Meta 'hid the truth' over child safety, US court hears
A landmark trial accuses Meta of knowingly designing addictive social media platforms that harm youth mental health, while global stories cover an Ebola outbreak, a controversial ICC sanctions move, and new research on myopia using tree shrews. The episode underscores systemic failures in
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