Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

Joseph Cox / 404media - A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

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Supreme Court Declines Case on Granting Copyright to AI-Created Art

Omar Gallaga / cnet - A piece of AI-generated art is still the subject of a prolonged legal fight, 14 years after its creation.

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #judiciary #creativity #law #media #intellectualproperty #copyright

Supreme Court denies case seeking copyrights for AI-generated art

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Supreme Court Declines Case on Granting Copyright to AI-Created Art

3 days / cnet / Omar Gallaga

AI-Generated Art Can't Be Copyrighted After Supreme Court Declines To Review the Rule

3 days / slashdot / BeauHD

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material

3 days / reddit / /u/gdelacalle

Supreme Court Declines AI Copyright Case, Extending Legal Setback for AI-Generated Works

Jason Nelson / decrypt - U.S. justices leave human authorship rule intact, reinforcing legal limits on AI intellectual property claims.

#ai #techpolicy #genai #judiciary #us #creativity #law #litigation #intellectualproperty #copyright

AI-generated art can't be copyrighted (Supreme Court declines review)

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Supreme Court ducks AI copyright question

3 days / therundown / Zach Mink

Supreme Court Declines AI Copyright Case, Extending Legal Setback for AI-Generated Works

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Supreme Court Declines AI Copyright Case, Extending Legal Setback for AI-Generated Works

4 days / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Supreme Court won’t hear AI-generated art copyright case

4 days / theverge / Emma Roth

The Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art

4 days / engadget / Jackson Chen

US court blocks landmark law limiting social media use for children

ft - Judge rules Virginia does not have right to restrict ‘minors’ access to constitutionally protected speech’

#techpolicy #social #government #judiciary #internet #us #law #censorship #contentmoderation

Resist ‘dangerous and socially unacceptable’ age checks for social media, scientists warn

4 days / politico / Eliza Gkritsi

Alaska could be the next state to crack down on AI-generated CSAM and restrict kids' social media use

6 days / engadget / Jackson Chen

Judge blocks Virginia law restricting social media for children

7 days / reddit / /u/StraightedgexLiberal

US court blocks landmark law limiting social media use for children

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New York Sues Valve For Enabling 'Illegal Gambling' With Loot Boxes

msmash / slashdot - New York state has filed a lawsuit against Valve alleging that randomized loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 amount to a form of unregulated gambling, letting users "pay for the chance to win a rare virtual item of sign…

#ecommerce #gaming #techpolicy #government #judiciary #us #payments #law #litigation #regulation

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New York Sues Valve, Says Its ‘Loot Boxes’ Are Gambling

8 days / reuters / John Gruber

New York sues Valve for enabling “illegal gambling” with loot boxes

8 days / reddit / /u/mepper

New York Sues Valve For Enabling 'Illegal Gambling' With Loot Boxes

8 days / slashdot / msmash

New York sues Valve, arguing loot boxes cross the line into gambling

8 days / techspot

New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes

8 days / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

New York sues 'Counter-Strike' game developer saying 'loot boxes' promote gambling

abcnews - New York’s attorney general is suing video game developer Valve, claiming the “loot boxes” found in Counter-Strike and other popular video game franchises illegally promote gambling

#gaming #techpolicy #entertainment #government #judiciary #us #law #steam #litigation #regulation

NY AG: Valve's loot boxes can get kids hooked on gambling

8 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

New York sues Valve for promoting illegal gambling via game loot boxes

8 days / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Valve Has Been ‘Letting Children and Adults Alike Illegally Gamble,’ New York A.G. Alleges

9 days / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

New York Sues Valve, Saying Game Developer Promotes Illegal Gambling

9 days / cnet / Steven Musil

Valve in Legal Hot Water in New York Over Loot Boxes and Gambling

9 days / techpowerup

New York sues 'Counter-Strike' game developer saying 'loot boxes' promote gambling

9 days / abcnews

New York sues Valve, alleging its loot boxes are ‘quintessential gambling’

9 days / theverge / Jay Peters

New York is Suing Valve, Claims the Counter-Strike Developer’s Loot Boxes are “Quintessential Gambling”

9 days / wccftech / David Carcasole

New York sues video game developer Valve, says its 'loot boxes' are gambling

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Judge dismisses Elon Musk’s xAI trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - US District Judge Rita F. Lin dismissed a trade secret lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s xAI against OpenAI. The judge ruled that xAI’s complaint failed to allege misconduct directly by OpenAI itself, instead attributing alleged actions to eight former employe…

