US states call for big changes to Instagram and Facebook as Meta child privacy trial begins

Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.

And I'm Deb Sarkissian. This is KRAK 11 News at the top of the hour.

Tonight: The World Desk brings you escalating tensions between Russia and the United Kingdom over military support to Ukraine. Criminal Intent examines charges filed after asylum seeker addresses were shared online.

Happy Animals covers what may be the most controversial tour announcement of the year. And Sports looks at a family in the West Bank facing displacement.

Sports is about a Palestinian family.

It's about perseverance.

Still ahead on The World Desk: a sixty-two-year-old man has been charged with sharing the addresses of asylum seekers housed in Norfolk. The details on that case when we return.

Stay with us.

Do you believe in prayer.

What.

Prayer. Manifestation. The power of positive thinking.

What did you do.

I sent an email.

To who.

The station owner.

What did it say.

It was meant for you.

Oh god.

Ya, it was late, I was drunk, what can I say.

Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.

And I'm Deb Sarkissian.

Deb, I'm sitting closer.

You are sitting closer.

Network anchors sit closer to the camera. It projects authority across distance.

Network anchors sit where the director tells them to sit.

Thirty US states are suing Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, demanding sweeping changes to how those platforms operate for users under eighteen.

The trial began this morning in California. The states argue Meta's platforms are designed to addict young users and that the company has known about the potential harm for years.

Meta denies the allegations. The company says it has invested billions in safety tools and that parents, not platforms, should control children's online activity.

If the states prevail, Meta could be forced to disable features like infinite scroll and auto-play video for minors. The trial is expected to last six weeks.

Legal experts are calling this the most significant challenge to social media regulation in a decade.

Also developing tonight, from Cyprus, allegations that multiple fertility clinics may have used the wrong donors.

The clinics operate in the Turkish-controlled northern part of the island, which falls outside EU medical jurisdiction. Dozens of families are now seeking DNA testing to confirm parentage.

Northern Cyprus has become a popular destination for fertility treatment because costs are lower and regulations are less strict than in the UK or the European Union.

British authorities say they have no jurisdiction over clinics in that region, but the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is now urging prospective parents to verify clinic credentials before traveling.

At least three clinics are under investigation. Multiple children are feared to have been affected.

Turning to tensions in Eastern Europe, Russia has warned the UK will, quote, pay a price for supplying drones to Ukraine.

The UK Ministry of Defence responded within hours, saying Britain stands firmly against Russian aggression and will continue supporting Ukraine's defense capabilities in the Black Sea region.

Ukraine does not border the Black Sea on all sides.

Ukraine has significant Black Sea coastline.

It does.

The drones in question are long-range reconnaissance models. They were delivered as part of a military aid package announced in June.

This is the third time this month Russia has accused a NATO member of direct involvement in Ukrainian operations.

And finally tonight, a tragedy in Greece. A British couple on their honeymoon was killed when their helicopter crashed on a Greek island.

Witnesses reported the aircraft losing altitude rapidly within minutes of departure. The cause of the crash has not been determined.

Greek aviation authorities are investigating. The helicopter was operated by a local tour company that has been in business for seventeen years.

Our thoughts are with their families tonight.

Still ahead, CRIMINAL INTENT. A Wexler County man has been arrested for the fourth time this year, and the charges involve livestock.

The suspects were goats.

The goats are not suspects.

That's next.

Why is your car booted.

Clerical error.

How many tickets.

Allegedly nine.

Allegedly.

I dispute four of them.

That still leaves five.

Five is not nine, Gordo.

Five is still enough to boot your car.

I am busy reporting the news. Gordo, Pay the Tickets and I need to borrow your car at four thirty.

Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.

And I'm Deb Sarkissian. Chip, you moved your chair again.

I adjusted the height to match the desk lamp angle. It creates a unified sight line.

We have news.

Which raises the question: if you're a smuggler, and the port you've chosen has intercepted a hundred sixty million pounds of product in a month, do you perhaps choose a different port.

Apparently not.

Deb, I have to say, this is exactly the kind of situation where you need someone with gravitas to explain the implications. A network-level voice.

