politics
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Judge Upholds Ban on Feds Asking Social Media Companies to Take Down Posts
A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump held firm this week by declining a request to delay a controversial order barring government agencies from making content moderation requests to social media companies. The Justice Department is already appealing the decision, according to court filings, and said in a statement it would seek an emergency action from…
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Julian Assange Is One Step Closer to American Prison After Losing His Latest Extradition Appeal
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder and notorious whistleblower, lost another appeal challenging his extradition to face legal charges in the United States Friday. Now his lawyers say Assange, who previously spent seven years seeking refuge in an Ecuadorian embassy, is “dangerously close” to spending the rest of his life in an American cell.
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Georgia GOP Chair Pushes Flat-Earth Conspiracy, Says Globes Brainwash Us
Kandiss Taylor, a GOP district chair in Georgia, claimed the Earth is flat on her podcast, Jesus, Guns, & Babies, alongside fellow flat-Earther David ‘Flat Earth Dave’ Weiss and Matt Long. She becomes the latest GOP member to jump on the flat Earth bandwagon, tacking this ideology onto her previous conspiracy theory exclamations that the…
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The White House Starts to Address AI Risks with New Initiatives
The White House unveiled a series of new initiatives on Thursday that represent a first step in combatting the risks associated with artificial intelligence. On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris will discuss the initiatives in a meeting with top executives at Alphabet, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic — an AI startup.