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  1. So, Canadian "bad boy" fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has done as he said he would and sued Google, over its "AI" search summary labelling him a sex offender. It apparently drew that fact from news coverage of a different person of the same name. A suit for defamation seems fair to me.

    I think that @lauren is right, and that lawsuits like this, and large settlements or jury awards that go along with them, are the only thing that will even possibly change Google's trajectory on including these garbage LLM-invented search summary answers. They don't listen to criticism, they don't listen to complaints from their victims, they don't address ethical issues - but shareholders ultimately have the power to hold them, and the C-suite executives making the decisions, to account for the bushels of money going out the door in response to their BS-machine's workings.

    I'm not generally a big fan of "lawsuit as lottery ticket", but with the LLM snake-oil salesmen (of all companies), I think it's the best approach possible in the circumstances, at least without strong European-style regulation (which isn't going to happen in North America any time soon).

    #AI #LLM #AshleyMcIsaac #fiddler #defamation #lawsuit #damages

  2. Crina Pungulescu vs. John Cabot University: J'accuse!

    #Adjuncts employed on teaching-only contracts by John Cabot University and doing #research benefiting the #university: YOU GUYS ARE GETTING PAID FOR YOUR RESEARCH WORK?!?

    John Cabot University is trying to make €500,000 in alleged #reputational #damages from my #online #advocacy:

    Inside the Ivory Tower Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-17178

    Youtube Channel: youtube.com/@cri_nix

    That's the highest #reward placed on me, dead or alive. 🎯

  3. Movie TV Tech Geeks #TV #PrimeVideo #Bait #Damages This Ruthless Crime Series Is the Perfect Weekend Binge on Prime Video dlvr.it/TRl8t6

  4. Movie TV Tech Geeks #TV #PrimeVideo #Bait #Damages This Ruthless Crime Series Is the Perfect Weekend Binge on Prime Video dlvr.it/TRl8t6

  5. Movie TV Tech Geeks #TV #PrimeVideo #Bait #Damages This Ruthless Crime Series Is the Perfect Weekend Binge on Prime Video dlvr.it/TRl8t6

  6. Movie TV Tech Geeks #TV #PrimeVideo #Bait #Damages This Ruthless Crime Series Is the Perfect Weekend Binge on Prime Video dlvr.it/TRl8t6

  7. Movie TV Tech Geeks #TV #PrimeVideo #Bait #Damages This Ruthless Crime Series Is the Perfect Weekend Binge on Prime Video dlvr.it/TRl8t6

  8. #PestControl by #culling in #France does not work:
    (1) killing animals does not reduce the #damages they produce
    (2) costs associated with organizing the killing (100 millions euros annually) are ~5 times larger than costs linked to the damages (20 millions euros annually)
    (3) killing these animals destroy the ecosystemic services they provide

    #BiologicalConservation
    #OpenAccess

    sciencedirect.com/science/arti

  9. Saturday, February 28, 2026

    We've overestimated Russia for too long -- Ukraine's Flamingo manufacturer unveils new FP-7 ballistic missile in launch test video -- US lifts sanctions on Malian officials linked to Russian Wagner Group -- Flamingo threat triggers unprecedented missile alert across Russia ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  10. Saturday, February 28, 2026

    We've overestimated Russia for too long -- Ukraine's Flamingo manufacturer unveils new FP-7 ballistic missile in launch test video -- US lifts sanctions on Malian officials linked to Russian Wagner Group -- Flamingo threat triggers unprecedented missile alert across Russia ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  11. Saturday, February 28, 2026

    We've overestimated Russia for too long -- Ukraine's Flamingo manufacturer unveils new FP-7 ballistic missile in launch test video -- US lifts sanctions on Malian officials linked to Russian Wagner Group -- Flamingo threat triggers unprecedented missile alert across Russia ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  12. Saturday, February 28, 2026

    We've overestimated Russia for too long -- Ukraine's Flamingo manufacturer unveils new FP-7 ballistic missile in launch test video -- US lifts sanctions on Malian officials linked to Russian Wagner Group -- Flamingo threat triggers unprecedented missile alert across Russia ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  13. Saturday, February 28, 2026

    We've overestimated Russia for too long -- Ukraine's Flamingo manufacturer unveils new FP-7 ballistic missile in launch test video -- US lifts sanctions on Malian officials linked to Russian Wagner Group -- Flamingo threat triggers unprecedented missile alert across Russia ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  14. The #SupremeCourt rejected #AlexJones #appeal, upholding the $1.4 billion #defamation judgment against him for spreading false claims that the #SandyHook #massacre was a #hoax, ensuring he remains liable for #damages to victims’ families after years of evasion and #bankruptcy filings. A #Connecticut #jury in 2022 ordered Jones to pay the massive judgment msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-

  15. Data don't lie.

    The volume of tort claims by people – including American citizens – who say they were severely harmed or wrongfully detained during ICE operations has more than doubled from 2023 to 2025 under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).

    Estimates put 2025 claims at more than 400 and growing rapidly. The total dollar value of tort claims for damages currently pending against ICE exceeds $55.5B. usatoday.com/story/news/nation #ICE #Immigration #FTCA #Lawsuit #Damages #FalseArrest #Litigation #DHS #USGov #LawEnforcement #CivilLitigation #PersonalInjury

  16. Judge Eric Davis ruled earlier that #Newsmax did indeed #defame Denver-based #DominionVotingSystems by airing false information [#lies] about the company & its equipment. But Davis left it to a #jury to eventually decide whether that was done with #malice, &, if so, how much #Dominion deserved from Newsmax in #damages. Newsmax & Dominion reached the settlement before the trial could take place.
    The settlement was disclosed by Newsmax on Monday in a new filing with the #SEC.

