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AI Safety Institute Debuts with Big-Name Backers and a Censorship Agenda
Every major speaker at the Copenhagen summit has a resume built on telling platforms what to take down.
The FSU Shooting Lawsuit That Could Turn ChatGPT Into a Surveillance Tool
Every AI company’s nightmare scenario just became a plaintiff’s attorney’s blueprint for court-ordered mass surveillance.
Anonymous Canadian Sues DHS to Stop Google From Revealing His Identity Over Critical Posts
The US government is using a 96-year-old customs fraud statute to hunt down a Canadian over tweets.
Meta Will Fight Ofcom Over the Math, Just Not the Censorship
The company that could most credibly challenge Britain’s online speech regime is instead asking a London court to please use a different revenue column.
Paris Prosecutors Move to Criminally Charge Musk and xAI
The investigation started with an algorithm complaint from a Macron ally and now includes charges ranging from Holocaust denial to child exploitation.
European Commission Official Touts 17 Investigations as Proof the Digital Services Act “Delivers”
The Commission now employs 127 people to police online speech and is hiring 60 more, all without a single courtroom in the loop.
New Mexico’s Meta Trial Opens with Judge Wary of State’s Broad Surveillance Demands
A single state judge is being asked to build the surveillance infrastructure that Congress won’t vote on and he already sounds skeptical.
Canada House of Commons Tracks Online Posts About MPs
Parliament will not say what’s in the database, only that it sorts your posts by tone.
Judge Halts Colorado AI Law After First Amendment Challenge
The injunction lands the same week the Justice Department joined xAI’s side, marking the first federal intervention in a state AI lawsuit.
Gottheimer and Lawler File Resolution, Encouraging Platforms to Censor Online Commentators
Jawboning got its own House resolution and this time the targets have names.
House Bill Cuts Federal Funds for Online Censorship
The bill defunds the same disinformation programs that Washington spent the last decade building.
Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Fails: 73% Ignore It
Compliance sits at 27% and the model says it has further to fall.