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FAA says proper use of anti-drone lasers that prompted Texas airspace closures is safe for flights
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (568+ words) Anti-drone lasers used near the southern border by the U. S. military and Homeland Security to combat cartel drones are safe and shouldn't necessitate airport closures, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday after a review prompted by airspace closures in Texas earlier…...
Massachusetts SJC allows AG Andrea Campbell's suit against social media giant Meta to continue
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (480+ words) Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell is claiming victory after the state's highest court ruled that social media giant Meta is not immune to litigation that argues Instagram has addictive features that exploit children. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has determined that…...
In the wake of US social media verdicts, a look at what limits other countries have imposed for kids
2+ week, 2+ day ago (449+ words) By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer Dual jury verdicts this week have validated longstanding concerns about the dangers of social media for young people. But the U. S. lacks federal regulation that meaningfully addresses these harms. On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury…...
Verdicts against Meta, You Tube validate concerns long raised by parents, child safety advocates
2+ week, 3+ day ago (564+ words) By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators andwhistleblowershave pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people's mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation and suicide. For the first…...
Landmark trial in New Mexico to decide whether Meta misled users about children's safety risks
2+ week, 6+ day ago (719+ words) Jurors will take up the case after the arguments and six weeks of testimony from scores of witnesses that included local teachers, psychiatric experts, state investigators, top Meta officials and whistleblowers who left the company. The case in New Mexico…...
New Mexico prosecutors launch search of Jeffrey Epstein's secluded former Zorro Ranch
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (221+ words) The office of state Attorney General Ra'l Torrez announced that the search was being done with the cooperation of the current ranch owners. Torrez last month reopened an investigation of the ranch. New Mexico's initial case was closed in 2019 at…...
Trial against Meta in New Mexico highlights video depositions by top executives
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (358+ words) New Mexico prosecutors are billing depositions from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram leader Adam Mosseri as centerpieces of the state's case against Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Whats App. Prosecutors have accused Meta of violating state consumer protection…...
Massachusetts judge rejects Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins" bid to toss pot extortion indictment
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (600+ words) The federally charged Suffolk County sheriff has lost his bid to get the pot extortion indictment tossed. A Massachusetts judge on Tuesday rejected a motion by Sheriff Steven Tompkins to dismiss the feds" indictment, which accuses the sheriff of "quid…...
New Mexico's promise of free child care comes with a fiscal escape hatch
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (788+ words) By MORGAN LEE and SAVANNAH PETERS As parents across the nation grapple with crippling daycare bills that threaten to keep them at home and out of the workforce, political leaders from New York to San Francisco have been angling to…...
Trial against Meta in New Mexico focuses on dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (528+ words) It's the first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against major social media companies, including Meta, over harm to children, and one that is likely to highlight explicit online content and its effects. Prosecutors told a…...