Google To Settle FTC YouTube Investigation For Up To $200 Million: Report
AUDREY CONKLIN REPORTER Google agreed to pay $150 million to $200 million to settle an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over YouTube’s alleged breach of a children’s privacy law, Politico reported Friday. The FTC voted to approve the settlement 3-2 and sent it to the Justice Department for review, a source familiar with […]
‘Tech Witch Hunt’: Here’s How 20 Or More States Plan To Take On Big Tech
AUDREY CONKLIN REPORTER More than 20 states could be making a bipartisan effort to initiate an antitrust investigation into big tech companies. The investigation would focus on companies such as Apple, Google and Facebook to determine whether they pose a threat to the U.S. economy if they grow into monopolies. NetChoice Vice President […]
Hong Kong Demonstration Draws Crowd Of More Than 1.7 Million Against Government Orders
AUDREY CONKLIN REPORTER Hong Kong protest organizer Civil Human Rights Front estimates more than 1.7 million people gathered in the rain Sunday for the city’s 11th consecutive week of demonstrations. Government officials told protesters to stay in Victoria Park, but the large, pro-democracy crowd eventually took to the streets to protest an extradition bill […]
Trump Grants Full Pardons To 5 People
AUDREY CONKLIN REPORTER President Donald Trump granted full pardons Monday to five individuals previously involved in offenses like transporting marijuana and drug-trafficking. The president decided John Richard Bubala, Roy Wayne McKeever, Rodney Takumi, Michael Tedesco and Chalmer Lee Williams were worthy of Executive Grants of Clemency after “a careful review of the files” of […]
Homeless Crisis Boils Over In Los Angeles, Residents Call For Mayor To Step Down
Audrey Conklin | Reporter The homeless crisis in Los Angeles is getting worse, and residents are calling for Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti to resign for his “failed leadership.” Skid Row, an area in downtown LA, now hosts the largest unsheltered population in the country. Homelessness numbers in LA county have risen by 12% from 2018 to 2019 with […]
9th Circuit Sides With California Sanctuary City Laws And Against DOJ
Audrey Conklin | Reporter The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled against President Donald Trump on Thursday, affirming that California’s sanctuary city statutes do not conflict with federal immigration laws. The case began in March 2018 when the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against three of California’s laws regarding immigration, […]
Check Out This Pennsylvania Band Of Wounded Vets Called ‘The Resilient’
AUDREY CONKLIN, Reporter An unlikely American rock band, fittingly called “The Resilient,” is making headlines this week for all the right reasons. The group of five is made up of “some of the most combat-wounded people in history,” according to their website, and they practice in a home in the woods of Bethel, Pennsylvania. Its members […]
Ocasio-Cortez Claims Unfair Media Treatment— These Headlines Prove That’s Fake News
Audrey Conklin | Reporter New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a peculiar claim Tuesday on Twitter when she said the media targets her personal life more than they do other politicians, but she can handle pressure well because she grew up “the only daughter in a Latino household.” “You know, when I got to [Washington,] […]
