A 20-year-old woman, listed in legal documents with the initials KGM, launched a lawsuit against social media giants YouTube, Meta (parent company of Instagram), TikTok, and Snapchat. The case alleges that these apps were designed to be as addictive as possible and that addiction from a young age spurred lasting mental health damage. Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand to answer questions at the trial this week. He denied that there was conclusive proof that social media created mental health challenges.
The little girl they are talking about is Frida. She was out playing with friends in the park at the weekend when she was hit by someone on an electric bike. It fell on her, breaking her tibia and fibula bones in her lower leg. She was rushed to the Royal London, where surgeons operated inserting pins that will help the bones heal. But that healing process will take around a year.
Two major high street chains, Next and Matalan, have recalled items from their Miss Summer clothing range due to a risk of strangulation from decorative cords that exceed permissible lengths.
The day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested four people at a San Francisco immigration courthouse last month, one-fourth of the students enrolled at one Mission District summer camp stayed home.
Dr. Christina B. Propst was placed on leave after a controversial social media post suggested MAGA voters in Texas deserved the flood disaster they voted for, leading to public outrage.