Month: March 2025

Last year, a popular Utah influencer with six children went to prison for child abuse. Now the state has put a new law into place to protect the children in these videos. WSJ’s Zusha Elinson on the Ruby Franke scandal and her daughter’s efforts to keep it from happening again.

Further Reading:

- A Former Child Star Is Taking On the Dark Side of Utah’s Mommy Bloggers 

Further Listening:

- The Rise of the Tween Shopper 

- Readers Can’t Get Enough of BookTok. Publishers Are Cashing In. 

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry after U.S. President Donald Trump invites El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to the White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump invites El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to the White House, pardons former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes and other BitMEX executives, and the Trump family invests in American Bitcoin, a mining company controlled by Hut 8. CoinDesk's Christine Lee hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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France's Marine Le Pen is barred from running in the next French presidential election. Also: Myanmar's junta say at least 2,000 people died in Friday’s earthquake, and UK hosts illegal migration summit.

A BBC investigation has found the UK visa system is being undermined by scammers who are swindling migrants out of thousands of pounds, by promising them jobs in Britain which often do not exist. We hear more from the BBC Africa Eye reporter.

Why is Kenya risking the wrath of Serbia, considered to be an ally, by recognising Kosovo and its claim to independence from Serbia?

And why is Ghana's Chief Justice facing renewed efforts to remove her from office?

Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Sunita Nahar, Amie Liebowitz and Nyasha Michelle in London. Daniel Dadzie in Accra, and Frenny Jowi in Nairobi Technical Producer: Gabriel O'Regan Senior Journalist: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi