President Trump announced a ban on CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from the White House, accusing them of publishing fake news. The move tests First Amendment protections for press freedom, echoing a similar dispute last year when Trump barred AP reporters over their refusal to adopt his preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico.
An opinion piece argues that AI alignment efforts, which aim to ensure AI systems behave responsibly, may constitute First Amendment violations by censoring or manipulating AI-generated content to promote specific viewpoints. The author contends that AI-generated prose should be protected speech belonging to users or companies.
Elon Musk's lawyer threatens to sue filmmaker Alex Gibney over his upcoming documentary, claiming it falsely implies Musk's references to 'space lasers' relate to election interference via Starlink satellites, when they actually describe the satellites' inter-satellite laser communication. Gibney's production company defends its First Amendment right to examine Musk, while Musk has called the nearly four-hour film a 'hit piece' on social media.
In 1997, PGP Inc. published encryption source code in book form to circumvent U.S. export controls, arguing that selling books is protected speech under the First Amendment. After a copy was secretly exported via FedEx, the company faced investigation but ultimately prevailed, leading to cryptography's removal from the Munitions List and establishing that code qualifies as free speech.