Hashtag Trends Sept. 29 – More EV charging stations. Meta shuts down the political influence network. FCC cracks down on spam text

The US approves the installation of electric vehicle charging stations across the country, Meta shuts down China’s influential network, and the FCC wants to crack down on spam text messages.

Welcome to hashtag trending. This is Samira Bulsara, your host on Thursday, September 29th.

The United States is inching closer to the installation of ubiquitous electric vehicle charging stations across the country. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that it has approved plans for electric vehicle charging stations in all 50 states, covering nearly 75,000 miles of highway. This progress was made possible by her $5 billion investment announced earlier this year by the Biden administration. CNBC reports that it’s not clear how many charging stations the country plans to build, but was roughly expecting a charging station for every 50 miles of road. In total, the US federal government has earmarked her $135 billion for the introduction of electric vehicles and the infrastructure to support them.

Meta has shut down a Chinese influence network designed to fan the flames of rising political tensions ahead of the midterm elections. Spreading controversial claims on sensitive topics such as politicians. The group targeted both sides of the political spectrum. According to a Meta spokesperson, the operation appears to be relatively small and largely uninvolved. In all, this group managed his 81 her Facebook accounts. Moreover, the operation does not appear to be directly related to the Chinese government.

The US Federal Communications Commission has launched a new effort to curb fraud and spam, this time targeting spam text messages. On Tuesday, the European Commission announced plans to require US carriers to block illegal text messages at the network level. This plan specifically targets invalid, unassigned or unused numbers and numbers on the do-not-call list. Ars Technica reports that the FCC has received about 14,000 consumer complaints about unwanted texts, and her FCC chair Jessica Rosenworsel said fraudulent text messages are an increasing threat to consumers. rice field. The FCC is now seeking comment from carriers on their plans to determine next steps.

Netflix has launched a full crackdown on password sharing. Netflix users in Latin America have reported the service prompting them to pay a new fee after signing back into their account. The affected users appear to be long-term users outside the initial sign-up location, as Netflix said they were targeting. Users, especially those in Argentina, were clearly dissatisfied. Netflix subscription prices are in US dollars, according to Rest of the World, so Argentina will have to pay more as his peso loses value.

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