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Snap has settled a lawsuit brought by two teenagers who alleged Snapchat was deliberately designed to be addictive and contributed to their mental health problems, avoiding a trial that was scheduled to begin this week. Snap was the last defendant to settle after Meta, Alphabet and TikTok resolved claims in the same case. CBS News reports: The teenage plaintiffs, identified in court documents as S.J. and K.D.B., had alleged in the suit that Snapchat was designed to be addictive and that using the platform from a young age contributed to their mental health issues. "We are glad to reach resolution for our clients," Mark Lanier, founder of The Lanier Law Firm and lead counsel for the plaintiffs, said in a statement to CBS News. "We believe this jury would have found the companies' conduct reprehensible."
Snap was the last social media company named in the lawsuit to settle the case, which was set for opening arguments this week. Meta resolved claims last week, while Alphabet and TikTok, the other defendants, each also resolved the allegations. Terms of the Snap settlement were undisclosed [...].
Earlier this year, a jury found Meta and Google-owned YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit, awarding $6 million in damages to a young woman who alleged the platforms' addictive features harmed her mental health. In August, Meta also agreed to pay up to $18 billion in settlements and introduce new child-safety measures to resolve claims from dozens of U.S. states that it deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children while misleading the public about their risks.
Snap was the last social media company named in the lawsuit to settle the case, which was set for opening arguments this week. Meta resolved claims last week, while Alphabet and TikTok, the other defendants, each also resolved the allegations. Terms of the Snap settlement were undisclosed [...].
Earlier this year, a jury found Meta and Google-owned YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit, awarding $6 million in damages to a young woman who alleged the platforms' addictive features harmed her mental health. In August, Meta also agreed to pay up to $18 billion in settlements and introduce new child-safety measures to resolve claims from dozens of U.S. states that it deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to addict children while misleading the public about their risks.
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The boom in international tourism has fuelled a new phenomenon of women soliciting on the streets of Tokyo’s Kabukicho night-time district
Kabukicho is not known as “sleepless town” for nothing. The bustling centre of Tokyo’s night-time economy is a magnet for tourists and locals in search of a bite to eat, a few drinks and a karaoke session. But behind its famous neon entrance lies a darker side: backstreets populated by women offering sex in exchange for money.
Tokyo has an established fuzoku commercial sex industry that revolves around regulated establishments catering to an array of peccadilloes, from “soapland” bathhouses to “pink salons”.
Continue reading...WASHINGTON (ANP) - De Verenigde Staten hebben een reeks "discrete, beperkte aanvallen" uitgevoerd op het Iraanse eiland Qeshm en omliggende gebieden nabij de Straat van Hormuz. Dat meldt The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Amerikaanse functionarissen omschreven de stille, onaangekondigde aanvallen als "defensieve maatregelen, bedoeld om te voorkomen dat Iran commerciële scheepvaartroutes bedreigt of aanvalt", aldus de Amerikaanse zakenkrant.
Enkele uren voor het verschijnen van het WSJ-bericht meldde het Iraanse staatspersbureau IRNA vijf explosies die kort na elkaar plaatsvonden op Qeshm. Regionale media en onbevestigde berichten wezen op mogelijke Amerikaanse luchtaanvallen op lokale luchtverdedigingssystemen, meldde de zender Al Jazeera.
De aanvallen gebeurden terwijl de VS en Iran indirecte onderhandelingen voeren, die de Iraanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Abbas Araghchi maandag nog "zeer intensief" noemde.
