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Judge allows Tupac murder suspect's memoir as evidence at trial
A Nevada judge said prosecutors can use statements Duane "Keffe D" Davis made in his 2019 memoir during his upcoming trial for the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Judge orders trial for Meta over social media harms
Meta sought to have a federal judge in Oakland decide in its favor before reaching trial, but the Barack Obama appointee ruled against it.
Comcast plans to split into two public companies by spinning off NBCUniversal and Sky
Monday’s move arrives just months after the company officially completed its separation of Versant Media Group, which is the new home of networks like USA, CNBC and MSNBC (now MS NOW).
WhatsApp will allow users to go by usernames instead of phone numbers, closing a privacy blind spot
While Americans still prefer text messaging to WhatsApp, the app is widely used in much of the rest of the world.
Trump impeachment lawyer snubbed by SCOTUS in challenge to press freedom ruling
The justices shut down a request by Alan Dershowitz to hear his claim that CNN deliberately misconstrued the attorney's remarks about impeachable offenses.
‘Life of a Klansman’ prison ban
BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Court of Appeals vacated a judgment in favor of a prison in a prisoner’s lawsuit over prison officials’ decision that the book “Life of a Klansman” by Edward Ball was contraband and that the inmate wasn’t allowed to have it. The inmate’s “complaint plausibly alleges that the [prison officials] are violating his constitutional rights by allowing inflammatory media against one race to be distributed, while not allowing [him] to possess anti-racist material that may be perceived as inflammatory against another race.” He also alleged that the prison played videos of Louis Farrakhan “advocating hate of White People” and held books titled with racial epithets in its library.
Death penalty remains on the table in Charlie Kirk murder case
Tyler Robinson had sought to remove the possibility of death, saying a prosecutor made improper statements to the media.
Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media
A study published Wednesday found 85% of a group of Australian 12- to 17-year-olds were using restricted platforms.
Newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for mass copyright infringement
The digital theft and copying of hundreds of thousands of copyrighted articles to train AI apps like ChatGPT is a “death knell” for the already fragile local journalism industry, the publishers say.
Maricopa County won’t face class action over mugshot site
PHOENIX — An appeals court in Arizona agreed with the lower court’s decision not to certify a class in a complaint brought by a man who was arrested and says the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office posted his mugshot, birthdate and other personal information on a website that did not explain that people appearing on the site had not been convicted of a crime and were presumed innocent. False light claims require defendants to publish “a major misrepresentation” about the plaintiff; determining whether the publication of arrestees’ mugshots misrepresented them would likely require individualized facts.
Judge buries bid to dodge Las Vegas newspaper's records request
The judge has set an Aug. 31 hearing date to hear evidence about whether Clark County willfully withheld the documents.