CHICAGO — Meta insists it has a long history of protecting its youngest customers as it defends itself against a swath of lawsuits alleging its social media empire harms children. In the latest such instance, the social media giant is fighting allegations in a California federal court that it contributes to the youth mental health...Read More
Updated August 19, 2026 at 7:40 AM CDT 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
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A group of law enforcement officials were injured after a wooden deck collapsed underneath them whilst they were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on a child predator in Missouri. Bodycam footage shows the four deputy US Marshals and five Randolph County Sheriff’s deputies falling to the ground as the decking outside Jacob Alexander Munoz’s...Read More
A Western North Carolina man is expected to spend over 5 decades behind bars after being convicted of child sex crime charges. A Haywood County Jury found 43 year old Phillip Leon Hewett guilty on multiple counts of statutory rape of a child 15 years old or under and two counts of indecent acts with...Read More
BW FILE PHOTO The Council of Teachers and Staff of Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (CoTeSCUP) on Thursday urged educational institutions to follow occupational safety and health (OSH) protocols to protect employees amid rising school-related violence. “CoTeSCUP emphasizes that school violence must also be addressed as an occupational safety and health concern,” the group...Read More
Local News Commissoners approve SRO contracts Photo provided. Belmont County Commissioner JP Dutton is looking forward to the upcoming school year being safe for students and teachers. ST. CLAIRSVILLE — As students prepare to return to school, the Belmont County Board of Commissioners and Belmont County Sheriff’s Office are focusing on student safety. The board...Read More
OAKLAND, Calif. (TNND) — Meta is defending its record of protecting children and teenagers online as the technology giant faces a federal trial over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were deliberately designed to keep young people hooked despite risks to their mental health. Opening arguments kicked off on Tuesday in Oakland, where California, Colorado, Kentucky,...Read More
adults could send connection requests to young Australian children without parental or carer consent; children and adults could view and respond to one another’s posts on forums outside game environments without parental or carer consent; children’s connections were visible to anyone on the Roblox platform; children’s profiles and biographies, including account names, number and names...Read More
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019. — Reuters OAKLAND, California: A former engineering director at Meta Platforms META.O testified on Wednesday that CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a culture that treated child safety as secondary to growth and engagement...Read More
