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News Federal judge blocks California law banning election deepfakes
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a California bill that outlaws AI-generated “deepfake” content and required the removal of “deceptive content” from social media. The preliminary injunction comes just two weeks after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the controversial measure into law, igniting a spat with X owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. It also…
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News Florida law banning homeless people from sleeping in public outdoor spaces takes effect
A new Florida law prohibiting homeless people from sleeping outside went into effect on Tuesday. House Bill 1365 prohibits camping on streets, sidewalks and in parks. Local governments are required to offer temporary housing, where individuals will be prohibited from using drugs. They will also be offered substance abuse and mental health treatment. Gov. Ron…
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News New Hampshire parents sue school district for banning them over ‘silent protest’ against trans soccer player
A group of New Hampshire parents and a grandparent filed a lawsuit against a school district on Monday over their removal from a girls soccer game for holding a protest against a transgender player. Kyle Fellers, Anthony Foote, Nicole Foote and Eldon Rash filed the federal lawsuit against the Bow School District, Superintendent of Schools…
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News Taliban deny discrimination in Afghanistan despite banning women from public
The Taliban has dismissed accusations of gender discrimination and human rights violations as absurd. These four countries initiated legal proceedings against the Taliban for breaching a U.N. convention on women, which Afghanistan is bound to uphold. The initiative was launched during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, running until Monday. The Taliban said Thursday…
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News Judge temporarily halts Tennessee law banning adults from helping minors get abortion without parental consent
A federal judge temporarily blocked Tennessee’s law that prohibits adults from aiding minors in obtaining abortions without parental approval. U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger said in a Friday ruling that the state cannot “make it a crime to communicate freely” about legal abortion options even in a state that bans abortion at all stages of…
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News Harris campaign silent on House bill banning contracts with ‘Chinese military company’ amid Walz ties
Seventy-nine Democrats voted against a bill effectively banning Chinese military companies from doing federal business in the United States, but the Harris-Walz campaign declined to say where it stands on the legislation amid concerns over Gov. Tim Walz’s ties to an institute that did business with one of the companies targeted in the bill. The…
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News Louisiana governor issues back-to-school order banning critical race theory in K-12 public classrooms
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, signed an executive order Tuesday preventing the use of critical race theory in Louisiana’s K-12 public education system. The governor’s office said Critical Race Theory (CRT) includes “divisive teachings that instruct students to view life through the lens of race and victimhood” and Landry believes students should be learning…
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News Taliban rebukes UN concerns over laws banning women’s faces, voices in public
The Taliban on Monday rejected concerns and criticism of the United Nations over new vice and virtue laws which ban women in Afghanistan from baring their faces and speaking in public places. Roza Otunbayeva, who heads the U.N. mission in the country, UNAMA, said Sunday the laws provided a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future. She…
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News Politico alters headline calling Kamala Harris’ support for banning fracking a ‘Trump accusation’
Politico altered a headline that called Vice President Harris’ support for banning fracking a “Trump accusation,” despite her publicly expressing support numerous times for a ban during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. “Harris campaign pledges she won’t ban fracking after Trump accusation,” Politico’s original headline read, in a piece published on Sunday. Harris’ campaign has…
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