    #law #BigLie #Trump

  17. Friday, July 4, 2025

    One of Russia’s most critical targets: Ukraine confirms strike on missile battery plant in Lipetsk — Nothing but terror and murder: Russia pounds Kyiv with ballistic missiles in massive overnight attack — Ukrainian drones destroy Russian ammunition depot in Donetsk Oblast — China’s foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  18. Friday, July 4, 2025

    One of Russia’s most critical targets: Ukraine confirms strike on missile battery plant in Lipetsk — Nothing but terror and murder: Russia pounds Kyiv with ballistic missiles in massive overnight attack — Ukrainian drones destroy Russian ammunition depot in Donetsk Oblast — China’s foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  19. Friday, July 4, 2025

    One of Russia’s most critical targets: Ukraine confirms strike on missile battery plant in Lipetsk — Nothing but terror and murder: Russia pounds Kyiv with ballistic missiles in massive overnight attack — Ukrainian drones destroy Russian ammunition depot in Donetsk Oblast — China’s foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  20. Friday, July 4, 2025

    One of Russia’s most critical targets: Ukraine confirms strike on missile battery plant in Lipetsk — Nothing but terror and murder: Russia pounds Kyiv with ballistic missiles in massive overnight attack — Ukrainian drones destroy Russian ammunition depot in Donetsk Oblast — China’s foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  21. Nice. Sen #SheldonWhitehouse just mentioned that #KilmarAbregoGarcia has an excellent #BivensAction complaint against #Trump et al.

    #DeepCut but exactly on the nose.

    A Bivens action generally refers to a lawsuit for #damages when a federal officer who is acting in the color of federal authority allegedly violates the US #Constitution by federal officers acting.

    👏👏👏

    law.cornell.edu/wex/bivens_act

    #law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #rendition #CivilRights #DueProcess #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers

  22. I need a #ProBono #attorney to sue #Amazon for #damages. They sold me a #faucet from a #ThirdPartySeller and #guaranteed that these were the right #parts with all the right #adapters and that everything would fit. But nothing fit, and now there's #WaterDamage in my #bathroom, with water pouring down my #diningroom #ceiling. This is going to cost a lot to #repair, and I need to sue #Amazon for at least #2MillionDollars.

    #Serious #inquiry, #please #help.

  23. I need a #ProBono #attorney to sue #Amazon for #damages. They sold me a #faucet from a #ThirdPartySeller and #guaranteed that these were the right #parts with all the right #adapters and that everything would fit. But nothing fit, and now there's #WaterDamage in my #bathroom, with water pouring down my #diningroom #ceiling. This is going to cost a lot to #repair, and I need to sue #Amazon for at least #2MillionDollars.

    #Serious #inquiry, #please #help.

  24. I need a #ProBono #attorney to sue #Amazon for #damages. They sold me a #faucet from a #ThirdPartySeller and #guaranteed that these were the right #parts with all the right #adapters and that everything would fit. But nothing fit, and now there's #WaterDamage in my #bathroom, with water pouring down my #diningroom #ceiling. This is going to cost a lot to #repair, and I need to sue #Amazon for at least #2MillionDollars.

    #Serious #inquiry, #please #help.

  25. LMFAO 🤣 #Trump just lost the #lawsuit musician #EddyGrant filed against him for using his #80sHit, "#ElectricAvenue", without permission.

    In a 30-page decision, the judge on Friday delivered a one-two blow that essentially ends the case pretrial, with nothing now left to determine but #damages.

    🎶And then we'll take it higher!🎶
    businessinsider.com/trump-lose

  26. I now see "#Music labels sue #AI companies #Suno, #Udio for US #copyright #infringement"

    reuters.com/technology/artific

    The labels asked the courts to award statutory #damages of up to $150,000 per song the defendants allegedly copied. They accused Suno of copying 662 songs and Udio of #copying 1,670.
    The #lawsuits are the first to target music- #generating AI following several cases brought by authors, news outlets and others over the alleged misuse of their work

  27. I now see "#Music labels sue #AI companies #Suno, #Udio for US #copyright #infringement"

    reuters.com/technology/artific

    The labels asked the courts to award statutory #damages of up to $150,000 per song the defendants allegedly copied. They accused Suno of copying 662 songs and Udio of #copying 1,670.
    The #lawsuits are the first to target music- #generating AI following several cases brought by authors, news outlets and others over the alleged misuse of their work

  28. I now see "#Music labels sue #AI companies #Suno, #Udio for US #copyright #infringement"

    reuters.com/technology/artific

    The labels asked the courts to award statutory #damages of up to $150,000 per song the defendants allegedly copied. They accused Suno of copying 662 songs and Udio of #copying 1,670.
    The #lawsuits are the first to target music- #generating AI following several cases brought by authors, news outlets and others over the alleged misuse of their work

  29. I now see "#Music labels sue #AI companies #Suno, #Udio for US #copyright #infringement"

    reuters.com/technology/artific

    The labels asked the courts to award statutory #damages of up to $150,000 per song the defendants allegedly copied. They accused Suno of copying 662 songs and Udio of #copying 1,670.
    The #lawsuits are the first to target music- #generating AI following several cases brought by authors, news outlets and others over the alleged misuse of their work

  30. Hugh Grant has been priced out of his ‘phone hacking’ lawsuit against The Sun, after learning it would cost him more money to win than it would cost Rupert Murdoch.

    "At the right moment and at the right amount, a skilled litigator can bring a civil claim to a speedy halt": davidallengreen.com/2024/04/ho writes @davidallengreen

    #Part36 #civilJustice #settling #litigation #HughGrant #UK #England #liability #accountability #press #impunity #RupertMurdoch #Murdoch #damages