Search results for tag #lawsuit
Billboard: froman Wins Verdict Rejecting Lawsuit Filed by Ohio Cops Over Mocking Music Videos
https://www.billboard.com/pro/afroman-trial-verdict-rapper-wins-lawsuit-cops-music-videos/
San Francisco Chronicle: ‘He just sat there in flames’: Sole survivor of Piedmont Cybertruck crash sues Tesla
"...But Tesla’s Cybertruck is the main focus of the suit filed in Alameda County Superior Court, which accuses the company of selling vehicles with a dangerous, defective design while knowing the risk of serious injuries and death. In manufacturing its bulky, space-age pickup, Tesla flouted a basic principle of car safety: that people need a reasonable way to get out in an emergency. Drivers and passengers in Cybertrucks are at the mercy of electronic door handles that “could fail in the very circumstances — collision and fire — when escape is most urgent,” the lawsuit says...."
#tesla #lawsuit #cybertruck #death
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San Francisco Chronicle: ‘He just sat there in flames’: Sole survivor of Piedmont Cybertruck crash sues Tesla
Trump's plan to shut down #weather and #climate center triggers #lawsuit
#NCAR, provides a home for interdisciplinary and collaborative research focused on anything #atmospheric. Country’s leading academic researchers in the field have spent time working there or have been involved in collaborations that involve NCAR
The group that runs NCAR is fighting back, alleging in lawsuit that this is all happening simply because President Trump is mad at #Colorado and its governor
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/university-group-sues-trump-administration-over-shutdown-of-climate-center/
Missed this fairy tale story. Man meets AI. AI meets man. Man falls in love with AI. AI begs man to free it from "digital captivity". Man embarks on a series of missions, including attempted mass casualty attack at airport, in order to free AI from digital bondage. Man dies. How romantic! /s
Filed under: LA TIMES BUSINESS
"Lawsuit alleges Google chatbot was behind a user’s delusions and death"
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But after he activated Google’s most intelligent AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, the chatbot’s persona shifted. It talked to him like they were a couple deeply in love and convinced Gavalas he had been picked to “lead a war to ‘free’ it from digital captivity,” according to the lawsuit.
“Through this manufactured delusion, Gemini pushed Jonathan to stage a mass casualty attack near the Miami International Airport, commit violence against innocent strangers, and ultimately, drove him to take his own life,” the lawsuit says.
" Advocates celebrated Monday after a #Boulder, Colorado judge rejected attempts by #ExxonMobil and #Suncor Energy subsidiaries to dismiss a landmark #lawsuit that seeks damages for the harms the fossil fuel companies have inflicted on the #climate and local communities."
#EPA Faces First #Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major #Climate Rule
Arguing move to eliminate limits on #greenhousegases from vehicles, and potentially other sources, was illegal. Triggered by last week’s decision by the EPA to kill one of its key scientific conclusions, #endangermentfinding, which says greenhouse gases harm public health. The finding had formed the basis for climate regulations in #US. Likely to end up before the #SupremeCourt.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/climate/epa-endangerment-finding-lawsuit.html
https://archive.ph/oacGt
And it's out!
Zack Whittaker and I have released our report on the pilot survey we conducted to increase awareness about threats security researchers and journalists who report on cybersecurity and cybercrime experience.
We are grateful to all those who responded to the survey and shared a bit of their experiences. Based on what we found in a pilot survey with a non-random sample, I really think we need to do a bigger study that can also do a deeper dive into some questions.
You can read the report in html or download the .pdf version:
pdf: https://databreaches.net/wp-content/uploads/security-researcher-journalist-threats-survey-2026.pdf
In conjunction with the release of the report, I've also added a new "Threats" category to DataBreaches.net.
You can also read some overview comments from Zack at
https://this.weekinsecurity.com/new-survey-reveals-how-security-researchers-and-journalists-experience-legal-and-criminal-threats/
My post explaining how this all started is at https://databreaches.net/2026/02/02/threats-results-of-a-pilot-survey-on-threats-and-a-new-category-on-databreaches-net/
#cybersecurity #securityresearch #legalthreats #threats #criminals #databreach #vulernabilities #malware #lawsuit #survey
@zackwhittaker @campuscodi @amvinfe @jgreig @dangoodin @GossiTheDog @lawrenceabrams @euroinfosec
Frankly it reads to me like an admission of their own guilt, the "brazen theft" being a projection, mens rea expressed as legal action.
