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Tesla paid no federal income taxes while paying executives $2.5 billion over five years
In case you need another reason to shout "tax the rich" from the rooftops, it's here, and it's going to make you angry. A study found that 35...
US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools
The United States Department of Justice has failed to convince a group of US lawmakers that state and local police agencies aren't awarded federal grants to buy AI-based...
Section 230’s Fate Belongs With Congress—Not the US Supreme Court
In the nearly 27 years since Congress passed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, courts have broadly interpreted it to protect online communities for being legally responsible...
The US Has a Historic Opportunity to Bridge the Digital Divide
Access to affordable, reliable, high-speed internet is a civil right. For those who remain on the wrong side of the digital divide, economic, educational, and civic engagement opportunities...
Section 230 Is a Last Line of Defense for Abortion Speech Online
Forced-birth extremists are not satisfied with shutting down abortion clinics. They also want to scrub accurate information about abortion access from the internet. In a post-Roe world, defending...
Democracy Is Asking Too Much of Its Data
Abraham Lincoln once expressed the desire, in a time of civil war, to preserve a government that was “of the people, by the people, for the people.” What...
