FTC Wants to Make It Easier to Cancel Free Trials and Subscriptions – CNN

Want to cancel that gym membership? Please send us a five-page essay explaining why you don’t want to be healthy. Oh, and attach your birth certificate and high school report card as well, just in case. Canceling a subscription or membership should be just as easy as signing up for one. Nobody should have to spend hours on the phone just to cancel something that took one click to sign up for.

Bill to Ban TikTok Moves Forward – AP

Is this a security issue? Could our data be used for surveillance by a foreign entity? Or is this a conspiracy to take down a massive social media company so another one can step in to take its place? Is TikTok harvesting your data any different than say Google or Facebook? Is ByteDance (Chinese company that owns TikTok) more dangerous than Tencent (Chinese company that owns Epic Games, Fortnite), Samsung (Korean), Sony (Japanese), Ikea (Swedish), etc.?