Instagram tests Limits feature to curb targeted harassment

Igor Bonifacic

Instagram is testing a new feature called Limits that allows users to lock their accounts and limit potential interactions if they feel they are the target of harassment. When introducing the tool, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, referred to the recent Euro 2020 final, in which three black players from the English national team … Read more

Voting Rights Act: Supreme Court says Arizona limits don’t violate act

Voting Rights Act: Supreme Court says Arizona limits don't violate act

The ruling will limit the ability of minorities to challenge government laws that they believe are discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act. The votes in this case are 6: 3 and break along conservative-liberal ideological lines. Judge Samuel Alito gave the majority opinion. The court upheld two provisions of Arizona law. The first provision states … Read more

Sen. Wyden proposes limits on exportation of American’s personal data – TechCrunch

Sen. Wyden proposes limits on exportation of American’s personal data – TechCrunch

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has proposed bill that would restrict the types of information that technology companies could buy and sell overseas and the countries in which it could be legally sold. The legislation is resourceful and not very specific. However, this indicates growing federal concerns about international data trading. “Shady data brokers shouldn’t get … Read more

FDA limits convalescent plasma use; 455K US deaths

Eileen Kane, rechts, erhält am Mittwoch ihre erste COVID-19-Impfung von Nathaly Castillo von der Illinois National Guard am Triton College in River Grove, Illinois.

Erwachsene 20-49 treiben die Ausbreitung von COVID-19 voran und die Impfung dieser Gruppe könnte laut einer Studie der Schlüssel zur Kontrolle des Infektionstempos sein. Forscher am Londoner Imperial College schätzten, dass mindestens 65% der neuen US-Infektionen aus dieser Altersgruppe stammen. “Die gezielte Intervention – einschließlich übertragungsblockierender Impfstoffe – bei Erwachsenen im Alter von 20 bis … Read more