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Even Elon Musk Can't Escape Trump Litigation

X.com agrees to pay Trump $10M to settle suit over past ban following Capitol riot

(Newser) - Elon Musk's X.com has agreed to pay about $10 million to settle with President Trump, who sued the site formerly known as Twitter and its ex-CEO, Jack Dorsey, for censorship after he was banned from the platform after the Jan. 6 riot. "It's resolved," a...

Supreme Court Punts on Social Media Speech Rights

SCOTUS returns cases in Texas and Florida claiming that users were being censored

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday kept a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube, and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users. The justices returned the cases to lower courts in challenges from trade associations for the companies, reports the...

British Police Investigate Lawmaker's Anti-Gay Tweets

Calls discrimination a 'fundamental' right

(Newser) - Police in England are investigating controversial tweets posted by the head of a small, far-right conservative party, reports the BBC . The postings from British National Party leader Nick Griffin listed the address of a gay couple who recently won a court case against a Bed and Breakfast that refused to...

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