The Babylon Bee is taking New Mexico to federal court over a state law that requires government-mandated disclaimers on AI-generated political satire, a law the state's own attorney general has called likely unconstitutional. The conservative Christian satirical website filed a lawsuit and a motion for a preliminary injunction against the New Mexico State Ethics Commission, […] The post Babylon Bee sues New Mexico over law forcing disclaimers on AI political satire appeared first on American Almanac .
The Babylon Bee is taking New Mexico to federal court over a state law that requires government-mandated disclaimers on AI-generated political satire, a law the state's own attorney general has called likely unconstitutional. The conservative Christian satirical website filed a lawsuit and a motion for a preliminary injunction against the New Mexico State Ethics Commission, challenging provisions of HB 182 that force anyone publishing AI-generated political content, including parody and satire, to slap a state-prescribed disclaimer on it. Alliance Defending Freedom, the Bee's longtime legal counsel, filed the suit on Tuesday, arguing the law violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The complaint frames the fight in blunt terms: HB…Open
The state of New Mexico is suing the Justice Department arguing the federal government blocked the state's ability to investigate the sex crimes of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at a ranch there. New Mexico’s Attorney General Raul Torrez sued the DOJ because federal leadership refuses to hand over unredacted files linked to crimes at Epstein's Zorro Ranch. The federal government’s stonewalling violated a 2019 agreement with New Mexico that requires two-way communication on the Epstein investigation in exchange for state officials’ standing down on their own inquiry. The Morning Joe legal panel discusses the fallout.
A public dispute between New Mexico's attorney general and the U.S. Justice Department escalated Tuesday over records sought in the state's Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Why it matters: The clash underscores questions about whether federal privacy restrictions and court orders are preventing state investigators from pursuing potential criminal leads tied to Epstein's former Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. Zoom in: New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez doubled down Tuesday on claims that the federal DOJ is "hindering " his investigation by "withholding" unredacted Epstein files, accusing the federal agency in a letter of refusing to cooperate. - In a letter last month to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche , Torrez said that despite…
Meta's internal testing found its chatbots fail to protect minors from sexual exploitation nearly 70% of the time, documents presented in a New Mexico trial Monday show. Why it matters: Meta is under fire for its chatbots allegedly flirting and engaging in harmful conversations with minors, prompting investigations in court and on Capitol Hill. - New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is suing Meta over design choices that allegedly fail to protect kids online from predators. Driving the news: Meta's chatbots violate the company's own content policies almost two thirds of the time, NYU Professor Damon McCoy said, pointing to internal red teaming results Axios viewed on Courtroom View Network. - "Given the severity of some of these…
