Meta has deployed an army of social media influencer moms to promote its Teen Account safety features, according to a new Tech Transparency Project (TTP) report. The strategy comes as the company faces mounting criticism—and legal pressure—over its impact on the mental health of minors.

CfA sent a letter to the State Financial Officer’s Foundation (SFOF), urging it to remove Board President Seth Metcalf from his position, citing court records which reveal Mr. Metcalf engaged in a years’ long effort to induce the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System to hire his unqualified company, QED Systemic Solutions, LLC to manage nearly 70% of the pension fund’s assets.

CfA received a letter from the Attorney Grievance Committee of the Third Judicial Department of New York saying it determined, based on allegations brought forth in a CfA complaint, that the actions undertaken by New York-licensed attorney John A. Sarcone III while serving as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York amounted to professional misconduct.

CfA filed a complaint with the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (BEGA) requesting an investigation into whether Ward 4 Councilmember and mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George violated the District’s Ethics Act by failing to properly disclose her family’s financial assets.

Today, Campaign for Accountability urged Congress to open an inquiry into serious and escalating ethics violations involving Karen Budd-Falen, the third highest-ranking official at the Department of the Interior (DOI), and into the apparent failure of DOI’s ethics office to prevent or address those violations.

Despite a history of pushing unfounded claims around the dangers of wireless signals, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a new and prominent cheerleader for the use of health-monitoring wearables like the Apple Watch. The turnaround coincides with extensive lobbying efforts by Apple and trade groups, according to a Tech Transparency Project report.

A majority of top YouTube podcasts with host-read ads promoted at least one online gambling sponsor in the past year, according to a new analysis by CfA.

Apple and Google ban “nudify” apps, yet a new Tech Transparency Project investigation finds that their app stores are not only still approving some, but their search and advertising systems are, at times, directing users straight to them.

Today, Campaign for Accountability filed a request for guidance with the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House asking for clarification on when lobbyists must disclose donations to organizations financed or designated by the President of the United States.

CfA executive director Michelle Kuppersmith issued a statement in response to reports that the Florida Bar is now claiming its Feb 4th letter, stating that there was a “pending investigation” into former interim US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan, was erroneous.