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The initiative is backed by President Emmanuel Macron, who said earlier this month that Parliament should start debating such a proposal in January. France will make a fresh attempt to protect children from excessive screen time, proposing a ban on social media access for children under 15 by next September, according to a draft law …
The left-wing Irish government has vowed to push for the European Union to prohibit the use of anonymous social media accounts in what may set the ground for another battle over free speech with the Trump administration in the United States. Ireland will take over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union …
If scrolling is addictive, why is the government policing every swipe? New York To Demand Warning Labels On Social Media Platforms New York is requiring warning labels on social media platforms about addictive features in a bid to address a youth mental health crisis. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the bill into law on Dec. 26, …
by Martin Armstrong In 1935, Roosevelt introduced “The Social Security Act,” which passed in Congress. However, the act was described as “Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance.” At first, the Act covered only industry and commerce. It was later extended to include farm operators in 1955. The SS tax was to be 3% of income …
His social media is being scrubbed. The Uni website is being scrubbed. His manifesto is being scrubbed – Another case of far left brainwashing ending in assassination by inconspiracy If it walks like a duck, shoots at Brown University’s most prominent conservative then all information about him is actively scrubbed from the Internet, who am …
President Donald Trump slammed Rob Reiner on Monday morning, a day after the famed Hollywood director and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found brutally slain in their Los Angeles home. Trump’s social-media screed against Reiner, who was a staunch critic of the president, came as the Reiners’ 32-year-old son Nick was arrested and held …
By definition it is a ponzi scheme, depends on new investors to keep it going. Money received is just spent. h/t technicallycorrect2
Australia is taking on powerful tech companies with its under-16 social media ban, but will the rest of the world follow? The country’s enactment of the policy is being watched closely by politicians, safety campaigners and parents. A number of other countries are not far behind, with Europe in particular hoping to replicate Australia, while …
TOURISTS entering America will have their social media histories checked at border control, if the latest Trump administration mandate is enforced. The proposed social media screening would apply to all tourists – including Brits – entering the US, regardless of whether they need a visa or not. The Federal Register notice states it would be …
by Martin Armstrong The United Kingdom has eroded all citizens’ individual rights. No one is safe, even if they are thousands of miles away. Around 33 people are arrested each day for voicing opinions or engaging in legal actions that the government does not approve of. In 2023, authorities arrested over 12,000 people across England …
Australia launches youth social media ban it says will be the world’s ‘first domino’ More than 1 million social media accounts held by users under 16 are set to be deactivated in Australia in a divisive world-first ban that is being closely watched elsewhere. Can children and teenagers be forced off social media en masse? …
Elon Musk’s X social network was slapped with a lower-than-expected €120 million fine for violating the EU's controversial content-moderation law https://t.co/4tC8js3GyT — Bloomberg (@business) December 5, 2025 Today, we have issued a fine to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the #DSA. The breaches concern the deceptive design of its blue checkmark, the lack …
President Donald Trump went on a bizarre Truth Social posting binge Monday night, as pointed out by many media experts, including Vaughn Sterling, executive producer of “The Source With Kaitlan Collins” on CNN, who wondered “what was going on last night?” CNN political reporter Aaron Blake posted one of the president’s unhinged posts, noting, “Trump last night promoted a post that guaranteed …
For decades, people have fretted about the financial sustainability of America’s bedrock retirement income program. Now, Social Security’s precarious fiscal state is an issue for the here and now. How to fix it is set to be a defining political fight of the next several years, with millions of Americans’ benefits and the fiscal future of the …
Trump’s second term has turned his family’s crypto adventure into something far more dramatic than a simple market wobble. What started as a bold push into digital assets is now colliding with a trillion-dollar crypto drawdown, pulling the family’s net worth from about $7.7 billion in early September to roughly $6.7 billion. A Trump-branded memecoin …
