Letitia James Demands Big Tech Curb Election ‘Misinformation’
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been actively campaigning for stricter controls on AI and social media platforms, invoking concerns about “misinformation.”
James has a history of social media censorship demands that have faced allegations of First Amendment violations.
ABC News reports that James has contacted key players in the AI industry, such as Google, Meta, and OpenAI, through a letter, urging them to implement mechanisms that could restrict what she defines as misleading and deceptive speech related to elections.
“While misinformation has been a concern in past elections, with the rise of gen AI, barriers that prevent bad actors from creating deceptive or misleading content have weakened dramatically,” said the letter, sent to social media and AI companies, including Google, Meta, and OpenAI.
“As tens of millions of voters in the U.S. seek basic information about voting in this major election year, X has the responsibility to ensure all voters using your platform have access to guidance that reflects true and accurate information about their constitutional right to vote,” it reads.
James has proposed an in-person meeting to discuss these strategies more thoroughly, calling for cooperation while hinting at possible enforcement actions, which further raise censorship alarms.
‘USSR Citizens’ Sent to Siberia
A Russian court has sentenced 11 members of the “Soviet citizens” movement to imprisonment for extremism, after a trial that lasted almost two years.
The group subscribes to the notion that the Soviet Union never actually ceased to exist and that the Russian Federation is therefore illegitimate.
In 2019, a court in the Komi Republic declared the “USSR” an extremist organization, effectively banning its activities. The 11 defendants from Sverdlovsk Region, however, continued to hold meetings and lectures, distribute pamphlets and avoid taxes and utility bills, according to authorities.
Members of the Ekaterinburg branch of “USSR” were found guilty of “participating in a public association banned due to extremist activity,” under Article 282.2, Section 2 of the Russian criminal code, local media reported on Wednesday.
The two ringleaders were sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony, while each of their nine followers was sentenced to two years.
According to prosecutors, “USSR” was started in 2010 by Sergey Taraskin, owner of a dental clinic in Zelenograd, Moscow Region. Taraskin was born in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, the former Soviet republic now an independent Central Asian state.
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The Soviet Union was proclaimed in 1922, on the ruins of the Russian Empire. It ceased to exist in December 1991, after the leaders of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine agreed to dissolve it in defiance of a popular referendum favoring its continuation. The Russian Federation was then recognized as the legal successor of the USSR, with all other republics turned independent states seeking recognition from scratch.
Prosecutors have alleged that members of the “USSR” – which to some stood for “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics” but to others for “Union of Slavic Forces of Rus” – refused to recognize the existence of Russia and styled themselves citizens of the now-extinct Soviet Union.
This manifested in refusal to obey Russian laws, failing to pay utility bills or bank loans, or contempt for government officials – including Judge Yulia Lobanova, who presided over the trial. Several of the defendants argued that the court lacked legitimacy, as they only recognized Soviet judges.
A similar movement, called “sovereign citizens,” emerged in the US in the 1970s and has since spread to Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Its adherents have invoked English Common Law to argue that they did not consent to being ruled by any government.
Olympic Boxer Sues JK Rowling, Elon Musk For “Cyber Bullying”
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has filed a criminal complaint to French authorities claiming that author J.K. Rowling and tech billionaire Elon Musk participated in a campaign of “cyber harassment”. Khelif, who is alleged to have […]
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WHO Chief Declares Monkeypox An International Public Health Emergency
The World Health Organization has declared that monkeypox as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and have urged a vaccination campaign. WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement after the emergency […]
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German Police To Be Given The Right To ‘Secretly’ Enter & Search Homes
The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) could soon be granted the right to secretly enter and search homes, according to media reports. A draft reform proposal seen by Der Spiegel and RND claims that […]
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BREAKING: NATO Expanding Invasion Of Russia — Experts Warn The Trigger For WWIII Has Never Been Closer
Alex Jones breaks down the alarming developments from the Eastern front in Ukraine as NATO planes have gotten directly involved in the conflict against Russia in a move that experts say signals the organization is planning to expand the war rather than draw it down. Tune in!
BREAKING: NATO Expanding Invasion Of Russia—
Experts Warn The Trigger For WWIII Has Never Been Closer pic.twitter.com/XS4slj6WW1— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) August 14, 2024