Month: October 2021

Social Media Hearings

WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, will convene a hearing on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 10:00 AM titled “Protecting Kids Online: Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube.” Representatives from Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube will testify at the hearing.

“Recent revelations about harm to kids online show that Big Tech is facing its Big Tobacco moment—a moment of reckoning,” said Blumenthal. “We need to understand the impact of popular platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube on children and what companies can do better to keep them safe. The bombshell reports about Facebook and Instagram—their toxic impacts on young users and lack of truth or transparency—raise serious concerns about Big Tech’s approach toward kids across the board. I look forward to this next hearing in the series I am holding with Senator Blackburn leading to legislation that safeguards children and provides parents with tools to protect their kids.”

“Big tech companies continue to prioritize profit over safety and, in doing so, are harming children online,” said Blackburn. “TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube all play a leading role in exposing children to harmful content. TikTok is an especially egregious offender, both because they make the personal information of all TikTok users available to the communist Chinese government, and because the app pushes sexually explicit and drug-related content onto children. I look forward to standing alongside Senator Blumenthal as we continue to push these companies to better protect children from these dangerous situations.”

Next Tuesday’s hearing will be the fourth in a series of bipartisan hearings spearheaded by Blumenthal and Blackburn to inform legislation and prompt action by social media companies to address harms and dangers faced by children online.

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Bridgeport News: 2nd Arrest Made In Homicide

2021-10-25 #Bridgeport CT– This afternoon, Kadeem Frazer (DOB: 10/19/93 of 789 William St) was arrested for his role in the October 2nd murder of Jonathan DaSilva. Allegedly, Robert Sorrells, who was arrested on October 21, fired the shots that killed the victim from the passenger’s seat of Frazer’s car, as Frazer drove. Later that day, Frazer reported his car, a 2017 Mercedes C300, stolen. The following day, just hours after being interviewed by homicide detectives, Frazer’s car was located in the town of Woodbridge, after it was set on fire.
On October 21, Detective Winkler obtained an arrest warrant for Frazer, charging him with Accessory at Murder and Arson in the Second Degree. His is being held on a $2,000,000 bond and will be arraigned in court tomorrow.

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