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Yet another example of government conducted on social media, X, owned by Elon Musk, via a posting by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, with the State Department completely absent. No American diplomats, translators, subject matter experts….just Kushner, Witcoff, Vance….and who else? This is the document posted on the OFAC site. And several notes – this waiver …
404 Media [no paywall]: “Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be purchasing records related to immigrants’ tax identifiers from a data broker, potentially skirting a court order that banned ICE from sourcing such information, according to Senator Ron Wyden and government procurement records reviewed by 404 Media. The contract, worth nearly $10 million, is …
Via LLRX – Your medical provider might be recording your mental health care visits – Mental health providers are increasingly using AI technology to record conversations, raising privacy concerns among patients and practitioners. Roxsy Lin informs us that during these sessions, mental health professionals are required to obtain patients’ consent before using the tool. However, as shared …
Reuters: “A group of major book publishers including the “Big Five” English-language book publishing houses — Hachette, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster — sued an alleged pirated book website for copyright infringement in New York federal court on Tuesday. The publishers said in the complaint, opens new tab that WeLib hosts …
Via LLRX – Create An AI Policy Before Your Firm Falls Further Behind – The majority of law firm employees are using AI with virtually no guidance or guardrails. How does your law firm compare? Do you have an AI policy in place, and have you educated your staff about appropriate AI usage? Nicole L. Black explains …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 20, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …
PCMag: “Google can log your searches, watch history, and activity across its various services. That might sound handy for a quick review of your browsing history or revisiting locations on Google Maps, but the company’s data collection practices can also feel very invasive. Your data helps Google serve faster searches and better location tracking, but …
250 one-minute documentaries about America – A series of one-minute stories of the many people, places, and events that have built our country and remind us of the power of each person to make history. #WeAreAmerica
KARK.com – June 10, 2026 – “A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments Thursday in the ongoing legal challenge to Arkansas’s Act 372 of 2023, which would amend the law concerning libraries and obscene materials made available to minors. Opponents say Act 372 would criminalize librarians and expand censorship of library materials. The …
Glass Empire, W.E. Lawrence: “On June 9, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed the 2026 Social Security Trustees Report. He signs as Secretary of Health and Human Services, a trustee. The report fixes trust fund depletion at the fourth quarter of 2032, and federal law then converts that projection into a cut that arrives without a …
Truthout – “Su Casa Liberation Library is part of a flourishing anarchist library scene that includes the Tamarack Library in Oakland, California; Legacy Library on Chicago’s South Side; and the mobile Free Society People’s Library (FSPL) in Portland, Oregon. These autonomous libraries build on the values of the traditional public library — connecting people to …
The Newsground: “Leaked Russian records obtained by The Newsground show that the founders of a technology company embedded in the White House’s official mobile application continued using sanctioned Russian banks after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Following the invasion, its founders continued to travel to Russia, even after one of them complained on Telegram that …
