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Supreme Court Ruling Will Make Online Harassment Harder to Prosecute
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court made prosecuting online harassment more difficult. In a 7-2 ruling on Tuesday, SCOTUS determined that a lower court’s decision to convict and imprison a Colorado man for stalking was flawed. The majority opinion in the case (Counterman v. Colorado), authored by Justice Elena Kagan, clarifies limits on what sorts…
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‘Gaslight’ Is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for No Good Reason
Descriptions of abuse are becoming more popular, especially on the Internet.
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Most Police Killings in the U.S. Aren’t Officially Counted, Study Finds
Police officers are killing more Americans every year than official statistics indicate, new research out Thursday concludes. The study compared government data to other records maintained by outside organisations and found a wide gap, suggesting that more than half of police killings have been unreported by the federal government in the last 40 years.
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Titans Turned Superboy Into Frankenstein’s Manchild, And It Was Awesome
Titans’ cast of superheroes and villains has gotten so large that the series has largely shifted away from dedicating entire episodes to single characters, but this week’s straightforwardly named “Conner” focused on nothing but the latest live-action incarnation of Superman and Lex Luthor’s genetically-engineered offspring.