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21.08.26 - 20:54
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Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle (New York Times)
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One of the 21st century's most prominent landowners has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”...
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21.08.26 - 17:12
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Teen Drops Social Media Addiction Claims Against Meta, Google, & Snap, Ahead Of October Trial (ZeroHedge)
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Teen Drops Social Media Addiction Claims Against Meta, Google, & Snap, Ahead Of October Trial
Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,
A 15-year-old New Jersey girl whose lawsuit served as a test case in litigation accusing social media companies of designing platforms to addict young users dropped her remaining claims Thursday against Meta Platforms, Google, and Snap Inc.
The plaintiff, identified in California court records only as P. M-Y., had alleged the owners of Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat contributed to her social media addiction, depression, and self-harm.
She dismissed the case without any payment from the three companies, according to a court filing and statements from the defendants. TikTok, also named in the suit, had settled earlier.
Emily Jeffcott, an attorney for P. M-Y., said her client chose to end the remaining claims so she could try to resume her life.
She “initiated this process with the goal of holding social media companies accountable and to pus...
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21.08.26 - 07:36
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Mark Zuckerberg buys 440-acre Strancally castle estate in Ireland (The Guardian)
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Meta chief executive paid roughly €20m for gothic-style mansion built in 1830 and its surroundingsIt stretches the definition of pied-à-terre but Mark Zuckerberg now has a pad in Ireland: Strancally castle.The Meta chief executive and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have bought the gothic-style mansion and its 178-hectare (440-acre) estate in county Waterford to use as a base during visits to Ireland. Continue reading......
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