Hurricane Dorian bears down on Georgia and Carolinas – live updates

The monster storm is expected to bring intense rainfall and flooding after causing devastation in the BahamasSign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.49pm BST Another House Republican, Bill Flores of Texas, has announced he will not run for re-election, the latest in a string of GOP retirement announcements.After much prayer over the past few days and following conversations with my wife, Gina, during that time, I have decided that my current term will be my last. https://t.co/VcHFR1qwm5 2.32pm BST The Federal Trade Commission announced that Google, which owns YouTube, would pay $170 million to settle allegations of illegally collecting data from children.The New York Times reports:The measures were part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and New York’s attorney general. They said YouTube had violated a federal children’s privacy law known as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA. …To settle the charges, YouTube agreed to pay $170 million, of which $136 million will go to the F.T.C. and $34 million to New York. The sum represents the largest civil penalty ever obtained by the F.T.C. in a children’s privacy case, dwarfing the previous record fine of $5.7 million that the agency levied this year against the owner of TikTok, a social video-sharing app. Continue reading…
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