Current Events (10/26 – 11/1)
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Elon Musk faces lawsuit over his $1 million giveaway to swing state voters
America PAC, a political action committee committed to finance canvassing operations and supporting Donald Trump, launched a $1 million giveaway for voters into all 7 swing states including Pennsylvania earlier in October. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is suing CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk over his giveaways, which he is offering to voters daily. The lawsuit is based on Philadelphia’s lottery and consumer protection laws. Additionally, the US Justice Department also warned Musk’s PAC that his giveaways could potentially violate federal laws that include offering cash for voter registration.
Information by Kenia Gonzalez-Chavez
Google fined $20 decillion by Russian Judge
A Russian judge has fined the tech company Google over $20 decillion. These fines come from the ban of many Russian YouTube channels starting in 2020, around 17 total, leading to fines that continued to double over the span of four years for failure to reinstate the channels. As of 2022, the global GDP is estimated to be about $100 Trillion USD, while the market cap for Google is $2.2 Trillion. The fine is expected to double every day if the fine is not paid off within a few months, according to Forbes.
Information by Riley Pepin
