& now there's YA reason: last week, #GitHub urged the FOSS community to *oppose* important #California legislation that places transparency and consumer rights requirements on deployment of LLM-gen-AI!

GitHub's tactic? Disinformation claiming #FOSS licenses are incompatible with Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §22757 and California #SB1000 (which seeks to amend §22757).

Read the analysis: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/jul/03/github-gen-ai-california-22757-ok-for-foss-license/

#LLM #AI #copyleft #GPL #Microsoft #law

‘Instagram has been running paid adverts promoting child sexual abuse material in India, a BBC Eye investigation has found. (…)

Ads on Instagram are only published after first being approved by its moderation technology.
When the BBC reported one of the ads to Instagram, the social media platform responded 24 hours later saying the post did not violate its "community guidelines".’

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgm4e0316zo #law #tech

This should be interesting.

I was selected for the AI Act Advisory Forum of the EU.

The tasks of the AI Act Advisory Forum include:

- Advising the AI Board and the Commission on implementing measures etc

- Assist the Commission in relation to the implementation of EU legislation

Here is a bit more info. https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=4009

https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/members/consult?memberId=161123&memberTypeId=3&lang=en&fromExpertGroups=4009

#EU #law #AI #AIAct #tech

Seriously? A 67-year-old Olympian canoeist? Ridiculous. #Trump is so desperate to blame anybody but himself.

David Hearn, former Olympic canoeist indicted by a grand jury after being arrested last month when he reached into the #ReflectingPool, source tells CNN

Hearn denied vandalizing the pool & said he was simply curious.

#law #DOJ #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/politics/former-olympic-rower-indicted-for-felony-related-to-reflecting-pool

TechCrunch: In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules geofence warrants are protected by privacy rights. “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the law enforcement use of ‘geofence’ search warrants, in a major legal ruling that is likely to have broad ramifications for privacy rights and law enforcement across the United States.”

“Bipartisan” only because she’s a #Christian.

#ICE arrest of #nun heading to church fuels #bipartisan backlash in South Texas

#Trump #deportation drive has riled border areas that supported him in 2024, & a GOP congresswoman joined Democrats calling for the sister’s release.

Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja was walking to Sunday Mass in McAllen, TX, when federal #immigration officers stopped her, confiscated her rosary & put her in handcuffs.

#law #Republican #Hypocrisy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/01/ices-arrest-nun-heading-church-fuels-bipartisan-backlash-south-texas/

The 2025 disclosure includes $635 million in royalties from a license agreement with #CelebrationCoins; at least $525 million in proceeds from token sales by #WorldLibertyFinancial, a #crypto project founded by #Trump & sons; $65 million in proceeds from World Liberty Financial’s equity sale; & $196 million in net proceeds from a stablecoin transaction.


#law #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #corruption #kleptocracy #emoluments #MoneyLaundering #crime

In his 2024 financial disclosure, filed a year ago, #Trump reported earning >$600 million in total income.

In addition to the income from #coin sales & other ventures, Trump reported receiving $86.5 million from “ #settlements “ in 5 separate [& pure #extortion] lawsuits against #ABC, #CBS, #YouTube, #Meta & #X.

#law #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #corruption #kleptocracy #emoluments #crypto #MoneyLaundering #crime

So much for the foreign & domestic #emoluments clauses…

#Trump reported >$1.4 billion in income from #crypto, digital #tokens & related partnerships in 2025, appearing to have SUBSTANTIALLY increased his income after reentering the White House last year.

The income was reported in 927 pages of financial disclosure forms, which the #WhiteHouse released Tuesday.

#law #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #corruption #kleptocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/30/trump-earned-over-1-billion-cryptocurrency-coin-ventures-last-year/

NEW: Former Louisiana death row inmate Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, convicted based in part on forensic evidence now widely regarded as junk science, is officially a free man.

