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Misleading ads: Ayush ministry should set up dashboard to make details of complaints public, says SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Ministry of Ayush should set up a dashboard so that details a…
PTI
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An FCC commissioner slammed Trump's executive order on social media, calling it an attempt to turn the FCC into 'the President's speech police'
Trump's order asks the FCC to reconsider a law protecting social-media companies from being held li…
Aaron Holmes
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Twitter CEO believes repealing Section 230 could collapse how people communicate on the Internet
Ahead of the US House panel hearing on Wednesday, Twitter and Facebook CEOs issued prepared remarks…
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Sen. Ron Wyden accused Trump of 'working the refs' by pulling the renomination of an FCC commissioner who had questioned the president's executive order targeting social media companies
Wyden helped write the bill that fueled the modern internet and has drawn Trump's ire for the legal…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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New lawsuits against TikTok mirror those against Big Tobacco and Purdue Pharma
14 state lawsuits filed last week accused TikTok of creating an algorithm that is harmful to childr…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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The Supreme Court may have a shot to strike down Section 230 after a child's death was blamed on a 'blackout challenge' seen on TikTok
A family sued TikTok alleging a 10-year-old died due to a "blackout challenge" seen on her FYP. If …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Mike Huckabee is the unlikely avenger of deep-faked celebrities
Oprah, Taylor Smith, Tom Hanks, and Jennifer Aniston don't run to court when they're deepfaked. Mik…
Laura Italiano
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Biden has staked his campaign on painting Trump as a threat to Democracy. That could change after Saturday's shooting.
The Trump rally shooting has upended the political landscape in ways that will have important rever…
John L. Dorman
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AI is amplifying social media disinformation — and making Big Tech civilly liable may be the key to stemming it
A legal expert proposes amending US law to hold social media companies civilly liable when their sa…
Natalie Musumeci
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Lawmakers rip into tech CEOs at Senate hearing on online child safety
Lawmakers grilled CEOs on whether they support their laws. Some execs even got a little testy.
Aaron Mok,Camilo Fonseca
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Big Tech got a big win as the Supreme Court stayed out of the Section 230 fight, leaving intact the legal shield Trump raged against
Donald Trump frequently criticized Section 230, which gives Big Tech companies legal protection ove…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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The DC Circuit just upheld a controversial law aimed at protecting sex trafficking victims. Advocacy groups say it 'inadvertently encouraged the kind of abuse it sought to eradicate,' as more women are murdered and missing.
Rebecca Cleary, staff attorney for Decriminalize Sex Work, told Insider FOSTA's passing has led to …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Elon Musk scheduled meetings with many Republicans but no Democrats on his visit to US Capitol, report says
Rep. Jan Schakowsky said it was "seriously a mistake" and Elon Musk should go back to the US Capito…
Kate Duffy
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The Real Housewives are turning on Bravo and Andy Cohen. Here's what to know about the lawsuits and turmoil behind the scenes.
Caroline Manzo and Leah McSweeney are suing Bravo. Brandi Glanville is threatening to sue Andy Cohe…
Caralynn Matassa
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Supreme Court justices aren't 'the 9 greatest experts on the internet,' Elena Kagan said as they heard a major tech case
"We're a court. We really don't know about these things," Justice Elena Kagan said as the court hea…
Oma Seddiq
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After Buffalo mass shooting, New York urges a nationwide crackdown on livestreamed carnage
Twitch, Discord and other platforms are virtually immune from being sued when killings are streamed…
Laura Italiano
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3 men found guilty of domestic terrorism for helping concoct plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Paul Bellar, Joseph Morrison, and Pete Musico face up to 22 years in prison and are scheduled to be…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Supreme Court will take up a case challenging legal immunity for tech sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Google
Former President Trump and Republicans railed against the Section 230 protections, which shield tec…
Jake Epstein,Lakshmi Varanasi
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British authorities find no evidence that 12-year-old Archie Battersbee died from TikTok 'blackout challenge'
There's a long history of media reports and parents calling the "blackout challenge" a TikTok-speci…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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A group of Republican and Democrat senators want social media companies like Meta to face legal action if they don't share internal data with outside researchers
A bill with bipartisan support aims to help researchers investigate "the impact of digital communic…