"German tourist, Faycal Manz, ...argued that eating spicy salsa at a New York City taco shop caused him serious physical, emotional, and gastrointestinal injuries."
#weird #weirdnews #legal #funny #Caliente
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/german-man-sues-nyc-taco-shop-for-physical-injuries-due-to-spicy-salsa/

Associated Press: Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury. “After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, 12 jurors heard closing arguments before deciding whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children using their platforms.”

Gizmodo: Elon Musk Wants a Do-Over on Twitter Trial After Jury Pool Couldn’t Hide Its Disdain. “On Saturday, his lawyers filed a motion asking the judge to declare a mistrial, alleging that misconduct by opposing lawyers and even the court itself has made a fair trial impossible for Musk. The request doesn’t ask for the case to be dismissed outright, but instead for the trial to restart […]

Courthouse News Service: Former Twitter lawyer says he received threats of ‘World War III’ over Musk acquisition deal. “The Twitter lawyer who handled Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of the social media platform in 2022 told a San Francisco jury Monday an attorney for Musk told him it would be ‘World War III to the end of time’ if Musk was forced to go through with the purchase.”

BBC: MPs reject call for under-16s social media ban, backing more flexible powers. “The consultation will look at whether social media platforms should come with a minimum age requirement and whether platforms should switch off addictive features such as autoplay.”

Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Hawaii bills would curb keiki use of phones, social media. “Hawaii’s keiki could soon face tighter limits on phone use at school, social media access and interactions with artificial intelligence under bills that continue to move through the Legislature.”

Ars Technica: Musk fails to block California data disclosure law he fears will ruin xAI. “Elon Musk’s xAI has lost its bid for a preliminary injunction that would have temporarily blocked California from enforcing a law that requires AI firms to publicly share information about their training data. xAI had tried to argue that California’s Assembly Bill 2013 (AB 2013) forced AI firms to […]

1 News New Zealand: Indonesia to ban social media for children. Your regular reminder that Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world. “Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said.”

#Indonesia #legal #SocialMedia #children

'Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said.'

https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/07/indonesia-to-ban-social-media-for-children-under-16/

Bankrupt Wedding Photo and Video Company Owes $2.3 Million https://petapixel.com/2026/03/06/bankrupt-wedding-photo-and-video-company-owes-2-3-million/ #yourstrulymedia #controversy #bankruptcy #business #Opinion #wedding #legal #News #law #ytm

Stella #Legal Launches M&A Division Built
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Nissan ‘says Sunderland plant could close’ if #UK excluded
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#MiddleEast war continues to spark local jitters in
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#Philippines

Testing the Viral #Japanese Cream Sandwich from #TikTok!
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#Denmark is set to explore if gastronomy can be recognized
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#News24 | ‘Miracle to walk’ says golfer after horror
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#CapeTown

Engadget: COPPA 2.0 passes the Senate again, unanimously this time. “Today the US Senate unanimously passed proposed legislation known as COPPA 2.0. This measure, fully named the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, aims to create new protections for younger users online, such as blocking platforms from collecting their personal data without consent.”

Courthouse News Service: Twitter investors claim Elon Musk ‘cheated’ in $44 billion takeover of social media platform. “Investors, including lead plaintiffs Steve Garrett, Nancy Price, John Garrett and Brian Belgrave, accuse Musk of deliberately making misleading statements about the presence of spam bot accounts on Twitter to drive down the company’s stock, in hopes of backing out of the […]

Santa Fe New Mexican: University of New Mexico professor testifies during Meta trial about harm of social media use. “About 95% of Dr. Kimothi Cain’s patients are children, she testified, and about 90% of them use social media — mostly Instagram — which, in her opinion, has contributed substantially to the number of children being diagnosed with mental health disorders including […]

The Conversation: Banning social media for under‑16s won’t fix the real problem – the business model of these platforms is dangerous for all of us. “I challenge the pro-ban debate because it too often rests on a crude and narrow adult perception of young online experiences. This often overstates media effects on attention and other brain functions. It also crucially underestimates the […]

Engadget: Alaska could be the next state to crack down on AI-generated CSAM and restrict kids’ social media use. “Alaska’s House of Representatives unanimously passed HB47, a bill that imposes sweeping limits on when and how minors use social media apps, along with bans on generating or distributing harmful deepfakes of children.”

Stella #Legal Launches M&A Division Built
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/markets.html#1

Nissan ‘says Sunderland plant could close’ if #UK excluded
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#9

#MiddleEast war continues to spark local jitters in
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#Philippines

Testing the Viral #Japanese Cream Sandwich from #TikTok!
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/youtube.html#43

#Denmark is set to explore if gastronomy can be recognized
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/breaking-news.html#7

#News24 | ‘Miracle to walk’ says golfer after horror
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#CapeTown

Damon Whiteside to Step #Down as #CEO of the Academy
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#City of Swift Current to raise Chinook #Golf Course
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#Falcons get 5th #European game, this time #Madrid
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#Legal notices from our governments belong
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England ‘not fearing anything’ against #India, says
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#Meta takes down social media handles of prominent Jammu
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#NewDelhi

Courthouse News Service: Virginia temporarily blocked from enforcing social media limit law. “The law, passed on a bipartisan basis in 2025, requires social media platforms to limit users under 16 years old to an hour of screen time per platform per day. The law allows parents to increase or decrease their child’s daily limit as they see fit. NetChoice, a trade association representing online […]

Techdirt: The NFL Won A Lawsuit Over Its Bluesky Ban. Its Social Media Strategy Is Still A Loser. “I sit on the board of Bluesky. That said, I had absolutely no idea this lawsuit existed until recently. Which, honestly, tells you something about how much of a legal non-event it was. But the underlying story here—about the NFL treating social media the way it treats television broadcast […]

ABC News (Australia): France considering social media ban as devastated families launch legal action against TikTok. “In 2021, Marie took her own life at the family home in France’s south. Before her death she had been flooded with content promoting self-harm, eating disorders and suicide on social media platform, TikTok.”

US ITC Rules Insta360 Did Not Infringe GoPro’s Utility Patents https://petapixel.com/2026/02/27/us-itc-rules-insta360-did-not-infringe-gopros-utility-patents/ #internationaltradecommission #actioncamera #Equipment #Industry #insta360 #cameras #patents #court #gopro #legal #News #Law #itc #law

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #493: Helen Duncan.
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Associated Press: Young woman says she was on social media ‘all day long’ as a child in landmark addiction trial. “The now 20-year-old, who has been identified in court documents as KGM, says her early use of social media addicted her to the technology and exacerbated depression and suicidal thoughts. Meta and YouTube are the two remaining defendants in the case, which TikTok and Snap have […]

Reuters: Louisiana utility regulator denies request for probe of Meta data center deal, law group says. “Earthjustice ‌filed a motion last month with the Louisiana Public Service Commission asking it to probe project financing, which the group said could ultimately shift project costs unfairly onto ‌utility ​customers. The motion centered on ⁠Meta’s proposed data center ⁠project in […]