Arek Sarkissian reports: Florida regulators over the last year punished more than a dozen abortion providers for violating a nearly decade-old law that requires pregnant patients wait 24 hours before getting the procedure. Florida legislators approved the law in 2015, but it remained in limbo after the American Civil Liberties Union challenged it. After a…
TikTok congressional hearing: CEO Shou Zi Chew grilled by US lawmakers
David Shepardson and Rami Ayyub report: U.S. lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok’s CEO about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children’s mental health, reflecting bipartisan concerns about the app’s power over Americans. CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony before Congress did little to assuage U.S. worries over TikTok’s China-based parent company…
Meta Judge Grudgingly OKs $37.5M Tracking Deal For Now
A California federal judge on Thursday said he’d initially OK Meta’s $37.5 million deal to resolve claims it tracked 70 million users’ locations but pressed for a cy pres-only distribution, saying “no one” will submit a claim for “50 cents” and his approval is “the dictionary definition of ‘preliminary.’” Read more at Law360 (paywalled).
Idaho hospital will stop delivering babies as doctors flee state due to abortion ban
This is a healthcare crisis that politicians have caused by their attempts to impose their will and beliefs on women. Do members of the Supreme Court who overturned Roe feel accountable at all, or do they tell themselves this is the states’ doing and the states have the right to do this? Gloria Oladipo reports:…