Day: May 6, 2023
Judge disciplined for using position to dodge traffic ticket
A West Virginia judge has been suspended for six months without pay and fined $5,000 after he berated a police officer during a traffic stop and complained to the officer’s supervisors.
ByteDance’s keyword blacklist revealed – Forbes
The Chinese social media giant appears to track mentions of Taiwan, Tibet and other politically sensitive topics
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Commentary: Ukraine should join NATO, but not while the war has yet to be won
No alliance should admit a country already at war against the group’s ostensible enemy, especially when the foe has nuclear weapons, says Andreas Kluth for Bloomberg Opinion.
Journalist Writes About Discovering She’d Been Surveilled By TikTok
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times, written by journalist Cristina Criddle: One evening in late December last year, I received a cryptic phone call from a PR director at TikTok, the popular social media app. I’d written extens…
King County’s juvenile diversion programs are a mess. Time for a reset
King County must reform its juvenile justice programs by improving background checks and oversight. Young lives are at stake.
ChatGPT in schools: ‘Evaluate ChatGPT’s efficacy’
Ah yes, the transition into the AI world, “Seattle Schools’ ban on student use of ChatGPT faces evolving scrutiny, debate” [April 26, A1]: Fortunately, Seattle and a few surrounding districts have shown the courage to block or at least limit student us…
Leaked U.S. files show deep rift between Russian military and Wagner chief
While Yevgeniy Prigozhin has led Russia’s bloody campaign to capture Bakhmut with mercenaries and convicts, he’s been locked in a fight with the Defense Ministry.
Colorado politicians seek power to block social media users
Colorado lawmakers pushed a bill to the governor’s desk that would allow politicians to block social media users from their private accounts just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would consider to what extent that’s legal.