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Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland died on Thursday, the team announced.



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Savewith a NBCUniversal ProfileCreate your free profile or log in to save this articleOct. 14, 2025, 7:00 AM EDTBy David IngramInstagram said Tuesday that it would overhaul its approach to teenagers’ accounts and try to crack down on their access to objectionable content after a firestorm of bad publicity over how teens use the social media app.Instagram, which is owned by Meta, announced a series of changes that it said were aimed at making teens’ experience on Instagram similar to viewing PG-13 movies, with equivalent restrictions on sexualized content and other adult material.One new restriction that Instagram said it would adopt is called age-gating: If an Instagram account regularly shares content that is age-inappropriate — for example, content related to alcohol or links to pornographic websites — then, the company said, it will block all teen accounts from being able to see or chat with that account. The age-gating could apply even to celebrities or other widely followed adult accounts, Instagram said. But it did not say precisely where it would draw the line for adult accounts that do not want to be age-gated. A company representative said sharing one piece of age-inappropriate content would not be enough for an adult-run account to lose access to the teen audience.Other apps, such as YouTube, also use age-gating to restrict access to certain types of content.A second new restriction on Instagram will block teens’ search results for a wider range of adult search terms, going beyond its current list of restricted terms, it says.The changes apply only to teen-specific accounts, which are accounts that teens have created using their truthful birth dates or accounts that Instagram has determined through its own investigation are likely to be those of people under 18 years old.It is common for teens to lie about their ages online to avoid certain restrictions. A 2024 survey of U.K. teens by the media regulator Ofcom found that 22% of 17-year-olds said they lied on social media that they were 18 or older.A representative for Instagram said it tries to catch teens who lie about their ages but declined to say how often it finds them doing so.In announcing the latest changes, Instagram said it was borrowing the thinking behind the PG-13 movie rating, which suggests “parental guidance” because of “some material parents might not like for their young children.” The film industry voluntarily released the modern film rating system in the 1960s when it, too, was facing the threat of government regulation.“Just like you might see some suggestive content or hear some strong language in a PG-13 movie, teens may occasionally see something like that on Instagram — but we’re going to keep doing all we can to keep those instances as rare as possible,” Instagram said in a statement.The company said that for teen accounts, it would hide or not recommend posts with strong language, certain risky stunts, sexually suggestive poses or marijuana paraphernalia. It also said artificial intelligence experiences for teens would be “guided by PG-13 ratings by default,” with limits on the types of responses given.It said the same content restrictions would apply until account holders become adults, providing the same experience to 17-year-olds as to 13-year-olds.Some parents have complained for years that Instagram, TikTok and other social media apps do not do enough to protect teens’ well-being. Last year, during a Senate hearing, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to parents in the gallery who said Instagram contributed to their children’s deaths or exploitation.Instagram does not verify self-reported ages at sign-up in the United States, and Meta is a member of two trade associations, NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association, that have sued to block state laws that would require age verification. 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Jamie Raskin of Maryland, wrote a letter to Hall on Oct. 30 asking about Maxwell’s perceived “VIP treatment.” The letter cited a Wall Street Journal report last month describing special accommodations for Maxwell’s visitors and other perks, such as meals sent to her dormitory room, late-night workouts and her ability to shower after other inmates were already in bed for the night.Raskin’s inquiry raised other accusations made by inmates to the Journal that they have been threatened with retaliation if they speak about Maxwell to the media. At least one inmate who spoke with the Journal was transferred out of FPC Bryan after speaking about Maxwell, the newspaper reported.“While prison officials may limit inmates’ First Amendment rights to preserve security and order, you have provided no such justification for why prison security requires a ‘Ghislaine Maxwell’ gag order,” Raskin wrote, asking Hall to respond to his inquiry by Nov. 13, provide documentation and coordinate a visit for his staff to speak with inmates about their experiences.The warden faces a similar inquiry and deadline from Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.The emails provided to NBC News and the House Judiciary Committee included messages from several inmates who expressed fear that they would be moved to higher-security facilities for mentioning Maxwell in phone calls or emails and said they believe she is receiving more care and attention than the typical prisoner. “They are even delivering her meals to her and NO inmates is allowed to prepare her meals,” one said.Hall, who began her career as a correctional officer at FPC Bryan in 1994 and has been its warden since 2023, did not respond to requests for comment. 