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A picture is worth a thousand words, but at what cost? Drone journalism protects the public's right to know via visual imagery, but flies into privacy concerns. @AEI's @ProfClayCalvert balances privacy with press freedom in @AEIdeas
My new post for @AEItech re: #Drones, #Journalists, and #FirstAmendment in Fifth Circuit ruling . . . @NPPA #VisualJournalism . . . https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/of-drones-and-journalists-balancing-personal-privacy-with-press-freedom-while-juggling-federal-and-state-regulations/
Chemerinsky: 'Never in my life have I seen or felt the antisemitism of the last few weeks' via @ABAJournal
Chemerinsky: 'Never in my life have I seen or felt the antisemitism of the last few weeks'
Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, is calling on campus offici...
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Annapolis intersectionality completes me.
My new post at @AEItech @aei on the Social Media Blame Game covering a wide range of attacks . . . https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/playing-the-social-media-blame-game-lawsuits-and-legislation-everywhere/ . . .
What do misbehaving school children, minors’ mental health issues, and the spreading of false information have in common? Lawsuits and legislation targeting social media platforms inevitably follow. @AEI's @ProfClayCalvert on the blame game:
My latest for @AEItech on #SocialMediaAddiction cases in California state court and Judge Kuhl's ruling on #Negligence theory sidestepping #Section230 and #FirstAmendment issues at early #Demurrer stage . . . https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/lawsuits-minors-and-social-media-addiction-a-judges-warning-shot-to-platforms/
Things look bad for business when a judge frames a case as “whether a social media company may maximize its own benefit and advertising revenue at the expense of the health of minor users.” @ProfClayCalvert @AEIdeas
The Supreme Court's decision to hear a case on whether the federal govt violated the 1st amendment by lobbying social media platforms to remove conservative-leaning content has big implications for the future of #jawboning. @AEI's @ProfClayCalvert's take:
My latest for @AEItech on #SCOTUS hearing #MurthyVsMissouri and #Jawboning and #FirstAmendment . . .
The Supreme Court Must Protect Businesses from Bullying Governmental Efforts to Censor Citizens’...
The Biden administration's jawboning efforts against social media companies raise First Amendment questions central to t...
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Hip-hop star seeks new trial over lawyer's alleged use of artificial intelligence to draft closing argument via @ABAJournal
Hip-hop star seeks new trial over lawyer's alleged use of artificial intelligence to draft closing...
Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a member of the hip-hop group Fugees, has said he is entitled to a new trial partly...
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Enjoyed the conversation today for @AEItech with @ShaneTews @katieharbath @JohnSamplesCato on manipulated media and @OversightBoard . . . Talked a bit about #SCOTUS taking #MurthyVsMissouri and #Jawboning social media companies to remove content . . .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPxkDJ-4Mzg&t=884s
🚨The Supreme Court just converted the SG’s application for a stay into a cert petition and granted certiorari in Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden)🚨
In Murthy, the Court will finally answer… (1/3)
LSAT scraps 'logic games' section, adds more logical reasoning via @ABAJournal
LSAT scraps 'logic games' section, adds more logical reasoning
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UPCOMING EVENT (10/24): Altered media is shaping how we perceive politicians. Join @JohnSamplesCato, @katieharbath, & @AEI's @ShaneTews & @ProfClayCalvert for a discussion with members of @Meta's Oversight Board on platforms' rights and responsibilities.
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Do social media platforms have First Amendment rights? If so, what might they look like? @AEI's @ProfClayCalvert discusses the questions the Supreme Court may answer in an upcoming case in @AEIdeas
Is it a violation of the First Amendment if the government tells social media platforms how to censor and organize posts? @AEI's @ProfClayCalvert unpacks that question, which is facing the Supreme Court, in @AEIdeas
My thoughts re #SCOTUS @NetChoice @ccianet #FirstAmendment cases in first of a two-part series for @AEIdeas @AEItech . . . https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/taking-stock-of-the-supreme-courts-upcoming-netchoice-cases-part-i/
Justices drop 'respectfully' in some dissents, but SCOTUS rancor is tamer than in past via @ABAJournal
Justices drop 'respectfully' in some dissents, but SCOTUS rancor is tamer than in past
The usual phrase used by U.S. Supreme Court dissenters is “I respectfully dissent.”
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