Justices allow federal government continued communication over social media content moderation

Justices allow federal government continued communication over social media content moderation

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The Supreme Court on Friday granted a request from the Biden administration to temporarily block a lower court’s order that would limit the ability of government officials to communicate with social media companies about their content moderation policies. The Biden administration contends that it has sought only to “mitigate the hazards of online misinformation” by flagging content that violated the social media platforms’ own policies. But two states and several individuals whose social media posts were removed or downgraded … Read the rest

Judicial Conference Revises Policy to Expand Remote Audio Access Over Its Pre-COVID Policy

The Judicial Conference of the United States on Tuesday approved a change to its broadcast policy that expands the public’s access to civil and bankruptcy proceedings over the Judiciary’s longstanding pre-COVID policy, which prohibited all remote public access to federal court proceedings.
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SEEKING TO TREAT A PATIENT OVER THEIR OBJECTIONS

Because of some reason or issue in the parent/child relationship, the patient’s daughter refused to be the decision maker in her mother’s care.

KINGS COUNTY HOSP. v. MR, 2023 NY Slip Op 50647 – NY: Kings Supreme Court 2023:

STEVEN Z. MOSTOFSKY, J.

Kings County Hospital (KCH) filed an application to treat M.R. over her objection under the Family Healthcare Decisions Act, Public Health Law (PHL) § 29-cc. The statute permits the hospital to bring this special proceeding for M.R.’s … Read the rest