By Cristiano Lima-Strong, washingtonpost.com, 7-25-24 Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said this week that he expects a pair of bills boosting online privacy and safety protections for children to clear the chamber “by a very large vote,” with initial consideration set for as early as Thursday, July 25. Schumer, who has faced months [...]
By Will Oremus, washingtonpost.com, 7-24-24 Weeks after the Supreme Court rejected a conservative-led push to block contacts between the U.S. government and social media companies, a new report from the Justice Department’s inspector general found that intelligence agencies’ communications with the companies have sometimes been undisciplined. The 53-page report, published July 24 by Justice Department [...]
Lifetime Achievement Award for Institute Chairman Richard E. Wiley at Oct. 29 Event FOR RELEASE: July 15, 2024 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., July 15, 2024 – The Media Institute will honor legendary First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams and long-time media executive Patrick Butler of APTS at its annual “Free Speech [...]
By Cristiano Lima-Strong, washingtonpost.com, 7-9-24 Federal regulators have for the first time banned a digital platform from serving users under 18, accusing the app – known as NGL – of exaggerating its ability to use artificial intelligence to curb cyberbullying in a groundbreaking settlement. An app popular among children and teens, NGL aggressively marketed to [...]
By Will Oremus, Cat Zakrzewski, and Justin Jouvenal, washingtonpost.com, 7-1-24 The Supreme Court on July 1 ordered lower courts to take a second look at a pair of laws in Texas and Florida that would have prevented social media companies from removing certain political posts or accounts, saying the courts had not fully addressed the [...]
By Adam R. Jacobson, Radio Ink, 6-30-24 Twin 6-3 decisions in late June by the U.S. Supreme Court could usher in a new era at the FCC when it comes to how it interprets ambiguous congressional laws. The first decision (Loper Bright) erases “Chevron deference,” a practice stemming from a 40-year-old Supreme Court ruling [...]
By Ann E. Marimow and Cat Zakrzewski, washingtonpost.com, 6-26-24 The Supreme Court on June 26 rejected a Republican-led effort to sharply restrict White House officials and other federal employees from pressuring social media companies to remove posts from their platforms that the U.S. government deems problematic, saying the challengers did not have legal standing [...]
By Natalie Korach, TheWrap.com, 6-24-24 The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) leveled two lawsuits against AI companies over mass copyright infringement of sound recordings used to train generative technology. The blockbuster lawsuits have been filed by the music companies that hold the rights to recordings allegedly infringed upon including Sony Music Entertainment, UMG [...]
FOR RELEASE: June 20, 2024 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-506-8030 Vienna, Va., June 20, 2024 – A paper released by The Media Institute’s initiative “The Madison Project: Free Speech and Press in American Democracy” looks at the threat misinformation poses to democracy and the importance of giving consumers tools for understanding [...]
By Heather Kelly, washingtonpost.com, 5-22-24 After years of Meta steadily walking away from news on its platforms, the company’s new AI tool is now using the work of those outlets for content. Meta’s new chatbot, Meta AI, is happy to scan news outlets and summarize their latest stories and headlines for anyone who asks. [...]