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Meta stopte onderzoek dat verband legde tussen sociale media en mentale gezondheid jongeren

Meta stopte onderzoek dat verband legde tussen sociale media en mentale gezondheid jongeren

We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud Algorithms ensure that people who click on scams are likely to see more of them

"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10 per cent of its overall annual revenue — or $16bn — from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show" - Reuters www.ft.com/content/4560...

We should not need to be reminded of the value of human life.

— Jamal Khashoggi

Total direct subsidies for 2025 are forecast to be around $40.5 to $42.4 billion, GIVEN to farmers b/c of hard times. How about we give that money to the public and let them start their own gardens? This is so laughable it's tragic.

Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised

The deal extends funding through January 30, leaving the federal government on a path to keep adding about $1.8 trillion a year to its $38 trillion in debt

Americans told us they need lower health care costs.

So Republicans ripped away their health care, jacked up costs, and handed over giant tax cuts to billionaires.

It's shameful. But I’m not going to stop fighting.

Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be 'pawns,' and hit back at Trump's claims about South Africa Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.

Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.

This is insane. Trump is jumping through hoops to block SNAP. Follow the law, fund SNAP, and feed American families.

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Trump event paused in Oval Office when guest faints

u.afp.com/Seyg

Nederlanders verwachten nu dat de positieve krachten de handen ineenslaan. Dat vraagt om een stabiel kabinet dat met breed draagvlak en lef aan de slag gaat. Een kabinet van doorbraken is nodig.

Lees hier mijn brief aan de verkenner:

From a European perspective, it’s the weirdest medieval thing to hear a modern nation using God and Christianity as justification for military strikes.

Obamacare premiums double, adding post Halloween fright for US health insurance shoppers Americans shopping for 2026 Obamacare health insurance plans are facing a more than doubling of monthly premiums on average and are likely to postpone signing up in hopes of a last-minute reprieve, or walk away, health experts say.

Obamacare premiums double, adding post Halloween fright for US health insurance shoppers reut.rs/3Lg7VK0

ANP: D66 grootste bij verkiezingen, niet meer in te halen door PVV Het persbureau baseert zich op een analyse van de uitslagen van de gemeenten.

ANP: D66 grootste bij verkiezingen, niet meer in te halen door PVV

Please keep him there.

« But what about trickle down economy? » #taxtherich

Jeffries: "He's found time to demolish the East Wing in the most horrific way possible bc he wants to erect a ballroom so he can be celebrated like a king. He's found time for all of these different things, but somehow can't be bothered to find a dime to extend the ACA tax credits."

Commission preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

The @ec.europa.eu preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act.

The EC also finds that Meta and TikTok have put in place "burdensome procedures and tools for researchers to request access to public data."

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Hang in there!

Premium notices are going out now, and open enrollment is about to begin across the country. Thanks to Republicans’ unwillingness to even negotiate, costs are skyrocketing.

We cannot afford to kick this health care crisis down the road.

Hoping @motheroftanks.bsky.social is well, and plotting more podcasts. They are missed!

Instead of working to reopen the government and fix your healthcare:

Donald “Law and Order” Trump spent today letting a convicted fraudster off the hook.

That was his priority.

Very good news from the east of Germany, where the far-right (AfD) has its strongest base - the AfD got soundly defeated in two mayoral elections, in places where they were trying to use the presence of people seeking asylum as a decisive issue. Many voters rejected that outlook. That's hopeful.