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SEATTLE (AP) — The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.Seattle Public Schools filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court. The 91-page complaint says the social media companies have created a public nuisance by targeting their products to children.It blames them for worsening mental health and behavioral disorders including anxiety, depression, disordered eating and cyberbullying; making it more difficult to educate students; and forcing schools to take steps such as hiring additional mental health professionals, developing lesson plans about the effects of social media, and providing additional training to teachers.“Defendants have successfully exploited the vulnerable brains of youth, hooking tens of millions of students across the country into positive feedback loops of excessive use and abuse of Defendants’ social media platforms,” the complaint said. “Worse, the content Defendants curate and direct to youth is too often harmful and exploitive ....”Meta, Google,  » Read More

Well Tomi Lahren certainly got under the skin of the Biden Administration. What got them so upset? She dared to say publicly that she had no intention of getting one of the COVID vaccines. Newly released emails show that White House Digital Director Rob Flaherty got very upset with Facebook for not censoring her opinions. It’s yet another example of the federal government using tech companies to violate first amendment rights. Flaherty’s cozy relationship with Facebook, as he references a phone conversation, meant he could reach out to get unfavorable opinions ”reduced.” Sure enough, just a couple hours later, he got a response saying Facebook was ”running it down.” Private companies censoring users at the behest of government is a direct violation of the First Amendment. But Biden and many on his ideological allies on left don’t care much for freedom of speech. OutKick’s Tomi Lahren on her show, Tomi Lahren is Fearless Tomi Lahren Latest Target of Left’s War on Free Speech This situation is entirely ridiculous and completely unacceptable.  » Read More

By: Julia Varnier , Jay Greene , Heather Eckstine NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A 6-year-old male student is in custody and a female teacher in her 30's is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries Friday afternoon following a shooting in the classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, officials confirm. Police chief Steve Drew confirmed to us that a 6-year-old first grade student has been identified as the shooting suspect at a 5:30 p.m. press conference. The chief also stated that the shooting was not accidental. No students were injured in this incident, which occurred around 2 p.m., police said, but tactical teams were sent into the building. Angela Bohon/WTKR The scene outside Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Friday, Jan. 6, where police say a teacher was shot. Police say the teacher was taken to Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. "The police did an amazing job, they were here very, very quickly along with the sheriff’s office.  » Read More

Video shows driver crash, flip over inside car wash A 77-year-old driver was rescued 90 minutes after his car crashed and flipped over inside a Pennsylvania car wash. 00:45 - Source: CNN Stories worth watching 16 videos Video shows driver crash, flip over inside car wash 00:45 Now playing - Source: CNN Watch: Late night hosts react to Prince Harry's memoir 'This could be bad for you': WSJ reporter handcuffed while on assignment 05:34 Now playing - Source: CNN Business Watch this color changing BMW in action 01:58 Now playing - Source: CNN Business This electric Ram truck concept has a fold-away third row 01:13 Now playing - Source: CNN Late night hosts react to McCarthy's failure to win House vote for speaker 01:14 Now playing - Source: CNN Skip Bayless apologizes for his 'widely misconstrued' tweet on Damar Hamlin 02:18 Now playing - Source: CNN Business 'She would kick us under the table': 'The View' hosts share Barbara Walters stories 02:14 Now playing - Source: CNN Business Reporters explain why George Santos' lies 'fell through the cracks' 01:33 Now playing - Source: CNN Watch passenger's enthusiastic reunion with his missing luggage 01:10 Now playing - Source: CNN Business How

Spectator's satirical Joe Biden cover is 'restricted' by Facebook as the magazine's editor says previous satires of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson were waved throughThe Spectator was told its front cover would need to be specially authorisedIt depicts US President mistakenly holding up five fingers instead of sixThe magazine’s editor suggested the problem stemmed from political bias By Kumail Jaffer Political Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 19:53 EST, 5 January 2023 | Updated: 20:24 EST, 5 January 2023 Facebook last night appeared to restrict a political magazine from running a satirical front page about Joe Biden as an advert.The Spectator was told its latest front cover – which depicts the US President mistakenly holding up five fingers, in the belief he is holding up six – would need to be specially authorised in order to appear on the platform.The magazine’s editor Fraser Nelson suggested the problem stemmed from political bias in favour of Mr Biden,  » Read More

The Megabucks is a separate game than the multi-state Mega Millions, which currently has an estimated jackpot of $940 million. MADISON, Wis. — A lucky lottery ticket worth $15.1 million was sold in the small community of Luck, Wisconsin Wednesday. The Megabucks jackpot-winning ticket for the Jan 4. draw was sold by Wayne's Food Plus, located in the town about 90 minutes northeast of Minneapolis.  Store manager Paul Wondra said he learned Thursday morning that his store sold the winning ticket -- in Luck, of all places. He described the rest of the day as a whirlwind. "Lots of phone calls," Wondra said. "Lots of questions, curiosity. Who won? We don't know." Travis Close, who was shopping at Wayne's on Thursday night, said it was "special" that the ticket was sold in Luck. "In our small town and our small grocery store that we're very lucky to have here, it's amazing to have here," Close said. "You can get Lucky in Luck!"  » Read More

A Knox County principal is pleading for help after hackers took over the school's Facebook page. Dogwood Elementary has posted every day for the school since 2011. Author: wbir.com Published: 4:34 PM EST January 4, 2023 Updated: 4:35 PM EST January 4, 2023  » Read More

The Better Business Bureau is warning people about scammers targeting members of Facebook groups.According to the organization, the scammer will ...  » Read More

Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried. Photo: ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images. Disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud, conspiracy, campaign finance law violations and money laundering in a New York federal court.Why it matters: Since the crypto exchange began to unravel in early November, Bankman-Fried has publicly claimed he was unaware of the depth of the company's financial troubles, and those at trading firm Alameda Research, FTX's sister company. Yes, but: Ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang pleaded guilty last month to criminal charges, with Ellison acknowledging that she knew what both firms were doing was "wrong." What's more: During her plea hearing on Dec. 19, Ellison said that she and Bankman-Fried created misleading financial statements last year for Alameda's lenders, and that the trading firm had "access to an unlimited line of credit without being required to post collateral" or other typical guardrails. Wang made similar statements in his own hearing,  » Read More

It’s not his day job, but Randy Cotterhill spends almost all of his spare time helping Calgarians in need.  "I changed. They can all, we can all change," he said.   Randy, 60, struggled with drug and alcohol addiction most of his life.  "I isolated, hid and just lived to get high. I didn’t have a reason to live," he said.  Early in his recovery, Randy would work nine hours in construction then drive around the city handing out food, clothing and other essential items bought with his own money. "In my recovery, I learned that it wasn’t about me anymore," he said.  Angels in Action is a Calgary volunteer group that helps the city's most vulnerable.Now three years sober, Randy leads a volunteer group called Angels in Action. In the past few years, it has grown to more than 700 members on Facebook.  Even though the group is not a registered charity or non-profit, local agencies still chip in with donations.  » Read More