“Nothing to see here.” That might as well have been what Supreme Court counsel wrote this week to Democratic lawmakers seeking answers on a series of explosive claims involving the court’s right wing. The allegations included the potential leak of Judge Samuel Alito’s Hobby Lobby opinion in 2014. If true, it would be the second …
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The Reverend Rob Schenck was a prominent warrior for the religious right culture for many years, before becoming disillusioned with the movement and distancing himself from his former far-right allies. His most provocative move, however, came earlier this month. The New York Times reported: As the Supreme Court investigates the extraordinary leak this spring of …
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This month, the Supreme Court marked a turning point in Internet history. The court agreed to hear Gonzalez v. Google, his first case interpreting Section 230 – a once arcane law that is now widely credited with “creating the internet” and is being debated by politicians on both sides of the aisle. Section 230 states …
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What if YouTube stopped making recommendations? What if a state representative in Texas or Florida asked Instagram not to remove misinformation about vaccines that violated the app’s rules? Or if TikTok redoes its “For You” tab so that content moderators need to approve videos before they appear? The Supreme Court this week opened the door …
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