The law would protect kids online and hold tech companies accountable
A new law has been passed in the US which would impose new responsibilities on tech platforms accessed by teenagers. The ‘Kids Online Safety Act’ (KOSA) and the’Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act’ would impose new responsibilities on tech platforms accessed by teenagers. It would make it easier to protect their kids from becoming victims of cyberbullying.
The controversy over Olympic boxer Imane Khelif was disgusting
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said that the decision to ban two transgender boxers from the Rio Games was taken without proper procedure. The two boxers, Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan, had failed gender eligibility tests in the past. “They are women on their passports, they are women who have competed in the Tokyo Olympics,” IOC said.
Americans including Evan Gershkovich are free after a prisoner swap with Russia
The Turkish government has said that it had played a “key role” in the prisoner exchange between Russia and the US. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov, told Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti that Russia had released more than a dozen prisoners in exchange for Paul Whelan, an American jailed in Russia.
The Trump-backed candidate won the Arizona primary
Democratic candidate for Governor of Arizona, Ruben Gallego, said that Kari Lake’s plan to ban abortion and hurt Arizonans is a “dangerous plan”. Lake was the victor in Arizona’s Republican primary this year, with more than half of the vote going to her, compared to Mark Lamb’s and Elizabeth Reye’s votes. Lake has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to get reinstated as governor.
Israel says it killed a Hamas military commander in an airstrike
The Israeli military has said that it carried out an air strike on the residence of Hamas chief Mohammed Deif in Iran’s capital, Tehran. The military added that the strike was carried out in response to several rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel. Deif was killed on July 13 in a strike that killed over 90 people, Gaza’s health ministry said.