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Public health
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 days ago

Social media giants must stand trial on addiction claims

Meta, ByteDance, Alphabet and Snap must face trial over claims they designed social platforms to addict youths, with initial trials set for January.
fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

Monday Morning Headlines: Widespread Outage Linked to Amazon Web Services

Two consolidated lawsuits are about to ramp up relating to social media platforms and the harms caused to users, especially teens, based on their designs. The litigation, which has been taking shape over several years, accuses Snap, Meta, TikTok, and YouTube of knowingly designing their platforms to addict users. [Bloomberg] The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a Second Amendment case, with the support of the Trump administration, which deals with a Texas law barring drug users including cannabis users from owning guns. [Associated Press]
Tech industry
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