Tech & AI / Explainer
Is it censorship when Facebook removes your post?
Why the First Amendment limits governments rather than platforms, what the Supreme Court said in the NetChoice cases, and where government pressure fits in.
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Analysis of artificial intelligence, online platforms and the laws that shape them, written for readers who want the mechanism, not the hype.
Tech & AI / Explainer
Why the First Amendment limits governments rather than platforms, what the Supreme Court said in the NetChoice cases, and where government pressure fits in.
Tech & AI / Analysis
A careful look at the research on generative AI and work: which jobs are exposed, what productivity studies found, and what has and hasn’t shown up in employment data.
Tech & AI / Analysis
How AI-generated voices and images have been used in politics, the rules that now apply to robocalls and political ads, and practical ways to check a suspicious clip.
Tech & AI / Analysis
What Section 230 does and doesn’t protect, why it was written, the exceptions, and why it may not cover AI-generated content.
Tech & AI / Analysis
AI data centers are reshaping electricity demand, and local fights over them are on ballots in eight states. How much power they use, how grid costs reach household bills, who is supposed to pay, and what the ballot measures would actually change.
Tech & AI / Analysis
There is still no comprehensive federal AI law, so states have written their own. The White House wants them stopped. What the state laws require, what an executive order can and can’t do, and the court fight over Colorado.
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