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Meta expands tools for 'helping teens avoid sextortion scams' after bombshell Senate hearing

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Explore More Meta said Tuesday it is expanding support to help teen social media users avoid getting trapped in “sextortion” scams – just one week after Senate lawmakers blasted Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill for failing to stop a nationwide “crisis.” Zuckerberg has faced intense scrutiny over Meta’s alleged role in the rise of financial “sextortion” scams, where criminals trick kids into sending sexually explicit photos or videos and then threaten to release them unless they pay. Read More...

Opinion | Can Office Depot be forced to print flyers that it disapproves of?

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My post about the Hands On Originals friend-of-the-court brief reminded me about this incident from September: 1. Office Depot refused to print an anti-Planned-Parenthood flyer for a customer, citing its policy against printing “graphic material” (“which can include descriptions of dead or dismembered bodies”) and “hate material” (“which advocates for the persecution of groups of people, regardless of the reason”). 2. The Thomas More Society (a group with which I’ve worked before, and with which I agree on many issues, though not this one) complained to Office Depot, arguing that the company’s actions was illegal religious discrimination by a place of public accommodation. Read More...

What its like to be a national park ranger

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The first time I hiked to the bottom of Grand Canyon National Park, I knew I wanted to work there. Now, as a park ranger for the National Park Service, I share the science, history and beauty of this natural wonder with thousands of visitors from around the world. National parks are like outdoor museums. They preserve some of America’s most beautiful and historic places. Park rangers protect the parks’ animals, plants, land, buildings, artifacts and people. Read More...