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QUEZON CITY – The Social Security System (SSS) reaffirmed its commitment to faster and more responsive public service as it joins the Anti-Red Tape Authority (Arta) in celebrating its 8th anniversary on Friday, May 22. SSS president and chief executive officer (CEO) Robert Joseph M. de Claro said the agency continues to strengthen frontline services, simplify processes, and modernize systems to better respond to member concerns, in line with the shared goal of improving government service delivery for Filipinos. “As one of the country’s largest public service institutions, SSS recognizes that every transaction affects the daily lives of our members. We continue to improve our systems, processes, and frontline services because faster and more responsive government service is not only an operational goal, but a public responsibility,” de Claro said. “The agency’s strong financial performance in 2025 has strengthened its capacity to expand member assistance programs and accelerate reforms aimed at improving service delivery”, de Claro added. In 2025, SSS posted a net income of P142.97 billion while its Reserve Fund surpassed the P1 trillion mark for the first time in the institution’s history,  » Read More

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia is mulling over possible legal action against Facebook for its “lack of cooperation” towards efforts to address online scams on the platform, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil on May 24. Datuk Fahmi said he will leave it to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to get in touch with the social media giant on the matter. “In my opinion, legal action may have to be taken, but I leave it to the MCMC on this, and give them (Facebook) a last opportunity to prove that they do want to cooperate with the government,” he told reporters after attending a multi-agency retreat on anti-scam measures on May 24. Mr Fahmi said that 271,472 takedown requests for harmful content across all online platforms were made between Jan 1 and May 23 in 2026. Of this number, 91 per cent of the requests comprised scams and online gambling-related content. According to the minister, 81 per cent of the online gambling content and 58 per cent of the online scam content was on Facebook.  » Read More

Warn those who 'share' or 'like' it may face legal action PUBLISHED : 24 May 2026 at 19:10 (Photo: 123rf) Cyber police are investigating the source of a URL linked to a social media livestream featuring obscene content, while warning that people who like or share such material could also face legal action. The sex livestream was widespread, worming its way into many popular pages. Watchers included Drama-addict and the Disease Control Department. Pol Maj Gen Chatchaphanthakan Klaiklueng, deputy commissioner of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), said on Sunday that officers had been ordered to examine the URL involved in the explicit livestream on Facebook on Saturday night, to determine who owned the page and identify the individuals appearing in it. He said that if the page owner or the people featured in the broadcast are Thai nationals or are in Thailand they would face prosecution under the Computer Crime Act for importing false and obscene information into a computer system. Authorities would pursue the case to the fullest extent of the law,  » Read More

Pictured are (back row from left) Jozet Stinson, DJ Helton, Peighten Burden, Wyatt Davis, Carter Oglesbee, Lexy Tilton, McKayla Bradley, Mariah Burns (front row, from left) Makenzie Firebaugh, Jaylin Hendrickson, Kaylee Newman, Allison Stansbery, Evalyn Hernandez-Retterer, Mali Peoples, and Ella Blair. ODOT announces winning designs from districtwide program LIMA, Ohio (Friday, May 22, 2026) - The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 1 is excited to reveal this year's winners of the annual Paint-the-Plow contest. Voting closed at 3 p.m. on May 20. Upper Scioto Valley High School art students' plow featuring the Declaration of Independence earned the most votes in both the ODOT's Choice award and the People's Choice award. The artwork earned 1,515 votes on Facebook in total likes, shares, and comments, taking home the People's Choice Award and it received the most votes from ODOT personnel during the annual roadeo held on May 12. People's Choice Winners (as voted on the Facebook page) First place: Upper Scioto Valley High School - Declaration of Independence with 1,515 votes.  » Read More

