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Reuters
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Immigrant rights advocates ask judge to block deportations to Libya
BOSTON, May 7 (Reuters) - Immigrant rights advocates asked a federal judge in Boston on Wednesday to block the Trump administration from sending migrants subject to final orders of deportation to Libya or any country en route to there, including Saudi Arabia. The advocates made the request to a federal judge who had barred the administration from swiftly deporting migrants to countries other than their own without first hearing any concerns they had that they might be tortured or persecuted if sent there. Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox from The Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up here. Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston, Editing by Franklin Paul Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab
Reuters
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
US judge limits Trump's ability to swiftly deport migrants held at Guantanamo Bay
BOSTON, April 30 (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to ensure migrants held at Guantanamo Bay are given a chance to raise any concerns about their safety before deporting them to El Salvador or countries other than their places of origin. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston issued the order after immigrant rights advocates argued the administration had violated a court order he issued by flying four Venezuelans held as U.S. naval base in Cuba to El Salvador on a flight conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense. Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox from The Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up here.
Reuters
16-04-2025
- Business
- Reuters
From AI chatbots to social media: data collection in the digital age
April 16, 2025 - The advent of new software applications may pose challenges for collections in the course of discovery, in addition to the challenges faced at the identification and preservation stages of the EDRM. Attorneys, and importantly, the technologists they work with need to be aware of how to defensibly collect data from these new applications and understand the limitations posed by these technologies so they can appropriately detail collections efforts to the court if needed. What follows are best tips and advice for collecting those novel data sources, from AI chatbots to social media applications detailed in February's article. Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox from The Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up here. While it may be tempting to have a client simply take a screen shot of relevant data, this particular method of collection does not preserve metadata and certainly calls into question evidence's chain of custody and authenticity. As such, it is important to understand the appropriate ways to forensically collect data sources so chain of custody is maintained, metadata remains intact, authenticity can withstand challenge, and you can effectively converse with an e-discovery vendor. Note that much of the advice detailed below is best employed by an e-discovery vendor skilled at forensically collecting a wide variety of data sources, but understanding the process will ensure an accurate representation to your client and the court. When it comes to AI chatbots, third-party messaging applications, and social media platforms, there are several steps involved in collecting data. First and foremost, understanding the type of account that needs to be collected is extremely helpful. Most importantly, it is helpful to know if the collection is of a personal account, a business account, a free account or a paid account, as collection methods can differ based on account type. For a personal account, exports will require having the user's username and password as well as access to the individual's device and a means of communicating any two-factor authentication required by the application. Most social media accounts, including Facebook, Instagram, X, Snapchat, TikTok, Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads, will require two-factor authentication if this privacy setting is enabled in the application. Additionally, the export of personal or free versions of an application may be more limited than the exports available for a business or paid account. For example, Slack provides export capabilities of public channels for free accounts whereas Business+ accounts allow the export of both public and private channels. For a business account, you will likely need to gain administrative level access to the application through a company's IT professional or person with the most knowledge of the application in question. Corporate or business accounts can have different tiers or levels of administrative controls, which are dependent on subscriptions or plans. For example, different from a personal Teams account, Teams for business can be managed through a Global or Teams Administrator, and WhatsApp Business has administrators who set appropriate access levels for users. For most applications, enterprise level products often have a friendlier user interface for bulk exporting data. They may also have choices for the format of the export. Lesser plans for a product may have limited export functionality, or none at all. As a second step, it is helpful to understand the reporting and exporting functions of these applications in general. Most applications, such as ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini, allow you to filter data of interest or run some type of export or report. However, there are products that have limited or no capabilities for exporting data. For example, Perplexity AI and Jasper AI do not offer an export feature. While Perplexity does allow you to export research reports and Perplexity pages to PDF or as a link, the application does not offer a built-in feature to directly export chat data. Jasper also does not have a built-in export feature for chat data, and while message boards have suggested copying and pasting the content desired for export to another location, such as Notepad, TextPad, or Word, these methods offer chain of custody and authenticity issues much like a screenshot. There are third party solutions, such as "Save My Chatbot," which can export chatbot threads into formatted Markdown files; however, these solutions have not been vetted and are thus not considered forensically sound methods of data collection. Other products have such strong encryption or protections on data that it is either very difficult or impossible to get data exported from them. One specific example is Signal. While these applications are the exception and not the rule, they do exist, and you must confer with an e-discovery professional to discuss what is and is not possible for collection. It is important for legal professionals to understand the nuances of data collection from various digital platforms, including AI chatbots and social media applications. While forensic collections ensure the integrity and authenticity of collected data, new applications can pose challenges for even the most seasoned e-discovery vendor. Regardless, by understanding the processes for collections, following best practices and collaborating with e-discovery professionals, attorneys can effectively navigate the complexities of modern data collection.
