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Brazil is requiring OS level age verification by march 17th, 2026.

New York about to vote on a law that would "require all manufacturers of internet-enabled devices, operating systems, or application stores to conduct commercially reason-able and technically feasible age assurance for users at the point of device activation."

In order to “incentivize” age verification, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that they will ignore COPPA violations for software performing age verification.

A whistleblower has claimed that the FBI allegedly halted an investigation into the death of Renee Good, a queer mother of three killed by an ICE agent, because Director Kash Patel did not want the warrant to describe her as a 'victim'.

According to Senate Judiciary Democrats, forensic teams were reportedly ordered to stand down while the warrant was rewritten, delaying evidence collection.

The allegations suggest that Patel aimed to cast Good not as a victim but as a threat to law enforcement, potentially obstructing standard civil rights and use-of-force protocols.

Today is Holi, the festival of colors. it is the time when friends come together and all the differences throughout the year sink in the colors of holi. Bangladesh is a country where the Hindus are a minority community. But as it is a land of multicultural diaspora, the hindus celebrate holi with a riot of colors and they embrace their muslim brothers with the extravagant colors of holi. it is the time when all disputes are forgotten in the myriads of gulal or colored powders, with which holi is celebrated. the folklore about holi is that, lord krishna played holi with his divine fiance radha and her friends. thus friendship is the fervor of this auspicious festival, and holi is the time when the spirit of camaraderie overpowers all evil forces.

Photographer: Md Rafayat Haque Khan

CC BY-SA 4.0

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61317766

https://xcancel.com/alanhe/status/2029301477341061613#m

https://www.rawstory.com/sheehy-mcginnis-scuffle/

re: Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS

You guys fell for the ragebait embarrassingly easily

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44034756

A whistleblower has claimed that the FBI allegedly halted an investigation into the death of Renee Good, a queer mother of three killed by an ICE agent, because Director Kash Patel did not want the warrant to describe her as a 'victim'.

According to Senate Judiciary Democrats, forensic teams were reportedly ordered to stand down while the warrant was rewritten, delaying evidence collection.

The allegations suggest that Patel aimed to cast Good not as a victim but as a threat to law enforcement, potentially obstructing standard civil rights and use-of-force protocols.

Link to Hebrew article: https://www.calcalist.co.il/local_news/article/hj004e24y11g

https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2026/03/04/ecuador-declara-non-grata-a-mision-diplomatica-de-cuba/

Ecuador Declares Cuban Diplomatic Mission Persona Non Grata

Quito, March 4 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador today declared the Cuban ambassador to Quito, Basilio Gutiérrez, and all diplomatic personnel of that mission persona non grata, giving them 48 hours to leave the country.

March 4, 2026 | 2:34 PM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, through its Directorate of Ceremonial and Protocol, notified the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Ecuador that the decision was adopted in accordance with Article 9 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

The measure applies to Ambassador Gutiérrez and all members of the diplomatic, consular, and administrative staff accredited in Quito.

The notification, which is circulating on social media, does not mention the reasons for the declaration or whether it will imply a break in diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry indicated that it would provide more information on the matter later Wednesday afternoon.

Users of Meta's AI smart glasses in Europe may be unknowingly sharing intimate video and sensitive financial information with moderators outside of the bloc, according to a report from Sweden's Svenska Dagbladet released last week. Employees in Kenya doing AI "annotation" told the journalists that they've seen people nude, using the toilet and engaging in sexual activity, along with credit card numbers and other sensitive information.

Misty Roberts, 43, faces sentences of up to 10 and seven years in prison after July 2024 sexual assault at pool party

The former mayor of a Louisiana city has been convicted of raping a 16-year-old boy during a party at her house while she was still in office.

Misty Roberts, 43, faces sentences of up to 10 and seven years in prison after a jury in the municipality of DeRidder on Tuesday found her guilty of two felonies: carnal knowledge of a juvenile – or statutory rape – as well as indecent behavior with a minor.

In October, in an unrelated case, her 40-year-old brother, Brandon Lee Roberts, pleaded guilty to raping two people: an underage girl and a young woman. He subsequently received a 42-year prison sentence.

Video link -> https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/2029300602983821312/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/abrwUFfgyi-DtRw1.mp4

Source -> https://xcancel.com/codepink/status/2029300676363214957#m

TNG S6E10/11 - Chain of Ccommand

John Fetterman voted with the Republicans to support the war. Rand Paul voted against.