first amendment

US Supreme Court to review decision blocking Oklahoma’s Catholic charter school from receiving public funding

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US Supreme Court to review decision blocking Oklahoma’s Catholic charter school from receiving public funding

The proposal to create the nation’s first religious charter school paid for by taxpayer funds could move the line between church and state in education. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) The US Supreme Court has agreed to review a controversial case involving Oklahoma’s first publicly funded religious charter school, which could have far-reaching implications for … Read more

TikTok suspends services in US

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TikTok suspends services in US

TikTok has officially suspended its services in the United States, cutting off access to the app for about 170 million users in the country. The social media app shut down activities in the US on Saturday evening, hours before the official implementation of the federal ban. TikTok had earlier announced that its services will shut … Read more

Trump says he will ‘most likely’ give TikTok a 90-day extension

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Trump says he will ‘most likely’ give TikTok a 90-day extension

US president-elect Donald Trump said he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a US law that threatens to shut down the popular platform as soon as Sunday. Trump said in an exclusive phone interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker that he’ll “probably announce it on Monday” – the day of his inauguration to … Read more

Donald Trump Urges Supreme Court To Pause TikTok Ban Decision Until After Inauguration

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Donald Trump Urges Supreme Court To Pause TikTok Ban Decision Until After Inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump’s legal team asked the Supreme Court to halt a law requiring TikTok to be sold to an American company or shut down by January 19, the day before his inauguration. In a petition filed on Friday, the legal team argued that the incoming president should have the opportunity to “resolve the issues … Read more

Trump’s TikTok love raises stakes in battle over app’s fate

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Trump’s TikTok love raises stakes in battle over app’s fate

US president-elect Donald Trump’s repeated support for TikTok has sparked speculation about potential solutions to prevent the app’s impending ban in the United States, though the path forward remains unclear. “We got to keep this sucker around for a little while,” Trump told supporters on Sunday, just days after meeting TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi … Read more

A California church sparks a debate over faith, freedom and hate – The Mercury News

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A California church sparks a debate over faith, freedom and hate – The Mercury News

One afternoon in late January, a crowd gathered with a purpose outside the Hotel del Coronado. The conservative evangelical Awaken Church was holding its first service in the city as part of a long effort to establish a church there, and some residents were protesting. “No place for hate,” they chanted, waving Pride flags and … Read more

Latte make-up, cottagecore, girl dinner: how TikTok has changed the way social media works

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Latte make-up, cottagecore, girl dinner: how TikTok has changed the way social media works

Both the company, ByteDance, and TikTok have sued on First Amendment grounds. The First Amendment to the US Constitution protects the freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly and the right to petition. Participants hold signs in support of TikTok outside the US Capitol building in 2024 in Washington. Photo: Getty Images While the platform … Read more

ByteDance rejects US report about its purported plan since 2022 to divest TikTok’s operations in America

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ByteDance rejects US report about its purported plan since 2022 to divest TikTok’s operations in America

TikTok owner ByteDance has again denied that it considered divesting the US operations of its popular short video platform, in response to a report by The Washington Post on Wednesday that such a plan existed in 2022. In a brief statement on Thursday, Beijing-based ByteDance called on Chinese social media not to spread such misinformation … Read more

Colorado deepfake law signed by Polis requires campaign ad disclosures

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Colorado deepfake law signed by Polis requires campaign ad disclosures

Colorado campaign ads with audio, video and other content generated using artificial intelligence will need to feature prominent disclosures under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis over the weekend. The law, passed as House Bill 1147, likens “deepfakes,” or the use of AI to create false depictions of people doing or saying things, … Read more

TikTok creators file suit to block US divest or ban law, call Chinese app ‘part of American life’

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TikTok creators file suit to block US divest or ban law, call Chinese app ‘part of American life’

A group of TikTok creators said on Tuesday that they have filed suit in federal court seeking to block a law signed by US President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban it, saying it has had “a profound effect on American life”. … Read more