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Lauren Feiner

Lauren Feiner

Senior Policy Reporter

Senior Policy Reporter

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    Lauren Feiner
    Roblox is facing a new wrongful death lawsuit.

    A teen died by suicide after being convinced to send explicit messages to someone he met on Roblox, who turned out to likely be an adult, The New York Times reports. Now, his mom is suing the platform for allegedly failing to provide adequate guardrails, hoping to overcome Section 230.

    Lauren Feiner
    Lauren Feiner
    ICE reportedly pulled almost every investigator off its division that investigates child predators.

    Nearly 90 percent of Homeland Security Investigations agents were tapped to assist removing immigrants for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Cato Institute reported. HSI is part of ICE but typically works on investigations like human trafficking and child exploitation. The numbers underscore concerns officials raised to me in this story.

    Lauren Feiner
    Lauren Feiner
    SCOTUS sends the FTC’s lone Democrat home again.

    Chief Justice John Roberts granted an administrative stay preventing Democratic Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from resuming her work during an appeal of a decision that reversed her firing. Slaughter briefly returned to the office for the second time since her firing after the appeals court lifted an earlier stay.

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    Lauren Feiner
    At least a dozen people were reportedly killed during protests of Nepal’s social media ban.

    Another 200 or more were injured during demonstrations, The New York Times reports based on local news accounts. Police used rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse protesters who occupied a security building, witnesses told The Times. Nepal blocked 26 social media platforms that did not register with the government.

    Lauren Feiner
    Lauren Feiner
    The fight for the noncompete ban is over.

    The Federal Trade Commission is dropping its legal battle for the noncompete ban passed under former Democratic Chair Lina Khan. It was already blocked by a court, and Republican Chair Andrew Ferguson had originally opposed it as unlawful. He now proposes more targeted steps to eliminate illegal noncompete agreements.