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“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but let wasps and hornets break through.” That quotation by author Jonathan Swift captures something unavoidable – While the $17.6 billion settlement Meta (Facebook) agreed to last week with 47 states and several U.S. territories might…
The FTC led by Chairman Andrew Ferguson is using the authority of its consumer protection bureau, led by Chris Mufarrige, to investigate and potentially sue Google’s YouTube for deceptive claims about its censorship policies. Bloomberg reports that the FTC has been investigating whether Google’s YouTube…
The DOJ filed a brief siding with OpenAI in its copyright lawsuit with the New York Times, arguing that training AI systems on copyrighted material counts as fair use. The DOJ’s brief does not completely align with the Trump Administration’s AI framework released earlier this…
A $100 billion data center complex planned to be built near the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia has effectively been canceled after residents spent five years fighting it in courtrooms, newspapers and town halls. Bloomberg reports that the “Digital Gateway” project, valued at roughly…
New York City’s Department of Education is announcing a new policy that bans generative AI tools for students from early childhood through eighth grade, along with new limits on classroom device use. The New York Daily News reports that the policy would bar student-facing generative…
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) spent months attacking Tesla chief Elon Musk but then turning around and investing in Tesla stock when its share prices fell. Gonzalez has been blasting Musk for more than a year, at least as far back as February of 2025 when…
“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but let wasps and hornets break through.” That quotation by author Jonathan Swift captures something unavoidable – While the $17.6 billion settlement Meta (Facebook) agreed to last week with 47 states and several U.S. territories might…
The FTC led by Chairman Andrew Ferguson is using the authority of its consumer protection bureau, led by Chris Mufarrige, to investigate and potentially sue Google’s YouTube for deceptive claims about its censorship policies. Bloomberg reports that the FTC has been investigating whether Google’s YouTube…
The DOJ announced it has seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations that it says were meant for Hamas, and also derailed the terrorist organization’s online recruitment network. Authorities also discovered the identities of thousands of people they say tried to give money to Hamas.…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on artificial intelligence (AI) and data center companies to improve their messaging in comments at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, saying they, “Have done a horrendous job of explaining themselves to the American people.” At the…
