Social media testing is underway in Los Angeles. What happens next could change the way they work. Inside L.A.’s Supreme Court, a historic trial is underway. Accusations are mounting that social media companies, like tobacco and cigarettes in the 1980s, are addictive by design. He will face about 22 “bellwether” trials, i.e., test cases, with…
Hong Kong — Hong Kong (AP) – Jimmy brought pro-democracy east hong kong media tycoon And a fierce critic of Beijing was sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases prosecuted under a national security law imposed by China, virtually silencing dissent in the city. Judge Esther Toh said Lai’s 18-year…
pa media In 2023, two teenagers who viewed violent material online stabbed Brianna Ghee to death. Two bereaved mothers fear that any delay in banning social media for youngsters could mean “more and more children are harmed.” This comes just days after the Lords voted in favour of banning under-16 children from using social media…
getty images The government has launched a consultation on banning social media for under-16s in the UK as part of a series of measures it says are aimed at “protecting the well-being of young people.”. The world’s first social media ban for young people takes effect in Australia in December 2025, prompting other countries, including the…
Conservative government will ban under-16s from using social media Kemi Badenoch said the Conservative government will ban under-16s from using social media to stop them spending hours on “addictive” sites. The Tory leader vowed to introduce age limits on social media apps if his party wins the next general election. He argued that we should…
The board of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4 billion hostile bid is a risky leveraged buyout that investors should reject. In a letter to shareholders on Wednesday, the WBD board said Paramount’s offer depends on “an extraordinary amount of debt financing”…
