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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Tuesday objected to a request to pass by unanimous consent a bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee to strip big tech companies of legal immunity for child pornography and other child predatory material posted on their social media platforms. Wyden argued the legislation would weaken the encryption safeguards of popular websites and apps and inadvertently make it easier for predators to gain access the communications and photos of children.…

Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink has moved its legal corporate home from Delaware to Nevada after a Delaware judge struck down Musk's $55.8 billion pay package as CEO of Tesla. Neuralink, which has its physical headquarters in Fremont, California, became a Nevada company on Thursday, according to state records. Delaware records also list the company's legal home as Nevada.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science &…

The Great Rollback is here. The phrase refers to Big Tech starting to slash some of the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that were implemented shortly after the murder of George Floyd. Most recently, Zoom announced that it laid off its DEI team. Google and Meta have started to defund their DEI programs, and funding to Black founders continues to dip. Lawsuits have been filed targeting DEI programs, forcing companies to now hide their inclusion efforts while billionaires are arguing on X about whether…

A majority of states have already legalized cannabis to some degree, and only some 10 percent of Americans believe it should remain prohibited in every form. Yet some Republicans have continued to oppose a decades-long effort to remove the drug from the federal list of Schedule I drugs — those considered to have “a high potential for abuse” and “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.” And lately, we’ve started to see exactly which voters support this intransigence: religious “trad life”…

Taylor Swift has bad blood with a Florida student behind several social media accounts dedicated to tracking celebrity private jets and their flight emissions. Jack Sweeney, a student at the University of Central Florida, received a cease-and-desist letter in December from the “Look What You Made Me Do” singer’s legal team alleging he “engaged in stalking and harassing behavior” by publishing “real-time and precise information” about the singer’s whereabouts. Sweeney published details about Swift’s flights — including…

Every profession has a dedicated meme page. Doctors, salespeople, even lawyers. And that’s the career that we’re covering today. It’s the people who go through at least three years of law school to then have a job that has them overworked, emotionally drained, and disillusioned with society. On the other hand, 27 of the U.S. presidents were previously lawyers. If that doesn’t scream prestige, I’m not sure what does.Anyway, the page that we’re featuring today is the Lawyer Issues Instagram. It’s a place for funny and…

The Directorate of Enforcement is probing potential violations of forex laws linked to entities using Paytm Payments Bank. More stories around the fintech in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■ Ola’s valuation cut to below $2 bn■ Enterprise fintech poised for $20 bn boom by 2030■ ETtech Done Deals ED tapped RBI for more info on FX violations by Paytm Bank users The ED has sought information from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on an alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema) by…

Probably most of us would be happy to find a cheat code that would help us to earn good money without doing too much work, right? Well, there are quite a few “opportunities”, but unfortunately, they won’t help you make a good career or positive change in the world and may not be really legal.However, there are also other ‘side hustles’ that can help you make good money. But there is a catch - while they are legal, they are not really ethical. So while you may not have problems with breaking a law, it may make you feel a…

"Can you imagine spending $50 million on the people who just lost you $83.3 million?" Colin Jost jokes Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update took aim at the latest right-wing conspiracy theory, along with former President Donald Trump‘s hefty legal bills. “As you may have seen on your aunt’s Facebook, many MAGA personalities are claiming that the Super Bowl is being rigged so Kansas City wins and Taylor Swift can come onto the field with Travis Kelce and endorse Joe Biden,” Colin Jost explained.…

The government has emphasised that social media intermediaries should identify and remove misinformation or information that impersonates another person, including those created using deepfakes, else face legal action, as actor Akshay Kumar finds himself in the crosshairs of a deepfake scandal.A fabricated video of Kumar has surfaced online, featuring the superstar promoting a game application, while the actor has never indulged in promotions of any such activity.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…