#ai #openai #genai #judiciary #law #technology #xai #tradesecrets #litigation #intellectualproperty

Judge dismisses Elon Musk’s xAI trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI

9 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Judge Dismisses xAI Trade Secrets Lawsuit Against OpenAI, Allows Refiling

9 days / decrypt / Vismaya V

xAI's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI has been dismissed

9 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

More than $140 billion in tariff refunds are at stake. The Supreme Court punted

Joseph Zeballos-Roig / qz - Americans shouldn't bet on getting refunded for the tariffs they have paid up to now. For companies, it's a different story

#apple #tariffs #government #business #judiciary #supplychain #us #economy #law #regulation

Bitcoin see-saws around $68,000, DOGE, ETH slide as tariff uncertainty weighs on risk assets

12 days / coindesk / Shaurya Malwa

U.S. Cannot Legally Impose Tariffs Using Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974

12 days / ycombinator

Alphabet (GOOG) Stock: Surges 3.74% as Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Lifts Ad Giants

13 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Chronology of major events of S. Korea-U.S. tariff deal leading to U.S. Supreme Court ruling

14 days / co / Oh Seok-min

(News Focus) U.S. tariff ruling fuels fresh uncertainty for S. Korean trade; firms unlikely to alter investment strategies

14 days / co / Chang Dong-woo

The Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Won’t Bring Car Prices Back to Earth

14 days / wired / Aarian Marshall

Howard Lutnick’s old firm did not, in fact, profit from Supreme Court tariff ruling

14 days / semafor / Liz Hoffman

How the Supreme Court's decision affects Apple and its $3.3 billion tariff bill

14 days / cnbc

More than $140 billion in tariff refunds are at stake. The Supreme Court punted

14 days / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Resets Trade and Investment for Middle-Market Firms

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Tesla loses bid to toss $243 million verdict in fatal Autopilot crash suit

cnbc - A federal judge in Miami denied Tesla's bid to overturn a $243 million jury verdict in a high-profile lawsuit over a fatal Autopilot crash.

#selfdriving #cars #tesla #judiciary #us #law #automotive #litigation #ev

Musk didn’t get his usual teflon treatment here… www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/t...

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Tesla still has to pay $243 million over fatal Autopilot crash, judge rules

14 days / fastcompany / Kristin Toussaint

Tesla loses bid to toss $243 million verdict in fatal Autopilot crash suit

14 days / cnbc

Tesla loses bid to overturn $243M Autopilot verdict

14 days / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Tesla loses bid to overturn $243M Autopilot verdict

14 days / techcrunch / Kirsten Korosec

Judge rejects Tesla’s attempt to overturn $243 million verdict over fatal 2019 autopilot crash

14 days / sherwood / Max Knoblauch

Tesla (TSLA) Stock: Federal Judge Upholds $243M Autopilot Crash Verdict

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Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Mark Zuckerberg has testified he reached out to Tim Cook on teen wellbeing as Meta faces a landmark trial alleging its platforms were designed to addict youth.The post Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial appeared first on WinBuzze…

#techpolicy #meta #judiciary #zuckerberg #law #contentmoderation #litigation #algorithm #safety #timcook

National Parent Teacher Association breaks ties with Meta amid child-safety trials

14 days / cnbc

A new study finds that longer daily social media use was associated with predominantly negative outcomes for 60% of adolescents, but not all platforms are the same. The variances point to the opportunity for more nuanced regulation than blanket bans, writ

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Apple and Meta Called It Privacy. The Courts Call It Willful Blindness.

14 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Smart glasses in court are a privacy nightmare

14 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Researchers Embrace Complexity in Social Media and Teen Mental Health

14 days / techpolicy

Privacy is at the center of child safety accusations against Apple and Meta. Here’s why

14 days / cnbc

Engadget Podcast: Instagram on trial and the RAMaggedon rages on

14 days / engadget / Devindra Hardawar

Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial

14 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

How Meta’s high-stakes trial could have ripple effects across other industries

14 days / fastcompany / Chris Morris

LA County lawsuit accuses Roblox of exposing children to 'grooming and exploitation'

14 days / engadget / Steve Dent

Mark Zuckerberg defends Instagram’s beauty filters and age checks in court

Shannon Carroll / qz - In a bellwether youth-harm trial, the Meta CEO defended Instagram’s design choices as trade-offs, not tactics built to keep teens hooked

