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Meta has reached a settlement with a large consortium of states to resolve a lawsuit that
“alleged social media platforms, which include Instagram and Facebook, were intentionally”
designed to get teenagers and children addicted. At its trial in California, Meta denied the allegations, but NPR's John Ruich reports a tech giant still agreed to pay billions and penalties to resolve the landmark case.
Meta will pay $17 billion to the states over 10 years.
It will also change the way that its platforms work. There will be a daily time limit of two hours for users under 18 and a night time block, both of which can only be lifted by a parent. Miners will not see how many likes or reactions their posts get. Meta will put in place measures to identify and remove kids under 13 from its platforms, and it
will bring in an independent order, and it will be barred from making deceptive statements about its safety features. NPR's John Ruich reporting. The Justice Department is suing a municipal court in Columbus, Ohio, over a policy that bars federal immigration arrests at or near the county court house.
NPR's Carrie Johnson reports on the Trump administration's most recent actions to enforce
hard-line immigration policies.
The Justice Department says taking people into custody at court houses is safer for federal officers and the public. DOJ is suing the court in Franklin County, Ohio, over a policy that forbids immigration arrests of people attending court proceedings or conducting other lawful business. The new lawsuits as the federal government has, quote, "exclusive authority to establish
uniform rules on immigration," a spokesman for the court in Franklin County says it won't comment on pending litigation. The Trump administration has sued other states, including Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, for allegedly thwarting federal immigration enforcement, Carrie Johnson and PR News. President Trump's pressing world leaders to join him in economically isolating Iran.
But US allies in the Gulf are not all rushing to embrace the White House's new Operation Economic Outcast, and PR's Ayabatrawi has the latest. The United Arab Emirates joined Trump's pressure campaign announcing last week it was cutting off all economic and trade ties with Iran. It was one of Iran's top global trade partners.
For its part Saudi Arabia's long-backed economic pressure over military escalation to deal with Iran. But Qatar, which shares a massive underwater gas reserve with Iran, is expressing reservations after the latest raft of US sanctions. Although Qatar was hit hard by Iran during the war and hosted the largest number of
US troops in the region, it's calling for a return to negotiations not further escalation. Meanwhile, the foreign minister of Oman visited Iran this week, the two countries, which boarded the State of Hormuz, say they're discussing a plan that could temporarily reopen the waterway to ships, Ayabatrawi and Pair News, Dubai. This is NPR News.
More than a month after Senator Lindsey Graham died in the middle of his reelection campaign, South Carolina voters have chosen his younger sister to be the Republican candidate in November's midterm elections. Garling Graham defeated Congressman Ralph Norman in the special primary runoff yesterday. New weeks ago, the political newcomer was appointed to serve the remainder of her brother's
term.
“President Trump's endorsement of Darling Graham was widely viewed as an important test of his”
influence on the Republican base. Georgia also held an election to replace the lawmaker who died. Marysi Scott ran to serve the remaining few months of her late father, Congressman David Scott's term, but rival Everton Blair won. Two other candidates will compete for the District 13 House seat in November.
Cybercriminals are targeting teachers, students, and parents as the new school year begins, NPR's Panama Clawflin has more. Cybersecurity researchers from anti-virus company, Bitdefender, are tracking back to school theme scams, targeting anxious families and educators getting ready for the new school year. According to the research, these particular text messaging scammed campaigns are particularly
prevalent in states including Florida, Texas, Georgia, and California. Cybercriminals are promising grant money, free laptops, scholarships, and financial aid with no payment required, and none of it is real. They're even taking advantage of students growing use of AI to try and lure them with fake premium subscriptions, to tools to help them study or take notes.
Hackers are taking advantage of the stress around the cost of education, to steal personal information. I'm Lakshmi Singh, and PR News in Washington. Fall is right around the corner. That means the midterms.
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