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Supreme Court defines when it’s illegal for public officials to block social media critics

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In an opinion signed by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court established a test to determine when a public official can be considered to be engaging in state action in blocking someone from their social media account. The official must have both “(1) possessed actual authority to speak on the State’s behalf on a … Read more

The Obscure Google Deal That Defines America’s Broken Privacy Protections

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Joseph Jerome, who left privacy advocacy to work on Meta’s augmented reality data policies for two years before being laid off in May, says he grew to appreciate how consent decrees force companies to work on privacy. They add “checks and balances,” he says. But without clear privacy protection rules from lawmakers that bind every … Read more

King’s pledge of service defines UK’s trendy monarchy

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Touch upon this storyComment LONDON — If one thread ran all through the festivities marking the coronation of King Charles III, it was the concept of public service. It was there when Charles stood earlier than a choirboy at Westminster Abbey on Saturday and promised to serve. It was there within the phrases of his … Read more