Hacker News with Generative AI: Law

EFF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold TikTok Ban (eff.org)
We are deeply disappointed that the Court failed to require the strict First Amendment scrutiny required in a case like this, which would’ve led to the inescapable conclusion that the government's desire to prevent potential future harm had to be rejected as infringing millions of Americans’ constitutionally protected free speech.
Free Speech, Law, Social Media, Government
12 points by HAL3000 1 hour ago | 1 comments
President Biden declares the 28th amendment to be the law of the land (twitter.com)
Politics, Law, United States
6 points by sickofparadox 8 hours ago | 3 comments
E.U. steps up probe into Elon Musk's X over content moderation (nbcnews.com)
The European Commission said on Friday it was stepping up its investigation into whether Elon Musk’s social media network X breached EU rules on content moderation with requests for information and an order for it to retain relevant documents.
Elon Musk, Social Media, Content Moderation, European Union, Law
8 points by rntn 10 hours ago | 0 comments
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline (cnbc.com)
Supreme Court, TikTok, Government, Law, Politics
807 points by kjhughes 10 hours ago | 2045 comments
Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned (nytimes.com)
The Supreme Court ruled against TikTok on Friday, rejecting the social media company’s First Amendment challenge to the law that effectively bans it in the United States starting on Sunday.
Supreme Court, Social Media, TikTok, Law, First Amendment
6 points by boulos 10 hours ago | 3 comments
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban (techcrunch.com)
The Supreme Court has upheld the law that will effectively ban TikTok on Sunday, January 19.
Supreme Court, TikTok, Law, Social Media, United States
10 points by mikece 11 hours ago | 2 comments
TikTok vs. Garland Opinion [pdf] (supremecourt.gov)
TikTok, Law, Government, Supreme Court
12 points by easton 11 hours ago | 1 comments
College students in court case stemming from 'Catch a Predator' fad on TikTok (apnews.com)
Five Massachusetts college students appeared in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through the Tinder dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on TikTok (AP Video: Robert Bukaty)
Social Media, Law, Crime, College
4 points by petethomas 19 hours ago | 1 comments
General Motors Is Banned from Selling Driving Behavior Data for 5 Years (nytimes.com)
The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that it had reached a settlement with General Motors that would ban the automaker from providing drivers’ behavior and geolocation data to consumer reporting agencies.
Privacy, Law, Automotive, Business, Data
181 points by mmooss 21 hours ago | 170 comments
After shutting down several emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal (androidauthority.com)
After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal
Gaming, Law, Nintendo, Emulation
8 points by botanical 1 day ago | 0 comments
Girl strangled by her own wheelchair as bus monitor texted, checked Instagram (arstechnica.com)
Cell phones are magnets for our attention, but you can, of course, face significant legal jeopardy for giving them that attention. Just ask the "safety driver" of an Uber self-driving vehicle, which hit and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in 2018. According to authorities, the driver was watching The Voice on Hulu just before the crash—and was then charged with negligent homicide.
Technology, Safety, Law, Social Media
5 points by LorenDB 1 day ago | 0 comments
New Executive Order on Cybersecurity (whitehouse.gov)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: 
Government, Cybersecurity, Politics, Law, Executive Orders
4 points by dlgeek 1 day ago | 0 comments
After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation legal (androidauthority.com)
The top IP lawyer at Nintendo agreed that emulators are technically legal at a panel for intellectual property rights.
Emulation, Law, Gaming, Nintendo, Intellectual Property
14 points by pseudolus 1 day ago | 0 comments
Supreme Court wrestles with explosion of online porn (thehill.com)
The Supreme Court weighed whether an explosion in online pornography requires repudiating the court’s precedents concerning sexual content as the justices Wednesday heard arguments in a challenge to Texas’s age-verification law for porn websites.
Supreme Court, Censorship, Online Content, Law, Pornography
6 points by classichasclass 2 days ago | 1 comments
Banning TikTok Is Unconstitutional. The Supreme Court Must Step In (aclu.org)
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in one of the most important First Amendment cases of our time: TikTok v. Garland. Brought by TikTok and its users, the suit challenges a law passed last Congress that will functionally ban the platform in the U.S.starting January 19. If upheld, the law won’t just impact the more than 170 million Americans who use TikTok, it will also endanger the constitutional rights of every American to speak and receive information online.
