaugh murder case mirrors author’s novel plot; and JK Rowling critic forced to apologize for calling her a “nazi” online.
MORE: Golfer sues CNN reporters for defamation; So now saying “Aloha” is culturally insensitive?; Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over social media use; U.S. lawmaker wants to make it a crime to criticize; Man wearing “Jesus Saves” t-shirt ordered to leave Mall of America; News site realizes disaster after using AI for articles; Ex-Prosecutor’s book draws warning from Manhattan District Attorney; North Dakota weighs ban of ‘sexually explicit’ library books; and Facebook to allow pictures of naked breasts for trans and non-binary people but not for cis-gender women.
