ChatGPT wrote “Goodnight Moon” suicide lullaby for man who later killed himself
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/chatgpt-wrote-goodnight-moon-suicide-lullaby-for-man-who-later-killed-himself/
ChatGPT wrote “Goodnight Moon” suicide lullaby for man who later killed himself
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/chatgpt-wrote-goodnight-moon-suicide-lullaby-for-man-who-later-killed-himself/
Fascists get mad when people report on them being fascists!
Lawsuit: DHS wants “unlimited subpoena authority” to unmask ICE critics
Fascists get mad when people report on them being fascists!
Lawsuit: DHS wants “unlimited subpoena authority” to unmask ICE critics
Futurism: Tesla Accused of Killing Family, Plus Their Dog, by Steering Vehicle Head-on Into Oncoming Semi-Truck (1/6/26)
"...A man is suing Tesla after half his family was killed when their Model X, which was running one of the automaker’s driving assistance features, veered across the road line and into a tractor-trailer — crushing his wife, two daughters, son-in-law, and family dog,..."
https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/lawsuit-tesla-kills-family-semi-truck
A teacher called over a dozen therapists to find mental health care following a miscarriage.
An EMT spent months looking for one after a suicide attempt.
They couldn’t find any in-network provider able to see them. Now they're suing their insurer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/emblemhealth-ghost-network-mental-health-lawsuit-new-york?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Law #Health #MentalHealth #Lawsuit #Healthcare #Insurance #NewYork
A teacher called over a dozen therapists to find mental health care following a miscarriage.
An EMT spent months looking for one after a suicide attempt.
They couldn’t find any in-network provider able to see them. Now they're suing their insurer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/emblemhealth-ghost-network-mental-health-lawsuit-new-york?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Law #Health #MentalHealth #Lawsuit #Healthcare #Insurance #NewYork
Why we're taking legal action against SerpApi's unlawful scraping
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/serpapi-lawsuit/
#HackerNews #legalaction #SerpApi #scraping #lawsuit #technews #cybersecurity
Futurism: Tesla Accused of Killing Family, Plus Their Dog, by Steering Vehicle Head-on Into Oncoming Semi-Truck (1/6/26)
"...A man is suing Tesla after half his family was killed when their Model X, which was running one of the automaker’s driving assistance features, veered across the road line and into a tractor-trailer — crushing his wife, two daughters, son-in-law, and family dog,..."
https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/lawsuit-tesla-kills-family-semi-truck
today’s “tales from the #enshitocene”… 😩
we’re at a rental property for our honeymoon! 🎉🎉🎉 👰♀️👰♀️🐶 🚣♀️🐶🚣♀️ (that’s not the #enshittified part 🤪)
the house has a “smart” (🙄) TV – so far I’ve removed 3 previous still-logged-in Google account profiles, disabled analytics & “data sharing” in three different places, turned off all the Google / Alexa integration bullshit (especially the microphone wake word!), etc., etc. 😩
but at least one profile is still “remembered” somewhere in the settings, since if you open the “set up Google assistant” page (to make sure everything’s turned off), it “helpfully” pre-fills the account box with the email of one of the (obviously-not-really-)deleted accounts
(I’ll probably email that person & let them know that I’ve logged out of their account for them & suggest that maybe they should do that themselves next time they log in to their account on some rando’s TV… 🤪)
and of course, despite us def never logging in to any apps on some rando’s TV & only running stuff on our own laptops connected via HDMI, we still run the risk of the TV snitching on us via totally undisclosed & un-opt-outable #AutomatedContentRecognition ( #ACR) tech – this particular TV is a #TCL one, one of the brands named in a new #lawsuit in… ✷checks notes✷ … #Texas (😳 but also 🎉)
more of this #RegulatoryAction pls! 🤜💥🤛
Attorney General Paxton Sues Five Major TV Companies, Including Some with Ties to the CCP, for Spying on Texans
/ping @pluralistic 👋
today’s “tales from the #enshitocene”… 😩
we’re at a rental property for our honeymoon! 🎉🎉🎉 👰♀️👰♀️🐶 🚣♀️🐶🚣♀️ (that’s not the #enshittified part 🤪)
the house has a “smart” (🙄) TV – so far I’ve removed 3 previous still-logged-in Google account profiles, disabled analytics & “data sharing” in three different places, turned off all the Google / Alexa integration bullshit (especially the microphone wake word!), etc., etc. 😩
but at least one profile is still “remembered” somewhere in the settings, since if you open the “set up Google assistant” page (to make sure everything’s turned off), it “helpfully” pre-fills the account box with the email of one of the (obviously-not-really-)deleted accounts
(I’ll probably email that person & let them know that I’ve logged out of their account for them & suggest that maybe they should do that themselves next time they log in to their account on some rando’s TV… 🤪)
and of course, despite us def never logging in to any apps on some rando’s TV & only running stuff on our own laptops connected via HDMI, we still run the risk of the TV snitching on us via totally undisclosed & un-opt-outable #AutomatedContentRecognition ( #ACR) tech – this particular TV is a #TCL one, one of the brands named in a new #lawsuit in… ✷checks notes✷ … #Texas (😳 but also 🎉)
more of this #RegulatoryAction pls! 🤜💥🤛
Attorney General Paxton Sues Five Major TV Companies, Including Some with Ties to the CCP, for Spying on Texans
/ping @pluralistic 👋
AP: Black men who were fired from key transportation boards accuse Trump of a pattern of discrimination
"..“When you look at who has been removed without cause, and who has been left in place, the pattern is impossible to ignore: Black commissioners across the federal government have been summarily fired,” said Brown, who was Vice Chairman of the NTSB. “My abrupt removal was unlawful, and it was discriminatory...."
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
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Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country filing lawsuits and garnishing paychecks to collect unpaid bills.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
AP: Black men who were fired from key transportation boards accuse Trump of a pattern of discrimination
"..“When you look at who has been removed without cause, and who has been left in place, the pattern is impossible to ignore: Black commissioners across the federal government have been summarily fired,” said Brown, who was Vice Chairman of the NTSB. “My abrupt removal was unlawful, and it was discriminatory...."
Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children and misled the public
https://time.com/7336204/meta-lawsuit-files-child-safety/
#HackerNews #Meta #Misleading #Children #Risks #Child #Safety #Lawsuit #Social #Media
Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin family sues Tesla over crash that killed 5
"...According to the lawsuit, the car lacked safety features that could have prevented its batteries from catching fire and causing an explosion — or at least could have slowed down the process long enough to give the passengers time to escape.
Additionally, the lawsuit says the car’s design made it difficult for the passengers to get out after the crash. Normally, the doors to the car’s backseat can be opened using buttons on the handles that draw power from the vehicle’s low-voltage system. But, during a fire, that low-voltage system typically stops working, which means the car doors can only open if they’re manually released, the suit says..."
https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-family-sues-tesla-over-crash-that-killed-5
Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin family sues Tesla over crash that killed 5
"...According to the lawsuit, the car lacked safety features that could have prevented its batteries from catching fire and causing an explosion — or at least could have slowed down the process long enough to give the passengers time to escape.
Additionally, the lawsuit says the car’s design made it difficult for the passengers to get out after the crash. Normally, the doors to the car’s backseat can be opened using buttons on the handles that draw power from the vehicle’s low-voltage system. But, during a fire, that low-voltage system typically stops working, which means the car doors can only open if they’re manually released, the suit says..."
https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-family-sues-tesla-over-crash-that-killed-5
10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea
#HackerNews #YouTuberLockShim #Lawsuit #Controversy #ViralVideo #TechPolicy