#techpolicy #meta #judiciary #zuckerberg #mentalhealth #law #contentmoderation #instagram #litigation #safety

The executive that helped build Meta’s ad machine is trying to expose it

15 days / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Mark Zuckerberg Grilled On Usage Goals and Underage Users At California Trial

15 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Zuckerberg's Trial Testimony Pushes Back on Social Media Addiction Claims

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Zuckerberg grilled in court over social media harms on teens https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/zuckerberg-grilled-in-court-over-social-media-harms-on-teens/

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Mark Zuckerberg Testifies in Social Media Addiction Trial

15 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Zuckerberg grilled in court over social media harms on teens

15 days / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Mark Zuckerberg said very little on his first day of testimony—but the fact he’s here at all is a major moment

15 days / fastcompany / Chris Stokel-Walker

Mark Zuckerberg defends Instagram’s beauty filters and age checks in court

15 days / qz / Shannon Carroll

Mark Zuckerberg Says Instagram Is Valuable, Not Harmful, in Social Media Addiction Trial

Eli Tan / nytimes - Meta’s chief executive said users spent a lot of time on the app because of its value, as he was grilled about child safety issues in front of a jury.

#techpolicy #meta #judiciary #zuckerberg #law #facebook #contentmoderation #instagram #litigation #safety

Internal Meta fights: experts overruled, beauty filters, youth safety (5)
Judge warns: no AI glasses; juror privacy at risk (4)
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Internal Meta fights: experts overruled, beauty filters, youth safety

Eighteen Experts Said No. Zuckerberg Said Yes.

15 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Buck-passing Zuckerberg ropes Apple into his defense in social media safety trial

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Meta (META) Stock: Zuckerberg Discussed Youth Well-Being With Tim Cook

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Mark Zuckerberg overruled 18 wellbeing experts to keep beauty filters on Insta

15 days / ycombinator

Zuckerberg Called Child Safety 'Paternalistic.' This Time, a Jury Heard It.

16 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Judge warns: no AI glasses; juror privacy at risk

‘This is very serious’: Judge threatens AI glasses wearers with contempt during Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony

15 days / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Judge warns smart glasses wearers of contempt charges as Zuckerberg testifies in Meta trial

15 days / techspot

Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-Ban entourage have their day in court

15 days / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Mark Zuckerberg Takes the Stand, No Meta Ray-Bans Allowed

16 days / gizmodo / Matt Novak

Wider legal and policy ripple: global bans, bellwether cases

From Paris to New Delhi, the Push to Ban Teens From Social Media Is Going Global

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Social media on trial: tech giants face lawsuits over addiction, safety, and mental health

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Zuckerberg defends Instagram as 'useful', denies engagement goals

Zuckerberg Denies Meta Maximized Teen Engagement in Landmark Trial

15 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Play It Safe in Social Media Addiction Trial Testimony

16 days / wired / Miles Klee

Zuckerberg grilled about Meta's strategy to target 'teens' and 'tweens'

16 days / npr / Bobby Allyn

Mark Zuckerberg testifies in social media addiction trial that Meta just wants Instagram to be 'useful'

16 days / engadget / Karissa Bell

Mark Zuckerberg Testifies During Landmark Trial On Social Media Addiction

16 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Mark Zuckerberg in courtroom hot seat over social media dangers

16 days / mashable

Meta CEO testifies in landmark social media addiction trial

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Mark Zuckerberg Says Instagram Is Valuable, Not Harmful, in Social Media Addiction Trial

16 days / nytimes / Eli Tan

Mark Zuckerberg Grilled on Usage Goals, Underage Users at California Trial

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Mark Zuckerberg Takes the Stand, No Meta Ray-Bans Allowed

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Federal court rules that OpenAI must stop using the term 'Cameo'

Andre Revilla / engadget - Cameo, the platform where celebrities sell short, personalized videos, has scored a preliminary win in a trademark lawsuit against OpenAI. A California judge has ruled that the AI company's video generation tool Sora cannot use the term 'cameo' or any var…

#techpolicy #openai #genai #business #judiciary #us #law #litigation #intellectualproperty

Federal court rules that OpenAI must stop using the term 'Cameo'

16 days / engadget / Andre Revilla

Federal Court orders OpenAI to stop using “Cameo” name in Sora 2

16 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

U.S. court bars OpenAI from using ‘Cameo’

