Indiana

A new Indiana law that requires websites with adult content to have stricter age verification is now in effect — weeks after a federal judge previously put it on hold.

The law, SEA 17, said websites on which at least one-third of their images and videos are “material harmful to minors” must verify their users’ ages with a mobile driver’s license or government ID — which Indiana doesn’t provide — or through a third-party age verification service.

The Indiana Department of Education unveiled its second draft this morning at the State Board of Education meeting.

Instead of two diploma options to replace the current Core 40 diploma, the state is now proposing one Indiana diploma with an option for students to earn two tiers of readiness seals.

The base diploma would require a student to earn 42 credits.

Students can also choose to earn Readiness-Seals indicating they have taken courses, completed competencies, earned credentials, met attendance goals, or completed work-based learning opportunities that align with enrollment, employment or enlistment & service.

When they got there, police claim Zachary Dillard had encountered Shane Cox, both from Terre Haute. The two got into an argument, which police say resulted in Cox hitting Dillard in the head with a golf club. This caused serious bleeding.

While police investigated, police say Dillard became uncooperative with officers and challenged individuals to a fight. They say at one point he exposed his genitals to others.

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They were arrested for just being there. This is absolute bullshit. In the 90s, there was a protest camp there against the Gulf War that was there 24/7. I know because I was in it sometimes, helping to cook food and do other things to keep it a place to live in.

In the 80s, there was a semi-permanent shantytown there to protest South African apartheid.

This is utter bullshit.

Indiana just passed legislation to require schools to ban phones.

They permit them for health reasons, emergencies, when part of lesson, and when part of a formal plan.

I personally don't like the idea of schools requiring locking them up. What would you do in that emergency they mentioned?

Why should kids not be able to use them at lunch?

If you want to control your kid's phone time, there's already apps for that.

Edit: additional comment from a teacher: she said the phone restrictions aren't going to be as effective as one would think with all the kids having watches with data plans. Dude...