"Creating a legal system unto itself.”

Trump’s Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity, documents show

"Draft resolution seeks to shield board members and security forces from potential prosecution for work in Gaza"

"The UN-sanctioned Board of Peace announced by Donald Trump earlier this year to rule Gaza is planning a sweeping grant of legal immunity for itself, according to a draft of the resolution obtained by the Guardian. The draft language would also let the organization obtain public property in Gaza “free of charge”."

“It’s creating a legal system unto itself.”
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jun/27/board-of-peace-legal-immunity-un
#law #ICJ #liability #accountability #immunity #litigation #civilians

...liability concerns could mean that many current use cases for agents won’t be commercially viable. Companies may not be able to profitably operate AI lawyers, doctors and media influencers if they are held responsible for what they say and do.

@Schneier_rss #AI #Responsibility #Accountability #Liability
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/ai-and-liability.html

Courts Redefine Liability for AI-Generated Content

In a groundbreaking ruling, a German court has held Google liable for AI-generated summaries in search results, deeming them a reflection of the company's business activities rather than neutral transmissions. This decision sets a significant precedent for accountability in AI-driven content.

https://osintsights.com/courts-redefine-liability-for-ai-generated-content?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#AiGeneratedContent #ArtificialIntelligence #Google #EmergingTechnologies #Liability

#SCOTUS blocks thousands of suits claiming #Roundup causes #cancer

The ruling restricts one of the largest waves of product #liability lawsuits in the history of the nation.

SCOTUS on Thursday restricted a massive wave of lawsuits claiming the chemical giant #Monsanto had a #DutyToWarn consumers of alleged cancer risks from the world’s most popular weed killer, Roundup.

#law #chemical #PublicHealth #environment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/25/supreme-court-blocks-thousands-suits-claiming-roundup-causes-cancer/

Climate litigation - Trapped by floods and fearing death in the heat: the Australians taking legal action over the climate crisis

"The complaint is exploratory. It argues the government is violating the claimants’ human rights by continuing to support coal and gas developments that fuel climate extremes."

"... A “glaring inconsistency” in climate policy: that the country is taking steps to cut domestic emissions as it expands support for fossil fuel exports. The stories of these claimants show climate change is not an abstract future threat... Australia has a “huge amount of liability and exposure” given the scale of its fossil fuel exports." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/22/trapped-by-floods-and-fearing-death-in-the-heat-the-australians-taking-legal-action-over-the-climate-crisis
#ClimateExtremes #climate #FossilFuels #liability #litigation #ExtremeHeat #ClimateLitigation #floods #heatwaves #HumanRights

The Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About (John Ozbay Interview about encryption vs bad stuff, Chat Control and corporate lobbying)

/Techlore channel

End-to-end encrypted file sharing may sound simple, but for Cryptee, it took five years to ship. In this interview, Henry sits down with John Ozbay, founder and CEO of Cryptee, to talk through why: preventing CSAM, why client-side scanning doesn’t work, how Cryptee’s solution was designed to raise the barrier to mass spread without compromising encryption, and the broader philosophical question of where developer liability ends and moral responsibility begins.

The interview is about finding the relevant nuance to be able to have the right conversation.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 INTRO

00:04:08 E2EE SHARING HESITATIONS

00\:14\:09 HOW IS BIG TECH HANDLING THIS?

00:16:24 LOCAL SCANNING

00\:19\:27 HOW ARE CHAT APPS HANDLING THIS?

00:21:24 E2EE BACKUPS

00:22:40 HOW MUCH IS THIS CONSIDERED?

00:25:38 CRYPTEE’S SOLUTION

00:42:09 THREAT MODELING

00:48:18 MEGA’S APPROACH

00:53:16 LIABILITY VS. RESPONSIBILITY

01:01:40 HOW TO ENGAGE PRODUCTIVELY

01:09:48 CHAT CONTROL & ULTERIOR MOTIVES

01:21:34 IS CHAT CONTROL DEAD?

01:25:33 HOW JOHN GOT INVOLVED

01:34:44 CHANGING OVER TIME + RIGHT TO REPAIR + LINUX

01:41:32 CLOSING THOUGHTS

Whoa! This could become a BIG deal .....

German court ruled Google Is liable for false statements generated by AI overviews presented in AI powered search results.

The ruling indicates that when an AI generates new statements that do not appear directly in its original sources, the company that designs, trains, operates, and manages the system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by those statements.

Further the Court held, correcting misinformation is not the responsibility of third parties. Google is the only entity with the ability to modify the technology underpinning its AI-generated summaries and, therefore, “must be held accountable.”

https://www.wired.com/story/a-court-has-ruled-that-google-is-liable-for-false-statements-generated-by-ai-overviews/ #AI #Google #AISearch #Internet #Liability #Falsehoods #FalseStatements #LLMs #AITraining #LegalPrecendent #ChatBots #Lawsuit #AISummaries #Law

A #German Court Has Ruled That #Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by #AIOverviews

The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an #AI system must assume legal #liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates.

https://www.wired.com/story/a-court-has-ruled-that-google-is-liable-for-false-statements-generated-by-ai-overviews/