SHENANDOAH – Local schools are receiving a cumulative total of $1.16 Million to address school safety and mental health in our area. This is part of the School Safety and Mental Health Grant program. Shenandoah Valley will receive $157,632 in funding while Mahanoy Area is getting $151.773 and North Schuylkill is getting $193.211. Hazleton Area...Read More

A major U.S. lawsuit against Meta could have far-reaching implications for social media regulations in Canada. Alex Karpa has the latest. WINNIPEG – Parent Jocelyne Lalonde does not allow her kids to use social media, saying she is concerned about the impacts it could have on her children. “Social media is not an option in...Read More

Updated August 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM EDT Sign up for alerts on breaking news and exclusive reporting from NPR OAKLAND, Calif. – A landmark trial got underway on Tuesday pitting Meta Platforms against a consortium of states accusing the company of designing its platforms to hook young users and misleading the public about it....Read More

As opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a trial for Meta Platforms, advocates and parents of social media victims gathered outside the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, with a banner that stretched several feet across. Written on it in black ink were the names of children and young adults who have died from social media...Read More

OAKLAND, Calif. — Meta is once again on trial over dangers its platforms may pose to children. It is once again arguing that it works tirelessly to keep them safe. A pivotal trial for the parent company of Instagram and Facebook kicked off in a California federal court Tuesday, with four states seeking billions of...Read More

Oakland, California | Meta Platforms has deceived the public for years by targeting children on Facebook and Instagram with technology designed to turn them into compulsive users and drive up advertising revenue, a lawyer at the California attorney-general’s office has told a jury. In her opening statement at a historic trial in federal court in...Read More

Lawyers began opening arguments in the trial brought by four state attorneys general against social media giant Meta, arguing that it designed its platforms to hook kids. Transcript MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A federal judge heard opening arguments today in the lawsuit brought by four state attorneys general against Meta. This is the latest in...Read More

Oakland, California – Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a U.S. federal court heard Tuesday in a trial against the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users. In what many experts have called social media’s “big tobacco moment,” a coalition of states is asking that Meta...Read More

France was set to become the first country in Europe to block access to social media for everyone under the age of 15, effective Sep. 1. Following a veto by the Constitutional Council, the law must now be revised. German education minister Karin Prien intends to wait for the draft proposal from the European Commission,...Read More

Parents clutching photos of their children outside an Oakland federal courthouse Tuesday as Meta faced a landmark trial over allegations that it deliberately hooked kids on social media. The emotional scene, including a massive list of young victims, unfolded as opening statements began inside the courtroom, where a group of 29 states — including California...Read More