Most of the cops were offended by the nicknames that Afroman assigned them. But none of them could prove that anything Afroman said was false or caused them economic harm. In Afroman’s memo, he counted the most surprising times when cops failed to prove his exaggerated statements weren’t true. For example, one officer, Randy Walters, ..
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Why officials want to go after platforms, not users Officials “want to introduce a new ban on so-called ‘nudifier’ systems that use AI to create or manipulate images that are sexually explicit or intimate and resemble an identifiable real person without that person’s consent,” the press release explained. However, “the ban would not apply to ..
In the US, the economics of coal power generation are marginal at best, and a large number of coal plants have shut down as cheaper renewables and natural gas have surged. The Trump administration has used a number of methods to swim against this economic tide, the simplest of which has been to order plants ..
Despite its complaints about the size of the fine, Cloudflare said the principles at stake “are even larger” than the financial penalty. “Piracy Shield is an unsupervised electronic portal through which an unidentified set of Italian media companies can submit websites and IP addresses that online service providers registered with Piracy Shield are then required ..
That initiative, which has maintained a low profile until recently, has scored two big wins. First, Meta announced in December that it would launch age keys on Instagram this year. The Free Speech Coalition, a nonprofit trade association for the adult entertainment industry, has also endorsed age keys as a privacy-preserving way to access pornographic ..
“Admitting to receiving an email is materially different from admitting to Musi’s conclusion from the email—that Apple knowingly relied on false evidence,” Lee wrote. Musi’s law firm presented the theory as an undisputed fact. But the judge determined that an attorney conducting an objectively reasonable inquiry would not have found the allegation to be well-founded. ..
Arizona’s attorney general filed criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi, accusing it of operating a gambling business without a license and offering illegal wagers on elections. “Kalshi may brand itself as a ‘prediction market,’ but what it’s actually doing is running an illegal gambling operation and taking bets on Arizona elections, both of which violate ..
The suit also alleges that this is part of a pattern of attacks on Colorado. Earlier in 2025, the US government moved a major Space Command facility from Colorado to Alabama. “When issuing his decision,” the suit continues, “the President stated that ‘the problem I have with Colorado’ is that ‘they do mail-in voting’ and ..
Her first instinct was to contact the other victims she knew, then “ultimately, local law enforcement was contacted, and a criminal investigation was opened,” the complaint said. Investigating the Discord evidence, cops quickly determined that the perpetrator had access to the first victim’s Instagram “because he had maintained a close and friendly relationship” with her. ..
The attorneys general requested a response by March 2, one that addresses a set of leading questions, such as, “Why did the National Academies include a chapter on climate science that is not based on balanced or sound science?” and “What procedures will the National Academies establish to prevent similar advocacy-based chapters in future editions?” ..
