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26 Apr 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
As Meta Flees Politics, Campaigns Rely on New Tricks to Reach Voters MSN – Naomi Nix, Michael Scherer, and Jeremy Merrill (Washington Post) | Published: 4/21/2024 After years of pitching its suite of social media apps as the lifeblood of campaigns, Meta is breaking up with politics. [read post]
9 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Oversight Board Rebukes Meta’s Policies After Altered Biden Video Spreads MSN – Naomi Nix (Washington Post) | Published: 2/4/2024 Meta was criticized by a company-funded oversight board for its “incoherent” and “confusing” policies on manipulated media after an altered video of President Biden spread on Facebook. [read post]
9 Jan 2024, 6:47 am by Dan Bressler
” “‘It is not unusual for DOJ to notify a party of a possible need to register when the department becomes aware of potentially-covered activity,’ said William Minor, who leads DLA Piper’s political law practice. [read post]
1 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Following Elon Musk’s Lead, Big Tech Is Surrendering to Disinformation MSN – Naomi Nix and Sarah Ellison (Washington Post) | Published: 8/25/2023 Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation, abandoning their most aggressive efforts to police online falsehoods in a trend expected to affect the 2024 presidential election. [read post]
14 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Buddy Cianci is in the Political Corruption Hall of Shame – Literally MSN – Edward Fitzpatrick (Boston Globe) | Published: 7/11/2023 He did not make the cut when the Museum of Political Corruption inducted the first five members of its Hall of Shame in 2021, a group that includes former President Richard Nixon and William “Boss: Tweed. [read post]
9 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
MSN – Naomi Nix and Joseph Menn (Washington Post) | Published: 6/6/2023 House Judiciary Committee Chairperson Jim Jordan and his allies in Congress are demanding documents from and meetings with leading academics who study disinformation, increasing pressure on a group they accuse of colluding with government officials to suppress conservative speech. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 9:37 pm by Jim Sedor
How Barr’s Quest to Find Flaws in the Russia Inquiry Unraveled DNyuz – Charlie Savage, Adam Goldman, and Katie Benner (New York Times) | Published: 1/26/2023 Then-Attorney General William Barr in 2019 set out to dig into the theory the investigation to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign ties to Russia likely stemmed from a conspiracy by intelligence or law enforcement agencies. [read post]
8 Nov 2022, 3:04 pm by Eugene Volokh
Formella, decided today by the First Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Jeffrey Howard, joined by Judges William Kayatta and Rogeriee Thompson: New Hampshire's criminal defamation statute provides that "[a] person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he purposely communicates to any person, orally or in writing, any information which he knows to be false and knows will tend to expose any other living person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule. [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Inside the Civil Rights Campaign to Get Big Tech to Fight the ‘Big Lie’ MSN – Naomi Nix (Washington Post) | Published: 9/22/2022 A coalition of five dozen civil rights organizations is criticizing Silicon Valley’s biggest social media companies for not taking more aggressive measures to counter election misinformation on their platforms in the months leading up to November’s midterm elections. [read post]
  However, the decision was later vacated after the NLRB Office of the Inspector General determined Board Member William Emmanuel’s participation in the Hy-Brand case violated an ethics rule (Exec. [read post]
  However, the decision was later vacated after the NLRB Office of the Inspector General determined Board Member William Emmanuel’s participation in the Hy-Brand case violated an ethics rule (Exec. [read post]
17 Jun 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Bipartisan Bill Aims to Curb Foreign Influence in U.S. [read post]
13 May 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A 49-Year Crusade: Inside the movement to overturn Roe v. [read post]
13 Mar 2022, 9:41 am by Dave Maass
Thankfully, the court hearing the FOIA suit nixed the FDA’s snail’s pace plan to review just 500 pages of documents a month. [read post]
3 Feb 2022, 1:23 pm by David Kopel
Georgetown Law's Dean, William Treanor, issued a statement denouncing Shapiro. [read post]
28 Jan 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal As Giuliani Coordinated Plan for Trump Electoral Votes in States Biden Won, Some Electors Balked MSN – Beth Reinhard, Amy Gardner, Josh Dawsey, Emma Brown, and Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post) | Published: 1/20/2022 On December 14, 2020, the day of the electoral college vote, Republican electors convened in the capitals of five states that Joe Biden had won. [read post]