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John Carreyou and Other Authors Bring New Lawsuit Against Six Major AI Companies

BeauHD / slashdot - A group of authors led by John Carreyrou has filed a new lawsuit against Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity, accusing the AI firms of training models on pirated copies of their books. TechCrunch reports: If this sounds familiar, it's bec…

#ai #techpolicy #antitrust #aiethics #genai #litigation #regulation #copyright

Pulitzer Winner Sues 6 AI Giants for Billions Over Copyright

2 months / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Authors sue six AI giants for book piracy

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

John Carreyou and Other Authors Bring New Lawsuit Against Six Major AI Companies

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

John Carreyrou and other authors bring new lawsuit against six major AI companies

2 months / reddit / /u/Moonskaraos

John Carreyrou and other authors bring new lawsuit against six major AI companies

2 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

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U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers

Steven Lee Myers / nytimes - The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.


EU backlash over travel bans

European Leaders Condemn US Visa Bans as Row Over 'Censorship' Escalates

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Europe slams U.S. visa bans for targeting allies over ‘censorship’

2 months / fastcompany / Reuters

EU warns of possible action after the US bars 5 Europeans accused of censorship

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US sanctions on tech officials

US Bars Five Europeans It Says Pressured Tech Firms To Censor American Viewpoints Online

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.

2 months / nytimes / Adam Satariano

US bans former EU Commissioner and others over social media rules

2 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

US denies EU citizens visas over social media ‘censorship’

2 months / semafor / Tom Chivers

US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules

2 months / ft

US sanctions former EU commissioner and four Europeans over efforts to curb online hate speech

2 months / politico / Aitor Hernández-Morales

'Witch hunt': Ex-EU commissioner Breton denounces U.S. visa ban targeting 'censorship'

2 months / cnbc

Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators

2 months / reddit / /u/Currency_Cat

US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules

2 months / bbc

U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers

2 months / nytimes / Steven Lee Myers

U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com


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US Bans Visas for Ex-EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and Disinformation Researchers in ‘Censorship’ Dispute

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

US Bars Five Europeans It Says Pressured Tech Firms To Censor American Viewpoints Online https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/24/0319202/us-bars-five-europeans-it-says-pressured-tech-firms-to-censor-american-viewpoints-online?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkan

2 months / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

When efforts to curb the spread of hate in public contexts are twisted into threats to the ‘freedom’ to do the spreading, the implied ideal state of ‘free speech’ is one in which those targeted are brutalized into retreating from public spaces, online or

2 months / bsky / @signsanssignified.bsky.social / signsanssignified.bsky.social

Macron and EU condemn US visa bans as row over ‘censorship’ escalates

2 months / reddit / /u/Wagamaga

The Trump administration says it is barring former European Commissioner Thierry Breton and four other European nationals from U.S. soil as part of a sanctions package targeting what it describes as digital censorship. politi.co/49hevbA

2 months / bsky / @politico.eu / politico.eu

This is the real cancel culture. Using the full force of the government to punish perceived enemies, aid their billionaire tech cronies, and protect pedophiles, neo-Nazis, and other extremist, antisemitic hate groups. THIS is the threat to our rights a

2 months / bsky / @rebekahtromble.bsky.social / rebekahtromble.bsky.social

The American government is banning regulators from other countries at the request of the richest man in the world, in a display that confirms they will punish any country not willing to sell their digital sovereignty as cheaply as the US has www.nytimes.c

2 months / bsky / @donmoyn.bsky.social / donmoyn.bsky.social

This is the real cancel culture. Using the full force of the government to punish perceived enemies, aid their billionaire tech cronies, and protect pedophiles, neo-Nazis, and other extremist, antisemitic hate groups. THIS is the threat to our rights a

2 months / bsky / @rebekahtromble.bsky.social / rebekahtromble.bsky.social

The American government is banning regulators from other countries at the request of the richest man in the world, in a display that confirms they will punish any country not willing to sell their digital sovereignty as cheaply as the US has www.nytimes.c

2 months / bsky / @donmoyn.bsky.social / donmoyn.bsky.social

Back to Top / Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 7:21 pm / permalink 17259 / 23 stories in 2 months


Texas App Store Age Verification Law Blocked by Federal Judge

Juli Clover / macrumors - A Texas federal judge today blocked an App Store age verification law that was set to go into effect on January 1, 2026, which means Apple may not have to support the changes after all.The Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB2420) requires Apple and oth…


Court ruling exposes First Amendment and legal intricacies

Federal judge halts Texas app store age verification law

2 months / techxplore

Judge Blocks Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Judge Blocks Texas App Store Age Verification Law

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Texas App Store Age Verification Law Blocked by Federal Judge

2 months / ycombinator

Texas App Store Age Verification Law Blocked by Federal Judge

2 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Requiring Age Verification for App Downloads

2 months / iclarified

Judge blocks Texas app store age verification law

2 months / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Judge blocks Texas app store age verification law

2 months / theverge / Lauren Feiner


Tech triumph: Apple and Google evade disruptive age checks

Apple pauses app store changes in Texas after court blocks age assurance law

2 months / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores Is Blocked, a Win for Apple and Google

2 months / nytimes / Ryan Mac

Texas judge says Apple doesn't have to check App Store ages

2 months / appleinsider

Apple Wins as Judge Blocks Texas App Store Age Law

2 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik


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10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various requirements to ve

2 months / bsky / @techdirt.com / techdirt.com

10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification

2 months / techdirt / Rindala Alajaji

Judge Blocks Texas App Store Age-Check Law

2 months / cnet / Omar Gallaga

Apple said it will pause its plans for compliance with the new law in Texas but notes other age assurance tech remains available to developers.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Federal judge blocks Texas app store age verification law from taking effect in the new year

2 months / reddit / /u/Boonzies

Judge Robert Pitman wrote that the statute “is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to verify the age of every customer at the door and, for minors, require parental consent before the child or teen could enter and again when they try to purch

2 months / bsky / @laurenfeiner.bsky.social / laurenfeiner.bsky.social

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