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  1. Court upholds New York law that says ISPs must offer $15 broadband

    New York obtains significant win for states' ability to regulate broadband.

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  2. Message-scraping, user-tracking service Spy Pet shut down by Discord

    Bot-driven service was also connected to targeted harassment site Kiwi Farms.

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  3. TikTok owner has strong First Amendment case against US ban, professors say

    Professor: US faces "uphill battle" justifying law against First Amendment suit.

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  4. FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote

    Broadband lobby groups prepare lawsuit, calling rules a "net fatality."

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  5. School athletic director arrested for framing principal using AI voice synthesis

    Police uncover plot to defame principal with AI-generated racist and antisemitic comments.

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  6. EPA issues four rules limiting pollution from fossil fuel power plants

    Coal to be hit hard, natural gas plants will have to capture carbon emissions.

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  7. In the face of bans, ByteDance tightens grip over US TikTok operations

    Relationship between TikTok, ByteDance deepens as tensions over the app’s ownership escalate.

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  8. Deepfakes in the courtroom: US judicial panel debates new AI evidence rules

    Panel of eight judges confronts deep-faking AI tech that may undermine legal trials.

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  9. Chamber of Commerce sues FTC in Texas, asks court to block ban on noncompetes

    Noncompete clauses "benefit employers and workers alike," Chamber tells court.

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  10. US bans TikTok owner ByteDance, will prohibit app in US unless it is sold

    Bill gives ByteDance 270 days to sell TikTok or app loses access to US market.

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  11. FTC bans noncompete clauses, declares vast majority unenforceable

    Chamber of Commerce vows to sue FTC, will try to block ban on noncompetes.

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  12. Grindr users seek payouts after dating app shared HIV status with vendors

    Grindr admitted sharing HIV status with software firms in 2018, said it stopped.

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  1. North Korea is evading sanctions by animating Max and Amazon shows

    Thousands of exposed files on North Korean server tell the tale.

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  2. Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance”

    FISA renewal requires more service providers to cooperate with government.

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  3. TikTok ready to “move to the courts” to prevent ban in US

    Company points out that proposed ban would run afoul of the First Amendment.

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  4. Netflix doc accused of using AI to manipulate true crime story

    Producer remained vague about whether AI was used to edit photos.

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  5. China orders Apple to remove Meta apps after “inflammatory” posts about president

    WhatsApp, Threads, Telegram, and Signal removed from Apple App Store in China.

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  6. Crypto influencer guilty of $110M scheme that shut down Mango Markets

    Fraudster charged with crypto market manipulation defended Mango Markets scheme.

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  7. Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes

    X likely hopes to avoid liability with disclaimer that Grok "can make mistakes."

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  8. Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules

    Ruling: Thumbprint scan is like a "blood draw or fingerprint taken at booking."

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  9. Big Tech can’t hoard brainwave data for ad targeting, Colorado law says

    Neural data can reveal health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive function.

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  10. Author granted copyright over book with AI-generated text—with a twist

    Copyright Office changed course after initially denying request.

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  11. Feds appoint “AI doomer” to run AI safety at US institute

    Former OpenAI researcher once predicted a 50 percent chance of AI killing all of us.

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  12. Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service

    Cross-server tracking suggests a new understanding of "public" chat servers.

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  1. Tesla asks shareholders to approve Texas move and restore Elon Musk’s $56B pay

    Tesla board calls June 13 shareholder vote on Musk's pay and move to Texas.

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  2. ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC’s Internet rules, critics say

    FCC plan rejected request to ban what agency calls "positive" discrimination.

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  3. So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post

    The fee, likely $1, is aimed at stopping “relentless” bots, Musk said.

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  4. Meta’s oversight board to probe subjective policy on AI sex image removals

    Celebrity AI sex image scandal spurs Meta to seek comments for policy revamp.

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  5. New UK law targets “despicable individuals” who create AI sex deepfakes

    Under new law, those who create the images would face a fine and possible jail time.

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  6. US woman arrested, accused of targeting young boys in $1.7M sextortion scheme

    FBI has warned of significant spike in teen sextortion in 2024.

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  7. Judge halts Texas probe into Media Matters’ reporting on X

    Texas attorney general remained silent on claims of First Amendment retaliation.

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  8. Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly

    Google should be barred from “treating Epic differently,” Epic Games says.

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  9. Elon Musk’s X to stop allowing users to hide their blue checks

    X previously promised to "evolve" the "hide your checkmark" feature.

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  10. US lawmaker proposes a public database of all AI training material

    Proposed law would require more transparency from AI companies.

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  11. Elon Musk’s X botched an attempt to replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com”

    Automatic text replacement let users spoof URLs ending in x, like netflix.com.

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  12. More legal acrimony for Truth Social, as executive says he was hacked

    Founding CEO says former assistant plotted "coup d'état," hacked his accounts.

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