Mediagazer: Q&A with Nicaragua's La Prensa publisher Juan Lorenzo Holmann, incarcerated in August 2021 and unexpectedly released and deported to the US on February 9, 2023 (Dánae Vílchez/Committee to Protect Journalists)

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Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:

A preview of Gonzalez v. Google SCOTUS case and a look at the Israeli nonprofit Shurat HaDin that is arguing the case against Google at the February 21 hearing — Are tech companies liable when their algorithms recommend terrorist content? The Court's answer could upend the way the internet works.

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Dánae Vílchez / Committee to Protect Journalists:

Q&A with Nicaragua's La Prensa publisher Juan Lorenzo Holmann, incarcerated in August 2021 and unexpectedly released and deported to the US on February 9, 2023 — Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro was on the verge of sleep in his Nicaraguan jail cell when he was issued civilian clothes …

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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:

Dow Jones' general counsel says OpenAI lacks a deal to use WSJ reporters' work to train its AI; source: CNN plans to ask OpenAI to pay to license its content — Major news outlets have begun criticizing OpenAI and its ChatGPT software, saying the lab is using their articles to train …

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Marisa Dellatto / Forbes:

New Mexico prosecutors drop firearm enhancement charges against Alec Baldwin and Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez, removing the possibility of a five year sentence — Prosecutors who charged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins on the set …

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

TikTok launches a revamped Creativity Program creator fund in beta and says the program will generate higher revenue and unlock more opportunities for creators — TikTok announced today that it's launching the beta version of a revamped creator fund called the “Creativity Program.”

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