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March 23, 2023

Antisemitic incidents are at an all-time high, the ADL reports

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The Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas was the site of an attack by British national Malik Faisal Akram, who was in a 10-hour hostage standoff with law enforcement. A new report by the Anti-Defamation League says antisemitic incidents in the U.S. rose 36% in 2022. Brandon Wade/AP

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Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. rose 36% in 2022, an annual audit by the Anti-Defamation League shows.

The report, released Thursday, tracked 3,697 incidents of harassment, vandalism and assault targeting Jewish people and communities last year. It is the third time in five years that the tally has been the highest number ever recorded since the ADL first began collecting data in 1979.

“This escalation in antisemitic incidents comes just as ADL has reported on Americans’ highest level of antisemitic attitudes in decades,” the report says, adding that public officials, famous artists and social media stars have been instrumental in normalizing longstanding antisemitic tropes.

The ADL report comes on the heels of an FBI report earlier this month, stating that hate crimes reported across the country increased nearly 12% in 2021 from 2020.

5 states account for more than half of the incidents

According to the latest ADL analysis, surges in each of the major audit categories occurred in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

Antisemitic harassment increased 29%, from 1,776  to 2,298Antisemitic vandalism increased 51%, from 853 to 1,288 Antisemitic assaults increased 26%, from 88 to 111

New York is the state with the highest number of reported incidents: 580. California follows with 518, New Jersey with 408, Florida with 269 and Texas with 211. “Combined, these five states account for 54 % of the total incidents.”

Schools and synagogues are growing targets

Another alarming finding is the number of bomb threats towards Jewish institutions, including schools and synagogues, spiking from eight to 91. It is the highest number of bomb threats since 2017.

Young children and educators in K-12 schools were victims of threats or assaults in 494 incidents. Meanwhile, 219 incidents were reported on college campuses.

People who presented as Orthodox Jews were targeted in 59 of the assault incidents nationally.

The Goyim Defense League is behind more than half of all propaganda incidents

The ADL also found activity doubled among organized white supremacist groups, which were linked to 852 incidents of distributing antisemitic propaganda.

While the study cites a number of factors contributing to the surge, the organization concluded the massive uptick in the spread of anti-Jewish propaganda was “largely due to the growth of the Goyim Defense League,” known as the GDL.

The GDL network, which has significant crossover with other white supremacist groups and movements, was responsible for at least 492 propaganda incidents in 2022, a dramatic increase from the 74 recorded in 2021.

As NPR’s Here & Now reported, “GDL members have been accused of stalking, aggravated assault, murder, terror threats, threatening public officials, vandalism, soliciting sex from minors and defacing a memorial for the Pulse nightclub shooting victims in Florida.”

Ye’s social media attacks inspired dozens of incidents

The artist formerly known as Kanye West, who in October 2022 made conspiratorial statements about Jews and praised Adolf Hitler while denying facts about the Holocaust on social media, is also to blame for dozens of antisemitic attacks, the ADL said.

“The impact of Ye’s comments was felt on the ground across the country,” according to the report.

“Fifty-nine antisemitic incidents from October 11 through the end of 2022 directly referenced Ye, including 44 cases of harassment, 13 cases of vandalism and two cases of assault.”

(Twitter suspended Ye’s account after the rapper/mogul posted an image of a swastika depicted inside a Star of David.)

The findings are a call to action

The audit, the organization said, should serve as a wake-up call to government officials. The ADL called on leaders to condemn antisemitic incidents outright. It also urged them to launch “a concerted whole-of-government, whole-of-society response” that would include blocking antisemitism online.

“Public officials and civic leaders — from the President, to governors, attorneys general, mayors, other civic leaders, and law enforcement authorities — must use their bully pulpits to speak out against antisemitism and all forms of hate and extremism,” the report said.

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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Makes Surprise Appearance on Jersey Shore

Ronnie Ortiz-Magro has no regrets about stepping away from the shore. 

