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Russia Tests Internet Shutdown System, Disrupting Life In Moscow
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (362+ words) MOSCOW (Worthy News) " Russia is expanding tests of a nationwide system designed to shut down internet access during times of unrest, leaving millions in Moscow temporarily cut off from mobile data and online services, according to a report by The…...
U.S. Quietly Sends Thousands Of Starlink Terminals Into Iran After Regime Crackdown
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (319+ words) (Worthy News) " The Trump administration covertly delivered roughly 6,000 Starlink satellite internet terminals into Iran following last month's violent government crackdown on nationwide protests, according to U.S. officials cited in a Wall Street Journal exclusive. The effort marked the first time Washington…...
TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit As Global Pressure Mounts To Protect Children
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (378+ words) WASHINGTON (Worthy News) " TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark U.S. lawsuit accusing social-media companies of deliberately addicting and harming children, just days before the case was due to go to trial, attorneys for the plaintiffs confirmed Tuesday. The short-video platform…...
Taliban Imposes Nationwide Internet Blackout In Afghanistan Amid Morality Crackdown
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (341+ words) by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief (Worthy News) " Afghanistan has been plunged into a nationwide communications blackout after the Taliban cut internet and telephone services across the country in what the Islamist regime calls a move to enforce…...
Secret Service Dismantles Covert Cellular Network Near UN Headquarters In New York
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (451+ words) (Worthy News) " The U.S. Secret Service announced Tuesday it had dismantled a massive covert cellular network across the New York metropolitan area, a system officials say could have crippled communications just as nearly 150 world leaders arrived in Manhattan for the United…...
Trump: 50% Tariff On EU Imports, 25% On Foreign-Produced Smartphones
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (478+ words) U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced a 50% tariff on all European Union imports to the United States from June 1 and said a potential 25% smartphone charge would apply to all foreign-made devices. The post Trump: 50% Tariff On EU Imports, 25% On Foreign-Produced Smartphones appeared…...
Pentagon To Review Defense Secretary’s Usage Of Signal Chat App
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (496+ words) The Pentagon's acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging application to convey potentially classified plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. The post Pentagon To Review…...