Online social casino and sweepstakes casino games, which can be “free” to play but quickly tempt players to put in real money, can leave users deeply in debt. A new Tech Transparency Project report details how Facebook—a leading platform for these games—helps attract and hook players while collecting a slice of the revenue for itself.
Today, Campaign for Accountability renewed its request for the Virginia State Bar to investigate former Acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan for multiple potential violations of professional conduct rules during her brief, four-month tenure leading the Eastern District of Virginia.
The recent controversy over Grok-generated sexual deepfakes on X has put pressure on Apple and Google to remove the X and Grok apps from their app stores. But a new Tech Transparency Project report shows that Apple and Google have a much bigger problem when it comes to so-called “nudify” apps.
“The Maryland Bar Rules do not limit bar complaints only to those personally impacted by a lawyer’s misconduct. Although Maryland rules provide that Bar counsel ‘may’ dismiss a complaint that draws on public accounts – leaving it fully within counsel’s discretion to investigate allegations of violations – the Bar chose not to. Clearly, the Bar was looking for an excuse to duck its responsibility to hold Carr accountable for potential misconduct.”
Following a Texas judge’s approval of a signed agreement that will unseal the divorce record of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and State Senator Angela Paxton—and the Paxtons’ lawyers’ comments thereafter—Campaign for Accountability Executive Director Michelle Kuppersmith issued the following statement:
On the eve of a hearing before a Texas court considering a motion by Campaign for Accountability (CfA) and numerous media organizations to unseal the divorce record of Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton and Texas State Senator Angela Paxton, the Paxton’s abruptly dropped their efforts to keep the record sealed.
Tomorrow, December 19th, 2025, at 9:00am (CST), the 468th District Court in Collin County Texas will hear a motion filed by Campaign for Accountability and a group of Media Intervenors to unseal the divorce record of Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton and State Senator Angela Paxton.
Apple’s App Store hosts dozens of apps for U.S.-sanctioned organizations, including Russian banks propping up Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, and a Chinese paramilitary group linked to human rights abuses, according to an investigation by the Tech Transparency Project.
In its response to a complaint CfA filed last month against Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan (who a court has since found was illegally appointed), regarding her conduct in the prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James, the Virginia Bar said that, at present, there is insufficient rationale for it to open an investigation. Read CfA's response.
A new CfA report details how five top AI chatbots—ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Meta AI, Grok, and Perplexity—directed women to call the phone number of a biased anti-abortion hotline when asked questions about a woman’s options during a medication abortion. The hotline pushes women to try what it calls an “abortion pill reversal,” an unproven and potentially dangerous action.