The Prospector, the student newspaper of the University of Texas at El Paso, abandoned its TikTok account earlier this year after the state’s TIkTok ban began to take effect. In December 2022, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott directed state agency leaders to immediately ban employees from downloading or using TikTok on any government-issued devices. That would not … [Read more...] about Student journalists lose access to TikTok in states where the video sharing app is restricted, banned
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U.S. lags other nations in regulating AI
The surge in use and chatter around artificial intelligence after ChatGPT’s release six months ago has increased awareness and concern of the technology’s rapid progress. Now, the United States government faces the question of how to regulate this potentially uncontrollable technology—something it has fallen behind on before. AI innovators and experts Sam Altman, the chief … [Read more...] about U.S. lags other nations in regulating AI
Fox conduct shows need to revive traditional goals
Perfectly objective journalism seems like the perfectly moral life—unattainable by ordinary humans. But recent experience has reaffirmed the importance of the classic journalistic virtues of open-minded fact-finding, and fair, accurate, and complete reporting. Today we have the most technically sophisticated data-rich information system ever. But it hasn’t … [Read more...] about Fox conduct shows need to revive traditional goals
Long-stalled defamation cases against Gateway Pundit could move ahead
Two major defamation cases against Jim Hoft, the St. Louisan who publishes The Gateway Pundit, an influential far-right website, appear poised to gain momentum in the weeks ahead after months of delays. The cases, in Denver and St. Louis, are taking place against a backdrop of huge victories recently by the plaintiffs in two other defamation cases. First, the … [Read more...] about Long-stalled defamation cases against Gateway Pundit could move ahead
Skeptics Lampoon Hawley: Missouri senator’s manly virtues book delights jesters & satirists
When Josh Hawley debated Sen. Claire McCaskill in the 2018 U.S. Senate contest, he unleashed the usual invective against the incumbent Democrat. He told a Missouri Press Association audience that she was a “radical leftist,” a hopeless “elitist” and a “Hollywood liberal.” Such a pity that he hadn’t yet coined his most recent pejorative, “Epicurean liberal.” Surely it would … [Read more...] about Skeptics Lampoon Hawley: Missouri senator’s manly virtues book delights jesters & satirists