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World Service,07 Aug 2026,49 mins

Meta ordered to pay $567m for failing to protect minors

Newsday

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A judge in the US state of New Mexico has fined Meta - the parent company for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp - more than half a billion dollars for failing to warn the public about the risks its platforms poses to children. The executive committee of the African Confederation, CAF, has confirmed its unanimous support for Fifa president Gianni Infantino. A stark warning from the head of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has said the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than those efforts in place to fight it. We speak to the head of the Africa CDC. Presenters: Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Credit: Mike Blake/Reuters).

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