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'Human Trafficking' Sting Yields 547 Arrests, but Only 1 for Human Trafficking

A(nother) look at how human trafficking panic gets made.

Reason

Stargate: What is Trump’s new $500bn AI project?

AI giants join forces for a massive project aimed at growing technology in the United States.

Al Jazeera

Trump's Latest Defeat Is One of Many Decisions That Suggest SCOTUS Won't Rubber-Stamp His Agenda

Despite some notable wins, the president-elect's overall track record shows he cannot count on a conservative Supreme Court to side with him.

Reason

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Stop Overprotecting the Children, Say Courts in Tennessee and California

Courts block laws regulating algorithms and online porn.

Reason

Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there?

It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history

The Independent UK

'Let Parents Decide' What Kids Can Do Online, Argue Tech Groups in New Lawsuit

The groups are challenging a Florida law that bans some teens from social media.

Reason

Teen group, tech critics push for stronger online safety measure - Roll Call

Advocacy groups are pushing for tougher restrictions on social media after a House committee last week approved a watered-down bill.

Roll Call

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NY Times Big Reveals On Deliberations In Three Trump Cases

How did Roberts come to write Trump v. Anderson, Fischer v. United States, and Trump v. United States?

Reason

Utah Judge Blocks Social Media Access Law As Unconstitutional

Federal judge blocks Utah's social media access law aimed at protecting children's privacy, citing constitutional concerns. NetChoice challenges the law, e...

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Federal judge temporarily blocks Utah social media laws aimed to protect children

A federal judge in Utah temporarily blocked social media access laws aimed at protecting children’s mental health and privacy

The Independent UK

California Social Media Platform Reporting Mandate Likely Violates the First Amendment

The mandate required platforms to, among other things, report to the state "how the terms of service define and address (a) hate speech or racism; (b) extremism or radicalization; (c) disinformation or misinformation; (d) harassment; and (e) foreign political interference, as well as statistics on content that was flagged by…

Reason

Biskupic Part III Confirms What We Already Knew: Justice Alito Lost Majority Opinions in NetChoice and Trevino.

There is little here that can't be gleaned from the docket and the split opinions.

Reason

Tech groups challenge Texas law requiring parental consent for kids’ social media accounts

In a lawsuit, the industry groups argue a new state law violates First Amendment free speech rights.

The Texas Tribune

Tech groups, others plan full fight over kids’ online safety bills - Roll Call

Opponents say they will challenge on constitutional grounds bills intended to protect kids online that are set for a Senate vote.

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Rahimi and NetChoice: Why Is The Facial Challenge Bar Lowered For The First Amendment and Not The Second Amendment?

The right to keep and bear arms remains a second-class right.

Reason

Making Sense of Justice Barrett's NetChoice Concurrence

I don't get the random questions Justice Barrett raises, and I'm not sure why she didn't mention her reservations in Hansen..

Reason

Making Sense of the Moody Opinions In NetChoice

I think it is clear that Justice Alito lost the majority, but the resulting schizophrenic opinions still do not cohere.

Reason

Judges Block Indiana and Mississippi Age Verification Laws for Porn, Social Media

And the Supreme Court agrees to weigh in.

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Which Circuit Had The Highest Reversal Rate?

It was not the Fifth Circuit.

Reason

Did Justice Alito Lose The Majority Opinions In Trevino and NetChoice?

Alito had only four majority opinions this term, while Roberts, Thomas, Sotomayor, and Kagan all had seven.

Reason

The Supreme Court's Reasoning Prohibits the Deplatforming Limits that the Parties Care About

As the Moody v. NetChoice majority noted, the parties focused on Facebook's and YouTube's main feeds. The majority similarly focused on those main feeds in its extensive discussion of First Amendment principles, and, as co-blogger Ilya notes, it left little doubt about the unconstitutionality of the Texas and Florida statutes…

The Independent UK

Federal judge halts Mississippi law requiring age verification for websites

A federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law that would require users of websites and other digital services to verify their age

The Conversation

Supreme Court kicks cases about tech companies’ First Amendment rights back to lower courts − but appears poised to block states from hampering online content moderation

The U.S. Supreme Court has sent back to lower courts the decision about whether states can block social media companies such as Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, from regulating and controlling what users can post on their platforms.

Reason

When May Law Require Social Media Platforms to Disclose Basis for Moderation Decisions?

From the majority in Moody v. Netchoice, LLC: The laws, from Florida and Texas, restrict the ability of social-media platforms to control whether and how third-party posts are presented to other users … [including by] requir[ing] a platform to provide an individualized explanation to a user if it removes or…

Reason

Supreme Court Remands Texas and Florida Social Media Cases—But Strongly Suggests the States' Laws Violate the First Amendment

The majority opinion makes clear that social media content moderation is an activity protected by the First Amendment. That likely dooms large parts of the state laws restricting content moderation.

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