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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is defending his decision to cut funding for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), pointing to the “problematic” sexual content broadcasted that targeted children.

Last week, Stitt, a Republican, vetoed a bill that sought to extend funding for OETA—the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member station for Oklahoma—through 2026.

“OETA, to us, is an outdated system. You know, the big, big question is why are we spending taxpayer dollars to prop up or compete with the private sector and run television stations?” Stitt said in an interview with Fox News. “And then when you go through all of the programming that’s happening and the indoctrination and over-sexualization of our children, it’s just really problematic, and it doesn’t line up with Oklahoma values.”

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Facebook says it is not dead. Facebook also wants you to know that it is not just for “old people,” as young people have been saying for years.

Now, with the biggest thorn in its side — TikTok — facing heightened government scrutiny amid growing tensions between the U.S. and China, Facebook could, perhaps, position itself as a viable, domestic-bred alternative. Facebook says it is not dead. Facebook also wants you to know that it is not just for “old people,” as young people have been saying for years. Now, with the biggest thorn in its side — TikTok — facing heightened government scrutiny amid growing tensions between the U.S. and China, Facebook could, perhaps, position itself as a viable, domestic-bred alternative.

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Brenda Myers-Powell was outraged to learn DCFS approved sending a teenage sex trafficking victim to live with a man whom court records describe as a habitual criminal. The foster dad was arrested again and charged with promoting prostitution.

Why does the system send girls to live with pimps and traffickers? This must stop. Hold those who facilitate this accountable now.

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National Nurses Day is today, Saturday, May 6. It’s also the day that kicks off National Nurses Week 2023, like it does every year. Nursing is an incredibly stressful career, which is why it’s so important to thank those nurses in our community for their time and sacrifices.

Please learn more and support our Warriors’ partners NUAHT.

Thank you Senator LindseyGraham Senator Blumenthal and Senator Durbin  for your leadership in moving this essential #ChildProtection bill forward and giving survivors of CSAM a path to privacy and justice.

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U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero ruled that Section 230 shielded Twitter from the families’ claims of participating in child pornography and sex trafficking but allowed them to sue the company for allegedly profiting from the traffickers’ illegal conduct.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a suit accusing Twitter of profiting from sex trafficking by allowing a paying customer to post nude photos of two 13-year-old boys. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals relied on a 1996 federal law that shields tech platforms from liability for content posted by others, a law now under review in the Supreme Court.

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Learn more Find out what you can do. Take action. #DirtyDozenList2023 Entities enabling sexual exploitation. #ProtectOurChildren

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Op-Ed

There’s a bill brewing in Albany that would decriminalize sex work between consenting adults. What could go wrong?

Bill key sponsor Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (D-Queens) stressed to Channel 11 News that the bill would simply decriminalize sex work, not make it legal.

“It includes both the sex worker, the person who is selling their body, and someone who is purchasing the sex, so it takes away criminal penalties, it prevents raids from happening, it ensures that sex workers are safer,” she said.

Sure it does.