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Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io | Censorship

Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io | Censorship

Payment companies such as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe are facing public backlash, including from billionaire Elon Musk, for pressuring online gaming platforms to remove hundreds of games in response to a campaign from an Australian anti-porn lobby group. Itch.io, an independent gaming platform, last week removed all adult or not-safe-for-work (NSFW) games from appearing in its library in a hasty …

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UnitedHealth Grew to Be a Leviathan. Then Came the Backlash. – The New York Times

UnitedHealth Grew to Be a Leviathan. Then Came the Backlash.  The New York Times UnitedHealth aims to reassure investors as profits plunge, DOJ investigates its Medicare business  CNBC UnitedHealth (UNH) Stock Rated Outperform Despite Lowered Price Target by Leerink  Yahoo Finance UnitedHealth’s stock has been cut in half. Is it still a good deal?  Star Tribune UnitedHealth: Turning Into A Falling Knife (NYSE:UNH)  Seeking Alpha …

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Sydney Sweeney “great jeans” ad campaign sparks backlash over racial undertones

Sydney Sweeney “great jeans” ad campaign sparks backlash over racial undertones

Sydney Sweeney‘s new “great jeans” ad campaign has sparked a backlash over racial undertones. The Euphoria star appears in a new campaign for American Eagle, which goes under the slogan, “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans”. However, many have pointed out on social media that the play on words with “great genes” has racist connotations, with historical links of celebrating whiteness …

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UnitedHealth Grew to Be a Leviathan. Then Came the Backlash. – The New York Times

UnitedHealth Grew to Be a Leviathan. Then Came the Backlash.  The New York Times UnitedHealth aims to reassure investors as profits plunge, DOJ investigates its Medicare business  CNBC UnitedHealth Group’s (UNH) Healthcare Dominance: A Key Player in the Dogs of the Dow  Yahoo Finance UnitedHealth: Turning Into A Falling Knife (NYSE:UNH)  Seeking Alpha UnitedHealth (UNH) Is About to Report Q2 Earnings on July 29. …

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Anthony Anderson Responds to Backlash Over Resurfaced Lindsay Lohan Interview

Anthony Anderson Responds to Backlash Over Resurfaced Lindsay Lohan Interview

The statement from Anderson comes after the 2003 interview resurfaced online, garnering backlash all over again with many pointing out the actor and comedian’s inappropriate behavior towards a then 17-year-old Lohan. Anthony Anderson is responding to viral backlash after a 2003 interview he conducted with then-17-year-old Lindsay Lohan resurfaced on social media The interview originally aired on The Sharon Osbourne …

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Anthony Anderson reacts to backlash over 2003 Lindsay Lohan interview

Anthony Anderson reacts to backlash over 2003 Lindsay Lohan interview

A resurfaced interview between Anthony Anderson and a 17-year-old Lindsay Lohan shows the actor asking her odd questions. After Lohan tells Anderson she’s “illegal” for older men to date, Anderson tells her that some men “like them young.” Anderson then laughs while admitting, “I’m one of them.” Anthony Anderson has responded to recent backlash over a resurfaced interview with a …

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‘And Just Like That’ Writers Explain Carrie Aidan Breakup and Backlash

‘And Just Like That’ Writers Explain Carrie Aidan Breakup and Backlash

[This story contains major spoilers from season three, episode nine of And Just Like That, “Present Tense.”] And Just Like That duo Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky were bracing themselves for the fan reaction when they spoke to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of this week’s episode. That’s because the writers, executive producers and longtime collaborators on the HBO Max revival series co-wrote …

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‘Japanese First’: breakthrough by rightwing populists sparks fears of anti-foreigner backlash in Japan | Japan

‘Japanese First’: breakthrough by rightwing populists sparks fears of anti-foreigner backlash in Japan | Japan

The emergence of a rightwing populist party in Japan’s upper house election on Sunday running on a Trump-style “Japanese First” slogan has raised concerns of a backlash against the growing foreign presence in the country. The party, Sanseito, has successfully tapped into unease around an expanding immigrant population and a huge influx of tourists after the pandemic. But many see …

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Chicharito apologizes for sexist social media posts following backlash

Chicharito apologizes for sexist social media posts following backlash

Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, who the Mexican Football Federation fined and gave a warning to for his sexist social media posts, issued a public apology on Thursday for his remarks following widespread backlash, including by Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum. “I am deeply sorry for any confusion or upset my recent words have caused; It was never my intention to limit, hurt …

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