The #Irish #Data #Protection #Commission has imposed a €530 million fine on #TikTok for violating #European #privacy #regulations regarding the transfer of EEA user data to #China.
This decision underscores the importance of #compliance with the #GDPR and the need for #transparency in data handling practices.
#Technology #TechNews #Tech #DataProtection #PrivacyCompliance #Cybersecurity #Security
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, #Firearms & Explosives [#ATF] would take a big hit under #Trump’s #budget, losing $468M. Declaring the agency had “criminalized law-abiding gun ownership through regulatory fiat,” the White House said it would end “excessive restrictions on homemade firearms,” presumably a reference to #GhostGuns [restrictions to which #SCOTUS upheld].
De minimis: US small parcels loophole closes pushing up Shein, Temu prices
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy79j2n7d4o
#HackerNews #De #minimis #US #small #parcels #loophole #closes #pushing #up #Shein #Temu #prices #news #ecommerce #shipping #regulations
Everything Bobby Brain Worm says is delusional crap.
Everything.
There is no need to parse every statement and explain every nuance. It is all unmitigated bullshit.
#BobbyBrainWorm #FascistEnablers #FoodSafety #Food #FoodQuality #Additives #Health #RFK_Jr #Poison #Healthcare #Voodoo #AntiVaxxer #AntiVaxx #TheCons #TheConsAreWeird #USpol #USpolitics #OrangeFreak #GOPfreaks #FascistTakeover #GOPweirdos #Weird #RFK #Trump #DonOld #Kennedy #BobKennedy #FDA #Regulations #BigGovt #BigGovernment
DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
A #DOGE operative has been tasked with using #AI to propose rewrites to the Department of #Housing and Urban Development’s #regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across #government.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-college-student-ai-rewrite-regulations-deregulation/
"We have the right to expect our government to do that. We have the right to go out and put together a sandwich and have it not kill us. That's a fundamental right, and the country is stronger when that right is in place.
"Every person matters. Our government should protect us in an every person way, and we should stand together in an every person way."
https://buttondown.com/theswordandthesandwich/archive/how-to-not-get-poisoned-in-america/
#FDA
#TrumpCuts
#RFK
#RGKeugenics
#capitalism
#food
#regulations
#WeNeedRegulations
#HealthyFoodIsAHumanRight
#DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using #AI to Rewrite #Regulations
A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
#dhs #takeover #musk
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-college-student-ai-rewrite-regulations-deregulation/
“If your option is to either cease to exist or be a #religious #CharterSchool, you’d probably take a shot,” said Greg Richmond, superintendent of #schools for the Archdiocese of Chicago & a former president of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers.
Schools that are financially sound would probably opt out, he said. “They would look at this & say, ‘We’re doing fine. We don’t want all those #regulations.’”
#law #SCOTUS #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education
#goodnews #kids #schools #cellphones #government #regulations #England #USA
More Than 90% of Schools in England Ban Smartphone Use, 13 US States Have Already Taken Action
Meta antitrust trial kicks off in federal court | @AxiosNews
｢ Meta could have chosen to compete with then-upstart photo sharing app Instagram in 2012, a senior FTC official said on a call with reporters ahead of the trial, but instead it bought it, and did the same with WhatsApp ｣
https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2025/04/14/ftc-meta-antitrust-trial-kicks-off-in-federal-court
Don’t Move A Mussel - The Role Of Key Environmental Drivers And Management Scale In Assessing Spatial Variation In Dreissenid Spread Risk In The Missouri River Basin
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112526 <-- shared paper (Missouri River Basin)
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/western-fisheries-research-center/news/assessing-risk-invasive-mussels-spreading-throughout <-- shared technical article (Columbia River Basin)
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https://rconnect.usgs.gov/webDR/ <-- shared link to webDR: Dreissenid Risk (Missouri River Basin)
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fedscience #dreissenids #invasive #invasivespecies #management #mitigation #risk #hazard #riskindexing #webtool #nonnative #ecology #economics #cost #humanimpact #state #basin #water #freshwater #hydrology #basin #watershed #mussel #zebramussel #infested #infestation #watercraft #boating #leisure #pleasure #NorthAmerica #waterbody #decontamination #program #planning #policy #regulations #relativeriskindex #model #modeling #geostatistics #parameters #MissouriRiverBasin #ColumbiaRiverBasin
@USGS
#TakeItDown Act has passed the #House 409-2 giving #Trump & the #FTC power to #censor the #internet.
The bill seems good at first glance. It requires online platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate imagery aka“revenge porn.”
However, it will also enable the FTC to demand #content be removed from websites.
🚨In fact, Trump said he will use the bill ON HIS OWN BEHALF, presumably to remove criticism of him from the web.
#law #tech #regulations #FreeSpeech #Constitution
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/congress-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/
Its findings were meant to inform #FederalAgencies & lawmakers for decision-making around #climate #policy & #funding priorities.
The last assessment, published in 2023, said #ClimateChange was increasingly imposing costs on Americans, as prices rise for #weather-related #insurance or certain #foods, & as #medical care becomes more expensive as people face threats like extreme heat.
Holy crap
The #Trump's admin has fired ALL of the authors of the US govt's signature study that informs federal & local govts on how to prepare for #ClimateChange impacts, acc/to an email sent to them on Monday.
The dismissal of nearly 400 contributors to the 6th National #Climate Assessment, which is #mandated by #Congress, leaves the future of the report in doubt since the multi-year, peer-reviewed analysis is due for publication in 2028.
#law #science #regulations
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/trump-administration-dismisses-all-authors-key-climate-report-email-says-2025-04-28/
New #regulations detailed in the memo will allow prosecutors in #criminal investigations to use #subpoenas, #CourtOrders & #SearchWarrants to compel "production of information & testimony by & relating to members of the #news #media," the memo stated.
“Safeguarding classified, privileged & other sensitive information is essential to effective governance & #law enforcement,” #Trump AG #PamBondi wrote in the memo.
#Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #journalism #Autocracy #tyranny
NIH to Work with Food Companies to Get Harmful Synthetic Food Dyes, Approved for Decades, Out of US Grocery Stores
The Trump admin is keeping the Biden-era AV crash reporting rule but tweaking it, reducing reporting for Level 2 systems. This change could significantly impact Tesla, which previously reported the most L2 incidents.
EU Energy labelling will apply to phones and tablets from June 2025
https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en
#HackerNews #EU #Energy #Labelling #smartphones #tablets #June2025 #energy #efficiency #regulations
"#War #Manifesto On #Compliance Frameworks:
Turning #Protocols, #Regulations & #Standards Into Monetization Weapons
(#BaselIII, #CCPA, #Dodd-Frank, #ESG, #GDPR, #HIPAA, #HITECH, #IATF16949, #IEC/ISO #9001/#14001/#27001/#45001, #NIST, #PCI #DSS, #SOC 1/2/3, #SOX & All Other Current/Future #Frameworks)"
#ReadABook #Psychology #Holism #holisticthinking #rethink #learnToUnlearn #learntothink #strategy #monetization #monetize #business #SOC1 #SOC2 #SOC3
