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California Is Closer To Restoring Net Neutrality
After months of gruelling committee proceedings, the California State Assembly on Thursday passed Senate Bill 822, all but ensuring that residents will soon enjoy the strongest net neutrality protections in the country.
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Viral Facebook Post About A ‘Deadly Spider’ Spreading Across The US Is Totally Fake
If you’ve seen a viral Facebook post about a spider “from Hell” killing people in the US, I have some good news: It’s completely false. Since it was first posted on Tuesday, “NEW DEADLY SPIDER SPREADS ACROSS USA” has been shared on the social network over a million times, but the spider shown in the…
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Reality Winner Hit With Record-Setting Sentence For US Election Hack Leaks
In a move that will likely have a chilling effect for potential whistleblowers and journalistic sources, Reality Winner has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for leaking US government documents regarding Russian attempts to hack voter registration databases and election officials. Prosecutors said it was the longest sentence ever given for providing classified…
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Move Over Fake News Media, Trump Hates Social Media Too Now
The US president has a lot of fervent grievances — everything from the “enemy of the people” news media to the “angry Democrats” supposedly on special counsel Robert Mueller’s team — but social media has now apparently earned his lasting enmity.