16 days / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Court orders Acer and Asus to stop selling PCs in Germany over H.265 patents

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#hardware #business #judiciary #europe #law #technology #asus #litigation #intellectualproperty #copyright

Acer and Asus ordered to halt PC sales in Germany after Nokia wins HEVC patent ruling

18 days / techspot

ASUS and Acer Temporarily Banned from Selling PCs in Germany Over H.265/HEVC Patent Ruling

18 days / techpowerup

Acer and ASUS are now banned from selling PCs and laptops in Germany following Nokia HEVC video codec patent ruling

19 days / reddit / /u/AbhishMuk

Acer and ASUS are now banned from selling PCs and laptops in Germany following Nokia HEVC video codec patent ruling

19 days / reddit / /u/AbhishMuk

Court orders Acer and Asus to stop selling PCs in Germany over H.265 patents

19 days / ycombinator

Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief

David McCabe / nytimes - Her departure comes after months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.

#streaming #netflix #antitrust #government #doj #judiciary #acquisitions #law #media #regulation

US government's antitrust chief ousted

22 days / semafor / Liz Hoffman

Antitrust head overseeing Netflix-Warner merger resigns

22 days / engadget / Will Shanklin

Gail Slater Steps Down as DOJ Antitrust Chief - Newsmax

22 days / newsmax

DOJ Antitrust Boss Exits Post in the Middle of Netflix/WBD/Paramount Merger Scrutiny

22 days / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Who Is Gail Slater? DOJ Antitrust Chief Resigns Amid High-Stakes Media Merger Battles - Times Now

22 days / timesnownews

Top DOJ antitrust enforcer is out weeks before Live Nation trial

22 days / theverge / Lauren Feiner

MEP urges EU to scrutinise non-price effects of Netflix/Warner Bros deal

22 days / globalcompetitionreview / Bethan John

Tech Analysts Tout Netflix/WBD Merger as Good for Consumers, Competition

22 days / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Justice Department Antitrust Chief Announces Immediate Departure - El-Balad.com

22 days / el-balad

Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief

22 days / nytimes / David McCabe

Breaking: Slater leaves the Antitrust Division

22 days / globalcompetitionreview / Anna Langlois ,Mark Taylor,Ben Remaly

Nexperia’s Chinese owner loses court battle over control of Dutch chipmaker

ft - Amsterdam court upholds decision to suspend Chinese CEO, hand power to EU-based directors and probe mismanagement allegations

#semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips #government #judiciary #supplychain #europe #law #eu

Nexperia’s Chinese owner loses court battle over control of Dutch chipmaker

23 days / ft

Dutch Court Orders Probe Into Chinese-Owned Nexperia

23 days / wsj / Kim Mackrael

Dutch court orders investigation into semiconductor chipmaker Nexperia

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Mansions and sports cars: former SafeMoon CEO sentenced to 8 years in prison for crypto scheme

Sarah Wynn / theblock - Former CEO of SafeMoon US LLC, Braden John Karony, was sentenced to just over eight years in prison on Tuesday.

#crypto #business #judiciary #cybercrime #scam #law #litigation #crypto

Mansions and sports cars: former SafeMoon CEO sentenced to 8 years in prison for crypto scheme

24 days / theblock / Sarah Wynn

SafeMoon CEO Gets 8 Years in Prison for Crypto Fraud Scheme

24 days / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

Ex-SafeMoon CEO gets 8-year prison sentence for defrauding investors

24 days / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

Sam Bankman-Fried wants a re-trial for fraud charges

Anna Washenko / engadget - Former cryptocurrency poster boy Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to get another chance in court. He has filed a request that for a new trial on claims that new witness testimony could alter the case made against him by prosecutors, according to Bloomberg. His…

#crypto #banking #finance #doj #judiciary #scam #law #litigation #crypto

Sam Bankman-Fried files for new trial over FTX fraud charges

24 days / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

Sam Bankman-Fried wants a re-trial for fraud charges

24 days / engadget / Anna Washenko

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Requests New Trial After Firing Attorney

24 days / decrypt / Sander Lutz

Jailed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried files a motion seeking a new trial

24 days / theblock / Sarah Wynn

Man sentenced to 20 years for role in $74 million crypto investment fraud

Brian Danga / theblock - Daren Li received a 20-year sentence after admitting involvement in a $73.6 million crypto laundering conspiracy but remains a fugitive.