Bast Bramhall

1 week ago | san.com | Bast Bramhall |Kennedy Felton

Content moderators are demanding better working conditions from Big Tech. They argue their work reviewing violent and harmful online material takes a severe mental toll. When users report violent or offensive posts on platforms like Facebook, TikTok, or Instagram, those posts don’t just disappear. A hidden team of mostly contracted moderators reviews the flagged content and decides if it violates community guidelines.

1 week ago | san.com | Bast Bramhall |Karah Rucker

New details are surfacing surrounding domestic abuse allegations against Kilmar Abrego Garcia. A 2020 protective order request, filed by his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura, has come to light. In the petition, Sura allegedly wrote that Abrego Garcia told her ex-mother-in-law that even if he killed her, “no one can do anything to him.” Before detailing the alleged death threat, Sura said Abrego Garcia demanded her car key and locked two of their children in a room.

1 week ago | san.com | Bast Bramhall |Craig Nigrelli |William O. Jackson

Hours after the United States and Ukraine finalized a new agreement on mineral access, Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile assault across Ukraine. At least nine people were killed, including two in Odesa and seven in the Kherson region, according to The Associated Press. More than 30 others were injured. Residential buildings, schools, and other infrastructure were damaged in multiple cities. Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted 74 of the 170 drones launched.

2 weeks ago | san.com | Bast Bramhall |Karah Rucker

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is once again in the national spotlight. The Michigan Democrat, who was photographed earlier this month covering her face with a binder in the Oval Office, was seen in what appeared to be a hug with President Donald Trump as he arrived in Michigan to mark his 100th day in office. The moment made headlines across left-leaning media outlets. The Associated Press: “About that hug … Whitmer risks backlash from Democrats as she embraces Trump in Michigan.”USA Today: “‘A hug?!?’ Gov.

2 weeks ago | san.com | Bast Bramhall |Karah Rucker

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck filed a lawsuit against Meta, alleging that its artificial intelligence tool had spread false information about him. According to Starbuck, Meta’s AI chatbot falsely claimed he was involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, that he faced charges related to the event and that he was affiliated with white nationalist and anti-Semitic groups.