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Profs. Adam Candeub & Philip Hamburger on "The Common Carrier Cure for First Amendment Uncertainty"

An interesting new twist on the argument, which particularly focuses on how social media quasi-common-carrier regulations can fight governmental pressure on platforms to censor certain material; it reminded me of Ian Samuel's The New Writs of Assistance, which similarly argued that some Big Tech companies should be legally required to…

Reason

Coins depicting Border Patrol agent grabbing Haitian migrant trigger investigation

The photograph encapsulates the intensity of the clashes between Border Patrol agents and Haitian immigrants desperate to get into the United States.

Los Angeles Times

Homeland Security tightens scrutiny of internal misconduct

Employees accused of misconduct at the Department of Homeland Security could face more stringent penalties under an overhaul that follows complaints about the handling of internal discipline in the third largest U.S. government agency

The Independent UK

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Catholic and anti-abortion groups raise alarm about violence

There have been 24 attacks on pregnancy centers and anti-abortion groups since the leaked Supreme Court opinion.

Axios

Congress Proposes Marijuana Protections For Immigrants, Advertisers And Banks

Fiscal Year 2023 spending bills for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) the and U.S.

Benzinga

Some Afghan refugees now have a chance to avoid terrorism designation that blocked their path to US

Doctors, teachers, engineers and other Afghans who were forced to associate with the Taliban will now have a chance at asylum or visas after the Biden administration loosened a terrorism-related designation on Tuesday, according to government officials and documents reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles Times

Lauren Boebert wants fentanyl declared a weapon of mass destruction

‘It is time to call fentanyl what it is: a weapon of mass destruction that is destroying our nation,’ the Colorado Republican said

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Deal delays cause drop in sales at global security pass specialist Intercede, but outlook ‘positive’

Clients have included the US Department of Homeland Security, Boeing, Wells Fargo, Deutsche Telekom and Airbus

Birmingham Post

DHS warns about new threats fueled by misinformation, abortion ruling

"High-profile events" could be used to justify violence against schools and public gatherings, the Department of Homeland Security warned.

Axios

Homeland Security issues new alert warning US public gatherings could be targets of violence

The department said it would ‘expect the threat environment to become more dynamic as several high-profile events could be exploited to justify acts of violence against a range of possible targets’

The Independent UK

US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms

The Department of Homeland Security says a looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months

The Independent UK

Man sentenced to six years in prison for pretending to be DHS agent on TikTok

TikTok commenter reveals evidence showing suspect’s previous conviction and true identity

The Independent UK

Title 42’s Long Tail of Pain

More than 1.8 million asylum-seekers have been expelled under the pandemic-era statute.

Texas Observer

A Double Standard Between Ukrainian and Afghan Refugees?

Critics allege, with some justice, that the Biden Administration is treating the former more favorably than the latter. If so, the right solution is to increase openness to Afghans and others fleeing war and repression, not bar more Ukrainians.

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The Independent UK

ICE ordered to suspend immigration enforcement on families affected by Uvalde shooting

School shooter was ultimately killed by Border Patrol agents after police officers initially hesitated to enter the building

The Independent UK

Biden briefed on elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the president will speak about the tragedy when he returns from Asia.

WEKU

She joined DHS to fight disinformation. She says she was halted by... disinformation

Nina Jankowicz looks back at how exaggerations and falsehoods stoked so many doubts about the Disinformation Governance Board that DHS paused it after just three weeks.

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Thomas Massie Has a Point When He Says Congress' Antisemitism Resolution Has a Free Speech Problem

Massie was the only House member to vote against a resolution demanding social media companies do more to track and suppress antisemitic content.

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US homeland security pauses new disinformation board amid criticism

Nina Jankowicz, the board’s director, resigns and says attacks and threats will not stop her from speaking out on disinformation

WEKU

DHS pauses a board created to combat disinformation amid a campaign to discredit it

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it would pause the work of a board created to combat disinformation. The board — and its leader — faced an online campaign to discredit its work.

The Independent UK

DHS pauses disinformation board, director will resign

The Department of Homeland Security paused the work of its new disinformation governance board Wednesday

Reason

Buffalo Shooting Will Prompt Measures 'To Combat Domestic Terrorism,' Says Pelosi

Plus: Netflix defends artistic expression, perspectives on the baby formula shortage, and more...

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Don't Trust Biden's Dystopian 'Disinformation Board'

A "disinformation" board sounds like something from a dystopian novel.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: The frustration with the new US disinformation board? Too little information

The most troubling problem with the Biden administration’s new Disinformation Governance Board is how little information the government has released about it.

Reason

Who needs cyberlaw when we can have unicorns and fairy dust?

Episode 406 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

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