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14.08.26 - 04:45
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Babylon Bee Sues New Mexico Over Restrictions On AI Satirical Posts (ZeroHedge)
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Babylon Bee Sues New Mexico Over Restrictions On AI Satirical Posts
Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times,
The Babylon Bee, a satirical online publication, is suing the state of New Mexico over a law that bans artificial intelligence-created misrepresentation of political figures and issues, including satire and parody, in the months leading up to an election.
(L-R) Timothy Head, executive director of the Faith & Freedom Coalition talks with Seth Dillon, CEO, of the Babylon Bee and Kyle Mann, editor and chief, at the annual "Road To Majority Policy Conference" held by the Faith & Freedom Coalition at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn., on June 18, 2022. Seth Herald/Getty Images
In a lawsuit filed on Aug. 11, the Babylon Bee charged that the law criminalizes speech that is protected by the First Amendment.
"We're used to getting pulled over by the joke police, but comedy isn't a crime," Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon told The Epoch Times in an emailed st...
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07.08.26 - 17:00
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Meta Ordered To Pay $567 Million In New Mexico For Children′s Mental Health Fund (ZeroHedge)
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Meta Ordered To Pay $567 Million In New Mexico For Children's Mental Health Fund
A New Mexico state judge on Aug. 6 ordered Meta to pay $567 million into a fund dedicated to remedying the harm caused to children's mental health by the company's social media platforms.
Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
State judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a 68-page order that most of the total youth mental health fund, or $420 million, would go toward treatment services for children harmed by social media.
The remainder of the fund would be directed toward awareness and prevention, screening and assessment, referrals and coordination, and implementation, according to the order.
“The Court finds that the weight of the evidence presented demonstrates that Meta's platforms are a cause of and substantial contributing factor to the youth mental health crisis in New Mexico,” the judge wrote.
Furthermore, as Aldgra Fredly reports for The Epoch Times, in his ruling, Biedscheid ord...
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07.08.26 - 08:24
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New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children′s mental health (The Guardian)
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Ruling comes as part of second phase of landmark trial that found social media company enabled harm against usersA New Mexico court has ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to pay $567m into a fund aimed at redressing adverse mental health impacts from the social media giant's platforms.The Thursday ruling comes as a part of the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March. At the time, a jury found that the company knowingly harmed children's mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms, and imposed the maximum penalty: a $375m fine. Continue reading......
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