Nearly two years after leaving Jersey Shore: Family Vacation to focus on his mental health, the 37-year-old made a surprise appearance on the MTV series to update fans on what he’s up to now.

“I feel like I needed a change of scenery and just a change of pace in my life,” Ronnie shared in the March 23 episode. “I’ve decided to move from Los Angeles to Miami and open up a new business. It’s a sneaker store called SneakerClinic.”

But he’s not moving alone.

In his confessional interview, Ronnie revealed he now has full custody of his 4-year-old Ariana with ex Jen Harley

“It’s a lot of hard work, but she keeps me balanced,” he explained. “She calms my world. I didn’t have the perfect situation with her mother, but she’s turned out perfect. She’s so sweet and so polite.”

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Published on March 23, 2023 18:06

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine injured, taken to hospital after South Florida gym attack



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Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was taken to hospital after being assaulted at an LA Fitness gym in South Florida on Tuesday night, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of an assault at the gymnasium “learned that an altercation had occurred inside the business between multiple individuals that resulted in injuries to the victim, Daniel Hernandez,” the official said. sheriff’s office in a statement, using the rapper’s first name.

6ix9ine was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital, and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.

An attorney for the rapper, Lance Lazzaro, told CNN in a statement that 6ix9ine “was attacked in a gymnasium sauna by three or four thugs who beat him up (he tried to fight back).”

“He had facial cuts and bruises. Employees heard the noise and the perpetrators fled,” Lazzaro said.

The Brooklyn rapper pleaded guilty in 2019 to charges related to gang activity in New York City. He received a two-year sentence reduction after cooperating with federal investigators and reporting on his former gang associates.

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Published on March 23, 2023 17:27

“He doesn’t listen. France fumes at Macron for imposing pension reform – POLITICO

PARIS — Mass protests hit France on Thursday, urging the government to withdraw a controversial pension overhaul and attacking French President Emmanuel Macron for forcing the reform on parliament.

The strikes affect sectors such as public transport, schools, power plants and refineries. In Paris, protesters began gathering in Place de la Bastille – the site where the French Revolution began – surrounded by smoke from grilled sausages and firecrackers, and loud French rap songs.

Later in the afternoon, things started to turn violent in Paris as some protesters confronted with the police.

Demonstrators are protesting not only against the reform – which would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 and extend contributions to obtain a full pension – but also against the government’s decision to circumvent a parliamentary vote on the text last week, fearing he would not have enough votes in parliament.

“It set everything on fire” said Xavier Pacot, a 40-year-old worker at EDF’s Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France. Pacot said the controversial parliamentary decision fueled opposition against the government. “Now even the executives support us,” he added.

The protests come a day after Macron dug in to defend his pension reform and constitutional maneuver in a TV interview. Pacot watched the interview with his colleagues at the Gravelines picket line, but he was not satisfied with Macron’s explanations.

Polls show he is far from alone.

According to a poll released Thursday by consultancy Elabe, more than 60% of respondents said Macron refused to show any signs of backing down. inflamed the situation.

“It’s a mess in the country because of his stubbornness,” said Gregory Lewandowski, 51, an electronics engineer for French industrial champion Thales.

Bypassing the parliamentary vote “has added an extra layer to people’s anger. This shows that he does not listen to his fellow citizens,” he argued. “People are here for different reasons. It’s a general dissatisfaction with inflation, with working conditions. It might turn into something bigger.

During his first term, Macron faced violent protests from the massive Yellow Vests movement, which lasted for months.

In his interview this week, the French president insisted there was a difference between “legitimate” peaceful protesters and violent actors. He also warned of a Capitol Hill-style riot on Jan. 6. “We will not tolerate any explosions,” he said.

Riot police march towards protesters surrounded by fireworks during a demonstration | Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images

Strikes began across France in early 2023 and continued this week. Macron’s government survived a no-confidence vote last Monday by just a nine-vote margin, casting doubts on the executive’s ability to continue running the country.

In the TV interview, the French president said he regretted “not being able to convince people”, but also said he had no intention of replacing current Prime Minister Elisabeth Thick headed.

