But President Donald Trump has issued one anyway:
The previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on third parties, such as social media companies, to moderate, deplatform, or otherwise suppress speech that the Federal Government did not approve.
And existing appointments reportedly have been canceled. The app was a target of smears from President Donald Trump’s campaign, and its partial shutdown was widely expected.
A lawsuit filed minutes after Trump took office alleges Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (which is not a department of the government) is violating laws that require transparency and balance in federal advisory committees. Incidentally, this one is being brought by two men who tried and failed to apply for work at DOGE — but there are at least two others as well.
[The Washington Post]
The Supreme Court’s site has added text saying it “may announce opinions” at 10AM ET tomorrow. I’m going to be furious if we don’t find out the fate of TikTok two days before the scheduled ban. I will also grudgingly respect the top-tier troll effort.
Everyone (including yes, The Verge) is watching for a Supreme Court decision on the TikTok ban today, but there’s another big oral argument being heard at 10AM ET: Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, which could reset a 21-year-old precedent effectively barring strict online age verification and decide the fate of numerous state laws. Audio, as usual, will be streamed on the Supreme Court site.
Kate Knibbs of Wired recaps a hearing today for The New York Times’ very expensive lawsuit against OpenAI. The takeaway: everyone seems confused. Expect a decision on whether to dismiss the case “in due course.”
I was checking the old-school web platform’s launch date when I came across one of Google’s many Easter eggs — it’s been noted by a few people online, but it’s not one I’d seen before. Color me charmed and a little nostalgic.
Vulture has published a feature about the multiple, detailed abuse allegations against Gaiman that surfaced previously in Rolling Stone and on a Tortoise podcast. It’s very, very ugly.
[Vulture]