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Trump Roars as TikTok, Banks, and Title IX Spark Firestorm

Controversy Erupts Over Belichick Hall of Fame Snub, TikTok Privacy Policy, and More

Reactions of shock and anger rippled across the football world and beyond after news broke Tuesday that former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was not selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, according to CBS News. Meanwhile, TikTok's new privacy policy sparked backlash among users, and San Jose State University (SJSU) responded to a Trump administration probe that found the university violated Title IX with a transgender volleyball player, Fox News reported.

Belichick, who won six Super Bowls as head coach of the Patriots and two more as defensive coordinator of the New York Giants, needed at least 40 votes from the 50-member selection committee to be inducted, CBS News reported. ESPN was the first to report that Belichick received a call on Friday informing him that he did not receive enough votes. President Trump was among those outraged by the snub, calling for it to be "overturned," according to CBS News.

In other news, TikTok's new privacy policy, implemented after the social media service split from China-based ByteDance earlier this year, raised concerns among some users about the scope of its data collection, CBS News reported. The company confirmed on Jan. 22 that a new U.S.-based entity was in control of the app, formed to sidestep a federal law that forced ByteDance to either sell its stake in the platform or be cut off from the U.S. market. Backlash to the new policies quickly spread on social media, with some users saying they deleted the app over privacy fears, while others flagged the changes for their followers, according to CBS News. One complaint centered on a new provision stating that TikTok may collect "pr

Meanwhile, San Jose State University responded to a U.S. Department of Education announcement on Wednesday that found that the school had been in violation of Title IX due to its previous handling of a transgender athlete on its women's volleyball team, Fox News reported. "San Jose State, a member of the California State University system, received notification from the federal Department of Educations Office of Civil Rights regarding its investigation into athletics participation on ou

In another development, actress Molly Ringwald issued a stark warning on Tuesday to those who refuse to protest what she described as monstrous actions carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Fox News reported. In a four-minute video shared to her 1.4 million Instagram followers, the 1980s movie star explained that people who collaborated with the Nazis were later held criminally accountable, predicting the same fate awaits those who support ICE in the United States. "A lot of people collaborated. And then there were people that did not collaborate and were part of the resistance," she said, according to Fox News.

Finally, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase pledged to make a matching $1,000 contribution to their employees who open a Trump Account, a retirement savings plan announced by the White House last year for children born during President Trump's second term in office, CBS News reported. The program calls for the federal government to start each tax-preferred Trump Account for eligible kids with $1,000, which would be invested in the stock market on their behalf. To qualify for the accounts, children must be born in the U.S. between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028. "JPMorganChase has demonstrated a long-term commitment to the financial health and well-being of all of our employees and their families around the world, including more than 190,000 here in the United States," CEO Jamie Dimon said in a statement on Wednesday, according to CBS News.

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