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March 12, 2026
Musk Banker Tells Jury Twitter Held Up Takeover Deal
An ex-Morgan Stanley banker who advised Elon Musk on his $44 billion Twitter acquisition testified Thursday in a trial seeking billions for investors claiming Musk tanked the social media company's stock to disrupt the takeover, saying Twitter was the one that obstructed the deal.
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March 12, 2026
9th Circ. Partially Lifts Block On Calif. Kids' Privacy Law
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday scrapped part of an injunction halting a groundbreaking California law requiring social media platforms to bolster privacy protections for children, finding that the tech trade group behind the lawsuit wasn't likely to succeed on its First Amendment challenge to the statute's coverage definition and age estimation mandate.
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March 12, 2026
Social Media 'Lions' Hunted Plaintiff Like Gazelle, Jury Told
The plaintiff's attorney in a bellwether trial accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC of harming children's mental health encouraged a California jury during closing arguments Thursday not to buy the defendants' focus on his client's difficult childhood, saying it only weakened her to their social media "addiction machine" like a vulnerable gazelle being hunted by lions.
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March 12, 2026
DreamWorks, NBCUniversal Hit With Bias Suit By Trans Editor
NBCUniversal and DreamWorks were hit with a civil suit in California state court by a queer trans man hired as a first assistant editor for the animated film "Bad Guys 2" who alleges they were subjected to transphobic behavior by a direct supervisor who forcibly outed, deadnamed and misgendered them.
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March 12, 2026
Meta Expert Says NM's Case Is About Normal Behavior
A psychology expert witness for Meta told a New Mexico jury on Thursday that the state's claims of social media mental health harm rely on pathologizing normal behavior as addiction-like.
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