Category «Legal Research»

AP introduces AP Verify to strengthen, streamline online content verification

“The Associated Press today introduced AP Verify, a verification dashboard combining AI-powered features with established digital verification tools to transform the way newsrooms authenticate online photos, videos and other digital content. The unified web-based interface features: AI-driven capabilities such as geolocation, object and landmark detection, and transcription An AI chatbot assistant Generative AI text detection …

Subjects: E-Records, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Secret Documents Show Pepsi and Walmart Colluded to Raise Food Prices Across the Economy

The Big Newsletter: “The Trump FTC tried to hide a complaint showing Pepsi forced shoppers to pay higher prices everywhere but Walmart. But now it’s unsealed. And the politics of affordability are explosive Last month, the Atlanta Fed came out with a report showing a clear relationship between consolidation in grocery stores and the rate …

Subjects: Economy, Food and Nutrition, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Fall 2025 Yale Youth Poll. Full results and toplines.

[Note – this is a long and complex report – please set aside some time to review all the data points] “The Yale Youth Poll, an undergraduate-led research project at Yale University, today released a new poll of young American registered voters (aged 18-34) and the general registered voter population. The poll sampled 3,426 registered …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development Report 2022-2025

New report: UNESCO warns of serious decline in freedom of expression and safety of journalists worldwide. “UNESCO’s flagship report on global trends in freedom of expression and journalism points to a historic 10% decline in freedom of expression globally between 2012 and 2024. This trend is a consequence of the alarming rise in self-censorship by …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Legal Research

Automatic License Plate Reader Report Raises Concerns About Expansion of Government Surveillance in Iowa

Follow up to Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone, How Cops Are Using Flock Safety’s ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists and DeFlock – Automated License Plate Readers – See Also: “The University of Iowa’s Technology Law Clinic and the ACLU of Iowa today released a …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Legal Research, Privacy, Transportation

The FDA Rarely Forces Manufacturers to Recall Dangerous Medical Devices

Pro Publica: The FDA Rarely Forces Manufacturers to Recall Dangerous Medical Devices, Watchdog Report Finds: “The Food and Drug Administration rarely uses its authority to pull dangerous medical devices off the market and is so poorly staffed that it’s sometimes unable to make sure companies are taking critical steps to protect patients during health emergencies, …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Medicine

How to Build A Bot in Twelve Steps

Golann, Dwight, How to Build A Bot in Twelve Steps (December 05, 2025). Suffolk University Law School Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5871402 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5871402 “Bots” powered by artificial intelligence systems are enormously powerful and versatile. Trained bots can take on a wide variety of roles, speaking and acting as lawyers, clients, mediators and advisors, …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

How Congress Is Wiring Its Data for the AI Era

The First Branch Protocol: “The Government Publishing Office grabbed the spotlight at the final Congressional Data Task Force meeting of 2025 last Wednesday by announcing that it is launching a Model Context Protocol server for artificial intelligence tools to access official GPO publication information. The MCP server lets AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini pull …

Subjects: AI, Climate Change, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

TSA Is Forwarding Names, Photos, and Flight Details to ICE

Mother Jones – “The secret airport deportation program denies victims any semblance of due process. The Transportation Security Administration is forwarding passenger lists to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in order to detain and deport travelers while denying them the chance to challenge the process, according to documents obtained by the New York Times. A Times …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy, Transportation

The Return of MAGA’s Favorite Forbidden Book

The Atlantic Gift Article – What an apocalyptic French novel about a migrant invasion reveals about the worldview of nationalist conservatives – “Not long ago, a book party like this would have been unthinkable: a Washington celebration of one of the most notorious French novels ever written. But on a frigid December night, some 50 …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Trump Signs Executive Order For Single National AI Regulation Limiting Power of States

CNBC: “President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday issuing a single regulation framework for artificial intelligence, undermining the power of individual states. To win, United States AI companies must be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation,” the order says. “But excessive State regulation thwarts this imperative.” The Trump administration, with the aid of AI …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Congress, Economy, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

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