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Algorithms cannot decide a patient’s healthcare coverage, the US government clarifies
Insurers offering Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have received a new memo from the CMS, an FAQ-like document that offers careful clarifications on the use (or abuse) of AI predictions. The agency says that insuring companies cannot deny coverage to ailing people solely based on those predictions because AI doesn’t take…
Nasdaq panel expected to decide on Yield10 listing within next month
Google released a .zip web domain and people can’t decide if it’s the phishing apocalypse or just as bad as any other dodgy link
SCOTUS Will Decide Whether Public Officials Can Block Naysayers on Social Media
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two First Amendment rights cases this fall after San Diego board members blocked parents for raising concerns on their social media accounts. A second case was filed against the city manager in Port Huron, Michigan for blocking a resident who raised Covid-19 concerns on his Facebook…
Supreme Court could decide if government officials can block social media users
The Supreme Court is set to hear two cases that could decide if the First Amendment allows government officials to block users on personal social media accounts where they post about their work.
The cases are O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed, both concerning public officials who use social media. The first involves two elected school board members who blocked parents who left repetitious comments on their posts. The second involves James Freed, the city manager of Port Huron, who blocked accounts and deleted comments from his Facebook page. Neither case applies to whether platforms can ban or otherwise moderate users, an issue that the Supreme Court is likely to take up at a later point.
Public officials blocking users…