Opinion | The Law That Shaped the Internet Presents a Question for Elon Musk
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Opinion | The Law That Shaped the Internet Presents a Question for Elon Musk

So a Musk-owned Twitter would still ban content — it would just ban less of it. I can imagine more tweets falsely claiming that the Capitol invasion was a media invention or a false-flag operation. Franks, the law professor, speculates as others have that Twitter under Musk would actually be…

Brazil’s climate politics are shifting. That matters for the whole planet.
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Brazil’s climate politics are shifting. That matters for the whole planet.

“He is looking at it with a modern mind set,” she said. “It is one thing to correct the past, to undo mistakes. It is another thing to affirm new paths.” President Biden similarly made climate a pillar of his campaign, as did Gabriel Boric, who became president of Chile…

Biden to Nominate Michael Barr as Fed Vice Chair for Supervision
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Biden to Nominate Michael Barr as Fed Vice Chair for Supervision

The Biden administration said on Friday that it intended to nominate Michael S. Barr, a law professor and a former Obama administration official, to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision. The position — one of America’s top financial regulatory spots — has proved to be a particularly thorny…

Covid Live Updates: For Bereaved U.K. Families, Fines for Johnson Prolong Heartbreak
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Covid Live Updates: For Bereaved U.K. Families, Fines for Johnson Prolong Heartbreak

After Leona Cheng tested positive for the coronavirus late last month, she was told to pack her bags for a hospital stay. When the ambulance came to her apartment in central Shanghai to pick her up two days later, no one said otherwise. So Ms. Cheng was surprised when the…