Court filing: Meta shut down research looking at mental health impacts of Facebook, Instagram

Meta shelved an internal study linking the use of Facebook to effects on users' mental health, a brief filed in a California ...
NPR

Facebook, Instagram to block news stories in California if bill passes

Facebook and Instagram will block all news articles in California if state lawmakers pass a bill meant to funnel money from the tech platforms to media organizations, a Meta spokesman threatened on ...
Sacramento Bee

‘A better life.’ How a Facebook community helps thousands fleeing California for other states

Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled California for other states during the pandemic and most of them seem to have found a virtual home on one of Terry Gilliam’s Facebook pages. His groups – ...
Aclu.org

California’s Court of Appeals Rules that Meta Can't Evade Liability in Case Claiming Facebook’s Ad Tools Violate Users' Civil Rights

SAN FRANCISCO — California's First District Court of Appeal has ruled that Facebook can be sued for allegedly discriminating on the basis of gender and age, in violation of civil rights laws. In the ...
Politifact

California is not registering noncitizens to vote in elections

California does not allow noncitizens to vote in its general or primary elections. Eligible voters must be 18, a U.S. citizen and a California resident. San Francisco did once have a law allowing ...
Business Insider

A boomer who moved from California to Florida started a Facebook group to help friends make similar moves. 300,000 members later, guiding Californians to new states is his full ...

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