Not Real News: An Associated Press Roundup of Untrue Stories Shared Widely on Social Media This Week
From the Associated Press: A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts… Direct to Full Text See [...]
Iowa Governor Signs Education Law on Book Bans, LGBTQ Teaching
From the Des Moines Register: Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a sweeping education law that orders the removal from schools of books that contain sex acts and restricts teaching about LGBTQ topics. Iowa Republican lawmakers combined several of their top priorities for education into the wide-ranging Senate File 496, which Reynolds [...]
Report: “Central Arkansas Library System Moving Forward With Lawsuit Against State Library Law”
From KUAR: The board of the Central Arkansas Library System voted to move forward Thursday on a lawsuit against a new state law regulating public libraries. Act 372 requires books deemed by a court to be “harmful to minors” to be placed in a restricted section that’s inaccessible to children, [...]
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From Pew Research: About six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) are familiar with ChatGPT, though relatively few have tried it themselves, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March. Among those who have tried ChatGPT, a majority report it has been at least somewhat useful. [Clip] How ChatGPT should be used has been hotly contested. […]
