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Why Adam Schiff wants to tax AI companies

Sen Adam Schiff (D-CA) wants to tax AI companies for their “disruptive” effects on the economy and the workforce, he said, joining the likes of Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats taking on a more populist tone about the booming industry. “I would like to see the Congress identify what disruptive impacts should the AI companies pay for,” Sen Schiff said.

President Trump’s $100,000 paywall problem

President Donald Trump is once again expanding the frontiers of social media law. Truth Social began offering a $100,000-per-month subscription for early access to Trump’s posts in July. The Trump Media and Technology Group, Truth Social’s parent company, advertised the service as a “real-time feed of the platform’s most market-moving” content.

New Mexico tests a new way to rein in Meta

The milestone ruling by a New Mexico court that found Meta contributed to a youth mental health crisis could serve as a blueprint for other state and individual legal challenges seeking to hold tech companies liable for harms stemming from their platforms.

Democrats wary of advancing President Trump’s FCC pick without bipartisan pairing

Democrats said they will object if Republicans seek to advance President Donald Trump’s GOP pick for the Federal Communications Commission without any attempt at bipartisan balance. “That will be a problem,” said Senate Commerce ranking member Maria Cantwell (D-WA).

Senate Republicans join in rebuking White House over science funding

Senate Republican leaders unveiled a spending bill that would temporarily block President Donald Trump from implementing a rule change that would give political appointees sweeping power over hundreds of billions of dollars in fe

How AI will fragment the internet

The technolibertarian dream of a borderless internet may soon get its biggest reality check in years.