“The judges questioned the practicality of requiring a lesser means of action from TikTok, such as disclosures from the company about its data and content moderation practices. That would depend on trusting the very company the government is worried is a pawn of a covert foreign adversary, [judges] Rao and Srinivasan pointed out…the judges also questioned whether creators really have a First Amendment interest in who owns TikTok.”

“Instagram, which is used by more than 2 billion people globally, has been under intensifying scrutiny over its failure to adequately address a broad range of harms, including the app’s role in fueling the youth mental health crisis and the promotion of child sexualization. States have sued Meta over Instagram’s ‘dopamine manipulating’ features that authorities say have led to an entire generation becoming hooked on the app.”

The Observer is Britain’s oldest surviving Sunday newspaper. “Executives at The Guardian said that a deal to sell The Observer, which the company bought in 1993, would allow their company to focus even more on international expansion.”

“Every big news network has a standing request with the Harris campaign for an interview. One potential appearance could be on CBS News’s “60 Minutes,” the country’s most-watched news program, which is planning its quadrennial election special on Oct. 7 and has requested interviews with both candidates. But aides say Ms. Harris is more likely to spend time answering questions from inquisitors with smaller, more niche audiences that include many voters in battleground states”

“The New York City Police Department told the City Council last week that its public relations arm employs 86 people, giving the department more communications staffers than many local newsrooms have journalists.”

The ban came after Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new sanctions on RT’s parent companies and said they “are no longer merely fire hoses of Russian propaganda and disinformation. They are engaged in covert influence activities aimed at undermining American elections and democracies, functioning like a de facto arm of Russia’s intelligence apparatus.”

“The system Google is using is part of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), one of the largest groups trying to address AI-generated imagery. C2PA’s authentication is a technical standard that includes information about where images originate and works across both hardware and software to create a digital trail…Google’s integration into search results will be a first big test for the initiative.”

“Colorado has an unusual pay transparency law that requires employers to post salary rages in job postings.” New York City has a similar law in place.