CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (Heartland News) – Changes are coming to social media platforms under Meta following an $18 billion settlement in a landmark lawsuit. Dozens of states, including those in the Heartland, are set to receive some of that payout. The lawsuit alleged the media giant purposely designed addictive platforms and harmed young people’s mental...Read More
Photo Credit: iStock A total of 47 states are set to receive payouts through a historic $17.1 billion settlement with tech giant Meta, according to Stateline, bringing to an end a years-long lawsuit that accused the company of designing its social media platforms to be more addictive to children. The case and massive settlement have...Read More
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks to reporters at a press conference after opening arguments took place in the Meta trial over a lawsuit brought by US states about social media addiction at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Oakland, California, on August 18, 2026. GODOFREDO A. VASQUEZ Sign up...Read More
Louisiana has been included as part of an historic $12.19 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. The announcement follows recent lawsuits filed by Attorney General Murrill against popular children’s platforms Roblox and TikTok for deceptively advertising themselves as safe for kids. The Meta settlement is the largest state consumer protection settlement in...Read More
On August 22, Ucluelet RCMP received notification from Federal Policing – Pacific Region (Drugs and Organized Crime), in collaboration with the FBI, of a BOLO (Be on the lookout) alert for a sailing vessel associated to Donald Steven Lang. Lang, 62, is wanted by the FBI for Lewd Conduct with a Minor (three counts) and...Read More
Chris Hansen has not seen “Primetime,” the A24 film in which Robert Pattinson plays him, and he probably won’t anytime soon. He walked out of an Aug. 20 screening arranged for him at the studio’s Manhattan offices after refusing to sign a nondisclosure agreement, which he believed would prevent him from raising any legal objection...Read More
Deputy Premier of British Columbia Niki Sharma speak to media prior to the First Minister’s Meeting in Saskatoon on Monday, June 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards By The Canadian Press Aug 31, 2026 | 1:11 PM VICTORIA — British Columbia’s attorney general is calling on social media giant Meta to implement the same protections...Read More
Bert Hardy Advertising Archive/Getty Images If you’re old enough, you probably remember riding in the cargo area of a station wagon or the bed of a pickup as a child. No seatbelts, no airbags, nothing to hold on to, except for the dog, who also...Read More