The implications are in the lawsuit.

Right. Which someone would need to read.

We just did.

Still ahead tonight on KRAK 11 News, a story that will absolutely warm your heart. We cannot tell you what kind of animal is involved, but we can tell you it involves a rescue, a second chance, and a very unexpected ending.

It's a dog.

We don't know that yet.

It's always a dog. That's next.

Take that off.

It's called distinguished.

It's called a sweater vest.

George Will wears a sweater vest.

George Will is eighty-three years old.

Exactly. Timeless.

You look like you teach at a community college.

I could teach at a community college.

Chip, you look like you're about to explain why I got a C-minus.

Well maybe if you'd turned in your assignments on time, Deb.

And now the part of the broadcast where we remember why we do this job.

You've been sitting forward for twenty minutes.

Network anchors lean into good news. It reads as emotionally available.

Every single bird.

The sanctuary director says they expect the flock to return next season.

Which means the work continues.

The program treats turtles injured by boats, fishing nets, and plastic ingestion. Most spend between three and eight months in recovery before they're cleared for release.

The turtle released today was named Anchor by the volunteer staff.

That's appropriate.

The sanctuary was founded in two thousand and twelve by a former circuit rider who saw what happened to animals after their competitive years ended and decided someone had to do something about it.

Five hundred horses later, someone did.

Still ahead tonight, we'll have Sports.

That's next.

Who gave you that.

The plant?

Yes.

A viewer.

Which viewer.

Does it matter?

I have been receiving some strange mail, and I am just protecting you.

Maybe you're just paranoid.

ya thats what they told me when I refused to become an alter buy. Look how that turned out.

Coming up: the Krak 11 Scoreboard.

Deb, before we start — does the plaque read on camera from where you're sitting?

There is no plaque on camera.

Behind the fire extinguisher. Regional Broadcasters Association, twenty-twenty-three. It arrived Thursday and I hung it where the light catches the engraving.

Nobody on earth can see it.

I can see it. That's one.

The rankings consider roster strength, front office performance, and coaching stability over a three-year projection window.

This is a franchise that understands upward trajectory. Three spots in a single offseason reflects organizational momentum at the highest level.

They went seven and ten last season.

Which is why the projection window is three years, Deb.

The Buss family has controlled the franchise since nineteen seventy-nine. This marks the end of a forty-seven-year stewardship that brought the Lakers seventeen championships.

Sixteen championships. One was vacated.

That depends on how you count the Minneapolis era.

The NBA counts it by adding the numbers together.

Sources close to the sale say multiple bidding groups have expressed interest, including at least two foreign ownership consortiums and one Silicon Valley investment group.

The sale is expected to close within six months pending league approval.

Makhachev holds the lightweight belt. The second belt is from a welterweight exhibition match that was not sanctioned as a title defense.

Holloway posted on social media that carrying two belts implies two active championships, which he called misleading to fans who may not follow the sport's technical distinctions between weight classes.

Makhachev responded that he carries both because he won both.

Which is, technically, accurate.

It is.

The panel reviews contested calls, offside decisions, and video assistant referee interventions.

This is transparency at the institutional level. Fans deserve to know not just what was called, but why it was called, and whether the officials themselves believe the call was correct after review.

The panel has been meeting privately since twenty-twenty-one.

And now they are making those findings public, which is the entire point of the announcement, Deb.

Still ahead on the next Krak 11 News, at the top of the hour: a Wexler County family has been asked to stop feeding ducks at a public park after wildlife officials say the bread is causing algae growth in the pond.

The family says they have been feeding the ducks for six years and were never told it was a problem until this week.

Wildlife officials say the algae has now spread to cover nearly forty percent of the pond's surface.

That's the next Krak 11 News, at the top of the hour. I'm Chip Marlowe.

I'm Deb Sarkissian. Good night.

So.

So what.

Nothing. Just a day. Like any other day.

Okay.

Although some days are more significant than others.

Is today significant.

I didn't say that.

Happy birthday, Chip.

How did you know.

You do this every year. I hope you have a wonderful day..