AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoLegal & Tech: A U.S. appeals court cleared the way for more than 3,000 lawsuits accusing Meta and TikTok of designing addictive feeds that harmed young users, rejecting a Section 230 “immunity” argument and letting the cases move forward. Publishing & AI: A new report says European publishers are getting scraped by AI bots far more aggressively than North American sites, with robots.txt rules ignored more often and referrals from AI apps lagging. Books & Education: University of Toronto historian Timothy Snyder is bringing his “Hitler and Stalin Today” course to YouTube for free, expanding access to a major public-history teaching effort. Book Industry & Labor: University of Chicago Press union members won a landslide election, a notable labor milestone for a major academic publisher. Community & Libraries: A Chicago Lawn Library block party highlighted local outreach with free activities and an Illinois Senate activity book for kids. Travel & Leisure: Frontier and other airlines are adding Guatemala routes, signaling continued demand for international travel.
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