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Judges Halt AI Trials, Scams Drain Billions, Copyright Rushed

June 13, 2026

Courts are buckling as judges dismiss cases where AI lawyers argue both sides, while criminal networks exploit WhatsApp, Google, and crypto platforms to drain billions across Europe and India, exposing how platform trust fuels fraud. Meanwhile, the US Congress rushes a Copyright Office overhaul amid EFF warnings, and Canadian media producers decry Ottawa's capitulation to US tech, revealing a legislative scramble to contain AI disruption while handing cultural and legal frameworks over to corporate capture. Judges, lawmakers, and regulators are losing ground as AI tools automate fraud, overwhelm court dockets, and force rushed copyright reforms, while platform monopolies and crypto operators profit from the erosion of verifiable truth and public oversight.

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Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society — media and technology, AI governance, structural power

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A $57 Billion Toll: How Evolving Scams Are Fleecing Europe

OCCRP — structural power, geopolitics

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Congress Just Rushed Through a Disastrous Copyright Office Overhaul

EFF — AI governance, structural power, media and technology

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The Internet and the Lost Law of Transit

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society — media and technology, AI governance, structural power

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