Three students face felony charges of making a terroristic threat for posting online two brief videos where they act out a school shooting in someone’s house.Is the video protected under the First Amendment or is the sheriff's interpretation of the video consistent within the context of preventing a potential threat?
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Content disturbing to others is present in a lot of content. Just because this dramatization happened to be produced by students and distributed by Instagram doesn't somehow entitle it to less First Amendment protection than a motion picture released by a major studio.
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Sheriff Craig Apple's speech -- as moronic as it is -- is also protected by the same First Amendment he won't extend to these students.
“There’s been enough shootings going on around the country. This is despicable artistic expression, if that’s what it was.”
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Business Times: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says it will fix years to FB's problems.
Who...knew?
Gadgets Now: India law misunderstood by FB moderators.
[Facebook moderators are advised] that any post degrading an entire religion violates Indian law and should be flagged for removal.- - -
[Another instructs moderators] to "look out for" the phrase "Free Kashmir" - though the slogan, common among activists, is completely legal.
Ars Technia: Residential home battery (power) not energy efficient in most cases.
"There may be good reasons to decentralize the grid through ubiquitous installation of small RES [Residential Energy Storage], but cost-effective emissions control is not one of them at the moment," the researchers write.- - -
Caution - story contains AI created "scary" names (I'm looking out for the
AI invents New Year fireworks names that sound more like the end of humanity.Yikes! Machine Blinking Display and Original Cat Pix Budget 2 Boom. Run Away ! Run Away !
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Flaming Thundersplont Box
Red flashing cake
Machine Blinking Display
Black Moo
Original Cat Pix Budget 2 Boom
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Coffee? Tea? Lots of room?
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Technology: Wind turbines hurting robins.
- - -...wind turbines are rather loud and robins have to adapt. In these areas where wind turbines are present, robins drop their lower pitch and go for the trademark puffed up red chest instead. Little birds cannot compete against the low hum of the wind turbine blades.
TechRadar: MS 2018 retrospective.
WccfTech: Here comes Win 10 forced update v 1809....the October 2018 Update has been the most problematic and buggy update ever released for Microsoft’s OS, outdoing even the infamous Anniversary Update.
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Another major development for Microsoft in 2018 was that the firm finally admitted that it had got things wrong with the default web browser for Windows 10. The company has been pushing hard with Edge for a good while now, but to no avail[.]
- - -We are still waiting for user reports to see if they have experienced any Windows 10 forced updates over the last few days. But, if you want to avoid Windows 10 version 1809, it would be wise to block it to avoid any surprises.
Gadgets Now: Elon Musk needs people to beta test Tesla's autonomous-driving cars.
- - -Earlier this year [Tesla] reportedly sought hundreds of employees to test its full-driving system and offered free Autopilot upgrade with new purchases.
The Drive - Ford's 2019 preview and 2020(?) Bronco.
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