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Legislature being modified to limit Facebook’s hate
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On Dec. 1, Frances Haugen, who recently exposed Facebook for misconduct, helped lawmakers as they debated proposals for social media site regulation. Haugen, a former data scientist at Facebook, testified before Congress in October and brought forward a massive amount of internal documents and files to expose Facebook’s misdoings. Legislators are proposing new laws…
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EARN IT Act proposed in Congress
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The Senate Judiciary Committee has proposed the EARN IT Act of 2020, short for Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act, sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R, South Carolina) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D, Connecticut). This new piece of legislation creates a commission that will establish practices to combat online child sexual…
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AB 19 makes community college free for all first-time freshmen
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On Oct. 13, California governor Jerry Brown signed AB 19, a bill written by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, that made the freshman year of community college in California free for all first-time students. The California Promise Grant already waives tuition for low-income students, however AB 19 would extend to all first time students regardless of…
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Rape culture: California leads the way in eliminating ambiguity
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Someone in the United States is sexually assaulted every two minutes. 44 percent of sexual assault victims are under 18, according to Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. Although this is a crime rarely heard about in Newbury Park, it is a serious offense that affects more high school students than most think. As…