Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed an online child safety bill that will require Google and Apple to verify phone users’ age to sign into the app store.
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Apple, Meta fined as EU presses ahead with tech probes
Apple and Meta were fined as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.
Read More Apple, Meta fined as EU presses ahead with tech probesConnecticut: Man ‘Held Captive’ For More Than 20 Years In Family Home By Parents Speaks Out
A 32-year-old Connecticut man who claims to have been held captive by his father and stepmother for twenty years, broke free after intentionally setting fire to his childhood residence.
Read More Connecticut: Man ‘Held Captive’ For More Than 20 Years In Family Home By Parents Speaks OutMultiple Nat’l Security Council Staffers Fired After Trump Meeting With Laura Loomer: ‘I Know Who’s Loyal, Who’s Disloyal’
Multiple White House National Security Council staffers were reportedly fired following a Wednesday meeting that President Donald Trump hosted with right-wing activist and commentator Laura Loomer.
Read More Multiple Nat’l Security Council Staffers Fired After Trump Meeting With Laura Loomer: ‘I Know Who’s Loyal, Who’s Disloyal’Court blocks California law on children’s online safety
A federal judge said California cannot enforce a state law meant to shield children from online content that could harm them mentally or physically.
Read More Court blocks California law on children’s online safetyState Of New York Sues Allstate For Allegedly Not Disclosing Data Breach Of 165K New Yorkers
New York has alleged that the National General unit of Allstate (ALL.N) failed to disclose a major data breach, exposing customers’ driver license numbers. The state’s attorney general also argued that Allstate had not developed reasonable safeguards to protect drivers’ private information.
Read More State Of New York Sues Allstate For Allegedly Not Disclosing Data Breach Of 165K New Yorkers