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		<title>29 States Take Meta to Trial in the Biggest Legal Test Yet for Youth Social Media Safety</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diana Novak Jones | Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday over claims it engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children, a case that could expose the company to massive damages and force it to make sweeping changes to its platforms. The trial in Oakland,...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday over claims it engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children, a case that could expose the company to massive damages and force it to make sweeping changes to its platforms.</p>
<p>The trial in Oakland, expected to last seven weeks, will test Colorado, Kentucky, California, and New Jersey’s allegations that Meta designed its platforms to keep young users hooked and misled consumers about their safety. It will also address claims by 29 states that the company illegally collected and used children’s data in violation of federal law.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-29-states-head-court-biggest-test-yet-youth-social-media-litigation-2026-08-12/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTqwU5wZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4aWeT-zZK5gAhKsnmuEjQH_xnK_omgiCKCZrfwPKXYm0F4ryi_QieMt3xeQg_aem_ral5n_fniljZT1K4NSOxcQ">HERE</a></p>
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		<title>GOING NUCLEAR Musk calls for Trump to be IMPEACHED &#038; makes wild Epstein rant after Don branded Elon ‘crazy’ as feud explodes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Forrest McFarl and Carsen Holaday | The Sun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The president also threatened to cancel all of Musk&#8217;s federal contracts as the public falling out escalated PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Elon Musk&#8217;s relationship has publicly crashed and burned as the two former allies exchanged blows on social media on Thursday. The feud began when Trump addressed Musk&#8217;s criticism of the president&#8217;s &#8220;big beautiful bill&#8221;...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The president also threatened to cancel all of Musk&#8217;s federal contracts as the public falling out escalated</strong></p>
<p>PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Elon Musk&#8217;s relationship has publicly crashed and burned as the two former allies exchanged blows on social media on Thursday.</p>
<p>The feud began when Trump addressed Musk&#8217;s criticism of the president&#8217;s &#8220;big beautiful bill&#8221; in the Oval Office. But it dramatically escalated when the Tesla mogul called for the president&#8217;s impeachment and brought up Trump&#8217;s relationship with <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/who/jeffrey-epstein/" rel="">Jeffrey Epstein</a>.</p>
<p>The feud started three days ago, when Musk <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/news/14391272/elon-musk-blasts-donald-trumps-bill/" rel="">began fuming</a> over the president&#8217;s signature spending legislation that&#8217;s currently making its way through Congress.</p>
<p>The tech mogul&#8217;s three-day takedown came to a head when the president was quizzed about the bill in the Oval Office on Thursday, prompting Musk to reply in real time on X.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/news/14407319/donald-trump-elon-musk-truth-beautiful-bill-relationship/">HERE</a></p>
<p>Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/14407319/donald-trump-elon-musk-truth-beautiful-bill-relationship/</p>
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		<title>Unmasking Spamouflage: China&#8217;s Digital Deception Tactics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Spamouflage, a social media campaign linked to the Chinese state, has called for the overthrow of a foreign government, alleging improper flood relief efforts in Spain. The campaign impersonated the human rights group Safeguard Defenders, criticizing Spain&#8217;s leadership amidst its flood crisis and targeting multiple nations since 2017. Graphika, a New York-based online analysis firm,...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4 class="sub-title">Spamouflage, a social media campaign linked to the Chinese state, has called for the overthrow of a foreign government, alleging improper flood relief efforts in Spain. The campaign impersonated the human rights group Safeguard Defenders, criticizing Spain&#8217;s leadership amidst its flood crisis and targeting multiple nations since 2017.</h4>
<p>Graphika, a New York-based online analysis firm, has exposed a Chinese social media operation known as Spamouflage, which is stirring political discontent in Western nations. The campaign has called for the toppling of a foreign government by impersonating protesters critical of Spain&#8217;s flood relief efforts, resulting in 224 casualties this October.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/3244355-unmasking-spamouflage-chinas-digital-deception-tactics">HERE</a></p>
<p>Source: https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/3244355-unmasking-spamouflage-chinas-digital-deception-tactics</p>
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		<title>Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest part of major investigation into app, French officials say</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronny Reyes and Thomas Barrabi | New York Post]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The arrest of Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov is part of a broader investigation into the social media app that is accused of allowing criminal activity to run rampant while failing to reliably cooperate with law enforcement, French prosecutors said. Durov, 39, is suspected of being complicit in global drug trafficking, pedophilia and fraud allegedly conducted on Telegram because...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The arrest of <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/24/world-news/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-arrested-at-paris-airport-report/">Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov</a> is part of a broader investigation into the social media app that is accused of allowing criminal activity to run rampant while failing to reliably cooperate with law enforcement, French prosecutors said.</p>
<p>Durov, 39, is suspected of being complicit in global drug trafficking, pedophilia and fraud allegedly <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/26/business/who-is-telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-and-why-was-he-arrested/">conducted on Telegram</a> because the company is unwilling to work with police, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.</p>
<p>“At the heart of the case is the absence of moderation and cooperation on the part of the platform,” Jean-Michel Bernigaud, secretary general of France’s Ofmin police agency added in a statement.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/26/world-news/telegram-ceo-pavel-durovs-arrest-part-of-larger-investigation-french-officials-say/">HERE</a></p>
