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Gaetz announced he was withdrawing from consideration for Attorney General on Thursday — shortly after being asked to comment on the House Ethics Committee’s report into alleged sexual misconduct with underage girls.

Per CNN, the a woman said she had two sexual encounters with Gaetz in 2017, when she was 17 years old. A hacker reportedly gained access to a file with “damaging” details about Gaetz, including the woman’s testimony.

Sources tell Reuters that EU regulators will likely look into whether Amazon is favors its own products on its retail platform — a violation of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.

In March, the European Commission confirmed that it was looking into Amazon’s ranking practices. At the time, an Amazon spokesperson said the company’s practices were compliant with the DMA.

Well, four people close to Trump say he’s going to try and stop it from happening, reports the Washington Post. It’s unclear what, exactly, that means. TikTok faces a ban unless its parent company, ByteDance, sells it by January 19th — the day before Trump’s inauguration.

Maybe Trump, who was courted by tech leaders in the months leading up to the election, will convince one of his new friends to buy it.

The president-elect announced that Tom Homan — one of the architects of Trump’s family separation policy — will play a major role in his administration.

In 2022, Homan spoke at a conference organized by white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Starting next year, he’ll “be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered employees to scale back their use of cell phones — both personal and work-issued — amid fears that China had hacked AT&T, Verizon, Lumen Technologies, and other telecom providers.

An email from the CFPB’s chief information officer read:

Do NOT conduct CFPB work using mobile voice calls or text messages

While there is no evidence that CFPB has been targeted by this unauthorized access, I ask for your compliance with these directives so we reduce the risk that we will be compromised

The Mozambican government imposed sweeping internet restrictions on October 25th after mass demonstrations broke out in the aftermath of the country’s presidential election.

The BBC reports independent candidate Venâncio Mondlane, who claims to have won the elections, has called for protests while in hiding. According to traffic data from NetBlocks, Mozambique’s internet access has been cut numerous times since November 4th.

Bernie Moreno, an Ohio car dealer and blockchain entrepreneur, unseated Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) with a little help from his friends.

Coinbase, Ripple Labs, and other crypto firms poured more than $40 million into Moreno’s campaign — and their bet paid off. Moreno flipped the seat, getting Republicans even closer to controlling the Senate.