“My family was just waking up, and they didn’t even get any information, and suddenly this flood came. Some of them are missing, some of them lost their life and only a few is alive,”
Rajan TamangSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 27verbatim · 1 source
Tamang said he learned from family in Kathmandu that his mother and sister were among those who died in the floods while many other relatives and friends remained missing.
“The fact is that teens move fluidly between dozens of apps a day. All platforms should empower parents and support teens by putting the same measures in place, because we know that when teens are restricted on one app, they simply move to another,”
MetaSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 27verbatim · 1 source
In a statement released after the settlement, Meta said it looked to other social media platforms to bring similar change.
The grand jury found that the chairs of Save Our Society From Drugs and Secure Florida's Future mischaracterized the use of the funds in their grant applications.
Jason Weida, then head of the Agency for Health Care Administration and now DeSantis' chief of staff, said the $10 million was a bonus on top of the settlement agreement with Centene.
“The logic is that with a warming planet, you will see shrinking glaciers, lots of snow melt. The permafrost that is partially holding some mountainsides together is warming and thawing and degrading.”
Dr Simon CookSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 27verbatim · 1 source
Dr Cook explained the logic that a warming planet leads to shrinking glaciers, snow melt, and thawing permafrost.
Meta has only agreed to pay 70 percent of the settlement, roughly $12.7 billion, over the next 10 years, and will only pay the remaining approximately $5 billion if its rivals adopt similar measures.
“This means features like disappearing messages, infinite scroll, the ability to gift and livestreaming remain unaddressed. Similarly, little has been announced on how Meta’s AI chatbots will be made safer – better guardrails are needed, particularly when children raise safeguarding concerns.”
Ella BradshawSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 27verbatim · 1 source
Bradshaw said features like disappearing messages, infinite scroll, and livestreaming remain unaddressed and called for better guardrails for AI chatbots.
Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dies at 80
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Tim Curry reprised his role as Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 film adaptation of The Rocky Horror Picture Show alongside Barry Bostwick, Meat Loaf and Susan Sarandon.
“I mean, I was hesitant in that, if it worked, it might be a difficult thing to shake off. But, really, I’ve always thought that [a part] wasn’t worth doing unless you took a risk.”
Tim CurrySaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 27verbatim · 1 source
Curry said this in a 1975 television interview, explaining his hesitation that if the role worked it might be difficult to shake off but that a part wasn't worth doing unless you took a risk.
Parents question Meta $18B settlement over kids' social media harms
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Meta must develop, train, and begin testing a model designed to detect which users on its platforms are under the age of 13 within a year of the settlement's effective date.
The settlement agreement says the state AGs have agreed not to bring any past, present, or future COPPA claims or claims under similar state laws related to Meta's use of children's data.