States’ efforts are largely focused on identifying content produced using AI as opposed to controlling that content or prohibiting its distribution.
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Everything TikTok users need to know about a possible ban
What every TikTok user needs to know about a new potential ban of the viral-video app, including when it could disappear and how to save your data.
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With dozens of bills unfunded, Maine lawmakers consider whether to meet again
The appropriations committee is estimated to have as much as $11 million that still could be allocated, but it’s unclear if it will meet again and if lawmakers could then act on the bills that get approved.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, Politics
Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature
The bill now goes to President Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the bill as soon as he gets it.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly Nashville shooting
Members of the public who oppose the bill harangued Republican lawmakers after the vote, leading House Speaker Cameron Sexton to order the galleries cleared.
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Gov. Mills vetoes 3 bills, including measure to set minimum wage for farmworkers
The House and Senate will come back to vote on any vetoes, which require two-thirds support to overturn.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Gov. Mills signs bill protecting providers of abortion and gender-affirming care
The proposal drew significant debate in the Legislature this session as well as opposition from out-of-state Republican attorneys general who called it ‘constitutionally defective.’
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Judge conducts hearing on whether to hold Trump in contempt for social media posts
Prosecutors called the messages a ‘deliberate flouting’ of the court’s prohibition and requested a $1,000 fine for each one.
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Tabloid publisher says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
David Pecker is the first witness in Trump’s historic hush money trial in Manhattan, where he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with payments meant to prevent harmful stories from surfacing.
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Proposal for separate child welfare department dies after Maine House fails to take action
The measure passed the Senate in a bipartisan 22-8 vote but was never taken up in the House. ‘We could have at least had the conversation,’ said the bill’s sponsor.