The Daily Populous

Sunday December 7th, 2025 evening edition

image for X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine

The Commission fined X on Thursday for breaching the EU’s rules under the Digital Services Act (DSA), which aims to limit the spread of illegal content.

“The irony of your announcement,” Bier said.

“X believes everyone should have an equal voice on our platform.

However, it seems you believe that the rules should not apply to your account.”.

POLITICO has reached out to the European Commission for comment.

“The DSA is having not to do with censorship,” said the EU's tech czar, Henna Virkkunen, told reporters on Thursday.

“This decision is about the transparency of X. »

A rare bright spot for whales: Decades of conservation pay off for endangered population in Canada

Authored by news.mongabay.com
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The Gully MPA provides a rare marine conservation success story, but protection for marine mammals that migrate is more complex.

Even as protections against whaling increase, northern bottlenose whale populations struggle to recover globally due to low reproductive rates and ongoing threats such as ship strikes and fishing-gear entanglement.

But new evidence from a submarine canyon off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, known as the Gully, shows a promising rebound. »

Trump wax statue gets pulled from texas museum after too many people punched it

Authored by wtfdetective.blog

A wax museum in San Antonio, Texas, had to pull its Donald Trump statue from public view after repeated incidents in which visitors physically attacked it.

Staff at Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks ultimately moved the figure into storage because guests continually punched and scratched it, leaving visible damage.

“It’s a presidential figure,” said Suzanne Smagala-Potts, a spokesperson for Ripley Entertainment, the company that owns the museum. »

New Petition Demands Release of Nemesis System As Netflix Acquires Warner Bros

Authored by clawsomegamer.com

On the gaming front, Netflix will soon become the new owner of NetherRealm Studios, Rocksteady, Warner Bros. Montreal, and more.

Less than one day after Netflix announced the merger, a petition on Change.org seeks to free the Nemesis System from Warner Bros. Discovery’s chains.

According to the petition, Netflix has a historic opportunity to unlock this system for both indie and AAA developers. »