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Animal Advocates Say a Florida Sheriff's Office Blocked Them Online. Free Speech Lawyers Are Fighting Back.

The free speech organization, FIRE, says the Polk County Sheriff’s Office’s bans on its social media pages violate the First Amendment.

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Trump Is Weaponizing the Department of Education After Pledging To Kill It

Instead of abolishing the department, the president increased its budget. It's now pursuing investigations against school districts for seemingly political reasons.

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DOJ Says Barring AI Training on Copyrighted Material Could 'Severely Hamper' Tech Progress

Training a model on copyrighted work is the same transformative use exception that protects The New York Times' journalism.

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State Film Subsidies Lose Money. Trump Wants To Try the Idea Nationally.

There's “no reason to think a federal incentive would work any differently from state incentives,” says one expert.

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Mamdani Bans the Robot Teachers

Plus: Times Square stabbing, free-range kids case, Gloria Steinem dies, and more...

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Georgia Cop Claimed Petting Zoo Donkey Was Charging at His Team When He Shot It

In an incident report, the officer who shot the donkey wrote that he had to shoot the donkey to save himself and a K-9 team from injury.

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COVID-19 Origins: Lab Leak or Natural Spillover?

Watch Reason's Robby Soave and YouTube commentator Destiny debate the origins of COVID-19 live on September 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

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Foreign Regulators Are Trying To Censor Americans Online. A Bill Would Ensure Those Demands Are Unenforceable.

The proposed GRANITE Act looks to shield U.S. companies from foreign censorship orders.

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The Reason Prison Essay Experiment

It's time to reexamine our assumptions about prisons and punishment.

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Startpage Search Engine Output Omitting Certain Search Results?

Startpage is a search engine that promotes itself as protecting user privacy; it gathers results via Google and Bing, but:… The post Startpage Search Engine Output Omitting Certain Search Results? appeared first on Reason.com.

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Untested in court, Trump's new tariffs on Canada raise legal questions

President Trump invoked a 96-year-old law to impose tariffs on Canadian imports. This action prompted retaliatory measures from Ottawa, straining bilateral relations. Legal experts question the legality and applicability of this Depression-era statute. Newer trade laws may have superseded the authority Trump utilized. Businesses have been slow to challenge these…

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The CIA Is Making AI-Generated Reports for Local Police

The CIA has been using artificial intelligence to write “open source intelligence” analyses, which are being distributed to local police via DHS “fusion centers,” according to documents obtained by Reason.

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Haidt's Moment

Plus: The scourge of scromiting, blaming air traffic control, and more...

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Strong Weed Is No Reason for Prohibition

New research on cannabis use could reshape the debate around marijuana legalization and revive old arguments for restricting legal markets.

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A Connecticut Couple Is Fighting for the Right To Let People Hike on Their Land

Charles and Elizabeth Copley have big plans for their 50-acre property, but the town insists they need a business license to let people to hike or walk their dogs.

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Vinay Prasad: Public Health in This Country Is So Broken

Vinay Prasad discusses his departure from the FDA, Fauci's diaries, and how working for the government made him more libertarian.

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How Much Will Andy Burnham's 'No. 10 North' Cost British Taxpayers?

Taxpayers have already paid $14,300 for branding the new office—and more than $1,300 for moving a replica Downing Street door to Manchester, according to a Freedom of Information request.

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California Bill Would Cap Rents During U.S.-Involved War

The war in Iran is causing California lawmakers to consider wider price controls.

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The Freedom 250 IndyCar Race Only Looked Like MAGA Propaganda if You Already Hate Trump

Plus: Should the race happen again, or just be a one-off event? Also, NCAA eligibility is all messed up, and sports can teach us about immigration.

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This YouTuber Got Kicked Out of the Flock Convention. So He Ran His Own Surveillance.

Benn Jordan wants the snoopers to be “a little unsettled.”

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Study: Most Mealtime Screen Time Is TV, Not Social Media

What a new study of mealtime screen time does—and does not—say.

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Exorcist Files vs. Jesus 911 Libel Suit Can Go Forward

From Martins v. Romero, decided today by Judge Kay Behm (E.D. Mich.) (for more on the Complaint, see this post):… The post Exorcist Files vs. Jesus 911 Libel Suit Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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Bad Reasons and Worse Reasons to Hate Data Centers

It's not existential dread about the internet.

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Universal Healthcare Sounds Great. Here's What's Happening in Countries That Have It.

With calls for “free healthcare” growing louder in America, countries with universal systems offer a warning: long waits, rationed care, and unmet medical needs.

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San Francisco's 'Historic Laundromat' Project Finally Begins Construction

Activists were able to block an apartment project in the city's Mission District by raising an increasingly ridiculous set of objections.

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