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FILE - This combination of 2017-2022 photos shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. On Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, Seattle Public Schools filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, suing the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth. AP Photo/undefined PARIS (AP) — A top court in France on Friday struck down a law banning children under 15 from using social media, saying it infringes on fundamental freedoms. The Constitutional Council ruled that provisions in the ban “disproportionately infringe freedom of expression and communication" and haven't provided legal guarantees to ensure those rights, according to a press release summarizing the decision. Article continues below this ad France last month became the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on the platforms amid rising worldwide concerns about the harmful effects of digital content on kids. Both chambers of the Parliament had voted in favor of the measure, which also banned the use of mobile phones in high schools. The legislation was one of the final major measures adopted under French President Emmanuel Macron’s presidency before he leaves office

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Young adult dramas have always been pivotal to Netflix’s programming. Think of massive global hits like “Stranger Things” and “Outer Banks.” Now, the streaming giant wants to make it easier for viewers to find them on its vast and eclectic platform. Netflix on Friday launched a new hub for YA content that includes several hundred titles of original or licensed movies and shows about the coming-of-age stories of young adults. The genre is popular with viewers: 23 young adult titles made Netflix’s global top 10 list this year. Those include the third season of “XO Kitty,” about a young woman studying in Korea; and ice skating drama called “Finding Her Edge.” Actresses Daisy Jelley, left, and Sadie Stanley, right, leads for the show “Poser.” (Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times) Since 2023, Netflix said its YA shows and movies have generated more than 10.5 billion global views. The programs also are buzzy on social media, with YA titles representing 30% of Netflix’s most-talked-about titles since 2022, according to the Los Gatos-based company. “It’s just been really clear that this audience has a voracious appetite, and they really look to Netflix as a premier destination for these types of stories,” said

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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €8.6 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in June 2026, compared with + €4.8 bn in June 2025. The euro area exports of goods to the rest of the world in June 2026 were €272.5 billion, an increase of 14.4% compared with June 2025 (€238.2 bn). Imports from the rest of the world stood at €264.0 bn, a rise of 13.1% compared with June 2025 (€233.4 bn). In June 2026, the euro area balance registered a surplus of €8.6 bn, following a deficit of €9.0 bn in May 2026. Compared with June 2025, when the balance stood at a surplus of €4.8 bn, the latest figure represented an improvement of €3.8 bn. In the presence of a larger energy deficit, this increase was primarily driven by a higher surplus in chemicals and related products, and by surpluses in other manufactured goods as well as in food and drink. The surplus of machinery and vehicles also slightly improved.  » Read More

Posted Aug 13, 2026 at 9:09 AM UTC J Jess Weatherbed ‘If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in.’ According to Twitch chief product officer Mike Minton, that’s the “honest answer” as to why the streaming platform has started training Amazon’s generative AI models on users’ content by default. Twitch users can choose to opt out, but Minton defends the default setting because “almost every content service in the world” is also doing it. Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates. Jess Weatherbed

A Twitch executive said its parent company chose not to make the program opt-in because “nobody would opt in.” Visitors play video games on computers at TwitchCon Europe in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 2024. Levin Den Boer / ANP / AFP via Getty Images file Aug. 13, 2026, 8:10 PM EDT By Angela Yang Twitch had a simple justification for letting its parent company, Amazon, use streamers’ content to train generative AI by default. Just a moment. We are getting your experience ready.

Trending on Billboard Aspiring Nashville artists and songwriters are often met with some variation of the same advice: “Must be present to win.” It means that showing up consistently could only accelerate their chances of building a long-lasting, hit-filled career. That adage was key to songwriter JoyBeth Taylor’s newest Billboard Country Airplay No. 1, the Ella Langley and Morgan Wallen duet “I Can’t Love You Anymore.”  Related “Ella and Morgan had been trying to write a duet,” she shares. “It was two weeks after my son was born and I got a call about 7:30 at night. Ella asked, ‘Can you come to the studio?’ My baby had just been born and I was going through it and my husband was like, ‘You need to go write a song.’ So I showed up and had the ‘I can’t love you anymore’ part already and we just finished it out. We weren’t sure where it was going to land or what was going to happen after that, but it ended up being perfect. I’m so grateful that I showed up that day.” Taylor currently ranks at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Country Songwriters chart and at

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Local News Affidavits cite jail calls, Snapchat video, payment app records in Calfas case SAN ANTONIO – Defense attorney Neil Calfas is accused of solicitation of prostitution and human trafficking, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. A former prosecutor who’s covered a case like this explains that the affidavits describe an unusual path for the case. “This investigation was all started because of a complaint that had been given to the DA’s office, who then referred it to law enforcement,” Meredith Chacon said. “Which is an unusual way that a case can be referred.” Arrest affidavits accuse the San Antonio attorney Calfas of offering legal services in exchange for sex and paying women for sex, according to documents tied to a Texas Department of Public Safety investigation. Chacon, who is now a defense attorney, handled a human trafficking case against a lawyer, Mark Benavides. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison, convicted of exchanging legal services for sex. Chacon said her experience with Benavides’ case taught her these allegations reflect a sobering reality: criminal conduct like this can turn up in unexpected places. “This does happen at that level,” Chacon said. “You’re not shielded from those things