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Nurse went to work ‘drunk’ and needed help booking taxi home
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (457+ words) A care home nurse has been suspended after a tribunal found she went to work “drunk” and needed help from her colleagues to book a taxi home. Karen Jane Makinson was “extremely intoxicated” during a shift at Church House Nursing…...
Meta reaches $17 billion settlement with states in landmark trial over teen social media addiction
2+ week, 4+ day ago (530+ words) Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. California, Colorado, Kentucky…...
Meta has mid-trial settlement talks in landmark child social media addiction case
2+ week, 4+ day ago (154+ words) Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction trial Meta has mid-trial settlement talks in landmark child social media addiction case - Meta Platforms and state attorneys general have held discussions over a potential mid-trial settlement in a lawsuit…...
Meta scrambles for settlement as states accuse Zuckerberg’s empire of addicting kids
2+ week, 4+ day ago (321+ words) Meta and state attorneys general have discussed a potential mid-trial settlement of a lawsuit accusing the company of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to young users Meta Platforms and state attorneys general have discussed a potential mid-trial…...
Heartbreaking Lindsay Clancy trial comes down to one question
2+ week, 5+ day ago (498+ words) Jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial are expected to hear from the final witnesses Tuesday after nearly a month of testimony centered on her mental state when she killed her three young children. The trial will resume with defense attorney…...
Landmark online child safety trial against social media giant Meta begins
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In Meta's trial, families of social media victims see a pivotal moment for online safety
3+ week, 4+ day ago (721+ words) As opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a trial for Meta Platforms, advocates and parents of social media victims gathered outside the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, with a banner that stretched several feet across. Written on it in black…...
Meta is facing the biggest test in its history. But we might already know the result
3+ week, 5+ day ago (521+ words) That this case is happening at all is an indication of just how much has already changed, writes Andrew Griffin Meta is about to face a reckoning, of the kind that could dramatically change Instagram and Facebook, and could even…...
What is the Meta court case and why is it so important?
3+ week, 5+ day ago (132+ words) The Independent What is the Meta court case and why is it so important? - A major child privacy and safety trial against Meta Platforms has begun in a California federal court. - The lawsuit accuses Meta of deliberately designing addictive features…...