Who owns all of the pictures, posts and private messages you put on Facebook? Well, right now it’s not you, it’s Facebook, but one Senator has legislation that would change that. Matt Doyle has the story…
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LSU basketball is a three-seed in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament and the Tigers will play Ivy on Thursday in Jacksonville. Jeff Palermo has the story….
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New Orleans is hosting a Republican Governor’s Association fundraiser today as the group seeks to raise money to take out the only Democratic governor in the Deep South.
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Of the 181 LSU Health New Orleans graduating medical students participating in the National Resident Match Program, 81 chose to remain in Louisiana to complete their medical training. LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans Dean, Dr. Steve Nelson, says many are also choosing to continue with LSU Health New Orleans…
Last year, only 46% or medical students stayed in state, with three-quarters of those continuing at LSU. Nelson says the National Resident Match Program is very competitive in luring in the promising new talent.
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Nelson says several factors contribute to the rise and he says it may continue into the future.
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Senator John Kennedy is introducing legislation that seeks to give social media users legal control of content they post to social media. Currently all photos, private messages, posts, and other interactions are owned by network you post them too, which gives companies the right to sell it advertisers. Kennedy says it’s time to make that process more transparent.
The legislation would also allow users to opt out of a tech companies ability to sell your data and information to other businesses, which is the cornerstone of how companies like Google and Facebook make money.
Kennedy says people are growing increasingly distrustful of social media and other tech companies, due to how secretive they’ve been about their data collection efforts. The Senator says this would force the companies to note exactly what personal data is being sold, and to which companies.
The Senator says the bill would also significantly reduce the length and complexity of the dreaded “user agreements” that most people never read. He says they’d be legally required to write them in simple terms, with a 400 word limit.
He’s co-sponsoring another piece of social media targeted legislation with Democratic presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobachar
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The LSU men’s basketball team is a three-seed in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament and the Tigers will play the Yale Bulldogs on Thursday in Jacksonville. For the third time in the last five years, Yale won the Ivy League Tournament and they are led by junior guard Miye Oni, who is averaging 18 points a game. LSU interim head coach Tony Benford
2015 was the last time LSU was in the NCAA Tournament. They only have one player on the roster who has been in the Big Dance and that’s Kavell Bigy-Williams, who formerly played at Oregon. Benford says it’s a great thrill to play in the NCAA Tourney
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It doesn’t appear suspended head coach Will Wade will return to the team before they leave for Jacksonville on Tuesday. Benford says he spoke with Wade after the brackets were released…
Tip time is set for 11:40 AM on Thursday.
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The Republican Governor’s Association is throwing a fundraiser in New Orleans today, trying to build up steam to take out the only Democratic governor in an SEC state. But political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the big money raised today will likely not end up in one of the Republican candidate’s account anytime soon…
Congressman Ralph Abraham and Businessman Eddie Rispone are the only two Republicans challenging Governor John Bel Edwards, so far.
But Pinsonat says that tip jar cash certainly won’t go unspent for long, and Louisianans should prepare to start seeing an increasing number of anti-Edwards ads in rotation while Republicans figure out which of their two candidates will be the standard bearer.
Edwards will be the top target for Republicans in the fall, and Pinsonat says that means they’ll be calling in the big guns, including the Commander in Chief. Pinsonat says when Trump shows up, expect a six to seven point surge in the polls for his chosen Republican candidate.
Edwards has previously spoken of his cordial relationship with the President, who reportedly called the governor one of his favorite Democrats.
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The 10th ranked LSU baseball team started SEC play by sweeping Kentucky in a three-game series. The Tigers completed the sweep with a 7-2 win. Senior third baseman Chris Reid had a two-run signal and he says starting fast in conference play is a confidence booster…
LSU’s pitching had its ups and downs prior to the start of conference play. But Tigers hitting coach Sean Ochinko says they threw strikes against the Wildcats…
Ochinko handled the postgame media duties for Paul Mainieri, who left right after Sunday’s game for his father’s visitation. Demie Mainieri will be buried today. Ochinko says the players wanted to provide Mainieri with some comfort…