Opponents of the government also include those not immediately affected by the reform.

Lou Samson, a high school student protesting in Place de la Bastille with her classmates, said she was fighting “for my parents and for our future” and expected “more violence” if the government did not back down.

Carmen Michalak, 62, former cash manager of the nuclear group Orano, will not be affected by the reform because she has already retired. “When we protest, we do it not only for ourselves but for others. Everyone should have the right to enjoy their old age,” she said, before leaving to join the parade of protesters.

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March 22, 2023

Ulta 24-Hour Flash Sale: 50% Off Lancôme, Urban Decay, and More

If you’re looking for a product to use before bed, you need to check out this highly sought-after night cream. It tightens the skin overnight while reducing the visible signs of aging, according to the brand. Your skin will feel replenished every morning when you wake up. It targets wrinkles, fine lines, and loss of firmness with shea butter and hyaluronic acid, Lancôme claims.

One fan praised the product for delivering “remarkable results,” sharing, “I received this product yesterday and used it before going to bed last night. I cannot believe the difference just a few hours with it have made! My pores are visibly smaller and my complexion looks healthier. I can’t wait to see what my face will look like at the end of 4 weeks. Just a little dab will cover your face. This is well worth the money.”

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Published on March 22, 2023 22:05

A broken pipe in Jackson has left residents without clean water

On an abandoned golf course, overgrown with shrubs and sawn grass, you can hear water rushing 100 yards away.

Near hole 4, past the small bridge and ruined cart paths, what appears to be a waterfall appears, pouring through the brush and into the creek below. Except that the torrent of water gushing out of the mud is not from a spring-fed stream or a bubbling stream.

It springs from a broken municipal water main.

As residents had to boil tap water and businesses closed because their faucets ran dry, the break at the former Colonial Country Club wasted an estimated five million gallons of drinking water a day in a city who had none to spare.

That’s enough water to meet the daily needs of 50,000 people, or a third of the city’s residents who depend on the beleaguered water service.

No one knows for sure when the leak reached its current size. But newly named Water officials say the city discovered the broken main pipe in 2016 and let it gush out, even as water carved a pool-sized crater into the earth and residents of the city ​​were forced to endure one drinking water crisis after another.

Jackson’s water system has been flirting with collapse for decades thanks to a combination of mismanagement, crumbling infrastructure and a series of unfortunate decisions that cost the utility money it needed. had not. In 2022, the Department of Justice reached an agreement with the city requiring it to bring in an outside manager to run the water service.

City residents have been forced to endure chronic boil water advisories that sweep through the city like power outages. Many have learned to hoard bottled water against the next round of boil advisories. Intermittent episodes of low water pressure can render faucets unusable for thousands of people at once.

“The size of the leak is probably not uncommon,” said Jordan Hillman, chief operating officer of JXN Water, the management company formed last year to lead Jackson’s efforts to stabilize his water utility. .The time it took to answer them is very rare. Most places would see this as an immediate threat because it’s a ticking time bomb. As it eats away at the ground, you will eventually have a catastrophic breakdown.

It’s unclear why the city and water department didn’t fix the leak sooner. City spokeswoman Melissa Faith Payne did not immediately respond to questions Wednesday about the broken line. Tony Yarber, the former mayor of Jackson, and Kishia Powell, the former director of public works – both in senior positions in 2016 – could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.

The scale of the Colonial Country Club leak and the fact that it has gone unanswered for so long hints at the monumental task facing city and state leaders as they strive to find a lasting solution. Led by newly appointed water czar, Ted Henifin, a two-person team scoured the city for leaks or closed water valves, which can also affect water pressure. . Often, they turned the floodgates on themselves. Leaks usually require more time and resources to address. One of the leaks spews water 30 feet into the air like a geyser and is causing the city to lose up to a million gallons a day, Ms Hillman said.

The broken pipe under the golf course is one of two main lines that carry water from the OB Curtis water plant to smaller transmission lines that ultimately connect to thousands of customers across the city . The 48-inch pipe is essential for South Jackson, a part of town that has suffered the most from outages and boil water advisories.