by Michael For decades, an insidious Big Brother control grid has been growing and evolving all around us, and now artificial intelligence is allowing authorities to do things that they have never been able to do before. Shockingly, that includes monitoring where we drive so that those with “suspicious” travel patterns can be detained. There …
DEVELOPING: Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson is going viral after announcing her wants: Wilson: “I want everyone… to have a roof over their head. I want universal child care, free K-8 summer care… I want social housing, I want much more land and wealth to be stewarded by communities instead of corporations…” I'm sure she has …
A GROWING NUMBER OF YOUNG AMERICANS ARE PUBLICLY ADMITTING THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF PAYING OFF THEIR DEBT, WITH THE TREND GAINING MOMENTUM ON TIKTOK AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) November 9, 2025 A growing number of young Americans are publicly admitting they have no plans to pay off their debt. …
Our country needs to do something about the skyrocketing costs for Medicare for seniors. We are getting an 11% increase in our premiums yet a 2.8% COLA. This doesn’t come close to covering costs for most seniors. Please help us here @realDonaldTrump cc: @Scavino47 @StephenM pic.twitter.com/8n7os47Wcz — Farm Girl Carrie 👩🌾 (@FarmGirlCarrie) October 25, 2025 …
Bombshell evidence now suggests the breach inside Turning Point USA — the one that exposed Charlie Kirk’s private communications, finances, and internal audits — didn’t come from hackers overseas. It came from inside. The data wasn’t stolen… it was extracted — siphoned directly into a foreign tech firm with ties to Israeli intelligence. And here’s …
A true horror story that is coming to a town near you very soon. Do your really think this was planned only for China? Wishful thinking. Palatir is bringing it to you with enhanced features. Video description: Deleted, not broke. In China, thousands of young people are homeless—not for lack of money, but because the …
A nationwide campaign to prepare Australians for divisive social media restrictions will launch on Sunday. FULL REPORT: https://t.co/PBDiVsPYeH pic.twitter.com/YN0uuGbb8m — Rebel News Australia (@RebelNews_AU) October 16, 2025 A national advertising campaign to prepare Australians for the Albanese Government’s controversial under-16 social media ban will kick off this Sunday, ahead of the law’s December rollout. From …
China’s censors are moving to stamp out more than just political dissent online. Now, they are targeting the public mood itself — punishing bloggers and influencers whose weary posts are resonating widely in a country where optimism is fraying. Authorities have punished two bloggers who advocated for a life of less work and less pressure; …
The hurt in his eyes when he realized the dems were so hateful. That reminds me of my son, who did something really stup*d. He wore a MAGA hat and a Trump t-shirt to the Harris rally and a Harris hat and a Harris t-shirt to Trump’s rally. When he came back from Trump’s rally, …
Germany isn’t reforming its pension system. It’s tearing it down. The plan to raise the retirement age to seventy-three isn’t a small policy tweak. It’s a public admission that the deal between the people and the state is over. Chancellor Friedrich Merz isn’t offering a future where people age with dignity. He’s offering a future …
Hundreds of thousands of Americans 'may lose disability benefits as Trump plans to overhaul Social Security' https://t.co/FmHVTH3qIi — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) October 5, 2025 A new report has emerged, alleging that the Trump administration is considering removing a key factor from the assessment of an individual’s eligibility for Social Security disability payments. The Washington Post …
The bill slipped past the headlines. Quiet. Hidden in committee rooms, procedural votes, while the world chased louder stories. But now California’s SB 771 sits on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk, and the silence breaks. This law does not speak to what users say. It speaks to what machines show. It targets algorithms, punishes platforms, redefines …
“After months of denying it, the Trump Administration is finally admitting what we suspected all along. They are planning on raising the retirement age. For every year you raise the age, that is a 7 percent cut in benefits. As costs continue to rise, seniors living on fixed incomes are being hit the hardest. Five …
An Iowa teacher who was fired after posting on social media in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s shooting death is suing the school district and its superintendent. https://abc7.com/post/matthew-kargol-oskaloosa-teacher-fired-post-wake-charlie-kirk-shooting-dues-district-supt-michael-fisher/17847825/
Tweet reads: BREAKING: An American cancer patient and Trump supporter was confronted by British police and told to apologise for her online posts or face an investigation. Deborah Anderson, a mother of two, was visited at her home in June by an officer from Thames Valley Police. He told her someone had lodged a complaint …