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A jury hit Meta with a $375 million verdict. The open internet may pay the price.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1288+ words) Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3. 25. 2026 12: 07 PM Meta has been ordered to pay New Mexico $375 million, in a verdict that paves the way for more states to steal from social media companies under the guise of child protection'and demand changes that will compromise…...
Massachusetts High Court: Claim Against Meta for Alleged Addiction of Children Can Go Forward Notwithstanding " 230
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (279+ words) The court doesn't decide whether Meta actually violated state law, or whether it may have a First Amendment defense; those decisions will be made later in the case. Eugene Volokh | 4. 10. 2026 2: 16 PM From today's opinion in Commonwealth v. Meta Platforms, Inc. , written…...
Lawsuits targeting social media are an attack on free speech
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (314+ words) Steven Greenhut | 4. 10. 2026 7: 30 AM The definition of a trade-off is "a balancing of factors all of which are not attainable at the same time." We know there are no perfect choices in anything we do or buy. It's like that old…...
Meta faces $375 million verdict in New Mexico over child safety claims
2+ week, 5+ day ago (852+ words) Social media conglomerate Meta faces a $375 million penalty after a New Mexico jury decided that the company could be held liable for not doing enough to protect children from sexually explicit content. That decision came at the end of a…...
Film subsidies weren't enough to keep Marvel in Georgia
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (655+ words) While "Hollywood" is still synonymous with the American film industry, few films and TV shows actually film in Los Angeles. Marvel Studios, one of the most prolific production companies in recent years, is shifting many of its projects out of…...
Watch a New Mexico sheriff's deputy jovially hurl a baby rabbit to its death as his supervisors laugh
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (494+ words) My friend Willow likes to kill baby rabbits. So does Alejandro Gomez. One important difference is that Willow, who also likes to eat baby rabbits, is half Border Collie and half Australian Shepherd, while Gomez is a human employed as…...
A federal judge says New Mexico cops reasonably killed an innocent man at the wrong house
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (841+ words) U. S. District Judge Matthew Garcia rejected the argument that the officers "recklessly created the need to apply deadly force by going to the wrong address." Around 11: 30 on a Wednesday night in April 2023, three police officers repeatedly knocked on the door of…...