1+ week, 3+ day ago   (107+ words) Residents are being asked to stay indoors due to police activity in Richmond near the El Cerrito border, authorities said. El Cerrito police advised people in the area near Canyon Trail Park and Key Boulevard to lock down in the…...

2+ week, 34+ min ago   (206+ words) Volunteers carried out a more than 15-hour operation to rescue a man who got off route in the Sierra Nevada and was stranded on a small ledge, the Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue Team said. A four-person team carried…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (288+ words) State attorneys challenged the head of Instagram over whether the platform does enough to protect young users during a landmark federal trial accusing parent company Meta of designing intentionally addictive and dangerous features. Adam Mosseri testified in Oakland federal court…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (698+ words) Meta insists it has a long history of protecting its youngest customers as it defends itself against a swath of lawsuits alleging its social media empire harms children. In the latest such instance, the social media giant is fighting allegations…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (696+ words) A former engineering director at Meta who has testified before Congress about child safety on Instagram told jurors Wednesday at a landmark trial that the company took a “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach on kids under 13 on its platforms. During…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (172+ words) Meta and more than two dozen states are returning to an Oakland federal courtroom Wednesday for a high-profile trial focused on the potential dangers of social media for young people. More testimony is expected from the first witness in the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (712+ words) As opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a trial for Meta Platforms, advocates and parents of social media victims gathered outside the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, with a banner that stretched several feet across. Written on it in black…...