TikTok sued by 13 states — including NY — over harmful, addictive features
TikTok faces a new lawsuit filed Tuesday by 13 states and the District of Columbia, accusing the popular social media platform of harming young people and failing to protect them. Separate lawsuits filed in New York, California, the District of Columbia and 11 other states extend Chinese-owned TikTok's legal battle with regulators and seek new […]
Harmful Credit Legislation Targets Main Street
The following content is Electronic Payments Union. Whenever you stroll down the main street of any beautiful, charming small town, the bustling family-owned storefronts remind you of just how important small businesses are to the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) are seriously disrupting the economic future of our small […]
UK government ‘scouring social media’ to arrest people for sharing ‘harmful’ riot footage regardless of intent
The UK government is cracking down on people sharing social media posts about the UK riots that it believes are “likely to incite racial hatred”. Riots have erupted across the UK over an online hoax that suggested an asylum seeker was behind a mass stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event that left three […]
Rumble CEO joins Musk’s advertising antitrust suit going after ‘harmful monopoly’
Rumble CEO and founder Chris Pavlovski explains why his company and other platforms are taking action against the illegal advertising tactics used by Google. Social media platform Rumble joins the fray Elon Musk’s X The company filed a lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), alleging that the global advertising group is violating […]
TikTok honey eye drop trend could bring ‘harmful side effects’
Oh honey, no! A painful new health tip that claims to cure eye ailments with raw honey is becoming a hot topic on TikTok. Devotees claim that applying a few drops of Himerit raw honey to the eyes will eliminate floaters, the black spots that cloud your vision, and even cure glaucoma and cataracts. Himerito […]
Senate passes bill to protect kids online and make tech companies accountable for harmful content
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at protecting children from dangerous online content on Tuesday, advancing the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm they cause. The bill, which passed with 91 votes in favor and 3 against, was pushed by parents whose children had […]
3 Harmful Consequences of Biden Killing the Keystone XL Pipeline
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes From CO2 emissions to jobs to investment, the president’s move will have the opposite of its intended effect. President Joe Biden wasted no time after Wednesday’s inaugural ceremonies before getting to work. He signed 17 executive orders and memorandums—by far the most in history on a president’s first day—one of which halted construction […]
‘Harmful’ to Call Trans Athletes ‘Biological Males’
The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) “representation guidelines” have declared that describing transgender athletes as “biological male” or “biological female” is “harmful.” Recently Updated Guidelines The guidelines instruct Olympic media and other media covering future Olympic Games on how to treat certain identities. They also include a list of “problematic” terms, with “biological male” and “biological […]
‘Babying’ Caitlin Clark is ‘most harmful’ thing for WNBA rookie
David Dennis Jr. thinks some Caitlin Clark fans should stop sounding the alarm after the Indiana Fever got off to an 0-4 start in his rookie year in the WNBA. During an appearance on ESPN’s “Around the Horn” on Tuesday, the senior writer for ESPN vertical Andscape said that rookies, especially those drafted at high […]
House-passed antisemitism bill may violate First Amendment warn critics: ‘Misguided and harmful’
Anti-Semitism on campus worsens FOX News reporter Brian Lenas reports that a Columbia University student has been suspended indefinitely and kicked out of his residence following anti-Israel protests. Critics have blasted a bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at cracking down on anti-Semitism, arguing that it goes too far and would […]