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Meta court case could determine whether the firm will be declared a public nuisance

Meta is back in a New Mexico courthouse as part of an ongoing child safety case that could determine whether the company is considered a “public nuisance.” The platform lost the first round of the trial centering on claims brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez that it failed to safeguard children on its apps from sexual predators and misled the public about alleged harms from use of apps including Instagram and Facebook. The trial which started on Monday marks the second phase of the state's lawsuit and will seek to establish over a three-week period if Meta’s actions created a public nuisance, which would precipitate sweeping changes to how Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp operate. “The New Mexico Attorney General’s focus on a single platform is a misguided strategy that ignores the hundreds of other apps teens use daily,” a ​spokesperson for Meta said ahead of the trial.

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More than 50 countries to work on trade measures to cut fossil fuels

The First Conference on Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels has concluded with more than 50 countries agreeing to work on trade measures aimed at cutting demand for fossil fuels. World leaders gathered in Colombia's Santa Marta last week for the first-ever global talks to accelerate the shift, a step participating nations said was not just a climate priority but vital for energy independence. The conference was announced last year after the failure of the official UN COP30 climate summit in Brazil to include an explicit reference to fossil fuels in its final deal. “The conclusion is unavoidable, we must transition away from fossil fuels - not just because it’s good for climate, but because it strengthens our energy independence and security,” said Stientje van Veldhoven, minister for climate policy and green growth for the Netherlands, which co-hosted the conference with Colombia.

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