At first social media felt like connection. We shared with friends, family, old classmates, made new friends, shared projects and mile stones, dumb jokes, and gossip.  Even better was reconnecting with people we had not seen in decades around our digital campfire. Popularity required the platforms to become enormous.  There were servers to be paid for, the investors expected returns, and staff needed to be paid. So the creators had the machine measure attention, note reaction, and examine how long  and what we looked at.  Our own content became the platform’s data for engagement monetization. And the platforms evolved and evolved and evolved, not because some evil genius wanted the destruction of civilization, but because the systems naturally optimized toward whatever kept people staring at the screen longest.  And demolition is profitable only for a few. And the crazy thing is that fear, anger, identity, validation, outrage, nostalgia, desire, or really anything that gets a rise out of you has become the true currency of attention. Our feed stopped feeling like connection when we didn’t provide acceptable or enough content,  » Read More

It's a new dedicated app for Facebook Groups. Meta Meta has launched a new app called Forum without fanfare or even an official announcement. Geekout Newsletter's Matt Navarra has spotted Forum in the App Store, where it is described as "a dedicated space for the conversations that matter most to you," created specifically for Facebook Groups. As Navarra notes, Meta seems to be pushing the idea that the app can help users get "real answers" from "real people," making it sound like it could serve a purpose similar to Reddit's.  Users will need to have a Facebook account to be able to use Forum, and their profile and activity will carry over after they log in with their credentials. So it's not really a website for anonymous conversations like Reddit, but users will be able to use anonymized usernames like they already can on the main Facebook app. It's just that administrators will be able to see their real identities. Unlike the Facebook feed that shows a collection of posts from a user's friends,  » Read More

NewsFour Reds nominated for Premier League Fan Team of the Season ‌ Published 1 day ago By Chris Shaw Share Facebook Twitter Email WhatsApp LinkedIn Telegram Four Liverpool players have been shortlisted for the Premier League Fan Team of the Season for 2025-26. Hugo Ekitike, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk are the quartet of Reds among the 60 nominations across the division. The votes of supporters will decide the final XI. Voting is open here until 6pm BST on Friday May 29. Published 1 day ago Share Facebook Twitter Email WhatsApp LinkedIn Telegram  » Read More

Published  May 21, 2026 9:25 AM EDT article Flowers and candles are seen at a makeshift memorial for murdered American conservative activist Charlie Kirk outside the U.S. embassy as its flag hangs at half-staff on September 14, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) A man who lost his job and missed the birth of his granddaughter while jailed over a Charlie Kirk social media post will receive $835,000 to settle a lawsuit against the sheriff’s office. Many people lost their jobs over social media comments following the murder of Kirk, a conservative political activist, but Larry Bushart of Perry County, Tennessee, is believed to be the only person who faced felony charges.  Larry Bushart wins lawsuit The backstory: Bushart, 61, was arrested in September after he refused to take down Facebook memes that joked about Kirk’s killing.  The meme Bushart posted that prompted his arrest read: "This seems relevant today..." and featured President Donald Trump and the words, "We have to get over it." That quote,  » Read More

I. What Are Digital Services Taxes? DSTs are taxes on the gross revenue, such as from advertising and data sales, that certain large and highly profitable digital companies earn from consumers through websites that offer the likes of search engines, social media services, and online marketplaces.  These taxes are imposed without regard to the targeted companies’ physical presence in the taxing country. This distinguishes DSTs from conventional corporate income taxes, which generally require the physical presence of an in-country permanent establishment.  State of Digital Services Taxes in Europe Jurisdiction Status and Effective Date  Rate Scope EU DIGITAL LEVY Proposed (stalled) 3% Marketplaces; advertising AUSTRIA Enacted; Jan. 2020 5% Advertising BELGIUM Proposed; Expected 2027 3% Advertising; intermediation; data transmission CZECH REPUBLIC Proposed (stalled) 5% Advertising; digital services DENMARK Enacted; Jan. 2024 2% Streaming video FRANCE Enacted; Jan. 2019 3% Advertising; digital interfaces; user data Enacted; Jan. 2024 1.2% Streaming video HUNGARY Enacted; July 2017 7.5% Media content; advertising ITALY Enacted; Jan. 2020 3% Advertising; digital interfaces; user data NORWAY Announced Norway may introduce a DST if no OECD/G20 agreement POLAND Enacted;  » Read More