That which is wrong is not always illegal or unconstitutional. And the equivalent: just because something is legal doesn't mean it's right.

"This excludes the vast majority of memes and satire. Additionally, AB 2839 and AB 2655 explicitly exempt satire and parody, though AB 2839 requires labeling of such satire or parody." — #USCGould Prof. @JefAtLaw on CA's new AI-related bills, in @LogicallyFacts

Want to contribute to some research on the role of @xkcd in the scientific and technical community? Click this, and please share! https://t.co/9JtaIjYdiT via danah boyd (@zephoria) and Parker Bach Cool enough to get me to come back to this place for 5 minutes... :)

My heart is heavy but my spirits are high as I grieve the loss of the ⁦@USC⁩ students’ encampment but celebrate their courageous & conscientious fight against our complicity in mass graves, collective punishment, forced starvation, & the killing of more than 14,000 children

USC is on full lockdown. No one allowed in or out.

Does anyone have any tools or contacts for reinstating a Google group? A large, established, important, and entirely legitimate academic group was recently shut down, apparently due to a malicious report, and Google has offered no explanation or path to appeal or discuss.

The County applauds this decision by the FCC. We advocated for the restoration of Net Neutrality because everyone in Santa Clara County deserves reliable and open access to the internet − including for immediate access to critical information from the County during emergencies.

🚨🎉New from @ColumbiaLaw's Science, Health & Information Clinic🚨🎉 Amicus brief on behalf of @drsforamerica & The Reproductive Health Coalition, submitted to the US Supreme Court at the merits stage of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA Our biggest and best brief yet! 1/

It’s done.

Don't come here much these days, but swung by, saw this, and couldn't help but think of you @CJSprigman.

Haven't been here in a bit; did Xerox buy Twitter?!

I gotta ask: isn't calling it "the ex platform" a little on the nose?

I've only skimmed it, but it's nice to see a court taking a plaintiff to task (at least a little) for their consistent refusal to identify what protectable elements they were actually alleging were infringed. All too common a tactic. Opinion:

Twitter is so informative.

Note how WaPo funded a national representative survey to find uncovered narratives about trans people and are using that to guide their coverage rather than letting conservative nightmares serve as their assignment desk

"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong." — H.L. Mencken "Hold my beer." — ChatGPT

I guess the new SMS scam dropped.

THREAD: How to verify images online? Social media is awash with false or misleading images, some of which get millions of engagements. So, here's a simple guide on ways you can quickly check the veracity of an image you see on your social media feeds.

A thing I keep repeating to people about AI: large language models like ChatGPT don't even _try_ to answer the question, "what is true?" They try to answer the question, "what might a human say?" If you've ever been on the internet, you know how different these questions are.

Senate Democrats and Biden need to stand up to homophobic attacks on FCC nominee Gigi Sohn