<p>Source: https://nypost.com/2024/08/26/world-news/telegram-ceo-pavel-durovs-arrest-part-of-larger-investigation-french-officials-say/</p>
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		<title>Meta Wants Industry-wide Labels For AI-made Images</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glenn CHAPMAN | AFP News]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Meta on Tuesday said it is working with other tech firms on standards that will let it better detect and label artificial intelligence-generated images shared with its billions of users. The Silicon Valley social media titan expects to have a system in place in a matter of months to identify and tag AI created images...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meta on Tuesday said it is working with other tech firms on standards that will let it better detect and label artificial intelligence-generated images shared with its billions of users.</p>
<p>The Silicon Valley social media titan expects to have a system in place in a matter of months to identify and tag AI created images posted on its Facebook, Instagram and Threads platforms.</p>
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<p>Meta and other platforms are under pressure to keep tabs on AI-generated content with fears that bad actors will ramp up disinformation, with elections due this year in countries representing half the world&#8217;s population.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not perfect, it&#8217;s not going to cover everything; the technology is not fully matured,&#8221; Meta head of global affairs Nick Clegg told AFP.</p>
<p>While Meta has implemented visible and invisible tags on images created using its own AI tools since December, it also wants to work with other companies &#8220;to maximize the transparency the users have,&#8221; Clegg added.</p>
<p>Continue reading<a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/meta-wants-industry-wide-labels-for-ai-made-images-bca65768?refsec=topics_afp-news"> HERE</a></p>
<p>Source: https://www.barrons.com/news/meta-wants-industry-wide-labels-for-ai-made-images-bca65768?refsec=topics_afp-news</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 20:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The chief executives of five major social media companies appeared before senators Wednesday for a highly anticipated hearing on the harms children and teens face online. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X CEO Linda Yaccarino, TikTok CEO Shou Chew, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Discord CEO Jason Citron testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The chief executives of five major social media companies appeared before senators Wednesday for a highly anticipated hearing on the harms children and teens face online.</p>
<p>Meta CEO <span class="person-popover" data-nid="20159"><a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/mark-zuckerberg/">Mark Zuckerberg,</a></span> X CEO Linda Yaccarino, TikTok CEO Shou Chew, Snap CEO <span class="person-popover" data-nid="30790"><a class="person-popover__link" href="https://thehill.com/people/evan-spiegel/">Evan Spiegel </a></span>and Discord CEO Jason Citron testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a Wednesday hearing entitled “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis.”</p>
<p>The hearing focused on the prevalence on sexual exploitation on social media, what tech CEOs were doing to fight it and growing rage among parents over a lack of federal action.</p>
<p>Here are the highlights from the contentious hearing.</p>
<p>Continue reading <a href="https://thehill.com/business/4437994-tech-ceos-senate-testify-child-safety-live-updates-zuckerberg-fb-tiktok/">HERE</a></p>
<p>Source: https://thehill.com/business/4437994-tech-ceos-senate-testify-child-safety-live-updates-zuckerberg-fb-tiktok/</p>
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		<title>U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 23:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era, on Monday agreed to consider whether the Constitution&#8217;s First Amendment bars government officials from blocking their critics on platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The justices took up an appeal by two members of a public school board...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era, on Monday agreed to consider whether the Constitution&#8217;s First Amendment bars government officials from blocking their critics on platforms like Facebook and Twitter.</p>
<p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-1">The justices took up an appeal by two members of a public school board from the city of Poway in Southern California of a lower court&#8217;s ruling in favor of school parents who sued after being blocked from Facebook pages and a Twitter account maintained by the officials.</p>
<p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-2">The justices also took up an appeal by a Michigan man of a lower court&#8217;s ruling against him after he sued a city official in Port Huron who blocked him on Facebook following critical posts made by the plaintiff about the local government&#8217;s COVID-19 response.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>SEATTLE (AP) — The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth. Seattle Public Schools filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court. The 91-page complaint says the social media...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">SEATTLE (AP) — The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.</p>
<p class="Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">Seattle Public Schools filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court. The 91-page complaint says the social media companies have created a public nuisance by targeting their products to children.</p>
<p class="Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58">It blames them for worsening mental health and behavioral disorders including anxiety, depression, disordered eating and cyberbullying; making it more difficult to educate students; and forcing schools to take steps such as hiring additional mental health professionals, developing lesson plans about the effects of social media, and providing additional training to teachers.</p>
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<p><strong>Source:</strong> https://apnews.com/article/social-media-seattle-lawsuits-mental-health-965a8f373e3bfed8157571912cc3b542</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A new bill from a bipartisan group of lawmakers, if passed, would ban TikTok in the U.S. after years of broad concern across the Trump and Biden administrations about potential Chinese government influence on the company. Social media stocks like Meta and Snap were positive Tuesday when the news broke. Meta shares were up more than...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new bill from a bipartisan group of lawmakers, if passed, would ban TikTok in the U.S. after years of broad concern across the Trump and Biden administrations about potential Chinese government influence on the company.</p>
