New Mexico goes to trial to accuse Meta of facilitating child predators

4 weeks ago01 mins

Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Image: Tim Mossholder / Unsplash At the center of a consequential case about social media liability is a key question: did Meta lie or mislead the public about the safety of its platform, while knowing something very different? The state of New Mexico opened…

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States Launch Legal Battle, Accuse White House of ‘Financial Strangulation’ Against Consumer Watchdog

James Anderson3 months ago2 months ago03 mins

Introduction A coalition of 20 states and the District of Columbia has launched a high-stakes legal offensive against the Trump administration. They allege a deliberate campaign to financially suffocate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the watchdog born from the 2008 financial crisis. This lawsuit, filed in federal court, accuses the White House of illegally…