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Will Florida’s new social media law work? Here are some concerns

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Gov. Ron DeSantis calls Florida’s social media restrictions on minors one of the strictest in the nation. The measure was passed to keep kids off apps like TikTok and Snapchat to protect their mental health. The law prohibits anyone under 13 from having an account. “One of the things I know a lot of parents have had concerns about is the role the internet and social media play in the upbringing of young kids,” DeSantis said last week as he signed the measure into law. The law (HB3) would: Require social media platforms to prohibit minors under 14 from creating…
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Law book publishers who print statutes should be extra cautious, any mistakes may invite contempt or perjury proceedings: Karnataka High Court

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It is high time those who print and publish statutes and statutory instruments are extra cautious, or else, they run the risk of being hauled up for contempt of court, perjury, and such offenses for printing books with wrong provisions of the laws, the High Court of Karnataka has cautioned the publishers. In addition, the Court said that the publishers would also run the risk of being blacklisted from public tenders for the supply of books of their publication for publishing the law books with errors. “It goes without saying that if for the ‘mistake of law’, nobody should suffer,…
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Israel passes law to ban Al Jazeera from broadcasting, Netanyahu calls it ‘terrorist channel’ – India TV

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Image Source : REUTERS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Jerusalem: The Israeli parliament on Monday passed a law clearing the way for the country to temporarily ban the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel from broadcasting from Israel, citing threats to national security. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the “terror channel” harmed Israel’s security and actively participated in the October 7, and vowed to act immediately to ban the channel. The law passed 71 to 10 in its second and third readings in the Knesset plenum, according to The Times of Israel. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, who spearheaded the effort to…
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Juris Center, Online Internship

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Is LA County putting itself at legal risk by sending light-duty probation officers home? – DailyNews

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A new mandate forcing Los Angeles County probation officers physically unable to work in the juvenile halls to stay home could expose the county to significant liability as it potentially violates federal laws requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to injured and disabled workers, according to legal experts. In a February memo, Probation Department Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa announced plans to redeploy 250 field officers on 60-day rotations to Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall and the Barry J. Nidorf Secure Youth Treatment Facility, where persistent under-staffing has led to such poor conditions that state regulators ordered the facilities to close if…
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