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Alex Padilla is getting to know the ropes of his new job.The California senator got into his first Twitter spat with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz this week since arriving in the Senate in January. The war of words started Tuesday, the same day the Senate Judiciary Committee held its hearing on gun violence. At the hearing, Padilla, the Democrat who was appointed to fill Vice President Kamala Harris' seat, made the claim that it's easier to buy a gun than vote in many states. "In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they're able to cast their first ballot," he said. "It seems to me we have our priorities entirely backwards when it comes to this — when we make it easier to buy a gun than we do to cast a ballot." This is demonstrably, laughably false. Find me the Dem that says “it’s abusive to require a photo ID to buy a gun!”They ALL say that about voting.(Except for the CA gubernatorial recall....) https://t.co/YEVqiIbzTq— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 24, 2021 Cruz tweeted a clip of Padilla's remarks on Tuesday and called them "demonstrably, laughably false." "Find me the Dem that says…

Audio chat app Clubhouse celebrated its one-year anniversary last week despite still requiring an invite to use — and yet, a cottage industry of tools and self-proclaimed experts, has sprung up.Why it matters: Audio has seen a boom during the pandemic, with people stuck at home amid mass adoption of wireless headphones and smart devices.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeThe big picture: With the app still in its testing phase, the company has taken its time to add features and make changes, sometimes at a pace too slow for users when it comes to safety or reliability.Yes, but: That hasn't stopped third parties from tapping into the frenzy and building a growing number of tools for Clubhouse users:Summaries and notes: Since Clubhouse is live audio and conversations can sometimes go on for hours, some like Host Notes are providing ways to generate notes.Analytics: With a growing number of entrepreneurs and companies looking to use Clubhouse as a marketing vehicle,  » Read More

Earlier this month, in Domen v. Vimeo, Inc.,1 a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a relatively unused subpart of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA)—namely, 47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(2)(A)—immunized an online platform (Vimeo) from a lawsuit brought by users who complained that the platform had wrongfully deleted their content and banned them from using the platform. The result of this ruling—termination at the motion-to-dismiss stage of a lawsuit against an online platform based on its decisions, actions or inactions relating to the moderation of third-party content—is fully in line with rulings from legions of courts across the country that have applied Section 230 as a source of very broad immunities for online platforms.2 But the ruling is groundbreaking in one respect: It is the first reported case in nearly 20 years in which an appellate court has held that § 230(c)(2)(A)—which prohibits holding online platforms liable for “any action voluntarily taken in good faith” to block or remove material that the platform “considers to be . . . objectionable”—can and should operate to bar such claims at the threshold pleading stage.3 The ruling is also consistent with statutory and policy…

The FedRAMP Program Management Office (PMO) announced March 24 that it has recently joined YouTube. The PMO said its channel will serve as “a one-stop source for quick, simple, informative videos on FedRAMP tutorials, and program updates.” In a statement, the PMO said that a defining feature of the new channel will be its short FedRAMP videos that provide an overview of the program, legal policy and framework, the authorization process, and the FedRAMP Marketplace. The PMO said it hopes the channel will make information “more accessible to all stakeholders.” In a video posted yesterday, FedRAMP provides an overview of the new FedRAMP website, which launched on Feb. 16. The website was revamped to “further empower agencies to use innovative cloud technologies and to continue driving security and protection of Federal information.” The refreshed website has had its content refined to better outline the authorization process using visuals and more concise language. Additionally, it has an improved user experience by making guidance and other documents easier to find with robust filtering and search capabilities. The PMO said that over the course of 2021 it will post new videos on a regular basis that are “timely and relevant to FedRAMP.” The…

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This article is sponsored by SCONNECT. The List 25 March 2021 Wolfoo Series: Wolfoo the Adventurer - Episode 1 With a billion monthly views and counting, Wolfoo takes young preschool-aged children around the world on magical adventures Wolfoo is an animated web series for preschool-aged children that has attracted more than one billion monthly views on YouTube. Directed and produced by SCONNECT, a Vietnam-based entertainment company which creates, produces, and distributes content for kids, teens, and adults, SCONNECT boasts more than 30 million subscribers across their YouTube and Facebook channels, which include WOA Luka Channel, Clay Mixer, LEGO Land, WOA Fairy Tales and more. Children are drawn to cartoons as they are immersed in colourful and interesting adventures that explore the world around them. At Wolfoo, each episode is more than just entertainment. All the videos impart positive social life lessons and focus on the development of 12 personality traits and skills for children: courage, gratitude, compassion, empathy, humility, integrity, persistence, creativity, curiosity, self-control, teamwork and communication. Wolfoo Family and Wolfoo Channel are the two most-subscribed Wolfoo channels on YouTube, with over five million subscribers. Wolfoo aims to engage children aged from 2 to 8-years-old through fun and educational content.…

