How FAC Fights for Police Transparency
David Loy
August 9, 2023
Here’s what we’re doing, plus resources on how to join the effort
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Giuliani sinks deeper in Georgia election worker defamation case
donal brown
August 8, 2023
Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani finds himself in a legal cauldron as a federal judge wants to know why he hasn’t forfeited the lawsuit brought by two Georgian election workers after admitting he defamed the two. The judge is asking Giuliani to forfeit and pay more damages or give more details of his position in a hearing in mid-August. (CNN, August 5, 2023, by Katelyn Polantz) For related FAC coverage, click here.
AI update: Protection scant against lies about individuals
donal brown
August 8, 2023
A Dutch politician who served in the European Parliament found herself labeled as a terrorist recently by artificial intelligence with little recourse. In her case the AI had combined two unrelated pieces of information into an incorrect sentence. Other instances are surfacing, but it is difficult to bring lawsuits since law concerning AI is undeveloped. (The New York Times, August 7, 2023, by Tiffany Hsu) Authors are freaking out as they discover that parts of
Idaho law limiting doctor referrals on abortion hits skids
donal brown
August 7, 2023
A Idaho law marking it a crime for doctors to assist in the procurement of an abortion hit a roadblock as a district federal judge found that the law would chill speech. The law would require the revocation of a doctor’s medical license. (ABC News, August 1, 2023, by Gene Johnson and Ed Komenda of The Associated Press) The judge ruled that the Idaho attorney general’s interpretation of the law violated health care professionals’ First
Arkansas federal judge says no to censorship
donal brown
August 7, 2023
A federal district judge placed a temporary injunction against an Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against booksellers and librarians who provide “harmful” materials to children. At record levels, states with conservative leadership have been introducing laws to ban or restrict books. (The Associated Press, July 29, 2023) “Harmful” was defined in the law as “as containing nudity or sexual content, appealing to a ‘prurient interest in sex,’ lacking ‘serious literary, scientific, medical, artistic, or political