Mahmoud Khalil Files Suit Alleging a ‘Public-Private’ Conspiracy To Target Israel’s Critics
The civil rights suit names the Heritage Foundation as the architect of what it describes as an ongoing conspiracy to silence members of the pro-Palestinian movement by smearing them as antisemites.
New York Times Files Motion To Quash Subpoenas Served on Journalists Over Air Force One Coverage
The subpoenas marked a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s crackdown on media leaks that free press advocates swiftly condemned as a government effort to intimidate news organizations.
AI Chatbots Are at Risk of Spreading Government Restrictions on Online Speech, a New Study Says
A Meta Oversight Board study shows that major AI systems, including those built in the U.S., are more likely to refuse to criticize restrictive leaders or governments.
Human Rights Groups Sue Over Trump Administration’s Sanctions on ICC for Investigations Into Israel
The organizations say in a lawsuit filed July 15 that they have been forced to censor their own advocacy work to avoid scrutiny from the White House.
Subpoenas Issued to NY Times Reporters Seen as ‘Unprecedented’ Threat To Press Freedom
Reaction in the media world has been swift and severe to the issue of subpoenas to five New York Times journalists who reported on security questions involving the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One.
New York Times Reporters Are Subpoenaed After Air Force One Stories, Raising Press Freedom Concerns
Issuing subpoenas represents further ramping up of Trump’s effort to threaten independent new organizations by leveraging the power of the federal government against them.
District Court Judge Blocks New Montana GOP Bylaws
The new bylaws require members to pay $20 in annual membership dues and pledge a loyalty oath, and subject members to removal from elected party positions for nonpayment of dues or for “conduct deemed inconsistent with party purposes,” as determined by executive party officers.
News Outlets Urge a Judge To Sanction OpenAI in a High-Stakes AI Copyright Fight
At issue is whether AI chatbots are unfairly competing as an information source, siphoning off web traffic without doing the journalistic work involved in gathering the news.