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Is Social Media Big Tobacco 2.0? Suits Over the Impact on Teens

Is social media to blame for the decline in teen mental health? Hundreds of lawsuits argue that they are. But can the claims get past Section 230, big tech's legal shield? In this video, we look at the fight over social media's impact on teens.

Big Tech’s Hunger for Data Centers Drives Green Push at Holcim

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/HOLN%20SW%20Equity/FA","_id":"0000018f-81c7-de3b-adcf-dbe79c6c0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Holcim Ltd.’s multibillion-dollar quest for environmentally friendly cement is finding support from a very different industry: technology giants including Amazon.com Inc.

Brainard Says Tariffs Needed to Avoid New ‘China Shock’ in US

President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser on Thursday will present a forceful defense of the administration’s new tariffs on Chinese imports, saying the measures are necessary to avoid more economic turbulence from unfair trade practices that threaten to undo recent manufacturing and job gains.

Meta Probed by EU Over Algos Hooking Kids to Instagram, Facebook

Meta Platforms Inc. is under investigation by the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/345300Z%20BB%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-8150-de3b-adcf-dbf32cca0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">European Union over concerns its algorithms are illegally exploiting the weakness of children to get them addicted to Facebook and Instagram.

EU Opens Formal DSA Investigation Against Meta, Breton Says

The European Union has opened a formal investigation into Meta under the Digital Services Act, EU industry commissioner <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-80dd-de3b-adcf-daffd5ea0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Thierry Breton says in a post on X.

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