#Malaysia's #Assam state has scrapped an 89 yr old law allowing marriage involving #underage#Muslims, against opposition from leaders of minority community who called the plan an attempt to polarise voters on religious lines ahead of elections.
Assam, which has thighest percentage of Muslims among #Indian states at 34%, has previously said it wants to implement uniform #CivilLaws for marriage, divorce, adoption & inheritance.
US #law barring parts & products from the #Xinjiang region poses a challenge for #Tesla & other #auto companies
Tesla boasts that its #ElectricVehicles are a marvel not just of innovation but also #ethics, pledging in annual reports that it will “not knowingly accept products or services from suppliers that include forced labour or #HumanTrafficking in any form.”
The #carmaker touts its teams of monitors that travel to #mining operations around the world, & has pledged to mount a camera at an African mine to prevent the use of #underage or #SlaveLabor.
But #Tesla has been conspicuously silent when it comes to #China, despite evidence that materials that go into its vehicles come from the #Xinjiang region, where #ForcedLabor has been rampant.
Finally, the #FTC intends to impose real #privacy rules on #Meta: New services or service changes only after an independent privacy evaluation shows that they are compliant. No commercial use of data harvested from #underage users.