Trump media company drops lawsuit against the Guardian

TMTG drops defamation claim over report that prosecutors were investigating payments received as possible money laundering

The Guardian
"A Redditor Criticized #ICE. #Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury." archive.is/ckM2Z If the admin can do this to #Reddit, it can do it to any social-media, blogging, newsletter, or publishing platform. #Censorship #FirstAmendment #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

"A Redditor Criticized #ICE. #Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury."
https://archive.is/ckM2Z

PS: If the Trump admin can do this to #Reddit, it can do it to any social-media, blogging, newsletter, or publishing platform.

My guess is that it's starting with Reddit because Reddit users are anonymous. If the Trump admin wants the names of its critics on other platforms (if?), it already has a huge number of them.

#Anonymity #Censorship #ChillingEffect #FirstAmendment #Intimidation #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

"OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters." www.wired.com/story/openai... PS: Right. Why give AI companies an incentive to do no harm? Why give victims compensation? #AI #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

OpenAI Backs Bill That Would L...
OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters

The ChatGPT-maker testified in favor of an Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable—even in cases where their products cause “critical harm.”

WIRED

"OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters."
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-backs-bill-exempt-ai-firms-model-harm-lawsuits/

PS: Right. Why give AI companies an incentive to do no harm? Why give victims compensation?

#AI #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters

The ChatGPT-maker testified in favor of an Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable—even in cases where their products cause “critical harm.”

WIRED
As Vermont Defends Its Law to Make Fossil Fuel Firms Pay for Climate Adaptation, the Bill Is Already Coming Due https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05042026/vermont-defends-climate-superfund-law/
The courts will decide if the first “climate superfund” law in the nation survives, a likely years-long battle. Vermont towns, meanwhile, must figure out how to pay for infrastructure that extreme weather won’t destroy. #climate #litigation #Vermont #uslaw #uspol
As Vermont Defends Its Law to Make Fossil Fuel Firms Pay for Climate Adaptation, the Bill Is Already Coming Due - Inside Climate News

The courts will decide if the first “climate superfund” law in the nation survives, a likely years-long battle. Vermont towns, meanwhile, must figure out how to pay for infrastructure that extreme weather won’t destroy.

Inside Climate News
Deere & Company Reaches Settlement in Repair Services Antitrust Litigation

MOLINE, Ill. (April 6, 2026) – Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement to resolve the multidistrict “right to repair” litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Deere & Co agrees to pay $99 million to settle 'right to repair' lawsuit https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/deere-agrees-pay-99-million-settle-repair-lawsuit-131805821
Deere & Co. has agreed to pay $99 million as part of a settlement that would resolve a class action lawsuit accusing the farm equipment giant of monopolizing repair services #righttorepair #uslaw #uspol
Deere & Co agrees to pay $99 million to settle 'right to repair' lawsuit

Deere & Co. has agreed to pay $99 million as part of a settlement that would resolve a class action lawsuit accusing the farm equipment giant of monopolizing repair services

ABC News
John Deere to Pay $99 Million in Monumental Right-to-Repair Settlement https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement
The ag manufacturing giant will also make digital diagnostic, maintenance, and repair tools available to third parties for 10 years.
#righttorepair #agriculture #farming #uslaw #uspol See my piece on the topic last year - Tractor Rage https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40319-024-01538-5
John Deere to Pay $99 Million in Monumental Right-to-Repair Settlement

The ag manufacturing giant will also make digital diagnostic, maintenance, and repair tools available to third parties for 10 years.

The Drive