Luke Guarisco, owner of the land where the golf course once operated, said he reported the leak several years ago when he noticed a broken pipe pushing water into the creek along his property line. Guarisco said he lived out of state and was unaware of the giant hole that has since been created by the leak.

Leaks are common in water systems. However, in Jackson, the city’s leak problems are so widespread, its systems so outdated, its chronic staffing problems so overwhelming, that many leaks, seemingly of any magnitude, have gone undetected or unaddressed.

One of the waterworks serving Jackson was built in 1914, the other in the late 1980s. The water pipes under the city may be over 100 years old, and no one knows when or where a piece of pipe or equipment will fail. A combination of Jackson’s aging infrastructure and recent freezes may have exacerbated current leaks.

The system faced a near-total shutdown in March 2021 when residents went weeks without water. In August 2022, another crisis unfolded at OB Curtis and Mississippi declared a state of emergency for the capital as the water was, once again, deemed unsafe to drink.

Mr. Henifin, a retired director of a Virginia wastewater treatment company that serves 1.8 million people, who spent 40 years in public service, was working with a national nonprofit on a ” small part-time base” to address water equity in Jackson. In July, he was working from his home in Virginia, one day a week. In November, he was living part-time in Mississippi, appointed by the Justice Department to handle the federal takeover of the water system. He officially moved to the state in January.

In the months that followed, he spoke with state and local leaders about how to create a sustainable water supply system. But he seeks solutions in a state where black city leaders and white state leaders often argue over what is and isn’t in Jackson’s best interests.

Outside the country club on Tuesday afternoon, construction crews were preparing to begin repairs, which are expected to take a few weeks. Residents should see reduced water pressure for just a few hours and the water should remain drinkable, Ms Hillman said.

Curious neighbors could see stacks of new pipes and hear the sound of downed trees.

Oscar Mckenzie saw crews working on the leak and assumed they were there to fix another water problem. A water main burst several years ago, he said, and flooded the streets.

Like so many Jacksonians, Mr. Mckenzie doesn’t drink the water that comes out of the tap. He worries what it might do to his four children. When they shower, the water makes their backs itch, he says.

Several houses down, Emmetta Jones walks past the new barricades on her usual walk escorting her son to his school bus stop. Her water pressure is stable, she says, but occasionally brown water comes out of her faucet.

Like her neighbour, she does not drink the water. She hasn’t done it for years.

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Published on March 22, 2023 20:25

TikTok influencers visit Washington amid potential ban

An intense PR campaign involving TikTok influencers has arrived in the nation’s capital as US officials consider banning the hugely popular video-sharing app, over fears it poses cybersecurity and privacy risks Datas. (March 22)

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The end of Boris Johnson – POLITICO

Tanya Gold is a freelance journalist.

Boris Johnson’s political career ended on Wednesday, with a stutter and false politeness.

Sitting before a UK House of Commons committee set to decide whether he lied to parliament about Partygate, Johnson was far from his element. Beneath the ghost of his famous bonhomie and half-conceived rhetoric, I saw anger turn to bewilderment: A man who had been forgiven all his life, now unforgiven. He should revisit the original “House of Cards”: nothing lasts forever.

If Johnson once rubbed shoulders with the era, he is now cursed by them. Britain has a new seriousness and a new PM: In politics, a bookmaker is followed by a bishop, to use the famous phrase of journalist Malcolm Muggeridge. (I’m not including Liz Truss, to whom she owes a special category.)

Johnson can be suspended from parliament if the committee rules against him, and he can then lose his seat. The classicist in him will understand: he is most in danger from his friends. The committee’s conservative interrogators were wilder, but they were more deeply betrayed. He’s an embarrassment now. They will throw him overboard for a percentage point. When the committee stopped to vote, it led a rebellion against the government over the Windsor Framework, Rishi Sunak’s solution to Johnson’s own Brexit deal. Only 22 of the 354 Conservative MPs followed him. This is how he leaves.

The hearing took place in a drab room with expensive furniture that looked cheap and a crazy mural of leaves in the eye line. Johnson isn’t in politics for the boring parts: he’s here to cycle around Checkers.

Harriet Harman, the Labor MP and mother of the house, was in the chair dressed in black, as precise as Johnson is chaotic, with a necklace that looked like a chain. Was it a metaphor? Harman has spent her career supporting women parliamentarians. Then a man who said voting Conservative would give wives bigger boobs won an 80-seat majority in 2019. But that was a whole pandemic ago.

Johnson was there to defend himself against the accusation of repeatedly lying to Parliament when he said the advice had been followed in Number 10. His strategy was distraction: obfuscation, repetition and sentences that stumbled along ring roads, going nowhere.

It’s never been so boring: no one listening ever wants to hear the word ‘guidance’ again. If the ability to inflict boredom was its defense, it was also its destruction. Johnson is meant to be a seducer with a compelling story arc – one of his campaign videos aped the movie “Love Actually” – not boring. But needs must. Fascination was thrown overboard.

He swore to tell the truth on a fawn Bible, but he didn’t look at it. He rocked on his heels. He had his hair cut: as always, his hair is emotional for him. The mop, so evocative of Samson―he would tinker with it before big speeches, to disguise that he cared about it―is now a brooding bowl. He looked haunted. Lord Pannick, his lawyer, smiles behind him. His face at rest is a smile, and he needed it.

Johnson told Harman that there would soon be a vote in the House of Commons, as if she, the mother of the House, did not know. She said she would adjourn for the vote, and he spoke of her with a wave of thanks. He thanked her four times. He didn’t think so.

He read a statement: “I am here to tell you, hand on heart, that I did not lie to the House.” He clenched his fist and placed his hand on his chest where his heart was not: on the right side. He said there was an almost universal belief in No 10 that advice was followed, and that’s why he told the House.

He shuffled his papers, as the handsome Bernard Jenkin, a curator, began the questioning with exaggerated gravity, to indicate that the curators were done with levity. He reminded Johnson that he regularly said “hands, face, space” as he stood behind podiums that also said “hands, face, space,” indicating he understood the guidelines.

People sit in the Red Lion pub in London as former Prime Minister Boris Johnson testifying on Partygate is shown on TV | Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

They discussed the departure of Lee Cain, Johnson’s former communications director. There were 15 to 20 people there, Jenkin reminded him, you gave a speech. Johnson said the advice was followed, at least while he was there. Jenkin pressed him. “I don’t accept that people aren’t making an effort to socially distance from each other,” Johnson said, as we looked at a photo of people standing next to each other. And so it was for 300 minutes: We were asked to ignore the evidence of our own eyes, even as they were cold with boredom.

Johnson insisted: ‘It was necessary because two senior members of staff were about to leave the building in rather acrimonious circumstances. It was important for me to be there and reassure. This fits Johnson’s myth. He was there for morale, while others governed, because it’s boring. I’m not sure the departure of a press secretary is a matter of state, but Johnson has always lived for the headlines. Still, he pleaded: We had sanitizers, we kept the windows open, we had Zoom meetings, we had Perspex screens between desks, we had regular testing – far beyond what the councils recommended!

‘If you had said all that back then in the House of Commons, we probably wouldn’t be sitting here,’ Jenkin said softly, even sympathetically, and that’s when I knew it was over. . The curators sometimes look terribly like the characters of “The Godfather”: the murderers come with a smile. “But you didn’t.”

Jenkin read the advice to him: “You should maintain social distancing in the workplace whenever possible.” “Government business must go on!” Johnson cried. “That’s what I had to do!” No one replied, “That was Lee Cain leaving, you maniac.”

Here we go, trench warfare. Johnson didn’t seem to understand that he was not describing an absence of law breaking, but a culture of it. In his wood filled with wine, he could not see a tree. Committee members suggested he breached the guidelines. He said he didn’t – and if it should have been obvious to him that he was raping him, it should have been obvious to Rishi Sunak too. They asked him why he did not follow the correct advice when he addressed the House. (Because he trusted the press office. His people. Lawyers are not his people.)

