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Apple Removes ICE Tracking App From The App Store

by Kandiss Edwards October 4, 2025 The company cites “safety risks” for law enforcement officers. The move follows intense criticism from Trump administration officials who claimed the app endangered ICE agents. Apple has removed the controversial app ICEBlock and similar software from its App Store after a request from the

New York Now Requires Social Media Apps To Report Content Moderation Policies

by Jeroslyn JoVonn October 4, 2025 New York is mandating that major social media apps disclose the volume of their hate speech and misinformation. On Thursday, Oct. 2, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the start of a new policy that requires social media companies to report their content

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is sentenced to over 4 years in prison

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and “freak-offs.” The judge said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that he was unconvinced that if Combs is released these crimes won’t happen again. Combs, 55, was

Joy Reid responds to J.D. Vance’s ‘non-trolling’ advice to her

This week, journalist Joy Reid woke up to unexpected, unwarranted advice from United States Vice President J.D. Vance on X.  On Thursday (Oct. 2), Vance shared some “honest, non-trolling” advice to the award-winning journalist in response to a clip of her and Ta-Nehisi Coates on a panel, where she discusses

Apple Removes ICE Tracking App From The App Store

by Kandiss Edwards October 4, 2025 The company cites “safety risks” for law enforcement officers. The move follows intense criticism from Trump administration officials who claimed the app endangered ICE agents. Apple has removed the controversial app ICEBlock and similar software from its App Store after a request from the

New York Now Requires Social Media Apps To Report Content Moderation Policies

by Jeroslyn JoVonn October 4, 2025 New York is mandating that major social media apps disclose the volume of their hate speech and misinformation. On Thursday, Oct. 2, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the start of a new policy that requires social media companies to report their content

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is sentenced to over 4 years in prison

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and “freak-offs.” The judge said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that he was unconvinced that if Combs is released these crimes won’t happen again. Combs, 55, was

Joy Reid responds to J.D. Vance’s ‘non-trolling’ advice to her

This week, journalist Joy Reid woke up to unexpected, unwarranted advice from United States Vice President J.D. Vance on X.  On Thursday (Oct. 2), Vance shared some “honest, non-trolling” advice to the award-winning journalist in response to a clip of her and Ta-Nehisi Coates on a panel, where she discusses