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State of Tennessee’s Juvenile Justice System
"Kids of Rutherford County", a podcast which details the struggles of two attorneys fighting against the system of juvenile justice in Rutherford County under Judge Donna Scott Davenport, has placed Tennessee directly into national news. The report by WPLN and...
Protecting Children Through Age Verification Is Validated By The First Amendment
"Applying rational-basis review, the age-verification requirement is rationally related to the government's legitimate interest in preventing minors' access to pornography," the court explained. • "Therefore, the age- verification requirement does not violate the...
Tennessee Aims to Protect Creatives Against Al with ELVIS Act.
As a new and ever-evolving technology, some are optimistic about Al's potential utilization in the music business for things like lyric translations, estate marketing, and fan engagement. On the other hand, new generative Al tools pose challenges that jeopardize the...
Texas Grabs at Federal Immigration Enforcement Power in New Statute
Texas is looking to take immigration enforcement into its own hands by passing Senate Bill 4 ("SB 4"), a new criminal law that would allow state police to arrest migrants and, subsequently, state judges to deport them. The Department of Justice ("DOJ") has sued Texas...
New York City Sues Tech Giant Over Alleged Harm to Kids Mental Health
The City of New York, the New York Department of Education, and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation filed a lawsuit against the tech companies that operate Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube on February 14, 2024. The lawsuit alleges that...
States Want to Muzzle the Social Media Beast – The First Amendment is Making it Difficult
California is among the states leading the way on creating legislation designed to protect children from the harmful effects of being targeted consumers of social media. In the middle of last year, the California legislature unanimously passed the California...
Artificial Intelligence: Art Imitates Life
On June 15, 2023, Netflix released "Joan is Awful," the latest installment of its show, Black Mirror. The episode surrounds a woman named Joan who, unbeknownst to her, signed away her legal right to privacy to a digital media platform. The platform subsequently took...
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the infamous FTX crypto-currency exchange company, is convicted of fraud
Former senior editor Hannah Jones will delve into the fraud charges brought against the founder of FTX: Sam Bankman-Fried is the founder of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange that went bankrupt in 2022. Bankman-Fried was put on trial for allegedly defrauding FTX customers...
A group of senators introduced legislation aimed at imposing liability on Al users who use Al technology to appropriate others’ right of publicity.
Fomer senior editor Caleb Long will be shedding light on proposed legislation aimed at limiting the harmful effects artificial intelligence and deepfakes can have on consumers and notable figures. The recent and rapid development in AI technology has come with its...
Kanye West’s attorneys argue trade secret appropriation after his unreleased recordings were posted online
Olivia Floyd, the Journal’s former Digital Editor, will be exploring a recent lawsuit filed by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West). Ye recently filed suit against unnamed individuals who attended his listening party and then posted his recordings on Instagram and X...