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Jordan fuels fight against hate-speech watchdog |
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) requested information and documents from an anti-hate speech organization as part of the committee's probe into alleged internet censorship by the government. |
In a letter sent Thursday, Jordan informed the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), an organization that tracks online hate speech and misinformation, that the committee is looking into the organization's interactions with the federal government and social media companies, our colleague Miranda Nazzaro reported. The letter comes after Elon Musk's X sued CCDH on Tuesday, alleging the nonprofit improperly accessed data while researching the social media platform. "Certain third parties, including organizations like yours, appear to have played a role in this censorship regime by advising the government and social media companies on so-called 'misinformation,' and other types of content – sometimes with direct or indirect support or approval from the federal government," Jordan wrote n the letter. The letter to CCDH adds to Jordan and other Republicans' allegations that social media companies are censoring content with an anti-conservative bias and seeking to limit their communication with the federal government. Democrats have broadly blasted the GOP attacks during hearings on the debate and underscored that the First Amendment allows the private companies to handle content as they see fit. The Hill has reached out to CCDH for comment. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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The White House is facing a call from a coalition of civil society groups to make its proposed guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI) regulation into binding policy as part of a forthcoming executive order, according to a letter sent Thursday. The coalition of civil, technology and human rights organizations sent a letter to the White House urging the Biden administration to make the AI Bill of Rights, which the … |
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| Bud Light has been locked for months in a contentious dispute with its consumer base over a brief partnership with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney that has cost the brand and its parent company, Anheuser-Busch, billions in market value.
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Meta is no longer displaying traditional media outlets on its sites in Canada as of Tuesday, after the country required the platforms to pay news outlets, and Google is set to follow. Canada passed the Online News Act in June, requiring social media platforms to pay news outlets to use their content. Advocates for the legislation argued that platforms like Facebook and Instagram used news articles to garner their own ad revenue … |
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Ukraine has increased its tempo of drone attacks against Moscow, seeking to bring the fight to Russia and ramp up domestic pressure on the Kremlin more than 18 months into the war.
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News we've flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics: |
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Google to blur explicit images on Search |
Google will release a setting to all users this month that will automatically flag and blur explicit content in Search, Mashable reported. |
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Apple, Pixar teaming up to build the metaverse |
The Verge reported on how Apple is teaming up with Pixar and other companies to standardize and develop a technology that could change the way 3D projects are made and build out the metaverse. |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- The American Economic Liberties Project will host a webinar with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter about new merger guidelines on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET.
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Branch out with other reads on The Hill: |
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Thursday imposed fines on Apple and the host of Wikipedia for failing to remove material deemed to be "false information" about Russia's military actions in Ukraine. A justice of the peace in a magistrate’s court, which handles administrative violations and … |
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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The College Board announced Thursday that Florida has banned Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology from its schools over lessons pertaining to gender … Read more |
| Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Scott Brown is a former senator from Massachusetts. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) … Read more |
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