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A jury in Los Angeles has found that meta and Google are to blame for the depression and
“anxiety of a woman who compulsively use social media as a small child.”
As NPR's Bobby Allen explains, it is the second major verdict this week in landmark social media trials.
A jury has awarded a woman $3 million for mental health struggles that developed after
a compulsive use of YouTube and Instagram. After a month on trial, a jury found that meta in Google deliberately designed social media platforms to add "Dick the Young People." The verdict comes a day after a separate jury in New Mexico ordered meta to pay $375 million for failing to protect kids and teens from child predators on its platforms. The Los Angeles jury found that meta in Google acted with malice, which means the case
now moves to the punitive stage, where the amount of damages could be far more. Google and meta are vowing to fight the verdicts, which are the first ever judgments against the social media industry over the harms of its platforms. Bobby Allen and PR News, Los Angeles. The White House has President Trump's postponing his trip to China by more than a month
“to mid-May, and plans to host President Xi Jinping later this year.”
Press Secretary Caroline Levitt announced a change of short time ago at a news briefing where she fielded questions about the Iran war. She was asked about Iranian state media reporting that the U.S. put forward a 15-point plan to end the conflict in that Iran rejected it.
Levitt says talks are ongoing, but the White House never confirmed that full plan.
"There are elements of truth to it, but some of the stories I read were not entirely factual." However, President Trump had referenced a 15-point plan earlier this week. Iran's continued refusal to reopen the state of Hormuz is intensifying concerns about global energy supplies, and what that could mean for food prices in the U.S. specifically.
Zemperis Windsor John Stentelsus, a economist, say, "Consumers may not feel it right away, but some grocery items could be hit sooner than others." Higher fuel and fertilizer costs are expected to ripple through the food supply chain, but not all at once. David Ortega is an economist at Michigan State University.
He says energy prices are one of the biggest drivers, especially when it comes to transportation. So we're going to first start to see this show up are on the perishable food items. So think specialty produce, dairy products, meat products that have to be refrigerated. So refrigerated trucking uses up a lot more energy. Ortega says there's often a lag of several months between rising input costs and higher prices
at the grocery store, meaning shoppers may not feel the full impact until later this year. Windsor Johnston and Pianos. U.S. stocks continue to trade higher this afternoon. The Dow Jones industrial average now up 266 points more than half a percent at 46,390. The S&P's risen 27 points the NASDAQ is up, more than 100 points.
You're listening to NPR News. The U.S. Supreme Court is unanimously siding with Cox Communications in the internet service providers defense against the allegation that it is liable for copyright violations by Cox Customers. In a lawsuit led by Sony Music Entertainment record labels alleged Cox facilitated the theft
and failed to do more to prevent customers from downloading copyright abusing for free. However, according to an opinion written by Justice Clare's Thomas, the Supreme Court says Cox neither induced its users' infringement nor provided a service tailored to infringement. Artificial intelligence company OpenAI and the Disney company are ending a partnership. It would have let fans create their own AI video content based on movies such as Star Wars.
NPR's Chloe Valtman reports this comes after OpenAI announced it's closing down its video AI tool Sora. In a statement to NPR, OpenAI said it saw a research table focused on advancing robotics to help solve real world physical tasks. Disney's statement mean while said it respects OpenAI's decision and that it will continue
to engage with AI platforms in ways that respect intellectual property. Disney's former CEO Bob Eiger first hinted at plans to enable AI-based fan content loss November on an earnings call. AI is going to give us the ability to provide users of Disney Plus with a much more engaged experience including the ability for them to create user-generated content.
Disney had plans to invest $1 billion in OpenAI in a landmark three-year licensing deal last
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