Jill Connelly | Getty Images A New Mexico state court jury on Tuesday held Meta liable for nearly $400 million in civil damages after a trial where the state attorney general accused the Facebook and Instagram operator of failing to safeguard kids who use its apps from child predators.
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Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
Platform safety under fire During the trial, prosecutors argued that Meta’s systems, particularly its recommendation algorithms, could inadvertently connect predators with minors.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
Caoimhe O’Neill Eden Hazard There have been better Premier League attackers by numbers alone, but there have been very few — if any — who captured the imagination to the degree Eden Hazard did.
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The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Once victims enter their credentials, attackers gain access to their email accounts.
The assailants, some armed, also vandalized security cameras and a vacant guard shack and slashed the tires of vehicles in the parking lot, authorities said.
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Sue Ambrose,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
He was forced into a car by a group of assailants, leaving behind the friend who reported the incident to the police.
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