Collaborate Disseminate
Monday’s case has major ramifications for the relationship between the government and social media platforms and policing disinformation.
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The Biden administration previously weighed in on the case between Meta and the spyware maker to recommend the court dismiss the appeal.
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The Biden administration argues that companies such as Google should be responsible for harmful content their algorithms promote.
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If the Supreme Court backs state efforts to limit platforms from blocking content, online disinformation could surge.
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The Supreme Court’s ruling on the EPA will have far reaching effects for the future of environmental regulation and the Republic itself. Continue reading The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care About What Americans Want
When it was created, the new Agency sent photographers around the country to capture an America in environmental decline. Continue reading Here’s What America Looked Like Before the EPA
Data collected by tech companies could be used to prosecute abortion seekers, they warn.
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Lack of federal privacy protections could make abortion bans a lot more dangerous.
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This isn’t even the first time the court has leaked out information about Roe. Continue reading The Supreme Court Leaks All the Time
The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling Thursday determining that improper use of a computer system by someone allowed to use it does not fall under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the nation’s landmark hacking law. The ruling is a significant step in limiting the bounds of the law, which critics have long blasted as overly broad. It’s the first time the court has ruled on a case involving the decades-old hacking statute. The case in question involved former Georgia police officer Nathan Van Buren, who was accused of looking up license plate data in a law enforcement database in exchange for bribes. The prosecution argued that Van Buren’s use exceeded “authorized access,” putting him in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Such an interpretation “would attach criminal penalties to a breathtaking amount of commonplace computer activity,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who authored the majority opinion, wrote. […]
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