Matthew McConaughey , who was born in Uvalde, Texas, seemed to call for stricter gun control laws without expressly saying so in a statement following yesterday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in his hometown. “Once again we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us,” McConaughey wrote in a statement shared on social media. “The true call to action now is for every American to take a longer and deeper look in the mirror, and ask ourselves, ‘What is it that we truly value? How do we repair the problem? What small sacrifices can we individually take today, to preserve a healthier and safer nation, state, and neighborhood tomorrow?’ We cannot exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matthew McConaughey (@officiallymcconaughey) Though clearly distraught and … [Read more...] about Matthew McConaughey Says We ‘Must Do Better’ After School Shooting in His Texas Hometown
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Selena Gomez Demands Politicians ‘Stop Giving Lip Service’ to Gun Control After Uvalde Shooting
Selena Gomez called on politicians to “stop giving lip service” to gun control and “actually change the laws” following the mass shooting in Uvalde , Texas Tuesday, May 24. Gomez, who was born and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas (outside Dallas), wrote on Twitter Tuesday night, “Today in my home state of Texas 18 innocent students were killed while simply trying to get an education. A teacher killed doing her job; an invaluable yet sadly under appreciated job. If children aren’t safe at school where are they safe?” (The death toll has since been updated to 19 students.) As part of her call to action, Gomez shared a link to the website for the nonprofit, Everytown for Gun Safety. She continued: “It’s so frustrating and I’m not sure what to say anymore. Those in power need to stop giving lip service and actually change the laws to prevent these shootings in the future.” It’s so frustrating and I’m not sure what to say anymore. Those in power need to stop giving lip service … [Read more...] about Selena Gomez Demands Politicians ‘Stop Giving Lip Service’ to Gun Control After Uvalde Shooting
Twitter To Pay $150 Million To Settle FTC, DOJ Charge It Handed User Data To Advertisers
Twitter has agreed to pay a $150 million to the Federal Trade Commission for what its chief privacy officer Damien Kieran called “a privacy incident” when email addresses and phone numbers users provided for account security purposes “may have been inadvertently used for advertising.” The settlement followed a government complaint against the company filed today in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California for misrepresenting its use of consumer data “from at least May of 2013 through at least September of 2019.” “Specifically, while Twitter represented to users that it collected their telephone numbers and email addresses to secure their accounts, Twitter failed to disclose that it also used user contact information to aid advertisers in reaching their preferred audiences,” violating FTC rules. It said more than 140 million Twitter users provided email addresses or phone numbers “based on Twitter’s deceptive statements that their information would be used to … [Read more...] about Twitter To Pay $150 Million To Settle FTC, DOJ Charge It Handed User Data To Advertisers