PBS NewsHour - The Latest | Rising fuel costs put budget airlines under pressure as Spirit faces bankruptcy by Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas, Bridget Craig

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As jet fuel prices soar amid the war with Iran, U.S. budget airlines are pressing the federal government for a $2.5 billion emergency aid package, while Spirit Airlines confronts possible bankruptcy and is separately negotiating a $500 million bailout; the segment features PBS NewsHour’s Geoff Bennett and Reuters aviation correspondent David Shepardson discussing the financial strain on the industry.

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"X's Yaccarino said the company supported the STOP CSAM Act, legislation introduced by Durbin that seeks to hold tech companies accountable for child sexual abuse material and would allow victims to sue tech platforms and app stores."

#DavidShepardson, #MakiniBrice

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/508098/meta-tiktok-x-ceos-grilled-by-us-senators-about-child-sexual-exploitation

Of course they do. It would wipe out small to medium platforms and entrench the current oligopoly of big DataFarms. Don't be fooled, this is regulatory capture at work.

#RegulatoryCapture #StopCSAMAct