The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) on Tuesday admitted the appeal filed by the United Right Alliance (USR, PMP, Forța Dreptei) against the decision of the Central Electoral Bureau to reject its founding protocol. Thus, USR, Forța Dreptei and PMP can participate in the elections together. The ruling of the High Court is […]
Plaintiffs in Murthy v Missouri argue White House requests to take down coronavirus misinformation violate first amendmentThe supreme court heard oral arguments on Monday in a case that could upend the federal government’s relationship with social media companies and with lies online. Plaintiffs in Murthy v Missouri argue that White House requests to take down coronavirus misinformation on Twitter and Facebook constitute illegal censorship in violation the first amendment.The arguments began...
The Supreme Court weighed the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) free speech case against a former New York regulator during oral arguments Monday. Over 75 minutes of arguments, the justices probed
The Supreme Court will consider arguments about free speech in a case reviewing whether government agencies coerced Big Tech platforms such as Facebook and X into removing posts critical of vaccines and mask mandates, setting up a decision with major implications for social media. Oral arguments are scheduled on Monday for Murthy v. Missouri, a […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out the hate crime convictions of three white men who used pickup trucks to chase Ahmaud Arbery through the streets of a Georgia
Many of the people building web3 feel like the traditional web ecosystem has taken advantage of users and their data. While it benefits a number of businesses, data miners and even AI models, some see it as an overreach. Some of the problems with the web that exists today, which some web3-focused people call Web […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
For our government, its institutions, or its officials to actively censor protected speech strikes at the core of who we are as citizens of a free nation with a government created by the people, for the people.
“The national and cyber security communities have warned” Big Tech it will have to choose between US government contracts and the Chinese market, notes Paul Rosenzweig at The Hill.
First amendment cases involving critics who were blocked from posting on public officials’ social media pagesThe US supreme court on Friday threw out a pair of judicial decisions relating to whether public officials can block critics on social media without violating constitutional protections for free speech.The justices vacated rulings by lower courts in two cases – one from California and another from Michigan – involving lawsuits brought under the US constitution’s first amendment by people...
In Monday's decision, the appellate court affirmed that discrimination against athletes based on gender identity violates the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office pushed back on Donald Trump’s claim that he can’t find an insurance company to support his $464 million bond in the civil fraud case, telling the a state appeals court they should ignore the argument. “Defendants here had no reason to wait
CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office pushed back on Donald Trump’s claim that he can’t find an insurance company to support his $464 million bond in the civil fraud case, telling the a state appeals court they should ignore the argument. “Defendants here had no reason to