“For years, social media companies have profited from targeting children while concealing their addictive and dangerous design features. Today’s verdict is a referendum—from a jury, to an entire industry.”
—Attorney Rachel Lanier offers her view on yesterday’s fines for Meta and YouTube, the Washington Post reports.
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Longevity enthusiasts want to create their own independent state. They’re eyeing Rhode Island.
It’s incredibly difficult and expensive to study innovative ways to slow or reverse aging. In response, longevity enthusiasts have devised an ambitious plan: establish an independent state for life-extension experiments.
They envision a jurisdiction that slashes red tape, encourages self-experimentation with unproven treatments, and eliminates laws that limit how companies develop drugs.
Exactly where their longevity state might emerge is still being worked out—but one appealing location is Rhode Island. Read the full story to learn more about the plans.
—Jessica Hamzelou
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