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The Constitutional Council of France blocked the country’s new under-15 social media ban on Friday, holding that the ban was unconstitutional. The council reasoned that the ban unjustifiably deprived children of their right to freedom of expression and communication. The council found that the ban on all online platforms that allow users to connect and [...]

I remember that when I was a child, a platform had been built on a barren piece of land for executions. On nights when fog passed beside it, I would look at it with fear. I was afraid of it, yet I stared at it from a distance until we had passed it. Sometimes I [...]

French lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban social media for youth under the age of 15 in an effort to safeguard youth mental health, eradicate cyberbullying, and prevent extreme screen addiction. Backed by overwhelming support, the bill will also prevent kids from accessing and possessing cell phones in school. For a bill [...]

A hot afternoon, a stifling café, the hum of talk around us. A companion nodded toward a woman nearby and asked me: “Who comes to a café wearing skin-tight leggings and carrying an aggressively feminine fake Gucci bag? It doesn’t match, does it, Malek? There’s something aesthetically incoherent about the whole composition—something excessive, almost irritating: [...]

The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, effectively blocking Paxton from pursuing a lawsuit against the Democratic Party’s fundraising platform, ActBlue. Federal Judge Richard Stearns chided Paxton for suing ActBlue in an effort to retaliate against the company for promoting and enabling contributions [...]

The French National Assembly on Thursday unanimously voted to repeal texts codifying slavery. MP Max Mathiasin sponsored the bill to repeal the Code Noir, which was first tabled on September 16, 2025. The Code Noir is “a set of texts promulgated between 1685 and 1724 that regulated and codified slavery in the French colonies.” The [...]

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 on Wednesday, expanding the state’s election security protections by restricting unauthorized law enforcement access to polling places, banning military personnel from voting locations, and making it a felony to seize ballots ahead of the June 2 statewide primary election. The bill, authored by state Senator Sabrina Cervantes [...]

The United States has been at war with Iran for eight weeks. Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.–Israeli campaign launched on February 28, 2026, has killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, struck targets across twenty-four provinces, and left at least 1,443 Iranian civilians dead—including 217 children. Among the documented strikes: a Tomahawk missile that hit Shajareh Tayyebeh [...]

A California ride-share driver advocacy group filed a complaint Monday in state court against Uber Technologies, Inc., alleging the company violated Proposition 22 and should be barred from classifying its drivers as independent contractors. Rideshare Drivers United (RDU), a California nonprofit representing more than 20,000 app-based drivers in the state, claimed Uber breached the Protect App-Based [...]

Do you approve the text of the law revising Articles 87, paragraph 10, 102, paragraph 1, 104, 105, 106, paragraph 3, 107, paragraph 1, and 110 of the Constitution, approved by Parliament and published in the Official Gazette no. 253 of 30 October 2025 under the title ‘Provisions Governing the Judicial System and the Establishment [...]