MommaJam is hosted by WATD’s mom, Sara Eberle, and airs every Thursday at 7:10 a.m. Sara Eberle produces and hosts MommaJam, a crank up the volume, shout out loud audio podcast for mothers that cover MOP Culture (mom pop culture) which she launched in 2008. Sara is the mom of two teenagers. She realized mothers need some edge, stimulating conversation and connections to other parents, since being at home with young children can be isolating. Every episode features a special guest who is an expert, artist, parent in the trenches, or business leader making front line decisions about products and entertainment influencing your children. The topics are appropriate for moms in all stages of parenthood, from baby to teenagers. Prior to MommaJam, Sara owned a public relations firm in Los Angeles, representing video games, consumer software products and technology companies. She is an entrepreneur at heart and, after running a business and being in the thick of pop culture and emerging technologies for 15 years, she is happily raising her children and dreaming up the next big step for MommaJam, which is to launch the show on satellite or terrestrial radio nationwide. Besides hosting MommaJam, Sara is a contributing writer…

March 25, 2021 | 1:28pm | Updated March 25, 2021 | 3:46pm Enlarge Image Nick Doyle was eventually jailed for two years. Cavendish Press (Manchester) Ltd A 24-year-old Polish model dumped her UK boyfriend, who took revenge by hacking her bank account in a bid to ruin her financially — and inundated her with threatening, hate-filled text messages, according to a report. The jilted Nick Doyle, who admitted to harassment and spent two years in the slammer, managed to seize control of Dagmara Kita’s IP address and hacked into her bank and social media accounts, the Sun reported. “F— with me and I promise you’ll regret it,” the cad snarled in one chilling missive. Kita later received a notice from her bank that thousands of pounds had been pulled from her account, according to the news outlet. Doyle also warned his ex against fleeing to her native country. ”Right my little petal — I have been able to watch all your s—. I have your bank logins and I have your Snapchat logins. Try f—- march mate,” he wrote in one of the unhinged texts. ”I’m gonna sink your credit score, I’m gonna debt your teeth out your, I’ll drain…

CREDIT: Twitter Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat most hacked social media accounts. FACEBOOK, Instagram and Snapchat most hacked social media accounts, with phishing messages being the most common tactic used by cyber criminals to lure unsuspecting victims. Between February 2020 and February 2021, the National Fraud & Cyber Crime Reporting Centre, ActionFraud, received 15,214 reports about email and social media account hacking. The majority of reports (88 per cent) were made by individuals, with 12 per cent of reports being made by businesses. Analysis of the crime reports revealed that Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat were the most affected social media accounts. The motivation behind the hacks are varied and can range from financial gain, to revenge or personal amusement, said ActionFraud. Some victims are extorted for money, whilst others have their accounts used to send malicious links to their contacts. Superintendent Sanjay Andersen, Head of the City of London Police’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, said: “Criminals hack people’s email and social media accounts to access a wealth of valuable personal information about the individual, which they can use to commit fraud. “This includes passwords for other accounts like online banking. Criminals also use compromised accounts to imitate the victim online and…

What ban? — Facebook’s efforts to combat extremism remain at odds with engagement goals. Tim De Chant - Mar 25, 2021 3:03 pm UTC Enlarge / Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying before Congress in April 2018. It wasn't his only appearance in DC this decade.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying before Congress today, and he may have a few more uncomfortable questions to answer. Among them, why is Facebook autogenerating pages for white supremacist groups? Researchers at the Tech Transparency Project found that Facebook created dozens of pages for groups like the “Universal Aryan Brotherhood Movement” when a user did something as simple as listing it as their employer. Some of the autogenerated pages garnered thousands of likes by the time they were discovered by researchers. TTP also discovered four Facebook groups that had been created by users. The researchers shared their findings with Facebook, which removed most of the pages. Yet, two of the autogenerated pages and all four Facebook groups remained active when the group published its findings.  » Read More