Meta, birthright citizenship, Russia's North Korean missiles and Hollywood's win
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Why did a New Mexico court order Meta to pay $567 million for harming children?
Hi, I'm Kim Vanal in Wanganui, New Zealand. It's Friday, August 7th. Today. Meta is ordered to pay up for harming children with a New Mexico court, comparing its platforms to a toxic factory. Trump takes another swing at birthright citizenship. North Korea ships its missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine. And Hollywood breaks a box office record. Mm-hmm. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week.
A New Mexico court has dealt a major blow to Meta, ordering the tech giant to pay more than half a billion dollars after finding the company liable for harming children's mental well-being and for failing to protect them from sexual exploitation. It follows a Reuters investigation which found chatbots could engage children in sexual conversations. Meta says it invests heavily in protecting young people and plans to appeal the ruling. Here's Reuters legal news editor, Alexia Garamfalvi.
The judge basically agreed that those harms were substantial enough to constitute what's called a public nuisance. He said that New Mexico is facing a teen mental health crisis affecting public health and public safety. And that Meta's platforms are a significant contributing cause of that crisis. In the ruling, he compared the effects of meta's products to essentially pollution from a factory, saying that the harms don't stay on the platforms but spill over into the real world, affecting children, families, schools, hospitals, and
Enforcement. The court ordered Meta to pay its fine into a fund to address some of the mental health harms caused, and ordered changes to the apps themselves, including a 90-hour per month limit for children and teens.
The judge only has jurisdiction over what happens in New Mexico, and the changes ordered are only for New Mexico. Meta during the trial had said that, you know, some of these changes could not be made in one state only, and that in fact, you know, it might have to pull out of a state. This decision kind of comes at a pivotal moment because next week Meta is set to face trial in federal court in Oakland, California. And that is a lawsuit brought by 29 states alleging that the company designed. Designed, you know, it's platforms, also in a way to addict children and misled users about their safety.
US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders once again targeting birthright citizenship. The orders increase the list of people ineligible for citizenship and bans so called birth tourism. It follows a Supreme Court ruling rejecting his earlier attempts to take aim at birthright citizenship more broadly.
We had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court. Concerning birthright was close, but A very, very unfortunate decision.
What legal arguments did the judge use to label Meta’s platforms a public nuisance?
Uh so we're uh Making adjustments.
Our White House reporter Jacob Bogage explains who might be impacted.
President Trump signed two executive orders looking to restrict birthright citizenship. And the first one. Goes after this thing called birth tourism, or what he alleges are pregnant women coming to the United States specifically to give birth. And then since their child would be a birthright citizen, they themselves would enjoy some of the benefits of American citizenship. That's very uncommon. And most of the time, when people give birth in the United States, it's It's coincidental. The second thing these orders do is attempt to create new categories of children who would not be eligible for US citizenship, even if they were born in the United States. One is children who are born to foreign officials in the US.
So if someone's stationed at an embassy here, one is children who are born to invading armies in the United States. The other is terrorist groups. Н президент Трамп з тридцять класифі.
How are President Trump’s new executive orders aiming to restrict birthright citizenship?
narco-trafficking groups as terrorist groups as part of his immigration crackdown.
Jacob says it's still unclear how these orders will be enforced.
The Supreme Court already struck down one of President Trump's attempts to end birthright citizenship.
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Chapters
6 chapters
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Why did a New Mexico court order Meta to pay $567 million for harming children?
0:00–3:19
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What legal arguments did the judge use to label Meta’s platforms a public nuisance?
3:19–4:28
3
How are President Trump’s new executive orders aiming to restrict birthright citizenship?
4:28–6:09
4
Why is Senator Rand Paul pushing to prosecute Dr. Anthony Fauci over his Fifth Amendment pleas?
6:09–8:07
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What is the significance of North Korea’s missile unit being deployed to Russia for attacks on Ukraine?
8:07–9:39
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How did Hollywood achieve its biggest U.S. box‑office opening weekend ever?
9:39–10:35
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