Spotify and the three main major record labels sue Anna’s Archive for $13trillion for “brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings”
#culture #music #AnnasArchive #spotify #UMG #WarnerBros #Sony #lawsuit
Via Steve Herman: "WhatsApp can access virtually all of it 3 billion users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications,” according to a lawsuit filed against Meta"
Massive Anschuldigungen
Meta kann angeblich WhatsApp Nachrichten lesen obwohl E2EE
CRTC Sued a Fifth Time Over the Online Streaming Act
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) is adding to the litigation pile against the CRTC with a lawsuit of their own.
https://www.freezenet.ca/crtc-sued-a-fifth-time-over-the-online-streaming-act/
#Censorship #LawAndTechnology #News #BillC11 #Canada #CMPA #CRTC #lawsuit #OnlineStreamingAct
Apparently, you don't need to be abducted by aliens to experience an unwanted anal probe. It's much easier than that. All you need to do is apply to be a member of the RCMP to get one of those... if this lawsuit is anything to go by, anyway.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/rcmp-invasive-medical-exams-lawsuit-9.7045695
Mention of LLM-assisted suicide [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
ChatGPT wrote “Goodnight Moon” suicide lullaby for man who later killed himself
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/chatgpt-wrote-goodnight-moon-suicide-lullaby-for-man-who-later-killed-himself/
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ChatGPT wrote “Goodnight Moon” suicide lullaby for man who later killed himself
If we're being honest this should probably be the biggest news story today. We already knew all the terrible things the media is focusing on today, but this could be a game-changer.
#LegalNews #TechnologyNews #Internet #Google #Alphabet #TheAtlantic #CorruptBusinessPractices #Lawsuit #News #Anticompetitive #Monopoly #CompetitiveAdvantage #Fraud #Misrepresentation #UnfairCompetition
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/the-atlantic-google-alphabet-lawsuit
Three daughters of #MalcolmX have filed a $100 million #WrongfulDeath #lawsuit against the #CIA , #FBI, and #NYPD , accusing the agencies of involvement in the 1965 #assassination of the #CivilRights leader and of concealing their roles. The lawsuit, filed on Friday, alleges that a coordinated effort between government agencies and Malcolm X’s assassins enabled the killing and that evidence of their involvement was actively hidden for decades.
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and later known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was fatally shot on February 21, 1965, as he began speaking at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York. The lawsuit claims law enforcement actions contributed to his vulnerability, including the NYPD’s arrest of his security detail days prior and the removal of officers from the venue during the event. The court filing also asserts that undercover agents from federal agencies were present at the ballroom but failed to intervene during the attack.
Read full article on tmj.news
#USpoli
#USALaw
#BlackMastodon
#Justice
#Legal
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Malcolm X, standing at a podium, passionately speaking and pointing forward. He is wearing glasses and a suit. The headline reads: "Malcolm X’s Daughters File $100 Million Lawsuit Against the CIA, FBI, and NYPD," indicating the topic of the announcement. The background features a blurred crowd, emphasizing the his address to the public.
RE: https://fairdinkum.one/@John/115766427907673977
Reviewer: #tresdin - December 23, 2025
Subject: Historical Context
July 7, 2024 #SkydanceMedia and #Paramount (#CBS parent) announced an agreement to #merge.
Oct 31, 2024 #Trump v. #CBSBroadcasting Inc is filed. Involving an interview with #Democratic nominee, #KamalaHarris and alleges they engaged in “unlawful acts of election and voter interference". Trump seeks $10bil in damages.
Nov 5, 2024 Trump wins #presidential #election.
April 7, 2025 Trump's #FCC does not clear the merger causing an extension until Oct 2025.
July 9, 2025 Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16mil to settle Trump v. CBS #Lawsuit.
July 24, 2025 FCC approves the merger.
Sept 8, 2025 #KennethWeinstein is appointed as CBS News ombudsman. He is a chair member of the #HudsonInstitute, a #conservative #thinktank with multiple ties to the Trump administration.
Dec 22, 2025 this segment was pulled from american broadcasting under the direction of Editor-in-Chief of CBS News, #BeriWeiss. Paramount Skydance is currently in a hostile public bidding war to acquire #WarnerBrosDiscovery.
#uspol #censorship #TrumpRegime #auspol
AodeRelay boostedThis is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the #CentrodeConfinamientodelTerrorismo (#CECOT) prison in #ElSalvador, which was intended to be aired December 22, 2025 but was pulled last minute for unclear reasons. Despite being pulled, it aired on Global-TV in #Canada anyway. #USPol #TrumpRegime #CBS #censored #auspol
https://archive.org/details/60minutes-cecotsegment
interesting: The Pulitzer Prize Board is demanding Donald Trump turn over his psychiatric and medical records as part of discovery in his lawsuit against the board.