Bernard Jenkin said: ‘I suggest to you, Mr Johnson, that you have failed to follow proper advice.’ Johnson’s thumb brushed his other thumb. He exploded with tangents and finally half shouted, “That’s nonsense, I mean complete nonsense!” Lord Pannick’s smile slid across his face. He blinked.

I would like to say that this is the last gasp for Johnson’s faux-aristocratic style, with its entitlement and its pseudo-intellectualism, but its danger was always in its precedent. It’s always nice when a narcissist is exposed, and by himself, but there will be another one soon enough. I wonder if her hair will have its own file of cuttings.

Amid her salad of words, Johnson told Harman that she had said things that were “obviously and wrongly prejudicial, or prejudge the very issue you are judging.” She told him that the assurances he had used to inform Parliament had been “fragile”. Finally, he said he enjoyed the day very much. (He lied.) The question, as always with Johnson, is ― does he believe it himself? Truth be told, it doesn’t matter anymore.

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Published on March 22, 2023 20:12

Proof Matthew McConaughey’s Kids Are French Chefs in the Making

Oui can’t get over this delicious family outing.

Matthew McConaughey‘s wife Camila Alves and their children Levi ,14, and Vida ,13, spent some time in the kitchen during Paris Fashion Week when they volunteered at a restaurant.

“My son Levi, daughter Vida, my mother Fatima and [I spent] our last day in Paris fashion week volunteering @refettorioparis we cooked, helped serve, helped clean,” Camila shared in a March 21 Instagram post about the Refettorio Paris community kitchen. “They create a first class dinner experience for people in need and homeless in Paris bringing their dignity to front line!”

Not only did Camila share a message about the experience, but she also posted footage of herself and her kids getting busy in the kitchen. As seen in a montage of their family time, the group worked together to help on multiple stunning dishes. Vida was seen zesting a lime on top of a mouth-watering plate, and Levi was captured mixing a large bowl of ingredients with his hands.

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Published on March 22, 2023 19:32

The SEC charges Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and others with illegally promoting crypto

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Eight celebrities including actor Lindsay Lohan, influencer Jake Paul and rapper Soulja Boy have been charged by federal regulators with illegally touting two cryptocurrencies and failing to disclose they were paid to do so.

The two cryptocurrencies, Tronix (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT), were sold by crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, who was also charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.

Sun and three of his wholly-owned companies — Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd. and Rainberry Inc. — are accused of the unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities and manipulating the secondary market by “wash trading,” which involves quickly buying and selling cryptocurrencies to make them seem like they’re being actively traded.

The SEC also says Sun and the companies paid celebrities with vast social media followings to hype TRX and BTT and directed them not to publicly disclose their compensation.

“This case demonstrates again the high-risk investors face when crypto asset securities are offered and sold without proper disclosure,” SEC chair Gary Gensler said in a statement.

The other celebrities charged in the scheme are:

Austin MahoneMichele Mason (known as Kendra Lust)Miles Parks McCollum (known as Lil Yachty)Shaffer Smith (known as Ne-Yo) Aliaune Thiam (known as Akon)

Each of the eight is accused of illegally touting one or both of the securities.

Six of the celebrities — excluding Soulja Boy (whose legal name is DeAndre Cortez Way) and Mahone — have agreed to pay a total of more than $400,000 to settle the charges without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings.

NPR reached out to representatives for each of the celebrities with a request for comment but did not immediately hear back from seven out of the eight. A representative for Jake Paul declined to comment.

Crypto’s meteoric rise in popularity led to a wave of celebrities plugging various digital currencies, but regulators’ interest in ferreting out illegal behavior in the crypto market has landed several of those stars in legal trouble.

In October, the SEC charged Kim Kardashian with using her Instagram account to tout a cryptocurrency without divulging that she was being paid to promote it.

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