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We should want that for everyone.”Ian Maxwell, Maxwell’s brother, said in an email to NBC News that messages between him and his sister are “personal and private by their very nature.”If those emails were sent to Congress and a reporter, he added, “then they were stolen and leaked without authorisation and represent a breach of intellectual property rights and the fundamental right of all citizens to privacy.”Maxwell’s emails indicate she’s able to access the warden for help, including arranging visits and communicating with her lawyers. In an email Maxwell sent to one of her attorneys in September, she noted that she spoke with the warden when she had a problem receiving documents by a deadline in her appeal before the Supreme Court.“Her creative solution was that you EM/scan it to her and she will scan back my changes!” Maxwell wrote, referring to her lawyer emailing the warden. “Of course that is fantastic as it saves days and days.”#embed-20251107-maxwell-email-0 iframe {width: 1px;min-width: 100%}Patrick McLain, a Dallas criminal defense attorney who has represented women at FPC Bryan, said it would be unusual for any warden to get involved with inmates’ cases and that “no way” would he expect Hall to give his clients at FPC Bryan the same personal attention as Maxwell described in the emails.“That’s a rare occurrence,” McLain said. “It would be like the head of a large corporation of a manufacturing plant regularly having contact with people on the assembly line.”FPC Bryan, located in a residential neighborhood and ringed with razor wire, houses about 635 prisoners.In other emails, Maxwell, a socialite and the daughter of a British media mogul, voiced her continued frustration with the media and “people selling rubbish stories and making money from their lies.”In October, when Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison on two counts of transporting former girlfriends for prostitution, Maxwell was paying attention, writing in an email: “What an intersting sentence for Diddy! Hmm.”Maxwell has been a central figure in the Epstein saga that has morphed into a major and ongoing political dispute.The guilty verdict in Maxwell’s sex abuse trial is read in a New York City courtroom on Dec. 29, 2021.Jane Rosenberg / ReutersEpstein died by suicide in a New York City jail in 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. While President Donald Trump initially said he supports full disclosure of investigative files in Epstein’s case, his administration has said it would not release all of the documents, prompting outcry from Democrats, some Republicans and parts of the president’s own base who have fueled conspiracy theories and pushed unfounded narratives surrounding Epstein’s death.The intrigue around Epstein only grew when Blanche met with Maxwell in July for nine hours over two days in a federal courthouse in Tallahassee. The details of their discussion were not immediately made public, but in the days that followed, Maxwell was moved from her Florida prison to FPC Bryan.The Justice Department in late August released transcripts from Maxwell’s meeting with Blanche, in which she said she never witnessed any inappropriate conduct by Trump or any other prominent figures in Epstein’s orbit. Trump, whose name appeared in the unsealed records as a friend of Epstein’s before they had a falling out, has not been accused by authorities of any wrongdoing.Markus, Maxwell’s attorney, has previously said that she is “innocent and never should have been tried, much less convicted, in this case.”In October, the Supreme Court declined to hear Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction, leaving presidential clemency as her best shot at being freed before her projected 2037 release date.Following the Supreme Court’s decision, Trump told reporters that he would speak with the Justice Department and “would have to take a look” at whether he would consider a pardon.Maxwell’s arrival at FPC Bryan — a camp described by employees as being lax with security — led prison officials to ramp up protective measures, including patrol cars and surveillance cameras along the perimeter. Members of the BOP’s Special Operations Response Team, who are highly trained on disturbances and security breaches at federal prisons, arrived to check IDs at the front entrance.A BOP official attributed the enhanced security to Maxwell’s presence, but could not say whether there had been any direct threats to her, other inmates or FPC Bryan itself.Maxwell’s transfer also rankled some community members, who questioned why she was selected to come to Bryan, given her conviction on a sex offense.“We want a better prison system for all, but why is she being shown privilege when there are other people who are trying and putting in the work, and they don’t get to be moved here?” asked Raequel Rogers, a co-organizer of the Brazos Valley Community Coalition, a grassroots group that demonstrated in front of FPC Bryan in August. “It’s brought a lot of attention to our town that we haven’t consented for. We don’t want a child sex trafficker here.”The BOP’s policy indicates Maxwell should be ineligible for incarceration at a minimum-security prison camp because she is a convicted sex offender. Sex offenders must be in at least a low-security prison, as Maxwell was in Tallahassee, unless a waiver is granted by the administrator of the BOP’s Designation and Sentence Computation Center.McLain, the Dallas defense attorney, said one of his clients, Julie Howell, was transferred out of FPC Bryan after she was quoted in a news article saying inmates were angry about Maxwell’s placement among them. McLain said Howell was vocal because she has helped law enforcement find sex traffickers. Maxwell’s arrival also disrupted the other inmates’ routines, McLain said.“It’s made their lives all topsy-turvy,” he said.Howell was initially transferred from FPC Bryan to a detention center in Houston. But on Friday, McLain said, he learned Howell had finally been moved to a halfway house to complete her sentence.It was a silver lining after what happened to her in Bryan, McLain added: “Fortunately, the system is not totally rife with corruption.”Erik OrtizErik Ortiz is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital focusing on racial injustice and social inequality.
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