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OnlyFans Says It Will Ban The Content It's Best Known For: Pornography

4:35pm August 20, 2021

by Shannon Bond

OnlyFans became a popular subscription service by allowing creators to post pornography and nude images. Now it plans to ban sexually explicit material to appease its bankers and payment providers.

Elise Hu: The Beauty Ideal

9:31am August 20, 2021

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But it's also shaped by global norms. This hour, journalist Elise Hu reflects on what's considered beautiful now, and how we'll think about beauty in the future.

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The Future Of The Afghan Girls Robotics Team Is Precarious

11:57am August 19, 2021

by Greg Myre

The teenagers made headlines when they came to Washington in 2017 for an international competition. Today they face a uncertain future with the Taliban again in charge of their homeland.

Country artist George Birge heard Erynn Chambers' TikTok satirizing the stereotypical country songs written by men versus women and turned it into a radio hit.

How A Joke TikTok About Country Music Stereotypes Hit The Radio

5:07am August 19, 2021

Country artist George Birge saw a popular TikTok skewering the way men in his genre write music and decided to issue himself a songwriting challenge. The result? "Beer Beer, Truck Truck."

Cryptocurrencies May Be Reined In Soon — Here's What Regulators Want To Change

4:59pm August 18, 2021

by David Gura

The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission compared cryptocurrencies to the "Wild West." Made to operate outside government control, the regulator is asking Congress to help rein them in.

An information board shows people who are wanted by law enforcement on suspicion of assaulting federal officers at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.

National

The FBI Keeps Using Clues From Volunteer Sleuths To Find The Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters

4:59pm August 18, 2021

by Tim Mak

In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, a group of volunteer sleuths came forward to assist law enforcement in an unprecedented effort to identify possible suspects.

TikTok's data collection practices, including how the app harvests information about users' faces and voices is now the subject of Congressional scrutiny.

Politics & Government

Senators Demand TikTok Reveal How It Plans To Collect Voice And Face Data

1:15pm August 18, 2021

by Bobby Allyn

Sens. Amy Klobuchar D-Minn., and John Thune, R-SD., said they are alarmed by TikTok's recent changes to its privacy policies that automatically collect biometric data of its users.

A health care worker displays a COVID-19 vaccination record card at a health center in Los Angeles earlier this month.

A Pharmacist Is Charged With Selling COVID-19 Vaccine Cards For $10 On eBay

10:38am August 18, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Tangtang Zhao, 34, allegedly sold 125 authentic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination cards to 11 buyers in March and April.

Mobile says about 7.8 million of its current postpaid customer accounts' information and roughly 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with the company were involved in a recent data breach.

National

A T-Mobile Breach Exposed Nearly 50 Million People's Personal Data

9:44am August 18, 2021

Names, Social Security numbers and driver's license information were compromised; phone numbers, account numbers, PINs, passwords and financial information were not.

A new version of the Yik Yak app is only available currently in the Apple App Store in the United States. Here's a March 2014 photo illustration of the app in the Google Play store.

Yik Yak, The Anonymous App That Tested Free Speech, Is Back

4:40pm August 17, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

Before shutting down in 2017, Yik Yak was used in hate speech and cyberbullying across college campuses and local schools. The app's new owners vow to take a strong stance against abuses.