POLITICAL: What “child marriage” is still legal in parts of the USA! Where are the feminists

Friday, October 2, 2026

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6rm9mnn0w3eo?utm_campaign=october1morningnote&utm_medium=email&utm_source=iterable&utm_content=morningnote

California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states
15 hours ago (2026-10Oct-01)
Regan Morris (in) Los Angeles

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Child Marriage Just Became Illegal in California

Believe it or not, child marriage is still legal in 32 American states. As of yesterday, California is not one of them.

Gavin Newsom approved legislation making California the 18th state to ban residents from marrying children on Wednesday, signing the bill alongside a woman whose parents allowed her to marry a 50-year-old when she was just 16. Approximately 9,000 girls have married adult men in California each year, according to the advocacy group Unchained At Last. The ban will take effect in January.

It is pretty remarkable that the federal government has never passed a similar law. How can Washington politicians lecture the rest of the world about freedom and democracy, while at the same time turning a blind eye to child marriage in their own country?

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Sorry, I’d expect this in some backward thirds world country but not it the USA.  I guess that “rich pedophiliac tech elites” that I hear cited on at least two podcast I regularly listen to are absolutely correct to call this out.

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SECURITY: BBC reporter creates fake Americans.

Thursday, November 10, 2022

https://apnews.com/article/us-elections-misinformation-social-media-BBC-americast-6749e362c3b3a5c8db7b3276a8a5bd91?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email

BBC tries to understand politics by creating fake Americans
By DAVID BAUDER — November 1, 2022

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NEW YORK (AP) — Larry, a 71-year-old retired insurance broker and Donald Trump fan from Alabama, wouldn’t be likely to run into the liberal Emma, a 25-year-old graphic designer from New York City, on social media — even if they were both real.

Each is a figment of BBC reporter Marianna Spring’s imagination. She created five fake Americans and opened social media accounts for them, part of an attempt to illustrate how disinformation spreads on sites like Facebook, Twitter and TikTok despite efforts to stop it, and how that impacts American politics.

That’s also left Spring and the BBC vulnerable to charges that the project is ethically suspect in using false information to uncover false information.

“We’re doing it with very good intentions because it’s important to understand what is going on,” Spring said. In the world of disinformation, “the U.S. is the key battleground,” she said.

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This is easily prevented by requiring a credit card and charging for access.  Elon’s 8$/month will do more to eliminate, or down grade bots, than can be imagined.

The fee would eliminate fakes PDQ.  Surprising that no one mentions it in the article.

Of course, there’s no way to comment on the site, because they are just interested in attracting eyeballs.

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