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A Movement to Restrict Social Media for Children Has Taken Hold Globally

Governments around the world have passed or proposed a range of bans or restrictions on young teens using addictive social media platforms.

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A 15-year-old using social media apps in Australia in July, more than half a year after the country had implemented a ban on children under 16 using many platforms.
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Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle

The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”

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Strancally Castle in Waterford, Ireland, was built around 1830 and renovated in the early 2000s. It now belongs to Mark Zuckerberg.
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After Youth Outcry, Vietnam Says Former Official Caused Fatal Crash at Tree 55

Young people are calling for justice after a former Communist Party official killed a teenager in a car crash. The government’s response has been surprising.

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Flowers at the site of a crash that killed an 18-year-old student last year in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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How Social Media Sparked a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco

A wave of disinformation online contributed to a surge of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta who were trying to reach Europe, resulting in about 90 deaths.

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Moroccan border guards and boats patrolling the coastline on the border with Spain in Fnideq, Morocco, this month.
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