<p>Social media stocks like <span id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1" class="QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer" data-test="QuoteInBody">Meta </span>and <span id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-2" class="QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer" data-test="QuoteInBody">Snap</span> were positive Tuesday when the news broke. Meta shares were up more than 6% and Snap was up more than 3% as of late morning.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Greetings from Tyler, Around the world, leaders have taken note. Why else is there a war in Ukraine? Why are the Chinese maneuvering toward Taiwan, insisting that it’s sovereign territory? Why is little rocket man shooting rockets toward Japan and scaring the South Koreans half to death? Why is Iran acting up, making demands and...</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Greetings from Tyler,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> Around the world, leaders have taken note. Why else is there a war in Ukraine? Why are the Chinese maneuvering toward Taiwan, insisting that it’s sovereign territory? Why is little rocket man shooting rockets toward Japan and scaring the South Koreans half to death? Why is Iran acting up, making demands and acting like it has clout? Afghanistan, that’s why.  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> The debacle was so complete that every bad actor on earth decided this was the perfect time to resume hostilities. The United States left Afghanistan in the most chaotic way imaginable. You know the worst of it.  We left behind an airbase, an important one that we’d spent plenty constructing. We left vehicles, helicopters, guns, night goggles that were brand new. Overnight we turned an enemy into one of the foremost arms dealers on earth.  It was “image changing,” for the United States, to coin a phrase. Who’s afraid of the United States now?  Not the Chinese, not the Russians, not Kim Jong Un. Our allies have bought into the “leadership” provided by the WEF.  American leaders don’t seem to be on the side of right about anything.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> Our military leadership has trannys making recommendations if not decisions, and we hear war drums from several directions.  They’re all bought into the mainstream nonsense.  They’re more interested in fulfilling the demands of lunacy and comparing shoes than protecting American and allied interests around the world.  The brass that comes forward to explain things doesn’t instill the intended confidence.  World leaders are watching, whether we are or not.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> The government is getting mighty comfortable telling everyone what to do.  You don’t suppose the social media companies are participating in the propaganda?  Some things are starting to come out about the “collusion” (can we call it that?) between the social media companies and the deepest state.  Interesting that they started calling everybody fascists. There is an apparent connection between information the government wants us to have, and what they consider “dangerous” opinions.  Those must be de-platformed, punished and silenced.  If there is government input on what becomes mainstream knowledge and what is labeled “disinformation,” then they are guilty of precisely what they were screaming about. We’re almost used to it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> So the guy who orchestrates everything, including official policies, has said that the pretender thought it was important to issue “one final warning,” because there are still people who are saying he didn’t win office fairly.  Apparently this is the most dangerous opinion you can express, and nobody seems to know what will happen if this “one final warning” isn’t enough.  There’s plenty of taunting in the comments.  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> The months ahead will be filled with elation and dread. We’d all be beside ourselves if we thought the nation would be living under the boot of corrupt agencies going forward. Somehow we’re maintaining calm, knowing that we’re not nearly as crazy as the media makes us out to be.  It’s not exactly going to be smooth sailing. The economy is nearly ruined. Inflation is eating us alive. We’re treated to constant lecturing about “diversity, inclusion, equity” and of course the need to “save the planet” from global warming. Nearly complete pipelines have been canceled by executive order.  Radicals are gluing themselves to walls and defacing priceless paintings.  That ought to show us!  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> There will be investigations as far as the eye can see, and with them will come embarrassments we can scarcely stomach. It’s all in the works. Maybe you’ve noticed that some of the most reprehensible “news reporters” of note will soon be looking for work.  Elon Musk is firing half of the “workforce” at twitter. The mainstream hopes he’ll fail. They can’t afford free speech, Constitutional or not.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> Meanwhile there’s a plot to implement a world government. In the words of Rand Paul, “It’s not a conspiracy theory.” You have to wonder whether much that we’ve suffered wasn’t a manipulation, planned and orchestrated by European institutions. The public identities of the “leaders” are well known. But there is an architect behind the scenes, as far as Americans are concerned, and his name is Jacques Attalli. He’s got all the credentials and has been an advisor to nearly all the French leaders you could name. These guys are openly talking about the “need” for world government. They’re dedicated to the idea. A list of World Economic Forum alumni in strategic positions of government around the world will surprise you. They’ve got a plan that puts them and their ridiculous ideas over regular people. It’s all about these buzzwords we can’t stand. While they’re riding in limos and private jets, we’re supposed to feel good about energy prices and these geniuses saving the planet. Never mind that temperatures were hotter than anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes in the 1930’s. Explain that!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> In France, public gatherings are being canceled on account of global warming. People are told to stay home instead of going out and contributing to a planetary disaster. Who exactly is the expert who’s decided that there’s no limit to demands that can be made on behalf of “saving the planet?” It’s these European gurus who think they hold the key to the future. Their answer is world government. Our blessed hope is that there are enough sane people left to turn our national ship around in the United States. But who knows what’s in the offing? Biblical history shows that it’s a real good idea to obey God. But these “leaders” won’t even acknowledge His existence.  </span></p>
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