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Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through the way they design their platforms, deliberately addicting kids and failing to protect them sexual predators and dangerous content

The Independent UK

New Mexico legislators launch investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's secluded ranch

State legislators in New Mexico have launched a truth commission to investigate past activity at a secluded desert ranch where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests

The Independent UK

Unreleased Meta product didn't protect kids from exploitation, tests found

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is suing Meta over design choices that allegedly fail to protect kids online.

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Landmark social media trials begin across the US this week. Here’s what to know

Executives, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are expected to testify at the trial, which will last six to eight weeks

The Independent UK

Trial against Meta in New Mexico focuses on dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media

A trial focused on whether Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms when it comes to the dangers of child sexual exploitation is set to start in New Mexico

The Independent UK

‘Marketplace for predators’: Meta faces jury trial over child exploitation claims

New Mexico attorney general accuses Meta of failing to safeguard children against trafficking and sexual abuse

The Guardian - US

Undercover investigation of Meta heads to trial in New Mexico in first stand-alone case by state

The first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against Meta is getting underway in New Mexico

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New Mexico jury convicts former officer in fatal shooting of Black man at gas station

A former officer has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man during a 2022 confrontation at a New Mexico gas station

The Independent UK

New Mexico attorney general sues university over 'golden parachute' payment to outgoing president

New Mexico's top prosecutor is suing Western New Mexico University's regents and outgoing president

The Independent UK

Western New Mexico University regents resign after wasteful spending revelations

More members of the embattled board of regents at Western New Mexico University have resigned

The Independent UK

The end of the 'Rust' criminal case against Alec Baldwin may unlock a civil lawsuit

The conclusion of a criminal case against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer may clear the way for a related civil lawsuit by relatives of the deceased woman and efforts to depose the actor under oath

The Independent UK

Eight Alleged Child Sex Predators Arrested in New Mexico During Undercover Operation

Undercover agents created fake online accounts and went on to arrest adults seeking sexual intercourse with minors.

Latin Times

Details from New Mexico's lawsuit against Snap show site failed to act on reports of sextortion

Snapchat has failed to act on rampant reports of child grooming, sextortion and other dangers to minors on its platform

The Independent UK

Snapchat accused by New Mexico of facilitating sexual exploitation of children

Snap Inc. the parent company of Snapchat, was sued on Thursday in New Mexico state court

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New Mexico judge grants Mark Zuckerberg’s request to be dropped from child safety lawsuit

A New Mexico judge has granted Mark Zuckerberg's request to be dropped from a lawsuit that alleges his company has failed to protect young users from exposure to child sexual abuse material

The Guardian - US

Inquiry into child sexual abuse on Meta platforms leads to arrest of three men

New Mexico attorney general highlights real-world consequences of online dangers prevalent on firm’s Instagram and Facebook apps

The Guardian - UK

‘If Instagram didn’t exist, it wouldn’t have happened’: a mother’s search for her trafficked daughter

Four years after Robyn Cory’s daughter was groomed at 15 on Meta’s platform and sold for sex by a gang, she is still missing

The Guardian - UK

Meta is the world’s ‘single largest marketplace for paedophiles’, says New Mexico attorney general

Raúl Torrez is taking the company to court and expects further details to emerge about its knowledge of child sexual exploitation on its platforms

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on online child protection: the web needs more health and safety

Editorial: New evidence of Meta’s failures to prioritise safety should be a wake-up call to policymakers

The Guardian - US

Revealed: US police prevented from viewing many online child sexual abuse reports, lawyers say

Social media firms relying on AI for moderation generate unviable reports which prevent authorities from investigating cases

The Guardian - US

Facebook and Instagram ran content sexualizing minors next to corporate ads, lawsuit says

Filing claims Meta did not adequately respond to Walmart and Match Group’s complaints of ‘deeply disturbing’ images and videos

The Guardian - UK

New Mexico attorney general asks judge to stop Meta removing child abuse evidence from its sites

Raúl Torrez said that one day after his office filed lawsuit accusing the social media company of enabling groomers, Meta deactivated accounts set up and used by investigators

Reason

Abortion 'Sanctuary Cities' Under Scrutiny in New Mexico Supreme Court

Abortion issues come before two other state Supreme Courts—in Arizona and Wyoming—this week as well.

WEKU

Supreme Courts in 3 states will hear cases about abortion access this week

Supreme court justices in Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming will hear arguments in cases that will impact abortion access across the Mountain West. Here's what to know.

The Guardian - UK

Meta platforms are marketplaces for child predators claims lawsuit

Facebook and Instagram ‘enabled adults to find, message and groom minors’ for sexual exploitation, alleges state of New Mexico legal filing

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