The Briefing

Plus, Australia bans social media for children, Stanford backs prosecution of student reporter

Plus, Brendan Carr tapped for FCC head, The Associated Press to reduce workforce

Plus, The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars, Bluesky emerges as an alternative to X

Plus, Australia proposes social media age requirement, public media to get extra funding for statehouse reporting

Plus, Americans’ top sources of political news ahead of the 2024 election

Plus, Microsoft and OpenAI announce local news project

Plus, Trump pushes back against fact-checking

Plus, how podcasts play a key role in the presidential campaigns

Plus, Assange says he pleaded “guilty to journalism” to end incarceration

Plus, states push for regulating AI use in political campaigns