WORLD
US Supreme Court makes it harder to claim social media censorship
In Murthy vs Missouri, a majority of the justices said future plaintiffs would have to show more evidence that the government unlawfully pressured a platform to remove their post
BUSINESS
With its judges sniping at each other, US Supreme Court's image suffers
As the court’s conservative revolution proceeds, the tone of the court’s opinions is getting increasingly confrontational — and increasingly personal. Extreme decisions are provoking extreme reactions. The US public will have one lesser reason to be impressed with the Court and its justices
WORLD
US Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling continues its radical revolution
Another decades-long conservative goal has been met. Chief Justice Roberts wrote that the goals of diversity were too diffuse and nonspecific to be measured; that since admissions are zero-sum, giving help to students of some races necessarily hurts those of others; and that there was no end in sight to programmes that the SC warned 20 years ago needed an eventual sunset.
BUSINESS
Donald Trump indictment for a relatively minor offence is a risky bet for the US
Donald Trump should first have been charged with crimes connected to his attempts to subvert democracy by pressuring Georgia election officials to find more votes, and the events leading up to the transfer of power on January 6, 2021
BUSINESS
Regulating AI will be essential. And complicated
No government is going to allow private parties to control technology that it deems capable of destroying its citizens, itself, and the world. But a government takeover of the AI industry is the most extreme end of the spectrum
