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Saturday January 23rd, 2021 day edition

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Italy orders TikTok to block underage users after 10-year-old girl dies doing viral challenge

Authored by euronews.com

Italy's data protection watchdog has ordered TikTok to block access to users whose age cannot be confirmed.

The ban comes just days after the death of a young girl in Palermo, who had been taking part in an online "challenge" that has been viral on the platform.

"The authority decided to intervene as a matter of urgency following the terrible case of the 10-year-old girl from Palermo.". »

December 2020 worldwide digital games market — SuperData, a Nielsen Company

Authored by superdataresearch.com

Cyberpunk 2077 had the biggest game launch of all time based on digital revenue and digital units sold (10.2M)*.

An extremely high share of digital sales (80%) were on PC, likely due to the delisting on PlayStation and overall state of the console versions.

* These estimates do include digital copies that have been refunded, but our data shows that refunds did not substantially affect the game's aggregate sales. »

Trump planned to oust acting AG to overturn Georgia election results: report

Authored by thehill.com
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Former President Trump Donald TrumpMcCarthy says he told Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene he disagreed with her impeachment articles against Biden Biden, Trudeau agree to meet next month Trump planned to oust acting AG to overturn Georgia election results: report MORE sought to oust his acting attorney general in a bid to overturn the presidential election results in Georgia, according to a new bombshell report in The New York Times.

Rosen had refused to back Trump’s disputed claims that voter fraud had cost him the election, drawing the president’s ire.

Trump had also pressed Rosen to appoint special counsels to investigate what he said were irregularities in the election, though he never provided any evidence for his claims. »