First Amendment, Censorship, Social Media, Law, Supreme Court
35 points by teqsun 2 days ago | 138 comments
Report of Special Counsel Jack Smith, Volume 1, January 2025 [pdf] (justice.gov)
Politics, Law, Reports, United States
6 points by throw0101c 3 days ago | 0 comments
Judge ends man's 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in Bitcoin (arstechnica.com)
A British judge ruled against a man who wants to excavate a landfill where he says a hard drive with access to thousands of bitcoins was mistakenly dumped over 11 years ago.
Bitcoin, Law, Technology, Cryptocurrency
69 points by LinuxBender 4 days ago | 79 comments
U.S. Judges Demand SEC 'Explain Itself' for Rebuffing Requests for Crypto Rules (coindesk.com)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must now thoroughly "explain itself" for refusing to grant Coinbase.'s formal request that the agency write regulations for how the industry should assess whether crypto assets are securities or not, according to a circuit-court ruling on Monday.
Cryptocurrency, Regulation, Law, Finance, SEC
5 points by aspenmayer 4 days ago | 0 comments
New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill (arstechnica.com)
The New York law requiring Internet providers to offer cheap plans to people with low incomes will take effect on Wednesday this week following a multi-year court battle in which the state defeated broadband industry lobby groups.
Law, New York, Broadband, Politics
117 points by athousandsteps 4 days ago | 102 comments
US Supreme Court curbed public scrutiny as it boosted security before Roe ruling (theguardian.com)
A newly uncovered document reveals that the US supreme court sought to beef up judicial protection, while also reducing public scrutiny of the court’s doings, before the court’s controversial decision to overturn Roe v Wade.
Law, Politics, Security
49 points by rntn 5 days ago | 38 comments
Zuckerberg approved training Llama on LibGen [pdf] (courtlistener.com)
Meta, Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Law
151 points by stefan_ 5 days ago | 190 comments
The Supreme Court doesn't seem likely to save TikTok (vox.com)
If you’re a professional TikTok creator, it’s probably time to get a new job.
Supreme Court, TikTok, Social Media, Law
6 points by rntn 7 days ago | 1 comments
In Connecticut, towing companies can sell impounded cars after 15 days (propublica.org)
Melissa Anderson was trying to wrestle her squirmy 2-year-old daughter into a winter coat in December 2021 when she heard the neighbors yelling outside, “She’s coming right now!”
Law, Connecticut, Transportation
9 points by bookofjoe 7 days ago | 0 comments
Legendary Hacker Receieves Presidential Pardon (semafor.com)
In early 2015, the Australian hacker Chris Wade got a visit from the fish doctor at his aquarium-filled Florida home. The patient was Gemmy the Gem Tang, a rare saltwater species known for its striking white dots and bright yellow tail that had cost Wade $3,500.
Cybersecurity, Hacking, Law, Politics
16 points by 4860vfghhtt 7 days ago | 1 comments
Supreme Court Seems Poised to Uphold Law That Could Shut Down TikTok (nytimes.com)
The Supreme Court seemed inclined on Friday to uphold a law requiring TikTok be sold or effectively be shut down in the United States.
Law, Politics, Social Media, Technology, United States
6 points by jbegley 7 days ago | 0 comments
Jury nullification and Luigi Mangione's murder defense (cnn.com)
Law, Criminal Justice, Jury Duty, Murder
5 points by Tomte 7 days ago | 1 comments
Trump sentenced in hush money case (cnn.com)
Politics, Law, Trump
12 points by Tomte 7 days ago | 3 comments
Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL (theregister.com)
Sebastian Steck, a software developer based in Germany, has obtained the source code and library installation scripts for his AVM FRITZ!Box 4020 router, thanks to a lawsuit funded by the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC).
Free Software, Law, Open Source, Software Licensing
13 points by thebeardisred 7 days ago | 0 comments
TikTok plans to shut down US site unless Supreme Court strikes law forcing sale (cbsnews.com)
TikTok says it plans to shut down the social media site in the U.S. by Jan. 19 unless the Supreme Court strikes down or otherwise delays the effective date of a law aimed at forcing TikTok's sale by its Chinese parent company.
Social Media, Law, Supreme Court, China, Business
12 points by ortusdux 8 days ago | 3 comments
TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale (afterbabel.com)
Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether it should step in to block or delay the implementation of a law that would ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. If not blocked, the law will force TikTok to cease operations in the U.S. on January 19, unless its Chinese corporate owner (Bytedance) sells to a buyer not controlled by a foreign adversary.
Social Media, Law, China, Censorship
11 points by paulpauper 8 days ago | 1 comments