Meta Sued in Australia Over Social Media Harm to Children

Meta Sued in Australia Over Social Media Harm to Children

Meta and its platforms, Instagram and Facebook, are facing a class-action lawsuit in Australia over allegations that their design encourages addictive behaviour and creates harmful dependencies among children. Eight people filed the lawsuit in the Federal Court of Australia, the country’s second-highest court, seeking compensation for exposure to harmful content or social media addiction they …

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US Declines to Take Position on Turkey-Libya Maritime Deal

US Declines to Take Position on Turkey-Libya Maritime Deal

The US State Department has called for good-faith negotiations to resolve maritime disputes, responding to a question about the eastern-based Libyan House of Representatives’ ratification of the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum. The US State Department did not explicitly comment on the memorandum’s legality or the Libyan parliament’s decision. Instead, it highlighted the benefits of resolving maritime …

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Greek Military Helicopter Makes Hard Landing on Kalymnos

Greek Military Helicopter Makes Hard Landing on Kalymnos

A Greek military helicopter made a hard landing on the southeastern Aegean island of Kalymnos on Thursday morning, with all occupants reportedly escaping injury. The Huey helicopter was conducting a reconnaissance mission when the incident occurred on October 22, according to Greek media reports. The occupants were taken to hospital for precautionary medical examinations. No …

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Greece Achieves First Successful Laser Link with Low-Earth-Orbit Satellite

Greece Achieves First Successful Laser Link with Low-Earth-Orbit Satellite

Greece has achieved its first successful optical laser communication link with a low-Earth-orbit satellite, as the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) established a connection between the Greek ERMIS-3 nanosatellite and an optical ground station on Mount Holomontas. The achievement marks one of the first stable laser links …

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