AI company Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement on Friday, aimed at resolving a sweeping class-action lawsuit brought by authors who alleged the company used pirated copies of their books to train its chatbot, Claude. According to the proposed agreement, which is subject to judicial approval, the settlement provides roughly $3,000 to each of [...]
The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to provide legal protection for Venezuelan and Haitian migrants. Over 1 million migrants from the two countries faced deportation under a plan from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). At issue is a DHS plan [...]
The European Commission on Friday fined Google $3.46 billion (€2.95 billion) for abusing its dominance in the online advertising technology sector, marking one of the largest antitrust penalties ever imposed on a tech company in Europe. The commission found that Google illegally distorted competition by favoring its own ad exchange service, AdX, to the detriment [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday announced that the trial of 13 law enforcement officers accused of torture and involvement in death in custody is an opportunity for justice over rights abuses in Türkiye. An indictment was issued on February 20, charging “13 members of the gendarmerie of various ranks” with “torture resulting in Ahmet [...]
Amnesty International on Friday condemned Thailand’s charges against activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, who is facing trial on September 9 for refusing military conscription. The group demanded that Thailand drop all charges, warning that the prosecution violates international human rights law. Netiwit, a former Amnesty International Thailand board member, risks three years in prison [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday warned of a deteriorating rights situation in Mali amid a growing atmosphere of repression. The high commissioner urged the military junta to promptly rescind legal changes that have “slammed the door shut” on a return to democratic rule, and called for the immediate and unconditional [...]
UN human rights and environmental experts on Thursday welcomed Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s decision to veto 63 provisions of a sweeping environmental licensing bill, calling the move a decisive step in protecting human rights, Indigenous communities, and the planet. The vetoes, announced earlier this week, were applied to some of the most [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the Zambian government to act punitively against mining firms that are violating domestic environmental laws and worsening lead pollution. HRW detailed the impact of the South African firm Jubilee Metals Group on Zambia’s Kabwe municipality, one of the 10 most polluted sites globally. HRW asserted that Article 36 [...]
Amnesty International stated on Thursday that the oil company Shell bears responsibility for cleaning up and remedying historic oil pollution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, despite the company’s divestment of its Nigerian subsidiary. The organization’s statement follows a letter sent two months ago by seven UN Rapporteurs on Human Rights to Shell and other oil companies, [...]
The Nepalese government on Thursday instituted a widespread block on major social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter), restricting access to 26 platforms across the country. The decision, enforced by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), follows the platforms’ failure to comply with the directive requiring registration with the Ministry of Communications [...]
