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PH lawmaker proposes installation of CCTV cameras on all public roads

With public roads partly being trafficked by wrongdoers, a party-list lawmaker has proposed on Tuesday a move to surveil the public roads with closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) in a bid to prevent criminal acts and aid on their investigations as needed. As per ACT-CIS Rep. Rowena Niña Taduran, the monitoring of crimes can be enhanced […]

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TikTok agrees to pay $92 million settlement over privacy issues

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have agreed to pay $92 million to reach a settlement with US users who, in dozens of lawsuits, claimed the popular video-sharing app violated their privacy, illegally collected personal information, and shared the data to third-parties. The settlement doesn’t mean TikTok is confessing to the crime, but it’s […]

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US lawmaker demands stricter law against violent video games amid rising carjacking cases

Following increasing cases of carjacking, a Chicago-based lawmaker is seeking to prohibit violent video games, like Grand Theft Auto, from everyone, via a bill. The bill, HB3531, is an amendment of the state of Illinois’ Criminal Code of 2012’s Violent Video Games Law. Related stories Games rake in more money than movies, sports combined Video […]