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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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The European Commission has launched a public consultation inviting comments on the draft of the new EU Merger Guidelines. This marks the most significant reform in EU merger control of the past two decades. The public consultation follows a Call for Evidence, which included an initial public consultation launched in May 2025, and several stakeholder events held by the Commission. President Ursula von der Leyen said: “We are publishing our draft merger guidelines to better support companies to thrive, scale, and innovate. This is an ambitious approach to our competition policy - so we can meet the realities of the fiercely competitive global economy and boost our competitiveness, while preserving the predictability and certainty that investors value most in Europe.” EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera warned not to expect blank cheques for big deals, and said the objective of merger rules "remains unchanged: protecting strong, competitive markets without allowing an accumulation of power that can be abused . . . In other words, keeping fairness at the heart of Europe." Ribera added: "This means enforcing our rules firmly and protecting European companies and citizens from harmful market power."
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