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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently expressed regret over his company’s decision to bow to pressure from the Biden administration to censor content on Facebook and Instagram during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter addressed to Jim Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Zuckerberg revealed that in 2021, senior officials from the White House repeatedly pressured Meta to remove or demote specific content, including satire and humor related to the pandemic.

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Uber has been hit with a massive $323.61 million fine by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) for transferring European drivers' personal data to U.S. servers, a violation of the EU's strict GDPR rules. The fine follows a two-year investigation that found Uber failed to protect sensitive information such as ID documents, taxi licenses, and location data, which were transferred to the company's U.S. headquarters without proper safeguards.

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Nestle shares fell Friday after the surprise departure of chief executive Mark Schneider, which followed slowing sales growth and bad headlines at the Swiss food group.

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NASA has announced that SpaceX will rescue two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) due to issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. This decision marks a significant milestone in the commercial spaceflight industry and highlights the ongoing challenges faced by traditional aerospace companies.

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Outside the United Center in Chicago, while former President Bill Clinton had taken the stage on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, delegates from the uncommitted movement, whose support of Vice President Kamala Harris is contingent on her support of an arms embargo on Israel, announced to reporters that the DNC had denied their request to have a Palestinian American speaker on the main stage.

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On August 21, 2024, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez officially resigned from the U.S. Senate, a decision that came on the heels of his conviction on multiple bribery charges in July. The Democratic lawmaker, who has served in the Senate since 2006, faced immense pressure from both his party and the public following the guilty verdict, which implicated him in a far-reaching corruption scheme involving foreign governments.