“I am flooded with relief,” one of his lawyers said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-death-row-prisoner-freed-jimmie-duncan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Louisiana #CriminalJustice #Prison #Law #Justice #Crime

#Trump is a mass murderer

More than 100 #Venezuelans who were #deported from the #US hours before the #earthquakes are missing

#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-venezuela-us-deportees-immigration-hotel-survived-783140c04b418de2308f548402ace9af

YES!!!!!!

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
#SCOTUS Monday declined to take up an appeal from #Trump over a $5 million verdict & finding that he sexually abused & defamed #EJeanCarroll, a decision that means Trump will now HAVE TO PAY the magazine columnist.
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

#RapistInChief #criminal #law #rape #SexualAssault #defamation

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-supreme-court

SCOTUS ruled that law enforcement "looking to obtain sweeping data on cellphone users in the vicinity of a crime scene must have a warrant."

"...broad 'geofence' surveillance equals a search" under the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, "which protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures."

The #Trump admin had argued that police "didn't need a warrant for the information at all..."

/1
#USA #law #privacy #4thAmendment
#SurveillanceState
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https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/06/29/supreme-court-rules-geofence-searches-require-warrant/5381782764680

Call For Papers: Special Issue on One Decade of GDPR – Contributions to Data Protection and Future Challenges

https://www.computer.org/digital-library/magazines/sp/cfp-one-decade-gdpr-challenges

#privacy #gdpr #law #tech

The US Congress is considering legislation that cripples privacy and security online, under the guise of seeking a silver bullet that will “keep kids safe.”

https://youtu.be/TIqzmatFMUQ

#privacy #security #internet #law

NC Newsline: Police use of artificial intelligence grows as rules lag behind. “As law enforcement agencies increasingly embrace AI, some civil liberties advocates, legal scholars and policing experts warn that the technology could amplify surveillance, introduce hidden biases into investigations and make it harder to challenge evidence in court. They also worry about a future in which AI takes […]

#GiftArticle

The #Trump “Religious Liberty” [if you’re #Christian it’s liberty, if not… well you know] Commission takes aim at the #SeparationOfChurchAndState 

The report recommends the #DOJ issue guidance to promote “an originalist understanding” of how the #Constitution sees religion & government.

#law #US #Nazis #NewApostolicReformation
https://wapo.st/43YNcR4

#Texas #State Board of #Education votes to require millions of #students to study #Bible stories

The Texas State Board of Education has approved a proposal that will establish lists of required reading – including biblical stories & Bible verses — for its #K12 English & literature curriculum.

#law #US #Constitution #SeparationOfChurchAndState #indoctrination #NewApostolicReformation
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/us/texas-schools-bible-curriculum-vote

#SCOTUS struckdown a #Hawaii #law requiring people to get permission to carry #guns into stores & hotels, in its latest opinion backing #2A rights.

The court’s 6-3 decision means people can carry guns onto privately owned property like shopping malls & gas stations, unless the owners specifically say guns are banned at their establishments.

It’s a win for the #Trump admin, which argued the law violates the #SecondAmendment. It’s also a win for #MassShooting planners.

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-guns-hawaii-trump-c5dbdf945bc870f70a03455f5eb1dec7

Northeastern University: Regulations don’t go far enough to protect privacy when it comes to smart glasses, experts say. “The issue is not just whether people know they’re being recorded and privacy concerns brought about by smart glasses aren’t new. But a recent revelation about a new face-recognition feature for Meta’s smart glasses that was not yet available to users renews the […]

NEW: Court Inquiry Denounces “Disturbing Pattern” of Violations at Arizona’s Largest Sheriff’s Office

A court inquiry alleges that top leaders at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office undermined efforts to comply with mandated reforms brought on by a long-running racial profiling lawsuit and settlement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-sheriff-deputy-misconduct-reforms-undermined?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Arizona #MaricopaCounty #Phoenix #Police #Law #Racism #AZ

“Because I cannot conceive of a crime that would require the breadth of disclosures in the subpoena – identifying and sensitive medical information for an entire class of people for a six-year period – I have to find that the government’s interest does not outweigh the plaintiffs’ interest in privacy,” Failla said.

