On July 8, a federal appeals court blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s pending final implementation of the “Click-to-Cancel” rule, which would have overhauled federal regulations around subscription and membership renewals.
The News/Media Alliance, the largest trade association representing the news media industry, released a statement upon President Trump signing his major policy package into law today.
Earlier today, a collection of news and magazine publishers suing AI company Cohere for copyright and trademark infringement filed a brief opposing the company’s motion to dismiss parts of the case.
Yesterday, Google announced a new feature called A.I. mode, which will allow users to interact with its search engine as if it were an A.I. chatbot.
On May 14, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn, Richard Blumenthal, John Thune, and Chuck Schumer re-introduced the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA).
The News Media Alliance commends the Copyright Office for releasing a pre-publication version of its report on Generative AI Training, the third portion of its AI series.
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14) reintroduced the Journalist Protection Act in the U.S. House and Senate.
The Oregon Senate Rules Committee voted 3-2 to advance SB 686, the Oregon Journalism Protection Act, which would require large online tech platforms to fairly compensate Oregon news organizations for local content that contributes to platform profits.
On April 30, the Canadian Journalism Collective announced that they have started distributing payments to publishers from Google’s payment under Canada’s Online News Act.
The DOJ Guidelines that were just rolled back shielded media of all types and ideologies, including conservative media who might now be vulnerable to targeting from future administrations. This shared interest is why the PRESS Act, also known as journalist “shield laws,” has had widespread conservative support for years, easily passing in the House last year without objection.
