Social Media Bans Are Gaining Popularity. They’re Also a Bad Idea
Laws targeting kids’ access to social media miss the target. We should be holding companies responsible, not children.
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EU Sanctions Target Prince Group and its Chairman Chen Zhi Over Alleged Cyber-Scams, Forced Labor
The European Union on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions targeting Cambodia’s multibillion-dollar Prince Holding Group and its chairman, Chen Zhi, over their alleged…
French Prosecutors Seek Trial for BNP Paribas in Case Against Late Gabon Leader’s Family
While pursuing the family of Gabon’s former president for alleged embezzlement in France’s long-running “ill-gotten gains” investigation, prosecutors have requested a trial for BNP Paribas…
Pluralistic: The stupidest imaginable excuses for surveillance pricing (30 Jul 2026)
Today’s links The stupidest imaginable excuses for surveillance pricing: Since 1850, San Francisco’s Chamber of Commerce has been pissing in our mouths and calling it…
Middle East crisis: Humanitarian fallout ‘worsening by the day’
The humanitarian toll is mounting as fighting continues in the Middle East beyond strikes and counterstrikes between the US and Iran, the UN aid coordination…
UK Crime Unit Jails 108, Seizes $93.6M in Drugs
A specialist British law enforcement team has put 108 organized crime figures behind bars for a combined 851 years and seized drugs worth up to…
Will Ronaldo Cry? World Cup Fans Bet Billions Through Prediction Markets
Football fans wagered more than US $14 billion on the FIFA World Cup through prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi, a Bellingcat analysis has found. On…
Holidaymakers warned about ‘explosive diarrhoea’ cyclospora parasite infection
The UK is seeing a sharp rise in cases – 67 since April – with many of them among travellers returning from Mexico.
The FDA vs. Compounding Pharmacies: GLP-1 Edition
The FDA is determined to stop the sale of compounded GLP-1 drugs
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Pentagon Fuel Subcontractor Owned by Alleged Front for U.S.-Blacklisted Brothers
A man alleged by a U.S. Treasury official to have acted as a front for U.S.-sanctioned Lebanese brothers was the owner of a subcontractor on…