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TikTok is not complying with social media law restricting minors, Florida says
Uthmeier files civil suit, seeking injunction and money damages.
Jay Waagmeester, Florida Phoenix
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Florida law enforcement relied too heavily on AI, falsely arrested a suspect, ACLU argues
The case centers around what the ACLU calls a “faulty facial recognition match” in 2023 and an arrest eight months later
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Florida remains in bottom half of child wellbeing in annual databook
Florida’s overall state of child wellbeing did not improve in this year’s Kids Count Data Profile
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Rick Scott pushes to get Kanye West’s Florida concerts canceled
Scott urged the authority board to “carefully review this decision” of hosting the rapper, for shows June 26 and 28 in Tampa.
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University of Florida presidential hopeful Stuart Bell says he won’t bring ‘woke’ back
“I’m certainly not coming to Florida to bring DEI or any form of woke back. Period,” Bell said Wednesday afternoon
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ChatGPT creators knew product would cause harm, Florida argues in lawsuit
The complaint opens with a screenshot of ChatGPT’s parental control policy stating, “Built with safety in mind.” The AG’s first words in the brief: “Not so.”
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Florida settles with biologist it fired over Charlie Kirk-related post
The state owes nearly half a million dollars to a biologist fired after reposting a statement critical of the late Charlie Kirk
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Florida school choice advocates push back against union’s ‘frivolous’ voucher suit
Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas called the statewide union a “special interest group” on a “never-ending quest to harm students and families in our great state.”
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Court sanctions FWC supervisor for handling of Charlie Kirk-related firing
“There is a label for what Ms. Tucker did — making false statements.”
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Alleged FSU shooter was ‘co-conspiring’ with ChatGPT, new lawsuit alleges
The legal team alleges OpenAI, owner of ChatGPT, was negligent in creating a product without an ability or willingness to push back harder against the shooter
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DeSantis addresses reports that ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ may close soon
He did not dispute the possible shutdown, instead reiterating that it is a stopgap meant to help the federal government house detainees
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Uthmeier continues charge against Southern Poverty Law Center
Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a subpoena to the Southern Poverty Law Center alleging deceptive fundraising
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‘Rigging the system’: Advocacy groups blast approval of DeSantis’ gerrymandered map
Advocacy groups made clear their opposition and expectation of legal challenges
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Florida average teacher pay remains at bottom of national data, union says
“When public dollars are diverted away from public schools, and teachers can’t afford to stay in the profession, it’s students who lose”
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Florida’s 28 state colleges remove sociology as general education course
The 12 state universities also recently removed the course
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Florida, dozens of other states, succeed in fight against Live Nation-Ticketmaster
States red and blue won over a federal jury that has declared Live Nation and Ticketmaster constitute an illegal monopoly
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‘God Squad’ withdrawal of protection for Gulf species draws another challenge
Environmental groups want to block Trump administration rules letting energy companies bypass endangered species protections in the Gulf
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‘Don’t send her home!?’: Florida leaders react to Pam Bondi’s firing
President Donald Trump announced Bondi’s departure Thursday
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Florida scraps sociology as a general education course at universities
The decision comes after state rulemakers and faculty tugged back and forth over what a sociology curriculum will look like
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Florida universities face DeSantis-backed freeze on H1-B visas
Florida’s university system decision-makers voted to pause H-1B visas at state universities until next year