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X says The Onion can’t have Alex Jones’ Infowars accounts

X says The Onion can’t have Alex Jones’ Infowars accounts

Another legal complication may have surfaced in The Onion’s bid to buy the Infowars empire from bankrupt conspiracy media mogul Alex Jones. X filed a limited objection to the transfer of Infowars’ X accounts to the satirical media empire in a federal Bankruptcy Court on Monday.The objection claims that X Corporation’s terms of service states “the Trustee cannot sell, assign or otherwise transfer such license absent X Corp.’s consent,” according to court records.X Corporation cites its own agreement in its objection. The TOS states accounts cannot be transferred, gifted, sold or assigned to other parties ”without X’s express written consent.”“Because…
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The New York Times says OpenAI deleted evidence in its copyright lawsuit

The New York Times says OpenAI deleted evidence in its copyright lawsuit

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking told Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver a chilling but memorable hypothetical story a decade ago about the potential dangers of AI. The gist is a group of scientists build a superintelligent computer and ask it, “Is there a God?” The computer answers, “There is now” and a bolt of lightning zaps the plug preventing it from being shut down. Let’s hope that’s not what happened with OpenAI and some missing evidence from the New York Times’ plagiarism lawsuit.Wired reported that a court declaration filed by the New York Times on Wednesday says that OpenAI’s engineers accidentally erased evidence…
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X sues California over deceptive AI-made election content ban

X sues California over deceptive AI-made election content ban

Elon Musk’s X is taking the state of California to court over a new law that prevents the spread of AI-generated election misinformation. reports that X filed a lawsuit against AB 2655, also known as the Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024, in a Sacramento federal court.California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law on September 17, creating accountability standards for using false political speech faked with AI programs close to an election. The legislation prevents the distribution of “materially deceptive audio or visual media of a candidate within 60 days of an election at which the…
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FTX advisor and Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison gets two years in prison

FTX advisor and Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison gets two years in prison

A US district court judge sentenced Caroline Ellison, the former advisor and ex-girlfriend to the convicted crypto fraudster and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, to two years in prison. reported Ellison’s sentence for her role in the $8 billion in fraud committed by the FTX crypto exchange that sent for 25 years back in March. Ellison will also have to serve three years of supervised release once she’s finished her prison sentence.Ellison pled guilty at the end of 2022 to just as Bankman-Fried was being extradited to the US from the Bahamas. US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director of Enforcement…
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Brazil bans X for refusing to comply with Supreme Court order

Brazil bans X for refusing to comply with Supreme Court order

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the nation’s internet service providers to block the social media platform X. The New York Times reports that the order stems from owner Elon Musk’s refusal to appoint a legal representative for his case and comply with Moraes’ order to shut down X accounts he deemed as harmful to the democratic process. The order has been published online by Brazilian news site Poder 360.The justice issued a deadline to telecom companies and tech giants to remove the X from its app stores and platforms. Apple and Google have five days to…
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Don Lemon is suing Elon Musk and X

Don Lemon is suing Elon Musk and X

When Don Lemon's "premium" video hosting deal on X was canceled in March, a representative for the former CNN anchor . Nearly five months later, he's taking Musk and his platform to court, claiming he hasn't been paid.The former CNN anchor filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Musk and X, the reports. The suit pertains to an alleged payment agreement Lemon says Musk refuses to honor. Lemon filed his case in California Superior Court in San Francisco.Lemon claims that he agreed to produce a news and interview show on the X platform back in January. Lemon would receive $1.5 million…
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The Republican National Committee loses its legal challenge to Gmail

The Republican National Committee loses its legal challenge to Gmail

A federal judge dismissed a case brought by the Republican National Committee (RNC) against Google over its Gmail service. The suit alleged that Google’s email platform labeled GOP fundraising emails as spam at a higher rate than those from the other side of the aisle.District Court Judge Daniel Calabretta from the Eastern California District Court dismissed the case with prejudice, preventing the Republican party from bringing its case against Google back to court. The dismissal with prejudice means it cannot bring the case to another court but can still file an appeal to Calabretta’s decision, according to The Verge.Calabretta wrote…
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Border agents can’t search cellphones of NYC visitors without a warrant, court rules

Border agents can’t search cellphones of NYC visitors without a warrant, court rules

A federal court has ruled that United States border agents cannot search cellphones without warrants in the Eastern District of New York. The decision applies to both US citizens and international visitors entering the region, which includes New York City, the most-visited site by overseas travelers.The case stems from a 2022 incident in which border agents manually searched the phone of a man named Kurbonali Sultanov at JFK Airport in New York. He initially refused and then handed over the device once agents said he had no choice. The phone was later searched more thoroughly with a warrant, but Sultanov…
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