Deepfake Crackdowns Threaten Free Speech
From criminal penalties to bounty hunters, state laws targeting election-related synthetic media raise serious First Amendment concerns.
From criminal penalties to bounty hunters, state laws targeting election-related synthetic media raise serious First Amendment concerns.
The company, which says it takes an "apolitical approach" to rating news outlets, faces regulatory threats and a congressional probe because of its perceived bias against conservatives.
Stop accusing your political opponents of wanting to murder children.
The DEA paid one airline employee tens of thousands of dollars to snoop on travel itineraries and flag passengers for searches.
the politicized class of professors is a serious political liability to any party that it supports."
A board employee and a local reporter were arrested on the same bogus charge of divulging nonexistent grand jury secrets.
A Canadian Supreme Court case challenges the country's ban on benefiting financially from sex work.
"[The] reference was made in the context of describing Melzer's and the O9A's views of those values to explain why, according to them, those values had to be defeated through violent conduct if their goal of chaos was to be achieved"; "the Order of the Nine Angels ('O9A')" "is a violent, white supremacist, neo-Nazi, Satanist, pro-jihadist group."
Brendan Carr’s plans for "reining in Big Tech" are a threat to limited government, free speech, free markets, and the rule of law.
But the amendment won't prevent the state from killing you.
Thankfully, a judge reunited the Boatright family last week.
"Reining in Big Tech," Brendan Carr says, requires scrapping liability protections and restricting moderation decisions.
Abortion battles are becoming tech policy battles.
After the federal judge denied the university's motion for summary judgment, the case settled. Among other things, the judge concluded that allegations that a coach acted in a racist way were "defamation per se," so that plaintiff didn't have to show specific damages stemming from the allegations.
A rural Arkansas county files more than twice as many FCC complaints per resident than anywhere else in the United States.
The portion of college students who say it's OK to shout down campus speakers is rising, according to a new survey.
Justice Department investigators found squalid living conditions, unchecked violence, and illegal mistreatment of minors and mentally ill inmates.
The taxpayer-funded office will investigate cases where religious freedom is trampled on while the state implements biblical study into the curriculum.
The nominee for attorney general passes the Trump loyalty test, but he lacks relevant experience and has repeatedly demonstrated poor judgment.
Desiree Martinez says police officers ignored her attempts to report her abusive boyfriend, who was also a cop. Those officers now have immunity from her lawsuit.
Ending these unaccountable agencies would safeguard civil liberties and improve intelligence gathering.
Justice Gorsuch shows more interest in property rights challenges than his colleagues on the Court.
The law "is not neutral toward religion," wrote Judge John W. deGravelles, who ruled that the law was "facially unconstitutional."
The Treasury Department tried to stop an overseas conference that included politicians under sanctions. Now they’re backing down.
N.Y. law provides for some judicial review of private universities' actions, when a university fails to "adhere[] to its own published rules," thus rendering its "actions were arbitrary or capricious"; but that standard, the court holds, wasn't met here.
"I was not panicking as I know the roads and know he is mature enough to walk there without incident," says Brittany Patterson.
U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn says the law bans firearms covered by the Second Amendment and is not supported by historical precedent.
A new "inactivity reboot" protects data from thieves and helps preserve due process.
Supposedly targeted at immigrants and travelers, the program endangers everybody’s liberty.
Under this restrictive measure, there will be no exceptions, even for parental consent.
In bodycam footage, the police major—now the deputy chief—asks for "anything we can get" after being told felony charges would be difficult.
Veritas had been suspended from Twitter for including an interview subject's house number; CNN "suggested on-air that Twitter banned Veritas for 'promoting misinformation.'"
The justices, including Trump's nominees, have shown they are willing to defy his will when they think the law requires it.
Michiganders had to choose between a hawkish Democrat with an intelligence background and a hawkish Republican with an intelligence background for Senate.
Coercing defendants into plea deals is poor training for convincing people to vote for you.
In his second term, the former and future president will have more freedom to follow his worst instincts.
Most of these weren't close calls at all.
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