Topic: executive power
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Spotify Boycott Continues Despite Daniel Ek's Exit
The Spotify boycott persists as artists and labels continue withdrawing music, citing unresolved issues like unfair royalty payments and platform policies, with Daniel Ek's shift to executive chairman seen as insufficient since he retains significant control. Artists criticize the leadership chan...
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Pentagon AI Dispute: Anthropic Refuses to Back Down
The Pentagon is threatening to use extraordinary legal powers, like the Defense Production Act, to compel Anthropic to grant unrestricted military access to its advanced AI models, setting a major precedent for government intervention. The standoff centers on Anthropic's refusal to allow its tech...
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Red Lines and Red Flags: A Critical Perspective
The standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon is a fundamental clash over AI governance, centering on the company's refusal to remove safety restrictions from its Claude model for military use, challenging who controls powerful technology. Anthropic's safety-first philosophy, which prohibits it...
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Congressional Alarm Grows Over US Wiretap Expansion
A bipartisan coalition is urgently warning that Section 702 of FISA, a foreign surveillance law up for reauthorization, risks being turned into a tool for warrantless domestic spying on American citizens. During a hearing, witnesses and lawmakers demanded a warrant requirement for searching the S...
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Sen. Ed Markey: TikTok, the FCC, and Free Speech
Senator Ed Markey warns of a systematic effort to weaponize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to censor media and intimidate broadcasters, creating a chilling effect that undermines First Amendment protections. He criticizes the opaque and selective enforcement of the TikTok ban, sugges...
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Science Suffers Long After Shutdown Ends
A government shutdown causes long-term damage to American scientific progress by halting research, data collection, and public health monitoring, with effects that persist even after funding resumes. The 2025 shutdown is particularly risky as it coincides with policy shifts that threaten the trad...
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