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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Judge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case
When two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses.
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Copyright law ‘struggling’ to parse AI’s ascendancy
- media and technology
- AI governance
- structural power
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Big Tech, big cons: Scammers are hiding in the apps that make your life easy
In her new book “Bharat Bluff: Inside the Cons of India’s Internet Revolution,” writer Soumya Gupta explores how fraudsters are exploiting the trust people place in big tech platforms like Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp.
- AI governance
- media and technology
- geopolitics
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A $57 Billion Toll: How Evolving Scams Are Fleecing Europe
A new report reveals that criminal networks are rapidly adapting to new technologies, including artificial intelligence, siphoning billions from victims while the vast majority of crimes go unreported.
- structural power
- geopolitics
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Congress Just Rushed Through a Disastrous Copyright Office Overhaul
In a voice vote earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6028, the “Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act.” The legislation is presented as a technical reorganization of some government agencies, but it’s much more than that. H.R. 6028 would fundamentally change the U.S. C…
- AI governance
- structural power
- media and technology
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Everyone is Lying to You for Money is a must-watch exposé of crypto
Actor Ben McKenzie explores the world of crypto in an entertaining documentary that doesn't shy away from calling out those who have promoted the currency
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The Internet and the Lost Law of Transit
- media and technology
- AI governance
- structural power
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Media producers concerned Ottawa has 'sold out Canadian culture in favour of big U.S. tech interests'
Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) reported 31 contacts with federal officials in April