Australia is considering bringing court action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube after alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16 off their platforms. Australia banned young children from holding accounts on 10 social media platforms in December. The first report from the eSAfety commission about compliance with the law was issued Tuesday. It found significant concerns with five platforms and was gathering evidence against them before deciding whether to initiate court action. The law also applies to Reddit, X, Kick, Threads and Twitch, but they aren't under investigation.
A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. The two are media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss cited the First Amendment in his decision. The impact was not immediately clear — both because it will likely be appealed and because too much damage to the public-broadcasting system has already been done, both by the president and Congress.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to suspend construction of a $400 million ballroom after it demolished the East Wing of the White House. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington granted a preservationist group's request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts President Donald Trump's White House ballroom project. Leon wrote that the president is a steward of the White House, not its owner. The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued to obtain an order pausing the ballroom project until it undergoes multiple independent reviews and receives congressional approval.
Two men were arrested on drug and weapons-related charges after a traffic stop evening of Thursday in San Mateo, police said.
David Silberman has been appointed a judge in the San Mateo County Superior Court. He is San Mateo County’s assistant county counsel and serve…
The cities of Half Moon Bay and Millbrae, which contract its police services through the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, are getting new ca…
Andrew Coleman, who was found guilty on two counts of second-degree murder for the death of his pregnant girlfriend 37-year-old Kirsten Castle…
This does not register — Someone stole tabs from a license plate on East Fourth Avenue in San Mateo; it was reported 2:45 p.m. Saturday, March 21.
Two men have been found guilty of the 2020 murder of Ueta Savelio Muasika Jr. and shooting of his then 2-year-old son, who survived the attack.Â
