17 Oct 2025 - ‘Legacies condensed to AI slop’: OpenAI Sora videos of the dead raise alarm with legal experts

The video app can produce realistic deepfakes of Marx shopping and MLK Jr trolling. Some say using ‘historical figures’ is the company’s way of testing the legal waters

17 Oct 2025 - ‘Legacies condensed to AI slop’: OpenAI Sora videos of the dead raise alarm with legal experts

17 Oct 2025 - OpenAI blocks AI videos of Martin Luther King Jr. : NPR

OpenAI is preventing people from making AI videos of King on its Sora app after the estate of the civil rights leader complained about the spread of offensive and vulgar portrayals.

17 Oct 2025 - OpenAI blocks AI videos of Martin Luther King Jr. : NPR

16 Oct 2025 - JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’.

16 Oct 2025 - JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

9 Oct 2025 - Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group dismissed

A federal judge has thrown out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), ruling that the company cannot be held responsible for promoting Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track Not Like Us.

9 Oct 2025 - Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group dismissed

7 Oct 2025 - Paddington creators sue after Spitting Image depicts him as crude podcast host

It follows Spitting Image creating a parody version of the children's character for its YouTube series.

7 Oct 2025 - Paddington creators sue after Spitting Image depicts him as crude podcast host

23 Sep 2025 - Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses

The Saudi government is using the Riyadh Comedy Festival 2025 from September 26 to October 9 to deflect attention from its brutal repression of free speech and other pervasive human rights violations.

23 Sep 2025 - Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses

25 Sep 2025 - Jimmy Kimmel's return draws record ratings despite limited showing

The first episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! since it was suspended last week drew a record 6.26 million viewers, Disney says.

25 Sep 2025 - Jimmy Kimmel's return draws record ratings despite limited showing

22 Sep 2025 - Egypt: High time for cartoonist Ashraf Omar’s pre-trial detention to end, say UN experts

GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today expressed deep concern over the continued detention of political cartoonist Ashraf Omar and the sweeping misuse of counter-terrorism legislation in Egypt to silence artists and journalists and curtail freedom of expression.

22 Sep 2025 - Egypt: High time for cartoonist Ashraf Omar’s pre-trial detention to end, say UN experts

18 Sept 2025 - Jimmy Kimmel taken off air over Charlie Kirk comments

The late-night host said on Monday that Trump's allies were "doing everything they can to score political points from" Kirk's death.

18 Sept 2025 - Jimmy Kimmel taken off air over Charlie Kirk comments

1 Jul 2025 - Journalists at satirical magazine in Turkey arrested over Prophet Muhammad cartoon

Clashes erupt in Istanbul as police fire rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protestors demonstrating against Turkish magazine

1 Jul 2025 - Journalists at satirical magazine in Turkey arrested over Prophet Muhammad cartoon

7 Jun 2025 - Brazilian comedian sentenced to 8 years in prison for ‘bigoted’ jokes

The ruling against comedian Leo Lins for jokes told in 2022 is shaping up as the next front in Brazil’s escalating struggle over freedom of expression.

7 Jun 2025 - Brazilian comedian sentenced to 8 years in prison for ‘bigoted’ jokes

22 May 2025 - 17 'South Park' Episodes Will Be Missing From U.S. Paramount+ Debut

According to reports, U.S. fans will have to still rely on their old DVDs to see some classic 'South Park' episodes.

22 May 2025 - 17 'South Park' Episodes Will Be Missing From U.S. Paramount+ Debut