#law #privacy #Trump #bigotry #LGBTQ #discrimination #health #medicine

“The scope of information sought by the government here, which includes medical assessments, diagnoses, informed consent records, and revelation of plaintiffs’ transgender status, is significant,” she said, adding that that type of information is “squarely within the class of intimate materials warranting the strongest constitutional protection.”

#law #privacy #Trump #bigotry #LGBTQ #discrimination #health #medicine

Ruling from the bench on Wednesday, Failla, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, provisionally certified a class comprised of individuals who had received care from a #NYC provider over the past 6 years. She also issued a temporary restraining order that bars investigators from obtaining the records, including through a grand jury subpoena that had been issued to NYU Langone Hospitals in recent weeks.

#law #privacy #Trump #bigotry #LGBTQ #discrimination #health #medicine

The ruling from US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla is a significant blow to the #Trump admin’s ongoing nationwide criminal investigation into the provision of #gender #identity care, which numerous courts around the country have viewed as an improper fishing expedition because the government has struggled to identify any potential crimes by providers.

#law #privacy #bigotry #LGBTQ #discrimination #health #medicine

Judge blocks #Trump admin from getting #MedicalRecords of minors who received #gender identity care at #NYC #hospitals

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump admin from obtaining sensitive medical records from #healthcare institutions in New York City that provided gender identity care to minors in recent years.

#law #privacy #bigotry #LGBTQ #discrimination #health #medicine
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/politics/medical-records-minors-transgender-langone-new-york

Save the date:

Conference

The Dutch Data Protection Authority Meets Academia

24 September 2026, The Hague, The Netherlands

Organised by the Dutch Data Protection Authority and me.

There will sessions focused on law and on technology.

This is a good opportunity to meet people at the Dutch DPA, policymakers, and other regulators.

We will post information about registration and about the program soon.

#privacy #gdpr #law #technology

⚡💙 "A federal judge in California has issued a nationwide block on #ICE's policy of conducting arrests at immigration courthouses.

This is *not* a nationwide injunction — largely barred by the Supreme Court’s CASA decision last year — but a determination that ICE’s policy🚨was so unreasonable it must be “vacated” under the Administrative Procedure Act. SCOTUS explicitly left this option available.
-K Cheney

#Law #Courts #Judges #Immigrants #USPol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.453807/gov.uscourts.cand.453807.205.0.pdf

Alt...

The conclusion page of the court doc: plantiffs final class certification & partial summary judgement: granted:

KPBS: San Diego City Council approves suite of e-bike regulations

https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2026/06/23/san-diego-city-council-approves-suite-of-e-bike-regulations

#bikes #law #SanDiego #BikeTooter

I guess it’s only protected if it’s *their* #religion.

#SCOTUS rules #Rastafari man can’t sue Louisiana prison officials who cut his dreadlocks.

#law #discrimination #FreedomOfReligion
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-prison-dreadlocks-rastafari-louisiana-f9b4d53346daee56335185542db3d4ec

New blogpost, primarily for people providing Internet services in the UK who need to DNS (or otherwise) block domains for sanctions purposes:

"Internet services sanctions (June 2026)"

There are now *94* Internet services sanctions (up from 37 in January) and, for the first time, a punycode domain.

https://decoded.legal/blog/2026/06/internet-services-sanctions-june-2026/

#UK #Internet #law #telecoms #blog

A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the #Trump admin to subpoena #Minnesota Gov #TimWalz & other #state officials, calling it an effort to “harass & retaliate against them.”

In a ruling unsealed Monday, US District Judge Patrick Schlitz found the “dominant purpose” of the subpoenas was to “coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil #immigration #law & to harass & retaliate against them for failing to do so.”

#MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-subpoenas-e5047e842da6181cbd5f071ab4bb1d7b

#ABC viewers across the country are getting a message from the network—If you like your #local stations, or #TheView, help us get the #government off our backs.

ABC on Monday launched an on-air campaign asking viewers to send comments to the #FCC’s website pushing back on the agency & its chairman, #BrendanCarr.


#law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #FourthEstate #Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda