#freedomofspeechandexpression — Public Fediverse posts

States Seek $200 Billion From Meta Over Child Social Media Addiction Claims

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/technology/meta-social-media-addiction-trial.html

Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/business/media/wikipedia-ai-elon-musk.html

After Teen Suicide, Character.AI Lawsuit Raises Questions Over Free Speech Protections - A mother in Florida filed a lawsuit against an A.I. start-up, alleging its product led to... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/magazine/character-ai-chatbot-lawsuit-teen-suicide-free-speech.html #freedomofspeechandexpression #suicidesandsuicideattempts #suitsandlitigation(civil) #computersandtheinternet #teenagersandadolescence #artificialintelligence #courtsandthejudiciary #mobileapplications

How a Sequoia Capital Partner’s Mamdani Posts Dragged the Firm Into Politics - Sequoia Capital, which backed Nvidia, Google and Apple when they were start-ups, has long... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/technology/sequoia-capital-shaun-maguire-mamdani.html #freedomofspeechandexpression #siliconvalley(calif) #botharoeloff(1973-) #electionsmayors #muslimsandislam #venturecapital #sequoiacapital #mamdanizohran #maguireshaun

Telegram’s Top Executive Pavel Durov Reportedly Detained in France - The founder of Telegram, an app with more than 900 million users, was taken into custody ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/technology/pavel-durov-telegram-detained-france.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #freedomofspeechandexpression #durovpavelvaleryevich(1984-) #fringegroupsandmovements #computersandtheinternet #rumorsandmisinformation #childabuseandneglect #drugabuseandtraffic #mobileapplications #france

The Fight Over Truth Also Has a Red State, Blue State Divide - Several states run by Democrats are pushing for stiffer rules on the spread of false info... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/10/business/disinformation-democrats-republicans.html #freedomofspeechandexpression #voterfraud(electionfraud) #rumorsandmisinformation #politicsandgovernment #conspiracytheories #lawandlegislation #statelegislatures #projectdemocracy #socialmedia

How Some States Are Combating Election Misinformation Ahead of Midterms - Several states are putting more money and effort into combating false and misleading info... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/technology/misinformation-sheriff-election-midterms.html #freedomofspeechandexpression #presidentialelectionof2020 #rumorsandmisinformation #computersandtheinternet #raffenspergerbrad #projectdemocracy #griswoldjena #socialmedia #facebookinc #twitter

After Reality Star’s Death, Japan Vows to Rip the Mask Off Online Hate - While many in the country abhor the kind of harassment Hana Kimura endured before her apparent sui... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/business/hana-kimura-terrace-house.html #freedomofspeechandexpression #suicidesandsuicideattempts #computersandtheinternet #terracehouse(tvprogram) #kimurahana(1997-2020) #cyberharassment #socialmedia #facebookinc #twitter #japan