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Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable as Meta scales back news and political content

The change comes as Meta tries to scale back news and political content on its platforms following years of criticism about how it handles misinformation and whether it contributes to political polarization.

Canada school boards sue social platforms for disrupting education

Educators claim the apps are straining schools' resources, in part because students need more mental health programming.

Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for theft of cryptocurrency customers’ money

A judge handed down the 25-year sentence — half the punishment requested by prosecutors for Bankman-Fried’s crypto fraud — along with an $11 billion financial penalty.

TikTok is under investigation by the FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit

The agency is nearing the conclusion of its investigation and could settle with TikTok in the coming weeks.

Class aims at T-Mobile, Sprint merger

CHICAGO — A federal court in Chicago granted T-Mobile’s motion to certify an interlocutory appeal over whether a putative consumer class has sufficiently alleged antitrust standing. The consumers oppose the now-closed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, and seek to unwind the merger to prevent an alleged monopoly over U.S. wireless services.

Ninth Circuit revives consumer protection claims against Apple over phishing app

Apple cannot escape a consumer protection claim from App Store users who say Apple allowed the Toast Plus app to steal their money — at least until the users have a chance to amend their claims.

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