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Minnesota Considers Blocking ‘Nudify’ Apps That Use AI To Make Explicit Images

Experts caution the proposal, targeting companies allowing people to upload a photo that then would be transformed into explicit images, might be unconstitutional.

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Judge Weighs Whether to Block Florida’s Social Media Ban for Minors

Industry groups representing communications companies argue the law, one of the most restrictive bans on kids’ social media use in the country, unconstitutionally limits free speech.

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Trump Order Aims to Dismantle What He Calls Government ‘Censorship’ of U.S. Citizens

The order comes after Trump and his supporters have accused the government of pressuring social media companies to take down posts over concerns around misinformation.

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Trump Issues Executive Order to Suspend U.S. TikTok Ban. But Can It Stick?

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days even as national security questions persist.

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Supreme Court Backs Law Banning TikTok If Chinese Parent Company Refuses Sale

The justices decided the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its users.

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Supreme Court Seems Likely To Uphold a Law That Could Ban TikTok in the US On Jan. 19

The justices seemed persuaded by arguments that the national security threat posed by the company’s connections to China override concerns about restricting speech.

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TikTok’s Fate Arrives at Supreme Court in Collision of Free Speech and National Security

TikTok and China-based ByteDance, as well as content creators and users, argue the law is a dramatic violation of the Constitution’s free speech guarantee.

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Meta Replaces Fact-Checking With X-Style Community Notes

The company said it plans to allow “more speech” by lifting some restrictions on some topics that are part of mainstream discussion such as immigration and gender.

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