A new provincial law requires public libraries to pull and restrict items with โgraphic visual depictions of sexual acts.โ Librarians argue the mandate opens the door to censorship.
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Sarah Meilleur is the chief executive of Calgary Public Library, the largest of Albertaโs 221 municipal library boards.
Separate lawsuits were filed by Google, Meta and TikTok, which have been battling a flood of claims that their services are addictive.
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A new California law says features like personalized recommendations can be โpsychologically exploitativeโ for minors and cause them to check social media compulsively.
Reddit and an Australian digital advocacy group are claiming a law that restricts children younger than 16 from popular platforms infringes on their constitutional rights.
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Australian schoolchildren under the age of 16 are barred from using popular social media platforms.
News organizations owned by two billionaires close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi say the legislation could make investigative reporting nearly impossible.
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Members of the media outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi.
Beth Wilkinson is a Washington lawyer who has thrived representing the Trump administrationโs enemies and allies alike. Does she represent a vanishing type?
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A Minnesota group worried that its opposition could expose it to prosecution under the stateโs deceptive-practices law. Its lawsuit could have wide implications for limiting speech around elections.
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Andrew Cilek leads Minnesota Voters Alliance, which won an appellate ruling in a First Amendment lawsuit against a state law on deceptive practices.
The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.
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One in five voters plan to use A.I. to look into a race on their ballot, according a survey released this month by the American Association of Political Consultants.
The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.
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One in five voters plan to use A.I. to look into a race on their ballot, according a survey released this month by the American Association of Political Consultants.
Federal officials asked to intervene in a case that accused the social media platform of allowing deceptive behavior on its site and resulted in a $140 million penalty.
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The European Commissionโs action against X, which is owned by Elon Musk, was โregulatory overreach,โ the Justice Department said in a statement.
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