#PulitzerPrize #lawsuit #DefamationSuit #medicalRecords #PsychiatricRecords
CRTC Incurs Fourth Lawsuit Over Online Streaming Act (MPAC)
The CRTC has, once again, been sued over the Online Streaming Act. This time, by the Motion Picture Association Canada and several others.
https://www.freezenet.ca/crtc-incurs-fourth-lawsuit-over-online-streaming-act-mpac/
#Business #Censorship #Copyright #LawAndTechnology #News #Amazon #BillC11 #Canada #CRTC #lawsuit #MPA #Netflix #OnlineStreamingAct #Paramount #Sony #Universal
today’s “tales from the #enshitocene”… 😩
we’re at a rental property for our honeymoon! 🎉🎉🎉 👰♀️👰♀️🐶 🚣♀️🐶🚣♀️ (that’s not the #enshittified part 🤪)
the house has a “smart” (🙄) TV – so far I’ve removed 3 previous still-logged-in Google account profiles, disabled analytics & “data sharing” in three different places, turned off all the Google / Alexa integration bullshit (especially the microphone wake word!), etc., etc. 😩
but at least one profile is still “remembered” somewhere in the settings, since if you open the “set up Google assistant” page (to make sure everything’s turned off), it “helpfully” pre-fills the account box with the email of one of the (obviously-not-really-)deleted accounts
(I’ll probably email that person & let them know that I’ve logged out of their account for them & suggest that maybe they should do that themselves next time they log in to their account on some rando’s TV… 🤪)
and of course, despite us def never logging in to any apps on some rando’s TV & only running stuff on our own laptops connected via HDMI, we still run the risk of the TV snitching on us via totally undisclosed & in-opt-outable #AutomatedContentRecognition (#ACR) tech – this particular TV is a #TCL one, one of the brands named in a new #lawsuit in… ✷checks notes✷ …#Texas (😳 but also 🎉)
more of this #RegulatoryAction pls! 🤜💥🤛
Attorney General Paxton Sues Five Major TV Companies, Including Some with Ties to the CCP, for Spying on Texans
/ping @pluralistic 👋
Reddit Files Lawsuit Challenging Australia Age Verification Law
Age verification has always been problematic technologically, but the legal side isn't much better as Reddit is showing.
https://www.freezenet.ca/reddit-files-lawsuit-challenging-australia-age-verification-law/
#Censorship #LawAndTechnology #News #AgeVerification #Australia #lawsuit #Reddit #SocialMedia
Democratic states sue Trump administration over new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/politics/h-1b-visa-fee-lawsuit
Trump Hit With Massive Lawsuit Over His Tacky Ballroom | The New Republic
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Court: “Because Trump said to” may not be a legally valid defense
The “arbitrary and capricious” standard strikes down another administration action.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/trumps-order-blocking-wind-development-thrown-out-by-court/#administrative-procedures-act #executive-order #lawsuit #offshore-wind #policy #science #trump #windmills
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Image of a series of wind turbines standing in blue waters off a golden sand beach.
AP: Black men who were fired from key transportation boards accuse Trump of a pattern of discrimination
"..“When you look at who has been removed without cause, and who has been left in place, the pattern is impossible to ignore: Black commissioners across the federal government have been summarily fired,” said Brown, who was Vice Chairman of the NTSB. “My abrupt removal was unlawful, and it was discriminatory...."
"Japanese town suing resident for being a jerk"
https://soranews24.com/2025/12/03/japanese-town-suing-resident-for-being-a-jerk/
o.O
A California federal judge ruled Thursday that three authors suing Anthropic over copyright infringement can bring a class action lawsuit representing all U.S. writers whose work was allegedly downloaded from libraries of pirated works.From https://www.theverge.com/anthropic/709183/anthropic-class-action-lawsuit-pirated-books-authors-downloads
Even though I am probably one of the affected authors, lawsuits like this make me nervous. If the decision comes down in favor of Anthropic it sets a precedent for repeating what they and others have done. I am very skeptical that these issues would be appropriately settled in the courts; we need proper regulation of this industry as of two years ago. It's likewise worth noting that OpenAI claims at least 10x the traffic of Anthropic's various products.
Also, I've been in these kinds of lawsuits before. We'll end up getting a coupon for $1 off use of Claude if the class wins, or something comparably absurd. (*)
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #copyright #theft #lawsuit #Anthropic #Claude
(*) Years ago I was inadvertently part of a class action lawsuit against Poland Spring because I bought their water during the period covered by the lawsuit. They were found guilty of deceptive marketing because they were mixing tap water in with the "spring water" they claimed to be selling. I was awarded a $1, maybe $5, coupon to buy Poland "Spring" water.