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That’s according to Forbes, which reports that the man had used a GoPro to record children at Disney World for the purpose:

... Justin Culmo, who was arrested in mid-2023, admitted to creating thousands of illegal images of children taken at the amusement park and at least one middle school, using a version of AI model Stable Diffusion ...

Brazilian fans of musicians, actors, and other celebrities play a huge role in cultivating fandoms online — and it’s unclear what will happen to stan Twitter (X) now that a judge in Brazil has ordered a ban on platform. A Timothée Chalamet updates account has already announced it’ll cease operations, and I bet this won’t be the only unexpected collateral damage.

The company announced today it would extend restrictions on election-related queries to more AI services including AI Overviews in Search, YouTube Live Chat summaries, and image generation in Gemini. It’s an expansion of the policy Google announced last December.

In her first interview since becoming the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris told CNN’s Dana Bash that her “values have not changed,” even though when she ran for the nomination in 2019, she said she was in favor of a ban. Fracking, of course, is a lightning rod issue in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania.

The EU is looking at Telegram after it didn’t provide a specific user number this month, the Financial Times reports. If Telegram has more than 45 million monthly users, it would be defined as a very large online platform under the Digital Services Act, which comes with certain rules; in February, it apparently reported 41 million monthly EU users.

Okay, maybe not so measured, but worth reading. Law blogger and Verge favorite Eric Goldman on the recent moderation ruling against TikTok:

Unless the 3rd Circuit en banc quickly and decisively rejects this opinion, it will be celebrated by other judges eager to blow up Section 230 (of which there are many). As a result, I expect this opinion provides another hard shove towards the impending and seemingly inevitable end of Section 230–and the Internet as we know it.

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes presented Elon Musk with an ultimatum last night: appoint a new legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours or X will be banned.

The ongoing dispute follows X closing its office in Brazil after being ordered to remove several accounts for allegedly spreading hate speech and misinformation. The service remains available to Brazil’s estimated 40 million monthly users... for now.

Durov was released from police custody and transferred to court ahead of a possible indictment, reports The Associated Press.

French authorities arrested Durov Saturday in a preliminary investigation of the relationship between Telegram’s moderation practices and the distribution of CSAM and other criminal content by another unnamed person on the platform.

AB 2602 has been approved — a bill that requires explicit consent from performers across TV, film, videogames, audiobooks, and commercials to create digital replicas.

SAG-AFTRA executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland commended the guardrails it provides against licensing abuse, calling it “a huge step forward.” The bill still needs to be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom before it can take effect, though.

The fourth collection of digital trading cards shows Trump in typical over-the-top fantasies, like wielding a lightning bolt that apparently represents his role as the “crypto president.” There’s also a physical “collector’s edition” card with a piece of Trump’s debate night suit.

It’s not clear how this ties into Trump’s cryptocurrency platform, which we still don’t fully understand.

The three-year compliance plan (PDF) and civil penalty aren’t for this April outage or a nationwide AT&T wireless outage in February that blocked more than 25,000 attempts to reach 911.

This outage on August 22nd, 2023, caused over 400 failed 911 calls across Illinois, Kansas, Texas, and Wisconsin in just over an hour.

The names have changed, but the failures continue.

Following a similar order against the attorney general of Texas, Judge Amit Mehta has blocked an investigation into Media Matters For America by Missouri AG Andrew Bailey, who alleged MMFA broke the law with critical reports about Elon Musk’s X. X’s similarly speech-chilling lawsuit against MMFA remains ongoing.

While Durov hasn’t been charged, a statement from the French government says his recent arrest is tied to an investigation into a “person unnamed” on charges of being complicit in distributing CSAM, drugs, and hacking tools, along with refusing to cooperate with law enforcement and other crimes.

Telegram has said its CEO and founder has “nothing to hide.”

Kennedy said he was worried he would become “a spoiler” and throw the race to Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump’s campaign is reportedly hoping to get Kennedy onto Joe Rogan’s show to sell listeners on his endorsement. Kennedy suggested he’ll be offered a role in the next administration if Trump wins and vowed to install “honest scientists.”