Lauren Witzke is a disgusting piece of shit. I can say that because the truth is an absolute defense to defamation.
Couple sues Lauren Witzke for saying birth of their surrogate twins is ‘human trafficking’
…”Rather than congratulating Plaintiff on one [of] the happiest moments in his life, or perhaps just ignoring Plaintiff’s happy post, Defendant instead decided to spew hate and lies on the internet in an unprovoked and harmful manner,” Vaughn’s lawsuit said. “Defendant’s allegations of pedophilia and trafficking of human persons is so vile and obviously harmful that Plaintiff’s reputation may never recover.”
Thanks to Andrew C for pointing us to this story.
HOW THE RIGHT’S “OPEN BORDERS” MYTH MIGHT BE FUELING THE MIGRATION CRISIS
Immigration advocates say that migrants are seeking asylum under the illusion that they’ll be welcomed in without question, raising concerns that networks like Fox News may be influencing perceptions of the border abroad.
Last week I poked fun of LBR for being wishy-washy, but it is a thorny issue. Kevin Munger at Crooked Timber makes a pretty good case.
The United States Should Ban TikTok
…There is no reason to give TikTok the benefit of the doubt. The major US platforms have consistently failed to be responsible stewards of the awesome power they have appropriated over our media and politics, and TikTok has demonstrated the same irresponsibility — except that they are far more vulnerable to pressure from the Chinese regime.
In a Congressional hearing in late October 2021, a TikTok executive said that TikTok “does not give information to the Chinese government and has sought to safeguard U.S. data.” Like so many other tech company executives, they were lying. Buzzfeed News released a major investigation in June 2022 that found that:
“engineers in China had access to US data between September 2021 and January 2022, at the very least…nine statements by eight different employees describe situations where US employees had to turn to their colleagues in China to determine how US user data was flowing.”