Author: Press Room
Two significant jury verdicts against major social media companies have opened the floodgates for thousands of pending lawsuits alleging that popular platforms endanger the mental health of children. Fortune reports that juries in two landmark cases have ruled against the social media Masters of the Universe, marking a potential turning point in how courts view Silicon Valley companies’ responsibilities toward child safety. The verdicts represent early victories in a wave of litigation that could reshape the technology industry’s approach to protecting young users. In New Mexico, a jury imposed $375 million in civil penalties against Meta on Tuesday after finding…
Brendan Carr, chairman for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), said that Disney could face potential fines if the company’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies are shown to discriminate. Carr issued his warning during an interview with Miranda Devine on Pod Force One, saying the Biden’s administration’s DEI initiatives had “practical consequences” in broadcasting. “That had real, practical consequences. So, Day One, we came in and we ended the FCC’s promotion of DEI,” Carr said. Carr said that companies like Disney could face fines and penalties if their DEI policies are shown to discriminate based on race and gender. “Disney,…
Two Chinese pharmaceutical companies and six Chinese citizens have been indicted for allegedly supplying chemical precursors used to make fentanyl to be smuggled into the United States. According to FBI Director Kash Patel, the indictments handed down by a federal grand jury in Ohio were connected to Operation Box Cutter and revealed an alliance between the Chinese companies and Mexico’s Gulf Cartel. According to court records, the Dayton, Ohio-based grand jury returned the indictments on Tuesday against the Shandong Believe Chemical Company and Shandong Ranhang Biotechnology chemical-pharmaceutical companies. The indictments allege that the companies “knowingly marketed, sold, and exported to…
An illegal alien tried fleeing to Mexico after he skipped his verdict hearing, where he was found guilty of raping an 11-year-old girl over three years in Castle Rock, Colorado. Last week, 45-year-old illegal alien Jorge Alberto Campos was convicted of five counts of sexual assault of a child. Prosecutors said Campos repeatedly raped his girlfriend’s daughter, who was just 11-years-old at the time, from 2021 to 2023. Campos, though, did not show up to the verdict and police found his ankle monitor, which was placed on him as part of his pre-trial jail release, in a dumpster near his…
Tehran has dismissed the roadmap, saying it will not allow the US president to dictate terms Iran has dismissed out of hand a proposed US 15-point roadmap for peace. Iranian Press TV reported on Wednesday, citing a source, that Tehran has dismissed the roadmap, saying the war will end at “a time of [Iran’s] own choosing.” He also said Tehran will not allow US President Donald Trump to dictate terms, and that a settlement should contain “concrete guarantees.”The US sent Iran a peace proposal demanding the dismantlement of its nuclear program, curbs on missiles, and an end to support for regional…
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok announced on Wednesday that his government has activated an “emergency economic response system” to handle “the shock of the Middle East war.” “The Emergency Economic Inspection Meeting presided over by the President will serve as the supreme control tower,” Kim elaborated, referring to South Korean President Lee Jae-myung. “To support this, the government will establish an Emergency Economic Headquarters with the Prime Minister as the head, responding as a cross-ministerial one-team, while also operating an Emergency Economic Situation Room at Cheong Wa Dae,” he continued. Cheong Wa Dae is the Blue House, South Korea’s…
Chicago, Illinois, Alderwoman Maria Hadden (D) is suggesting that 18-year-old Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman “might have startled” the illegal alien accused of murdering her as she fled for safety. As Breitbart News reported, 25-year-old illegal alien Jose Medina-Medina of Venezuela was arrested by the Chicago Police Department and charged with murdering Sheridan Gorman, who also went by Shera, in a random attack on a pier at Chicago’s Tobey Prinz Beach. Sheridan was on the pier with a group of friends when she noticed Medina-Medina hiding, alerting her friends. Police allege that Medina-Medina began running after the group and started shooting in…
The vibes are bad. An overwhelming sense of frustration and despair is taking hold on Capitol Hill as lawmakers struggle to reach a deal on DHS funding before a two-week recess begins Friday. The funding framework Republican senators sketched out with President Donald Trump on Monday appears to be on life support and there’s no backup agreement. Democrats say Republicans suddenly gave up this week on negotiating new rules for immigration enforcement agents. Trump is showing little interest in driving a deal, blaming Democrats for backing out of agreements with Republicans. “Because they don’t want to settle,” Trump said at…
A Turkish oil tanker has reportedly been struck by drones near the Bosphorus after taking on around 140,000 tons of oil at a Russian port, local media reported on Thursday. The ship is blacklisted by the Ukrainian government for transporting Russian goods.The vessel, identified as the Altura, is owned by Turkish shipping company Pergamon and operated by a crew of 27 Turkish nationals. According to reports, it was targeted by air and surface drones around 22 km from the strategic waterway. While no casualties were reported, the ship is said to have sustained damage to its bridge and upper deck,…
Colleges across Cuba announced on Tuesday that they would organize a “University Student Bastion Exercise” forcing students to engage in military training and “revolutionary, patriotic, and anti-imperialist activities.” Statements from the universities, according to the independent outlet Cubanet, explained that the event, scheduled for March 27, would honor the upcoming 100th anniversary of the birth of mass murderer Fidel Castro and serve to prepare the nation’s most elite youth to engage in an “all people’s war” in the context of the economic collapse of the country. Cuba is currently facing nearly unprecedented levels of dysfunction and acute poverty following the…