Reuters
15-04-2025
- Business
- Reuters
California attorney general declines to join Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15 (Reuters) - The California attorney general's office declined to join a lawsuit by Elon Musk against OpenAI, the agency wrote in a letter made public on Tuesday, saying that the office did not see how Musk's action serves the public interest of the state. Musk, a co-founder of the ChatGPT maker, is now in a feud with his co-founder Sam Altman, the current OpenAI chief executive over the firm's future. Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox from The Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up here. OpenAI wants to remove its nonprofit board as its controlling power in exchange for a valuable equity stake. Musk's suit argues that this would threaten the nonprofit's mission and he had asked the state to join the lawsuit. In the letter dated Monday, the attorney general said Musk had not adequately shown that doing so would benefit the public and that Musk appeared to want to use OpenAI's charitable assets for his own purposes. In February, a Musk-led consortium made an unsolicited $97 billion bid for control of OpenAI. The California attorney general's office would also need to approve OpenAI's proposed nonprofit transition because OpenAI is based in California. Entities including Meta (META.O), opens new tab and a group of philanthropic leaders have written to the attorney general urging it to stop OpenAI's transition. OpenAI has argued that it needs to remove the nonprofit's controlling role in order to raise funds from investors. To secure a $40 billion fundraising round, the company must complete its transition by the end of the year. The nonprofit will retain a stake in OpenAI that will become increasingly valuable as the company grows, providing resources to carry out its mission, the company argues. Musk and Altman cofounded ChatGPT maker OpenAI in 2015, but Musk left before the company became a technology star. Last year, Musk, who is also the CEO of electric carmaker Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab, sued OpenAI and Altman, accusing OpenAI of straying from its founding mission - to develop AI for the good of humanity, not corporate profit. OpenAI and Altman have denied the allegations. The two parties are set to begin a jury trial in spring next year. Musk also created his own AI firm, xAI, in 2023, and Altman alleges that Musk has been trying to slow down a competitor.
Reuters
11-04-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Pennsylvania man charged over threats to kill Trump, immigration agents
WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man has been charged with making threats online to murder President Donald Trump and immigration agents, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. Shawn Monper, 32, was charged on Wednesday with four counts of threatening to murder a U.S. official to impede their official duties, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Pittsburgh. Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox from The Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up here. "Rest assured that whenever and wherever threats of assassination or mass violence occur, this Department of Justice will find, arrest and prosecute the suspect to the fullest extent of the law and seek the maximum appropriate punishment," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. Monper made several comments on YouTube between February and April threatening to murder Trump, top U.S. officials and agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the complaint. "Nah, we just need to start killing people, Trump, Elon, all the heads of agencies Trump appointed, and anyone who stands in the way," Monper allegedly wrote in one message cited in the complaint. Billionaire Elon Musk has served as an adviser to Trump in the president's campaign to downsize and reshape the federal government. The defendant has not yet entered a plea. He has been held in U.S. custody to await a detention hearing scheduled for Monday.
