US Supreme Court to decide whether social media are publishers or can exercise editorial control over content
Social media platforms’ First Amendment rights are also at issue. In a brief submitted to the Supreme Court, the State of Texas argued that HB 20 does not affect social media platforms’ free speech rights because “no reasonable viewer could possibly attribute what a user says to the Platforms themselves.”
Big Tech social media content: US Supreme Court has last say on Texas, Florida censorship laws
Supporters of the Florida and Texas laws “argue that the measures are needed to combat what they called Silicon Valley censorship,” including on issues like Covid-19 and claiming election fraud, the Times also reported.
Big Tech fraud: Social media leaves us feeling like bottomless bucket, unaware we’re turning youths into dopamine junkies
The formal science of evaluating the risks and benefits of social media appears to give the impression of balance. Some identify negative consequences of social media such as cyber-bullying, cyber-racism and issues relating to the exchange of sexually explicit content between minors.
Big Tech’s sinister agenda: Social media is about re-wiring flows of attention and information in society
The notion that dependency or addiction is created on purpose to surveil and control us, is of course just a theory. But disconcertingly, there are a lot of facts along the way that suggest that our dependency on our handsets and computers might be part of a very deliberate plan that leads humanity – at least those that conform – into a transhuman and posthuman future.
Louisiana attorney general files amicus brief in press freedom landmark suit against legacy media
The lawsuit, filed May 31, alleges the TNI violated antitrust laws and the US Constitution by colluding with tech giants, some of which also are members of the TNI, to censor online news. An amicus brief is filed by non-parties to a lawsuit to provide information that has a bearing on the issues and to assist the court in reaching the correct decision.
SpaceX lawsuit pulls the veil off US policy on bias against refugees and other non-citizens
A new lawsuit accusing SpaceX of illegally refusing to hire asylum recipients and refugees could be an important test of the US government’s stance that national security concerns do not allow companies to discriminate against non-citizens. Elon Musk, CEO of the rocket and satellite company, said in response to the...
Compute-wary pope warns artificial intelligence bears ‘disruptive possibilities, ambivalent effects’
Back in 2015, Francis acknowledged being “a disaster” with technology, but he has also called the internet, social networks and text messages “a gift of God”, provided that they are used wisely.
Wary of infiltration of its security by Beijing, India bans military drone parts from China
At two meetings in February and March to discuss drone tenders, Indian military officials told potential bidders that equipment or subcomponents from “countries sharing land borders with India will not be acceptable for security reasons”, according to minutes reviewed by Reuters. The minutes did not identify the military officials.
Ukraine President Zelensky boasts US, German air defence ‘highly effective’ against Russians
The attacks followed what Zelenskiy said was a bomb attack late on Saturday on a blood transfusion centre in the town of Kupiansk, around 16km (10 miles) from the front in the eastern Kharkiv region. He described the strike as a war crime. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
How accidental email leak exposed extent of North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker
News of the hack comes shortly after a trip to Pyongyang last month by Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu for the 70th anniversary of the Korean War; the first visit by a Russian defence minister to North Korea since the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.